Mr BunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the number and percentage of teachers who completed training courses in 1994, broken down by subject and in total; and who were in posts by March 1995. [39928]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table shows the number of teachers who successfully completed Bachelor of Education or Postgraduate Certificate of Education courses leading to qualified teacher status in 1994 and their position as at 31 March 1995.
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Number of completers1 in England and Wales Calendar year 1994 1994 completers in service at 31 March 1995 in the maintained schools sector in England and Wales2 In service as a percentage of completers Primary 12,643 8,756 69 Secondary (by subject of ITT) Maths 1,598 974 61 English 1,389 1,023 74 Science 2,089 1,384 66 Modern foreign language 1,484 1,021 69 Technology 1,526 900 59 History 649 470 72 Geography 563 421 75 Art 730 398 55 Music 447 318 71 Religious education 344 232 67 Physical education 968 656 68 Other 1,123 662 59 Total secondary 12,910 8,459 66 Total primary and secondary 25,553 17,215 67 Notes:
1 Excludes 131 students who successfully completed School Centred Initial Teacher Training in 1994.:
2 Details of service as at 31/3/95 are provisional. Includes service in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector. Service details are available for some, but not all, teachers in the independent and further and higher education sectors. Around 1,110—per cent.—of the 1994 completers are known to have entered service in these sectors, but are not included in the table.
Source:
Database of Teachers' Records.