§ Mr. SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were recruited to serve in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the past 10 years. [154390]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisTeachers reported to DfEE as in service at the end of each financial year who were not in service at the end If the previous financial year for full, 759W part-time and occasional posts in the maintained schools sector in England are as follows:
Year Nursery/Primary Secondary FTE regular teachers in January each year Nursery/ primary and Secondary sectors 1989–901 19,000 18,300 385,700 1990–911 17,300 17,300 383,300 1991–921 17,000 17,200 383,200 1992–931 15,400 16,900 384,700 1993–942 15,600 17,800 378,900 1994–95 17,100 19,400 381,400 1995–96 16,600 18,000 381,500 1996–97 17,100 18,400 381,100 1997–98 17,300 19,400 379,700 1998–99 16,300 19,000 382,900 1Includes Sixth Form Colleges. 2Recruits for 1993–94 exclude teachers moving from a sixth form college to a maintained nursery, primary or secondary school. The number of regular teachers (excluding short-term supply) in the maintained schools sector in England at January 2000 was 404,600, the highest for 10 years and 6,900 higher than January 1998.
There was a growth of 2,300 in the number of people recruited to train as teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.