HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 cc630-2W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of secondary school head teachers were women in(a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1985, (d) 1990 and (e) 1995 (i) by local education authority and (ii) nationally. [10518]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Percentage of secondary school headteachers who were women in each local education authority area in England 1975–19951 2
Position in January each year
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
Corporation of London n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Camden n/a n/a n/a 73 55
Greenwich n/a n/a n/a 53 47
Hackney n/a n/a n/a 40 70
Hammersmith and Fulham n/a n/a n/a 30 67
Islington n/a n/a n/a 50 67
Kensington and Chelsea n/a n/a n/a 60 75
Lambeth n/a n/a n/a 40 55
Lewisham n/a n/a n/a 29 54
Southwark n/a n/a n/a 44 62
Tower Hamlets n/a n/a n/a 57 40
Wandsworth n/a n/a n/a 45 33
Westminster n/a n/a n/a 63 38
ILEA 41 39 45 n/a n/a
Barking and Dagenham 18 18 9 0 13
Barnet 25 28 26 33 33
Bexley 26 25 42 41 19
Brent 17 28 17 27 31
Bromley 42 41 35 32 41
Croydon 29 28 17 19 20
Ealing 24 19 20 23 42
Enfield 19 18 25 24 13
Haringey 38 36 20 44 33
Harrow 27 27 45 30 20
Havering 14 14 24 21 28
Hillingdon 14 20 5 17 20
Hounslow 20 29 36 29 36
Kingston upon Thames 42 42 45 50 40
Merton 26 32 42 50 36
Newham 25 19 31 40 71
Redbridge 30 29 25 7 20
Richmond upon Thames 17 33 25 50 38
Sutton 35 33 38 36 43
Waltham Forest 26 25 22 31 38
Birmingham 26 23 20 25 33
Coventry 23 23 19 11 21
Dudley 15 13 12 16 18
Sandwell 20 12 8 9 5
Solihull 12 11 11 21 15
Walsall 4 8 8 9 25
Wolverhampton 17 14 14 20 15
Knowsley 13 10 6 0 9
Liverpool 35 34 33 28 31

Percentage of secondary school headteachers who were women in each local education authority area in England 1975–19951 2
Position in January each year
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
St. Helens 12 11 12 8 0
Sefton 26 19 17 14 23
Wirral 32 34 31 36 33
Bolton 10 20 11 6 19
Bury 11 6 13 0 14
Manchester 25 29 22 18 21
Oldham 5 0 6 20 27
Rochdale 0 7 11 17 21
Salford 4 8 4 6 11
Stockport 19 18 16 13 27
Tameside 28 29 11 11 22
Trafford 35 35 29 24 25
Wigan 10 7 10 12 14
Barnsley 13 4 5 11 14
Doncaster 13 10 3 9 15
Rotherham 5 0 0 0 12
Sheffield 14 18 13 9 32
Bradford 11 8 13 20 26
Calderdale 8 13 26 24 13
Kirklees 13 8 8 16 13
Leeds 27 24 24 20 13
Wakefield 7 7 4 5 14
Gateshead 10 11 6 0 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 19 14 22 26 38
North Tyneside 11 15 25 15 22
South Tyneside 15 6 7 8 18
Sunderland 6 8 8 6 12
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0
Avon 21 17 17 18 17
Bedfordshire 8 9 7 8 19
Berkshire 24 22 22 31 32
Buckinghamshire 18 17 20 22 25
Cambridge 6 6 9 20 18
Cheshire 24 21 18 15 18
Cleveland 7 9 10 11 14
Cornwall 13 6 6 10 13
Cumbria 13 15 12 14 10
Derbyshire 9 7 10 14 15
Devon 12 10 15 12 17
Dorset 20 18 18 24 16
Durham 5 0 2 7 9
East Susex 19 11 9 9 26
Essex 17 22 17 14 15
Gloucestershire 13 11 14 16 14
Hampshire 20 16 13 20 24
Hereford and Worcester 10 13 11 8 12
Hertfordshire 17 13 19 22 22
Humberside 16 14 18 20 20
Isle of Wight 6 0 10 14 19
Kent 29 27 25 28 30
Lancashire 10 10 7 8 16
Leicestershire 17 17 20 23 28
Lincolnshire 15 14 14 16 17
Norfolk 14 13 13 9 12
North Yorkshire 12 10 24 10 14
Northamptonshire 18 15 10 20 21
Northumberland 4 5 6 7 8
Nottinghamshire 15 10 10 11 20
Oxfordshire 7 4 15 19 20
Shropshire 18 12 15 14 23
Somerset 3 0 5 10 10
Staffordshire 12 6 8 8 15
Suffolk 11 9 11 15 18
Surrey 18 9 10 10 12

Percentage of secondary school headteachers who were women in each local education authority area in England 1975–19951 2
Position in January each year
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
Warwickshire 22 17 12 16 32
West Sussex 19 21 15 12 27
Wiltshire 9 10 14 9 16
England 18 16 16 18 21
n/a not applicable.
1Excludes sixth form colleges.
2Excludes headteachers employed by local education authroities who were not attached to a particular school.