[holding answer 10 September 2007]: The information is not available in the format requested. There are however estimates available which give the number of full-time regular appointments. This information is available at the Government office region level only.
The following table shows the number of teachers aged 50 or over appointed to full-time regular posts in local authority maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government office region and England in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05, the latest year for which information is available.
2002-03 2003-042 2004-052 Yorkshire and the Humber England Yorkshire and the Humber England Yorkshire and the Humber England Nursery/Primary Entrants3 120 1,280 90 1,200 100 1,240 Movements4 190 2,100 210 2,300 230 2,060 Total appointments 310 3,370 300 3,500 330 3,300 Secondary Entrants3 160 1,940 150 1,810 150 1,770 Movements4 210 2,560 200 2,340 190 2,050 Total appointments 370 4,500 360 4,150 350 3,820 1 Teachers aged 50 or over by the end of the year in which appointed. 2 Provisional. 3 Entrants include teachers who were not in service in the local authority maintained sector in England at the beginning of the year of appointment. 4 Includes teachers who were in service in the local authority maintained sector in England at the beginning of the year who had taken up an appointment in a different school by the end of the year. Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and consequently totals may not always equal the sum of the component parts. Source: Database of Teacher Records