§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers have(a) left and (b) joined the profession in the state sector in each of the last 10 years. [140796]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe head-counts of teachers leaving and entering full-time or part-time service in the maintained schools sector in England were as follows:
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Financial year Leavers1 Entrants2 1989–90 39,800 38,100 1990–91 41,400 35,500 1991–92 35,400 34,900 1992–93 32,900 32,800
Financial year Leavers1 Entrants1 1993–94 35,000 35,000 1994–95 33,900 36,900 1995–96 35,400 35,400 1996–97 35,600 36,100 1997–98 38,800 37,100 1998–991 31,100 35,000 1 Excludes teachers who entered and left or left and entered within the year. 2 Data for 1998–99 are provisional. The number of teachers leaving on early or ill health retirement has now stabilised at a lower level, following the reform of the Teachers Pensions Scheme in 1997.
The full-time equivalent number of regular teachers in the maintained sector has increased by 6,900 since January 1998.
There was a growth of 2000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01.