§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the number of men and women teachers trained each year for the past 10 years, and the numbers leaving teaching each year, respectively; if he is satisfied with the action taken to encourage married
Academic Years 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62* 1962–63 Men … … … 4,573 5,446 5,995 2,940 6,072 Women … … … 10,663 11,310 11,627 3,769 10,888 Total … … … 15,236 16,756 17,622 6.709 16,960 Academic Years 1963–64 1964–65 7965–66 1966–67 1967–68 Men … … … 6,493 6,755 7,492 8,355 9,451 Women … … … 12,073 13,377 15,335 17,782 21,731 Total … … … 18,566 20,132 22,827 26,137 31,182 * The "year of intermission" following the lengthening to three years of the normal college of education course.
QUALIFIED TEACHERS LEAVING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS* Year ending 31st March 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 Men … … … 3,250 3,473 4,204 4,904 5,449 Women … … … 13,910 14,639 15,940 20,144 17,045 17,455 Total … … … 17,160 18,112 20,114 21,949 22,904 Year ending 31st March 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 Men … … … 5,993 6,865 7,106 7,594 8,261 Women … … … 19,338 20,636 20,143 21,808 22,551 Total … … … 25,331 27,501 27,249 29,402 30,812 * Includes those transferring to other educational posts. Further details are available in Statistics of Education 1967, Vol. 4, tables 9 and 23–25. More married women returned to full-time teaching between 2nd February, 1969 and 1st October, 1969 than in the corresponding period in any earlier year. It is now accepted as normal that married women, if they leave teaching for family reasons, should return to make a second career as their children grow up.