HC Deb 11 December 1969 vol 793 cc155-6W
55. Mr. Fernyhough

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give a table covering the last 10 years showing the number of graduate teachers employed in State schools, and what their number represents as a percentage of the whole.

Miss Bacon

Although numbers have increased considerably—the proportion in recent years has been steady at just over 20 per cent.

The following is the information:

MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
31st March Graduate teachers Graduate teachers as a percentage of all full-time qualified teachers
1959 49,344 18.9
1960 52,022 19.4
1961 54,048 19.3
1962 55,630 20.0
1963 57,391 20.7
1964 58,342 20.8
1965 58,829 20.7
1966 60,419 20.7
1967 61,345 20.7
1968 (provisional) 62,208 20.6

56. Mr. Fernyhough

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give a table showing, over the last 10 years, the number of men teachers employed in State schools, and what their number represents as a percentage of the whole.

Miss Bacon

The proportion of men in maintained schools has remained steady at about 43 per cent. for some years after rising in the late 1950s.

The following is the information:

MAINTAINED PRIMARY (INCLUDING NURSERY) AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
31st March Number of full-time qualified men teachers Number of such teachers as a percentage of all full-time qualified teachers
1959 102,789 39.3
1960 106,822 39.9
1961 110,545 40.5
1962 114,079 41.0
1963 116,091 41.9
1964 119,175 42.5
1965 121,599 42.8
1966 124,602 42.8
1967 126,979 42.8
1968 (provisional) 129,436 42.8