HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 cc806-11W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers,(a) in total and (b) by local education authority, left the teaching profession within two years of qualification in each of the last five years. [17132]

Mr. Timms

Qualified teachers who entered full and part-time regular service in the maintained schools sector in England within two years of qualification and were not in service in the third year are as follows. The most recent year for which data are available is 1999–2000.

Qualified 1993 left service by March 1996 Qualified 1994 left service by March 1997 Qualified 1995 left service by March 1998 Qualified 1996 left service by March 1999 Qualified 1997 left service by March 2000
Sandwell 7 14 15 21 21
Solihull 18 17 15 16 14
Walsall 8 8 19 12 9
Wolverhampton 9 8 11 11 9
Knowsley 10 9 7 11 8
Liverpool 14 21 18 21 15
St. Helens 7 11 7 6 9
Sefton 14 18 17 9 14
Wirral 9 11 9 14 10
Bolton 8 13 12 13 11
Bury 12 9 7 6 10
Manchester 22 23 27 33 46
Oldham 7 9 8 13 10
Rochdale 7 5 5 12 13
Salford 6 12 8 11 13
Stockport 11 10 19 16 19
Tameside 5 7 10 2 11
Trafford 2 8 11 33 12
Wigan 2 13 14 11 17
Barnsley 10 8 10 7 16
Doncaster 11 14 13 11 10
Rotherham 10 12 7 8 14
Sheffield 18 14 19 23 18
Bradford 26 25 38 19 32
Calderdale 9 7 12 9 8
Kirklees 12 17 8 17 12
Leeds 35 28 32 23 25
Wakefield 17 24 14 12 15
Gateshead 5 2 10 2 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 11 14 9 25 10
North Tyneside 6 5 6 6 2
South Tynside 8 2 8 11 2
Sunderland 17 10 9 5 17
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 2
Cornwall 13 17 23 16 27
Cumbria 18 18 14 13 18
Gloucestershire 25 36 28 34 31
Hertfordshire 60 85 73 80 101
Isle of Wight 6 7 6 5 7
Lincolnshire 26 23 19 19 23
Norfolk 31 33 36 32 28
Northamptonshire 30 38 29 55 27
Northumberland 13 20 11 16 18
Oxfordshire 33 48 37 57 66
Somerset 19 19 19 23 24
Suffolk 18 26 40 30 45
Surrey 70 65 82 74 92
Warwickshire 23 29 25 35 41
West Sussex 41 39 49 38 50
Reorganised LEAs'
Avon 49 16 2 n/a n/a
Bath and North East Somerset n/a 9 15 16 13
City of Bristol n/a 15 17 20 21
North Somerset n/a 2 10 9 8
South Gloucestershire n/a 13 14 9 17
Cleveland 29 8 2 n/a n/a
Hartlepool n/a 2 2 — 2— 2—
Middlesbrough n/a 0 2 7
Redcar and Cleveland n/a 2 2 7 6
Stockton on Tees n/a 2 1 7 10
Humberside 37 10 2—2 n/a n/a
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull n/a 6 11 8 7
East Riding of Yorkshire n/a 5 23 12 11
North East Lincolnshire n/a 9 2 2 2
North Lincolnshire n/a 2 9 6 2
"old" North Yorkshire 29 10 2- n/a n/a
North Yorkshire n/a 6 12 29 22
York n/a 5 6 6 7
"old" Bedfordshire 35 38 9 2 n/a
Bedfordshire n/a n/a 11 22 29
Luton n/a n/a 2 14 9
Qualified 1993 left service by March 1996 Qualified 1994 left service by March 1997 Qualified 1995 left service by March 1998 Qualified 1996 left service by March 1999 Qualified 1997 left service by March 2000
"old" Buckinghamshire 35 37 19 2 n/a
Buckinghamshire n/a n/a 33 25 22
Milton Keynes n/a n/a 10 11 9
"old" Derbyshire 36 35 16 2 n/a
Derbyshire n/a n/a 10 11 35
City of Derby n/a n/a 9 5 13
"old" Dorset 31 24 6 2 n/a
Dorset n/a n/a 6 10 14
Poole n/a n/a 5 7 5
Bournemouth n/a n/a 2 9 11
"old" Durham 22 33 7 2 n/a
Durham n/a n/a 13 30 36
Darlington n/a n/a 2 0 2
"old" East Sussex 43 44 14 6 n/a
East Sussex n/a n/a 14 29 26
Brighton and Hove n/a n/a 12 15 19
"old" Hampshire 88 95 38 6 n/a
Hampshire n/a n/a 53 68 74
Portsmouth n/a n/a 2 14 12
Southampton n/a n/a 9 18 31
"old" Leicestershire 37 37 12 2 n/a
Leicestershire n/a n/a 13 32 19
Leicester City n/a n/a 9 16 10
Rutland n/a n/a 2 0 2
"old" Staffordshire 26 35 12 2 n/a
Staffordshire n/a n/a 15 37 51
Stoke-on-Trent n/a n/a 2 10 11
"old" Wiltshire 34 27 10 6 n/a
Wiltshire n/a n/a 10 11 22
Swindon n/a n/a 7 14 9
Berkshire 52 53 54 22 6
Bracknell Forest n/a n/a n/a 6 9
Windsor and Maidenhead n/a n/a n/a 9 12
West Berkshire n/a n/a n/a 6 18
Reading n/a n/a n/a 11 11
Slough n/a n/a n/a 2 2
Wokingham n/a n/a n/a 12 10
"old" Cambridgeshire 29 48 47 13 5
Cambridgeshire n/a n/a n/a 23 37
City of Peterborough n/a n/a n/a 12 10
"old" Cheshire 49 55 42 11 5
Cheshire n/a n/a n/a 23 30
Halton n/a n/a n/a 2 9
Warrington n/a n/a n/a 8 12
"old" Devon 59 44 66 22 2
Devon n/a n/a n/a 28 34
City of Plymouth n/a n/a n/a 13 12
Torbay n/a n/a n/a 7 5
"old" Essex 63 79 105 49 5
Essex n/a n/a n/a 56 69
Southend n/a n/a n/a 5 8
Thurrock n/a n/a n/a 2 2
Hereford and Worcester 24 33 25 12 n/a
Herefordshire n/a n/a n/a 6 5
Worcestershire n/a n/a n/a 14 26
"old" Kent 69 89 84 33 7
Kent n/a n/a n/a 74 83
Medway n/a n/a n/a 12 22
"old" Lancashire 57 56 55 14 2
Lancashire n/a n/a n/a 26 55
Blackburn and Darwen n/a n/a n/a 5 5
Blackpool n/a n/a n/a 5 2
"old" Nottinghamshire 47 27 50 14 5
Nottinghamshire n/a n/a n/a 14 15
City of Nottingham n/a n/a n/a 8 8
"old" Shropshire 13 8 17 5 n/a
Shropshire n/a n/a n/a 6 11
Telford and Wrekin n/a n/a n/a 5 8
Not known 58 86 102 177 175
England 2,397 2,651 2,697 2,916 3,106
1Some teachers had their old local authority allocated to their record after the data of local government reorganisation.
2Less than five

The figures exclude 10 per cent. to 20 per cent. of part-time teachers not included on the Teacher Pension Scheme records.

Some teachers who leave service will return after a career break.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if work has begun on the research project into why teachers leave the profession. [21862]

Mr. Timms

Work has begun on this research project. The Department has commissioned Professor Alan Smithers and Dr. Pamela Robinson, from the University of Liverpool, Centre for Education and Employment Research to undertake this study. We expect the report to be published in March 2003.

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