HC Deb 11 March 1998 vol 308 c231W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of head teachers are female. [32547]

Ms Estelle Morris

The latest available figures show that 55 per cent. of head teachers in maintained primary schools and 23 per cent. of head teachers in maintained secondary schools in England in January 1997 were female.