§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Crosby 13 April,Official Report, columns 629–30, he will publish a similar table for the year ended March 1987 showing (a) re-entrants to maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools by sector, (b) re-entrants to maintained secondary schools by graduate status and degree subjects and (c) re-entrants to maintained secondary schools by sex and age.
§ Mr. Kenneth Baker[holding answer 13 June 1989]: Figures for the year ending March, 1987 (and also revised figures for 1986) of qualified teachers re-entering full-time service in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England are as follows:
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Year ending 1986 1987 Re-entrants to maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools by sector Re-entrants to nursery and primary schools number 8,150 8,650
Year ending 1986 1987 as a percentage of all entrants to these schools 64 62 Re-entrants to secondary schools number 6,880 6,770 as a percentage of all entrants to these schools 49 48 Re-entrants to nursery, primary and secondary schools number 15,030 15,420 as a percentage of all entrants to these schools 56 55 Re-entrants to maintained secondary schools by graduate status and degree subject Graduate re-entrants 3,680 3,600 Of which, number whose degree subject is: Mathematics 240 230 Physics 110 90 Other Sciences 520 550 Geography 210 200 Economics and other social sciences 280 290 English 550 550 History 280 280 Modern languages 430 420 Other subjects 1,060 990 Non-graduate re-entrants 3,210 3,170 Re-entrants to maintained secondary schools by sex and age Men re-entrants 1,430 1,510 Of which, number aged: less than 30 300 240 30–34 340 350 35–39 310 350 40–44 190 250 45–49 140 150 50 or over 150 160 Women re-entrants 5,460 5,260 Of which, number aged: less than 30 670 520 30–34 1,180 1,040 35–39 1,860 1,710 40–44 1,020 1,110 45–49 430 550 50 or over 300 320