HC Deb 12 July 1989 vol 156 cc523-4W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of headteachers in primary schools who resigned in each of the last five years; and what information he has on the reasons for resignation.

Mr. Butcher

[holding answer 6 July 1989]: The numbers of headteachers leaving full-time service in maintained nursery and primary schools in England in the last five years for which figures are available were as follows:

Year ending March Number
1983 1,550
1984 1,670
1985 1,520
1986 1,460
1987 1,320

Information on the nature of these departures (available only for the last two years) is as follows:

Year ending March
1986 1987
Transfers to full-time service elsewhere in the maintained sector in England and Wales 80 80
Transfers to part-time service in the maintained sector 10 10
Teaching employment outside the maintained sector 10 20
Retirements
at age 60 or over 520 430
at ages under 60 630 550
Deaths 50 40
Others 160 190
Total 1,460 1,320

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