§ Ms. HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified physical education teachers left training colleges in each of the last five years; and what is his Department's estimate for the number still in teaching.
§ Mr. FallonThe table shows the numbers of students specialising in PE who successfully completed an initial teacher training course in England and Wales, in each year from 1985 to 1989, together with the number of these who were teaching in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools sector in England and Wales on 31 March 1990.
ITT complelers with main subject PE Of whom: teaching on 31 March 1990 1985 654 369 1986 781 466 1987 661 428 1988 687 454 1989 571 394 Total 3,354 2,111 The remainder includes those who have not taught since qualifying or have left teaching, as well as those who are teaching in other sectors such as independent schools, or teaching outside England and Wales.