§ Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teaching posts are(a) vacant and (b) filled by supply, temporary and agency teachers in (i) state primary schools and (ii) state secondary schools in (1) Barnet Local Education Authority and (2) Greater London areas; and what proportions of the total the figures represent. [122735]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table shows the number of vacant teaching posts and the number of posts covered by teachers in occasional service in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in Barnet local education authority and Greater London at January 2000.
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Teacher vacancies Teachers in occasional service Full-time vacant posts Vacancy rate Number of agency teachers Number of other occasional teachers All occasional teachers Occasional teacher rate Nursery/Primary Barnet 30 2.8 30 10 40 3.6 Greater London 520 2.0 1,200 540 1,730 6.1 Secondary Barnet 20 1.6 20 10 30 2.2 Greater London 410 1.8 680 190 870 3.5 Note:
Totals may not sum to component parts because of rounding
A qualified teacher vacancy refers to a full-time permanent appointment (or an appointment of at least one term's duration) at 20 January 2000 which was advertised but not filled. Vacancies include those filled on a temporary basis unless filled by someone with a fixed term contract of one term or more. Supply, temporary and agency teachers on a contract of at least one month cannot be separately identified from teachers in regular service.
Teachers in occasional service collected on Form 618G provide cover for a variety of reasons e.g. vacancies, training courses and sickness absence.