§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence his Department has received about turnover among primary school head teachers; and if he will make a statement.
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Subject Number teaching the subject Number of these with a post A-level qualification in the subject Proportion of total tuition in the subject provided by teachers with a post A-level qualification in it Biology 14,300 11,800 (82 per cent.) 91 per cent. Chemistry 11,800 9,400 (80 per cent.) 91 per cent. Physics 12,600 8,800 (70 per cent.) 83 per cent. General or combined science1 28,400 6,800 (24 per cent.) 28 per cent. Other sciences1 7,500 3,000 (40 per cent.) 56 per cent.
§ Mr. ButcherThe Department estimates that in the year ending March 1986 the proportion of head teachers in England leaving the maintained nursery and primary sector was 7.3 per cent.
The most recent survey by the local authorities' conditions of service advisory board, for the calendar year 1987, shows turnover of 4.8 per cent. among primary head teachers in England and Wales, compared with 7.2 per cent. from a similar survey for the financial year 1985–86.