Information on teacher vacancies is available for nursery/primary and secondary Schools. Middle schools are included within both these two phases, as deemed, and upper schools within the secondary figures but neither group can be identified separately.
The following table provides the number of full-time and part-time vacancies in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools in Suffolk local authority and England in each January since 2003.
Nursery and primary Secondary January Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Suffolk 2003 6 — 17 — 2004 20 0 47 1 2005 16 3 7 6 2006 9 1 16 2 2007 6 1 31 5 England 2003 1,114 — 2,050 — 2004 778 133 1,627 191 2005 743 134 1,553 201 2006 709 146 1,340 154 2007 658 101 1,214 151 1 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term’s duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis of less than one term. 2 Part time vacancies were not collected prior to 2004. Source: DCSF Annual 618g Survey