(2) how many and what proportion of (a) secondary and (b) primary school teachers were (i) male and (ii) female in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
The available information on full-time regular qualified teachers in local authority maintained schools by phase, grade and sex is published in Table D2 of the Statistical First Release “School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures), January 2008 (Revised)” which can be found at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000813/index.shtml
The annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618G, is the Department’s preferred source of teacher numbers in service, but this is not broken down by gender. Table D2 uses information from the Database of Teacher Records which is not as complete as 618G. Hence, the proportions quoted within it are reliable but the underlying numbers are not included.
Underlying teacher numbers, broken down by gender, are available from the School Census and cover all teachers employed in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools. These figures cannot be broken down by grade however and therefore relate to all teachers including heads.
Coverage: England Nursery/Primary Secondary2 Male Percentage Female Percentage Male Percentage Female Percentage 1997 29,730 16 155,790 84 86,010 47 98,320 53 1998 29,000 16 155,470 84 84,780 46 99,690 54 1999 28,840 16 156,960 84 84,910 46 101,400 54 2000 28,740 15 158,260 85 85,060 45 103,320 55 2001 28,670 15 161,020 85 86,280 45 107,060 55 2002 29,230 15 163,870 85 88,910 44 111,540 56 2003 28,570 15 162,520 85 89,250 44 114,680 56 2004 28,030 15 160,710 85 88,980 43 116,840 57 2005 27,510 15 160,600 85 89,260 43 119,780 57 2006 27,730 15 162,750 85 88,930 42 121,680 58 2007 27,490 14 162,810 86 87,650 42 122,570 58 2008 27,690 14 163,450 86 86,330 41 124,540 59 1 Includes qualified and unqualified teachers. 2 Excludes Academies. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census