§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales ( I ) if he will publish a table showing the number of teacher vacancies and vacancies as a percentage of teachers in post in Wales(a) by grade and (b) by main teaching subject in each year from 1986;
(2) if he will publish a value showing (a) the number of teacher vacancies and (b) vacancies as a percentage of teachers in post in each county in Wales during each year from 1986;
The number of unfilled teacher vacancies and teacher vacancies as a proportion of full-time teaching posts Primary schools Clwvd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1988 Number of vacancies 8 6 52 1 69 6 2 0 144 Percentage of full-time teachers 0.56 0.39 2.97 0.10 2.64 1.10 0.13 0.00 1.20 1989 Number of vacancies 17 4 46 8 90 5 11 0 181 Percentage of full-time teachers 1.18 0.25 2.58 0.81 3.56 0.94 0.70 0.00 1.50 1990 Number of vacancies 31 3 33 26 81 10 3 0 187 Percentage of full-time teachers 2.14 0.18 1.83 2.64 3.27 1.81 0.18 0.00 1.53 1991 Number of vacancies 5 8 81 21 108 5 16 28 272 Percentage of full-time teachers 0.34 0.48 4.50 2.17 4.12 0.93 0.98 1.69 2.20
Secondary Schools Year Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1986 Number of vacancies 3 20 26 13 41 0 6 72 181 Percentage of FT teachers 0.16 1.25 1.18 1.02 1.47 0.00 0.34 4.01 1.30 1987 Number of vacancies 2 8 3 9 34 0 0 13 69 Percentage of FT teachers 0.11 0.50 0.14 0.72 1.26 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.51 1988 Number of vacancies 2 4 25 11 32 11 1 5 91 Percentage of FT teachers 0.11 026 1.23 0.92 1.21 1.96 0.06 0.29 0.69 1989 Number of vacancies 9 3 15 16 35 11 4 12 105 Percentage of FT teachers 0.52 0.20 0.77 1.36 1.35 1.94 0.25 0.72 0.82 1990 Number of vacancies 11 11 46 22 38 10 10 11 159 Percentage of FT teachers 0.64 0.72 2.46 1.92 1.62 1.77 0.60 0.68 1.28 1991 Number of vacancies 14 12 11 20 69 9 7 17 159 Percentage of FT teachers 0.84 0.78 0.60 1.83 2.92 1.63 0.42 1.07 1.30 30W
Unfilled teacher vacancies and teacher vacancies as a proportion of full-time teachers in secondary schools by subject taught 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Subject Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Mathematics 21 1.31 7 0.45 6 0.40 8 0.54 18 1.25 15 1.06 Computer studies 7 2.90 5 2.13 3 1.32 1 0.45 2 0.93 1 0.47 Chemistry 4 0.96 2 0.50 0 0.00 3 0.79 4 1.08 5 1.37 Physics 7 1.58 4 0.93 3 0.72 6 1.48 3 0.76 5 1.29 Biology 2 0.39 1 0.20 4 0.82 2 0.42 1 0.22 2 0.44 Other Science 6 0.86 3 0.44 7 1.06 4 0.62 8 1.29 12 1.96 French 11 1.57 4 0.59 5 0.76 13 2.02 8 1.28 12 1.95 (3) if he will publish the results of his Department's latest survey into teacher vacancies in Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe latest survey on teacher vacancies was carried out in January 1991. The results are included in the following tables which show the number of teacher vacancies in all schools and the number of vacancies by subject in secondary schools between 1986 and 1991. Comparable information for the primary sector is not available for 1986 and 1987. Details of teacher vacancies by subject in primary schools and by grade are not held centrally.
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1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Subject Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. Number Proportion of posts Per cent. German 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.71 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.51 French/German 1 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 5 0.00 3 0.00 Spanish 0 0.00 1 3.79 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Welsh — — — — — — — — — — 22 0.00 Other Languages1 8 n.a. 2 n.a. 7 n.a. 6 n.a. 16 n.a. 6 n.a. English 15 1.06 10 0.73 14 1.05 12 0.92 27 2.13 8 0.64 Drama 4 3.95 2 2.04 1 1.05 1 1.07 1 1.11 1 1.12 History 10 1.44 1 0.15 1 0.15 4 0.62 7 1.13 1 0.16 Social Studies 5 3.51 0 0.00 1 0.74 2 1.53 0 0.00 0 0.00 Geography 13 1.74 4 0.55 3 0.43 4 0.58 6 0.90 7 1.06 Religious Education 4 0.85 1 0.22 0 0.00 1 0.23 4 0.95 3 0.72 CDT 16 2.00 1 0.13 7 0.93 7 0.95 7 0.98 5 0.71 Commerce/Business 5 1.68 5 1.74 3 1.07 2 0.73 7 2.64 0 0.00 Art/Light Craft 4 0.62 1 0.16 4 0.66 1 0.17 2 0.35 3 0.53 Home Economics/N'work 8 1.03 2 0.27 4 0.55 4 0.56 1 0.14 7 1.02 Music 5 1.19 3 0.73 2 0.50 2 0.52 6 1.60 11 2.97 Physical Education 11 1.26 3 0.35 3 0.36 3 0.20 6 0.77 7 0.91 Remedial 11 2.02 6 1.14 5 0.97 1 0.20 11 2.27 5 1.04 Careers 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Other main subjects 1 0.22 0 0.00 1 0.23 5 1.17 1 0.24 2 0.49 Combined subjects 2 22.97 0 0.00 1 12.18 2 24.98 0 0.00 0 0.00 Sub total 181 — 69 — 87 — 94 — 151 — 117 — Head vacancies3 — — — — 2 — 4 — 2 — 4 — Deputy Head vacancies2 — — — — 2 — 7 — 6 — 10 — Total vacancies 181 — 69 — 91 — 105 — 159 — 131 — 1 Prior to 1991 the number of vacancies for teachers taking Welsh was included with those vacancies for teachers taking other languages. LEAs also reported teacher vacancies for teachers required to teach two languages in this category. 2 Separately identified figures for heads and deputy heads were collected for the first time in 1988 possibly resulting in undercounting in earlier years. But to the extent that they were recorded prior to 1988 they will have been allocated to a teaching subject, slightly inflating the number of vacancies in individual subjects relative to their 1988 value. Notes:
1. Vacancies are recorded for full-time permanent appointments or full-time appointments of at least one term's duration which an authority intends to fill or to which it has unsuccessfully attempted to make such an appointment.
2. The number of teachers is provided by LEAs on the form 618G and relates to all teachers working full-time. The number of teaching posts has been estimated by applying the proportion of teachers in each subject obtained from the 1989 Secondary School Staffing Survey to the number of full-time teachers in post in each year.