§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of teachers working in English schools and colleges were trained in the United Kingdom. [144282]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information is not available in the form requested. In January 2003, there were 408,400 full-time equivalent regular teachers in the maintained schools sector in England with qualified teacher status (QTS).
Qualified Teacher Status is normally obtained either by successfully completing an accredited course of initial teacher training in England, or under mutual recognition of qualifications arrangements with other countries.
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§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher training places have been provided in(a) higher education and (b) further education institutions in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number in each of the next five years. [144283]
Allocated places 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 Higher education institutions 25,955 27,353 28,275 30,183 33,259 Further education institutions 222 231 233 233 313 Source: Teacher Training Agency We expect the final numbers of places for 2004/05 and indicative numbers of places in 2005/06 and 2006/07 to be announced later this month.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who have been recruited by schools from further education colleges in the past three years. [144285]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows the number of regular teachers in full or part-time' service in the maintained school sector in England in March of each year shown, who were in full-time service in further education in England in the preceding March.
Year moved to schools sector Number moving 2000 210 2001 300 2002 540 Source: Database of teacher records. 1Around 10 to 20 per cent. of part-timers may not be included.