Teachers: Vacancies

Mr. Graham Stuart
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the school teacher vacancy rate was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight
Full-time vacancy rates in local authority maintained schools in each of the last five years can be found in Table 6 of the Statistical First Release “School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and pupil: adult ratios), January 2009 (Provisional)”. This can be accessed from the following link:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000844