§ Mr. PriorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many qualified teachers have not gone on to be practising teachers in each of the last five years. [138901]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe number of candidates who obtained Qualified Teacher Status in England each year, who had not entered teaching in the maintained schools sector in England or Wales by 31 March in the following year, is as follows:
Calender year of completion Not entered the maintained schools sector1 1994 6,650 1995 8,550 1996 8,080 1997 7,690 1998 7,490 1 Teachers who entered service in the independent, Further Education and Higher Education sectors are included in the table as 'not entered service" 4,640 candidates who obtained Qualified Teacher Status in England during the calendar year 1994 had not entered teaching in the maintained schools sector in England or Wales by March 1999.
There was a growth of 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01.
§ Mr. PriorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are not teaching through reasons of ill health. [138903]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisIn March 1999 there were approximately 30,000 teachers who had taken ill health retirement from the maintained schools sector in England, had not returned to teaching and were aged under 60. About 28,000 of these teachers had retired by March 1998.
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£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Schools Capital 1,661,000 5,090,000 98,606,000 9,122,000 Standards Fund 1,077,689 1,373,399 4,438,776 9,050,649 Schools Standards Grant — — — 1.500,000 School Budget Support Grant — — — 282,000 Former GM Schools Transitional Funding — — — 71,418 Former GM Schools Insurance Grant — — 6,186 — Four Year Old Nursery Education Grant 3,229,878 67,906 172,897 1— Three Year Old Nursery Education Grant 209,282 1— Leadership and Management Programme for New Headteachers (HEADLAMP) 7,791 7,194 16,009 23,857 Playing for Success: Study Support Centres at Football Clubs 0 127,000 67,500 2— The Mitchell High School (100 per cent. project grant, out of school hours learning activities pilot) — 15,000 — — Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers (100 per cent. project grant, Partners for Study Support scheme) — — — 4,805 1Grants for three and four Years Nursery Education Grant are determined by the number of nursery places provided termly in the LEA. Final figures for 2000–01 are not therefore available. 2Claims in respect of Playing for Success are mainly settled retrospectively and the outturn for the financial year 2000–01 will not be known until April 2001 The annual number of teachers with ill health retirement has now stabilised, following the reform of the Teachers Pensions Scheme in 1997.
§ Mr. PriorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are aged(a) 20 to 24, (b) 25 to 29, (c) 30 to 34, (d) 35 to 39, (e) 40 to 44, (f) 45 to 49, (g) 50 to 54 and (h) 55 years and over. [138933]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisFull-time teachers, by age, in the maintained schools sector in England at March 1999 are as follows:
Age Range Number of Teachers 20–24 16,500 25–29 52,900 30–34 41,300 35–39 36,200 40–44 56,200 45–49 81,600 50–54 58,500 55 and over 22,100 Total 365,300 Note:
All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 100.
The full-time equivalent number of regular teachers in the maintained sector has increased by 6,900 since January 1998.
There was a growth of 2000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01.