HC Deb 30 November 2001 vol 375 cc1203-4W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time instructors were employed in (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special schools in each of the last four years for which figures are available. [8840]

Local education authorities ranked according to the percentage fall in the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools
January 1993 January 2000
LEA name pre-LGR Proportion of pupils1 known to be eligible for free school meals Equivalent region post-LGR Proportion of pupils1 known to be eligible for free school meals Change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals % change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
North Yorkshire pre-LGR 19.5 North Yorkshire post-LGR 9.1 -10.4 -53.4
n/a North Yorkshire 8.5 n/a n/a
n/a York 11.0 n/a n/a
Leicestershire pre-LGR 18.8 Leicester post LGR 13.0 -5.9 -31.2
n/a Leicestershire 7.9 n/a n/a
n/a Leicester 23.6 n/a n/a
n/a Rutland 5.4 n/a n/a
City of London 53.3 City of London 35.9 -17.4 -32.6
Gloucestershire 13.7 Gloucestershire 9.5 -4.2 -30.9
Walsall 27.1 Walsall 19.1 -8.0 -29.6
Wiltshire pre-LGR 13.5 Wiltshire post-LGR 9.6 -3.9 -28.9
n/a Wiltshire 8.2 n/a n/a
n/a Swindon 12.5 n/a n/a
Avon pre-LGR 19.4 Avon post-LGR 14.1 -5.3 -27.5
n/a Bath and North East Somerset 10.3 n/a n/a
n/a Bristol, City of 22.5 n/a n/a
n/a North Somerset 9.8 n/a n/a
n/a South Gloucestershire 8.4 n/a n/a

Mr. Timms

Instructors and other teachers without Qualified Teacher Status in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in England, 1998 to 2001 by full-time/part-time and phase were as follows1, 2.

1998 1999 2000 2001
Full-time
Nursery and primary 530 610 750 1,340
Secondary 780 1,000 1,070 1,560
Special 100 140 130 210
FTE of part-time
Nursery and primary 370 400 430 410
Secondary 800 850 760 730
Special 30 50 40 40
1 Totals may not appear to equal the sum of their component parts due to rounding; all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10
2 Table excludes teachers on routes to Qualified Teacher Status: the Graduate Teacher Programme, Registered Teacher Programme, Licensed teacher scheme and Overseas Trained Teacher scheme

When deciding whether to employ an instructor without QTS, head teachers take into account the fact that they can often bring valuable skills and experience to the classroom, particularly in subjects that have a high practical content. Instructors also include teachers with qualifications obtained overseas who are not currently seeking QTS.

Between January 1998 and January 2001 the number of full-time equivalent regular teachers in the maintained schools sector with Qualified Teacher Status rose from 394,400 to 404,500, an increase of 10,100.