HC Deb 11 January 1995 vol 252 c164W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what were the total number of teachers in 1992–93 and 1993–94.

Mr. Robin Squire

The table below shows the full-time equivalent number of teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector, including self-governing schools, in England as at January of each year.

19931 19942
Nursery, primary and secondary 389,091 (396,332) 390,430
Special 16,647 16,292
Education other than at school 2,578 2,578
Total 408,316 (415,557) 409,300
1 The bracketed figures for 1993 include teachers in sixth form colleges.
2 As from April 1993 sixth form colleges became part of the further education sector, therefore the 1994 figures exclude teachers in these colleges.