Annex B
Statistical First Release: School Workforce in
England (provisional data released in April 2003, finalised and
published in August 2003)
KEY FACTS
— FTE regular teacher numbers are up
by 4,300 on last year and by 13,700 since January 2001 bringing
the total to 423,900. They have reached their highest level since
1982. Regular teacher numbers (excluding supply teachers) are
up in both primary and secondary schools.
— FTE qualified teacher numbers are
up by 500 on last year and at their highest level since January
1984. Qualified teachers comprise more than half of the 24,700
rise in regular teacher numbers since 1997.
— FTE overseas-trained teachers and
specialist instructors are up by 2,900 on last year, but they
still comprise only 2.6% of all regular teachers.
— FTE teachers on employment based
routes to QTS are up 900 on last year, to 4,200. Since the survey
was conducted in January, over 300 of them have been awarded QTS.
— FTE occasional (supply) teachers
are down on last year by 2,600 (-15%), to 14,900. Numbers of long-term
supply teachers have fallen by 310 to 5,800.
— Total teacher vacancies have fallen
since last year by 1,140 (-25%). Headteacher, deputy head and
classroom teacher vacancies have all fallen. Classroom teacher
vacancies are down 27% on last year.
— Teacher vacancy numbers have fallen
in all Government Office Regions except the North-East, where
they are unchanged.
— The national teacher vacancy rate
is 0.9%, the first time it has been below 1% since 2000. Since
2001, total teacher vacancies have fallen by 32%.
— Secondary teacher vacancy numbers
are down in all subjects except information technology and business
studies. Maths and science teacher vacancies are both down 18%
on last year; MFL vacancies are down 21%; English vacancies are
down 13%.
— Total support staff numbers have
risen since last year by 8,300 to 225,300. Total support staff
numbers have risen by 88,000 since 1997.
— Numbers of teaching assistants in
schools have risen by 15,900, to 122,300. The number of teaching
assistants in schools has doubled since 1997.
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