§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many maths teachers were employed in892W secondary schools in (a) 1984, (b) 1988, (c) 1992, (d) 1996 and (e) 2000; and what their qualifications were. [8405]
§ Mr. TimmsFull-time teachers who spent some or all of their time teaching maths in English maintained secondary schools are as follows:
Academic year 1983–841 1987–88 1991–92 1996–97 Maths teachers 40,500 35,500 31,000 25,200 Qualifications—maths main subject2 Degree 28 27 30 40 BEd 6 8 9 16 PGCE 0 7 10 11 Cert. Ed. 19 15 15 12 Other 3 3 4 2 Maths subsidiary or related subject2 18 14 10 — Other subjects2 26 25 22 20 Total2 100 100 100 100 1 1983–84 survey did not separately identify PGCEs which trained students to teach maths. Most maths-qualified teachers with a PGCE will be included in the 'degree' or 'other' columns 2 Percentage In 1996–97, subjects were not designated as main, subsidiary or related. All subjects were treated as at the same level. The concept of related subject was not used for maths.
The percentages of teachers with each qualification have been rounded to the nearest whole number and as a result the component parts may not add to 100 per cent.
Data for 1996–97 are the latest available.