§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many temporary teachers were employed in the North Somerset local education authority schools in each year since 1979. [142945]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on teacher numbers in the North Somerset local education authority prior to 1997 is not available, due to the fact that this particular authority was formed as part of the local government reorganisation of 1 April 1996. The number of short-term supply teachers on contracts of under one month employed in maintained schools in the North Somerset local authority for the whole day, on the third Thursday in January each year since the authority was created, is as follows:
Year Number 1997 30 1998 80 1999 120 2000 90 Note:
All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10
The number of regular teachers in maintained schools increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.
A DfEE survey of maintained secondary schools in England in the first week of September 2000 indicated that there were about 1,000 secondary teacher vacancies.
There was a growth of 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were employed in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the North Somerset local education authority in each year since 1979. [142946]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on teacher numbers in the North Somerset local education authority prior to 1997 is not available, due to the fact that this particular authority was formed as part of the local government reorganisation of 1 April 1996. The full-time equivalent of teachers (including short-term supply) employed in North Somerset local authority on the third Thursday in January each year since the authority was created is as follows:
1997 1998 1999 2000 Nursery/primary 660 670 690 660 Secondary 780 740 740 730 Total 1,440 1,410 1,430 1,390 Note:
All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10
The number of regular teachers in maintained schools increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.
A DfEE survey of maintained secondary schools in England in the first week of September 2000 indicated that there were about 1,000 secondary teacher vacancies.
397WThere was a growth of 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average class size in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the North Somerset local education authority in each year since 1979. [142947]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on class sizes in the North Somerset local education authority prior to 1997 is not available, due to the fact that this particular authority was formed as part of the local government reorganisation of 1 April 1996. The available information is shown in the following table.
Average class sizes1 in maintained primary and secondary schools in North Somerset LEA2 January each year Maintained primary Maintained secondary 2000 28.3 22.2 1999 28.5 21.7 1998 28.4 21.7 1997 27.8 20.4 1Classes taught by one teachers 2North Somerset LEA was formed in April 1996 as part of the local government re-organisation January 2000 saw a fall in the size of the average junior class in England; and a continuing fall in the size of the average primary class, after rising for a decade. The size of the average secondary class nationally, at 22, is still five below the average primary class. Secondary headteachers are receiving an average of £50,000 this year in direct grant to spend as they choose. If this were spent on recruiting teachers, the average secondary class size could be reduced by up to 0.8. We have secured early delivery of our infant class size pledge for the vast majority of infants, including in the North Somerset local education authority. In the authority in September this year, over 97 per cent. of infants were in classes of 30 or fewer pupils.