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Teacher Statistics

Volume 456: debated on Monday 29 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers (a) were recruited and (b) took retirement in each year from 1997 to 2006, broken down by local education authority. (116991)

The information requested is not available at local authority level.

The following table provides information within the maintained schools sector for the number of qualified teacher entrants and wastage in England between 1997-98 and 2004-05, the latest year available.

Teacher flows—maintained schools sector: 1991-92,1997-98 to 2004-05; qualified teacher entrants and wastage by type and destination1 England

1991-92

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-042

2004-052

Full-time:

Entrants to full-time teaching in the maintained schools sector

Newly qualified entrants3

12,710

18,010

16,820

17,630

16,780

18,330

20,790

22,250

21,950

New to maintained sector4

4,430

5,770

5,320

5,900

7,060

7,500

6,150

5,290

5,570

Returner to maintained sector5

7,580

5,300

5,410

5,870

7,070

8,710

7,820

6,870

8,080

Total entrants

24,720

29,080

27,550

29,400

30,910

34,540

34,770

34,410

35,600

Joiners from part-time service6

5,210

4,910

4,630

4,790

5,440

4,950

5,030

4,060

4,700

Movement from full-time teaching in the maintained schools sector

Out of service7

15,870

15,660

18,560

19,150

21,080

21,050

23,950

21,830

18,890

Retired

10,680

13,810

5,700

6,080

6,650

6,540

6,610

7,230

7,770

Total wastage

26,540

29,470

24,260

25,230

27,730

27,590

30,560

29,060

26,670

Leavers to part-time service8

4,960

6,910

6,780

7,440

8,190

9,710

9,900

10,570

11,660

Part-time:

Entrants to part-time teaching in the maintainedschools sector

Newly qualified entrants3

350

890

840

810

600

570

760

990

1,000

New to maintained sector4

2,190

2,750

2,910

3,170

3,720

3,680

3,770

4,110

4,110

Returner to maintained sector5

7,520

5,190

5,110

4,850

5,520

5,550

4,910

4,760

5,310

Total entrants

10,060

8,820

8,860

8,830

9,840

9,800

9,440

9,860

10,420

Joiners from full-time service8

4,960

6,910

6,780

7,440

8,190

9,710

9,900

10,570

11,660

Movement from part-time teaching in the maintained schools sector

Out of service7

7,530

6,820

7,590

7,650

7,620

7,730

10,350

9,350

7,760

Retired

1,290

2,750

2,360

2,510

2,610

2,240

2,380

2,580

2,850

Total wastage

8,820

9,580

9,950

10,160

10,230

9,970

12,730

11,930

10,610

Leavers to full-time service6

5,210

4,910

4,630

4,790

5,440

4,950

5,030

406-0

4,700

1 10 to 20 per cent. of part-time teachers may not be included in the data.

2 Provisional estimates.

3 Teacher qualified in the previous calendar year.

4 Teacher has no known service in the English maintained schools sector, and qualified before the previous calendar year.

5 Teacher was not in service last year, but has some previous service in the English maintained schools sector.

6 Full-time joiners from part-time service are equivalent to leavers from part-time to full-time service. They are not included in total entrants or total wastage.

7 Teacher is no longer in service in the English maintained schools sector and is not receiving a pension. May be teaching in FE/HE sectors or Wales.

8 Part-time joiners from full-time service are equivalent to leavers from full-time to part-time service. They are not included in total entrants or total wastage.

Source:

Database of Teacher Records.