§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education what proportion of the teaching profession left the profession in each of the last three years; and what were the proportions for maintained, direct grant, and independent schools, respectively.
§ Mr. K. ThompsonThe table below gives statistics for maintained primary and secondary schools. Corresponding figures for direct grant and independent schools are not available. The figures shown for numbers leaving during the year are restricted to teachers who were in service at the beginning of the year, and hence exclude teachers who both 85W entered and left service within the twelve-months period ended 31st March;
ANNUAL WASTAGE OF TEACHERS IN MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (EXCLUDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS) ENGLAND AND WALES — Year ended 31st March, 1958 Year ended 31st March, 1959 Year ended 31st March, 1960 Men Women Men Women Men Women Numbers in service at beginning of year 95,842 155,864 98,733 157,255 102,789 158,750 Of whom numbers leaving service during the year: (1) Aged 60 and over at end of year— Number 1,020 2,184 1,195 3,135 1,135 2,865 Per cent. 1.1 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.1 1.8 (2) Aged under 60 at end of year— Number 2,112 11,812 2,471 12,139 3,408 13,296 Per cent. 2.2 7.6 2.5 7.7 3.3 8.4 (3) Total leaving— Number 3,132 13,996 3,666 15,274 4,543 16,161 Per cent. 3.3 9.0 3.7 9.7 4.4 10.2 NOTE.—The increase in the number of women leaving under (1) was probably due to the fact that some of them had stayed on to qualify for National Insurance Pensions and left when they had done so. Teachers first became eligible for such pensions in the year ended March, 1959. The number of men leaving under (2) was affected by the influx of temporary teachers and the incidence of the deferment scheme.