§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the actual shortage of mathematics and science teachers is in maintained schools in England; what proportion of those 519W currently teaching these subjects is inadequately trained or not trained at all to teach these subjects; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonPreliminary information from the 1977 survey of secondary school
Number of teachers teaching named subject Number of teachers qualified in named subject who teach it Percentage of tuition provided by teachers qualified in named subject Number of teachers without a qualification in named subject but teaching it Percentage of teachers teaching named subject but not holding a qualification in it Mathematics … … 43,400 30,600 84 12,800 29.5 Science … … 41,900 36,900 96 5,000 11.9 including: Physics … … 12,500 8,500 78 4,000 32 Chemistry … … 12,200 9,600 90 2,600 21.3 Biology … … 13,900 11,600 91 2,300 16.5 Note:
Teachers with qualifications in more than one subject are listed under each.
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the extent of teacher unemployment in primary education in each of the last five years and his projections for the next five years; and how he proposes to use the skills of these teachers now unemployed in this sector:
(2) how many secondary education teachers were unemployed in each of the
June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 June 1978 June 1979 Primary … … … … 502 1,238 2,341 2,908 3,164 Secondary … … … … 942 1,969 3,510 3,861 4,089 It is not possible to project teacher unemployment in future years.
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many primary teachers were employed in each of the last 10 years; and what are his projections of teacher employment in the primary sector in each of the next five years;
(2) how many teachers were employed in secondary education in each of the last 10 years; and what are his projections for secondary teacher employment in each of the next five years.
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Primary Secondary Divided Service 1969 … … … … … … 181,725 163,276 1,097 1970 … … … … … … 183,529 170,936 1,191 1971 … … … … … … 192,449 178,361 1,369 1972 … … … … … … 199,385 189,033 2,586 1973 … … … … … … 207,385 201,411 3,381 1974 … … … … … … 212,574 217,351 3,734 1975 … … … … … … 216,293 224,301 4,864 staffing in England and Wales in contained in the table below. Information about the number of inadequately qualified teachers and the numbers required to make good the shortages will be available later.
last five years; and what are his projections for the next five years, taking account of the use of the teachers trained and awaiting jobs.
§ Dr. BoysonThe numbers of teachers in England and Wales registered with the Department of Employment as unemployed and seeking teaching posts in primary and secondary education for the last five years were:
§ Dr. BoysonThe number of teachers in—terms of full-time equivalents—employed in primary and secondary schools in January for each year since 1969 is given below together with the number of teachers who divide their service between primary and secondary schools. The numbers to be employed in the next five years depend upon decisions by the Government yet to be announced about the availablity of financial resources for education, and the way LEAs allocate resources.
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Primary Secondary Divided Service 1976 … … … … … … 217,525 232,788 5,719 1977 … … … … … … 213,851 241,191 7,179 1978 … … … … … … 211,293 246,295 7,384 1979 … … … … … … 210,528 250,779 8,511 Note: Figures for 1969–71 are at February. Middle schools are included as deemed except for 1969–71 when all middle school teachers have been included with secondary schools.