§ Mrs. RoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) supply and (b) relief teachers work in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; how many full-time teachers have left the profession during the last 12 months; and if he will list by country the numbers of teachers from overseas who are teaching in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [144862]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisAt January 2000 there were 10,520 nursery and primary and 5,320 secondary school teachers in occasional service (short-term supply) in England.
It is estimated provisionally that 20,800 full-time teachers who were in the maintained schools sector in England in March 1998 were not in service at March 1999 (the latest leavers' figures available). A further 8,100 changed from full-time to part-time service within the maintained sector. These figures exclude teachers who left and re-entered, or entered and left, within the year. All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Information about teachers from overseas teaching in primary and secondary schools in England is not available.
The number of regular teachers in maintained schools in England increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.
There was a growth of more than 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.
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§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in the north-west had a shortage of teachers in 2000. [144910]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThere were 180 vacancies (0.3 per cent.) in the maintained schools sector in the north-west in January 2000.
The number of regular teachers in the maintained schools sector in England increased by 6,900 between January 1998 and January 2000.
There was a growth of more than 2,000 in the number of people training to be teachers between 1999–2000 and 2000–01, the first such increase since 1992–93.