Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how the salaries of teachers of physical training in possession of the requisite diplomas compare with those of certified teachers; and what is the reason for the difference in the scales, in view of the increasingly important work carried out by teachers of physical training and the long training which they have to undergo?
Mr. LindsayI assume that my hon. Friend refers to teachers of physical training who have been trained for three years at one of the physical training colleges for women. So far as secondary schools are concerned the salary scales of full-time teachers are regulated by the agreements drawn up in the Burnham Secondary Report, and there is no difference between the scales paid to teachers of physical training and those paid to certificated teachers who do not possess a university degree or its equivalent.
In public elementary schools instruction in physical training is normally given by certificated teachers whose training has included that subject. Very few non-certificated specialists in physical training are employed, and such as are employed are not dealt with by the Burnham Elementary Report, their salaries being a matter to be arranged by the local education authority in consultation with the Board. In practice they are paid on the scale for certificated teachers, and the Board are open to consider proposals from local education authorities who wish, in assessing the salary on that scale, to take account of the length of acceptable training undertaken by the teacher.