§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers are employed in (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary schools in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonIn January 1980 there were 1,836 teachers in maintained nursery schools, 208.367 in maintained primary schools and 254,049 in maintained secondary schools. There were also 3,312 teachers being paid by local education authorities whose service cannot be allocated between primary and secondary schools. These figures include part-time teachers on the basis of their full-time equivalence. The total of 467,564 teachers represents a reduction of some 3,000 teachers (or 0.6 per cent.) since January 1979. Pupil numbers fell by 2 per cent. over the same period.