§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers were employed at the beginning of the spring term 1978.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe total number of teachers employed in January 1978 in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools was 464,972—full-time and full-time equivalent. This compares with 462,321 in September 1977 and with 462,232 in January 1977.
First appointments of trained teachers to teaching posts in the maintained sector between October 1977 and January 1978 were 3,460, including 2,815 who completed training in 1977. This figure is the highest for this period since 1973–74.