§ Mr. Laneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what were the total numbers of trained and untrained nursery school teachers in 1967 and 1968, in nursery schools maintained by local education authorities, direct grant nursery schools, independent nursery schools recognised as efficient, other independent nursery schools and nursery classes in infants schools.
TEACHERS AND NURSERY ASSISTANTS IN NURSERY SCHOOLS AND CLASSES Maintained schools January, 1968 Nursery schools Nursery classes in primary schools Direct grant nursery schools Independent nursery schools recognised as efficient Other independent nursery schools Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Qualified Teachers 915 44 1,203 81 25 — Not Available Unqualified Teachers 50 1 51 3 1 — Nursery Assistants in charge of classes 206 2 409 4 10 — Other Nursery Assistants Class I 1,080 23 1,310 13 23 — Nursery Assistants Class II 220 10 320 18 10 — Total 2,471 80 3,293 119 69 — 19 16 181 149
Maintained schools January, 1967 Nursery schools Nursery classes in primary schools Direct grant nursery schools Independent nursery schools recognised as efficient Other independent nursery schools Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Full Time Part Time Qualified Teachers 893 33 1,125 62 24 1 Not Available Unqualified Teachers 17 3 70 3 7 — Nursery Assistants in charge of classes 197 4 382 4 6 — Other Nursery Assistants Class I 1,026 9 1,297 26 18 — Nursery Assistants Class II 179 5 317 14 14 — Total 2,312 54 3,191 109 69 1 20 9 178 126 Note: All nursery assistants in charge of classes hold NNEB or equivalent qualifications. In general nursery assistants (Class I) have NNEB or equivalent qualifications while nursery assistants (Class II) do not.