HC Deb 30 October 2001 vol 373 cc617-8W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of unqualified teachers in maintained schools in each of the last five years. [7483]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 15 October 2001]: Full-time equivalent teachers without Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in the maintained schools sector, England 1997 to 2001 are as follows:

Year Teachers on routes to QTS1 Instructors and other teachers without QTS2 Total
1997 460 2,480 2,940
1998 570 2,640 3,220
1999 470 3,070 3,540
2000 580 3,240 3,820
2001 1,280 4,340 5,620
1Those on the Graduate Teacher Programme. Registered Teacher Programme, Licensed Teacher Scheme and Overseas Trained Teacher Scheme
2On contracts of at least one month

Note:

Totals may not sum due to rounding; all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10