MEN AND WOMEN TEACHERS

HC Deb 18 February 1947 vol 433 c170W

Sir E. Graham-Little

asked the Minister of Education the present proportion of male and female teachers, respectively, in the primary and in the three categories of the secondary national schools.

Mr. Tomlinson

The percentages of men and women teachers in the different types of schools on 31st March, 1946, were as follow:

Type of School.	Men Teachers	Women Teaches.
	Per cent.	Per cent.
Primary	20.4	79.6
Secondary modern	47.0	53.0
Secondary grammar	47.7	52.3
Secondary technical	69.6	30.4

Later figures are not available for each type of school separately, but the overall percentage of male teachers on 1st January, 1947, was 33, as compared with 29.4 on 31st March, 1946.