§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education what were the numbers of entrants to comprehensive schools for the years 1958, 1959, and 1960; and what are the estimated figures for 1961 and 1962.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe numbers of entrants to comprehensive schools were 42,200 in 1958 and 39,500 in 1959. Figures for 1960 are not yet available. Figures for future years will depend on the policies of individual local education authorities and school governors, and it is not possible to give accurate forward estimates.
§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education if he will state the number 90W of full-time teachers appointed during the latest 12-month period for the first time to maintained primary and secondary schools who were untrained, and the number re-entering who were untrained, respectively.
§ Sir D. EcclesOf the 24,273 new recruits to teaching in the year 1960–61, 15,399 from training colleges and university departments of education in England and Wales, 892 non-graduates from outside England and Wales and a small, but unknown number of graduates from outside England and Wales, have taken a course of teacher training. Of the 2,648 re-entrant teachers, most of the 2,334 non-graduates and some of the 314 graduates had been trained, but exact figures for these categories are not available.