Teaching Posts and Pupil Numbers (Hansard, 28 November 1996)

HC Deb 28 November 1996 vol 286 cc352-3W 352W

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the change in full-time equivalent teaching posts in England between 1995 and 1996 in numbers and as a percentage; and what were the equivalent figures for pupil numbers in the same period. [6016]
353W

§ Mr. Forth
Information on teaching posts is not collected centrally. Information on pupils and teachers is shown in the table.

Full-time equivalent numbers of pupils and teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools

England Position in January each year

Change

1995 1996 Number Percentage

Pupils 7,182,600 7,273,400 90,900 1.3

Teachers¹ 368,920 369,110 190 0.1

¹Includes both qualified and unqualified teachers.

Full-time equivalent numbers of pupils and teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools
England	Position in January each year
			Change
	1995	1996	Number	Percentage
Pupils	7,182,600	7,273,400	90,900	1.3
Teachers¹	368,920	369,110	190	0.1
¹Includes both qualified and unqualified teachers.