To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers (a) left and (b) joined the teaching profession in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [98886]
The table shows the numbers of teachers leaving1 full-time or part time2 service in the maintained schools sector and teachers entering or returning3 to full-time or part-time teaching in the maintained schools sector.The National Assembly for Wales is responsible for the supply of teacher data in Wales.
1 Leavers are those who were in full-time or part-time teaching in the maintained schools sector immediately before the period shown, who were not in service in that sector at the end of the period shown. Teachers leaving are based on pension returns. Some teachers may have moved from known service to service not recorded on the teacher pension return. Some leavers will be taking career breaks and will return to service at a later date.
2 Around 10 to 20 per cent. of part-timers may not be included.
3 Those in service in the maintained schools sector at the end of the period shown who were not in service in that sector in England immediately before the period shown. Includes newly qualified entrants, those who deferred entry and those returning from breaks or transferring from outside the maintained schools sector in England.
Leavers
| Entrants/returners
| |
| Derbyshire | ||
| 1 April 1997 to 31 March 19981 | 640 | 500 |
| 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 | 340 | 500 |
| 1 April 1999 to 31 March 20002 | 540 | 480 |
| 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 | n/a2 | n/a2 |
Leavers
| Entrants/returners
| |
| England | ||
| 1 April 1997 to 31 March 19981 | 39,050 | 37,900 |
| 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 | 31,910 | 36,470 |
| 1 April 1999 to 31 March 20002 | 34,930 | 37,030 |
| 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 | 35,440 | 40,260 |
1 Higher than usual numbers of premature retirements, following changes to the retirement regulations, contributed to the high levels of leavers in 1997–98. | ||
2 The most recent data available at LEA level are for 1999–2000. | ||
Note:
n/a = not available.