HC Deb 06 July 1990 vol 175 c709W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the median years of service of teachers in infant schools in each year from 1980 until the latest year for which figures are available.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is given in the table:

Median years of service of full-time qualified teachers in infant and first schools in England 1980–87
1Years
1980 11
1981 12
1982 13
1983 13
1984 14
1985 13
1986 14
1987 13
1 All figures in complete years.

Source: The Database of Teacher Records.