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Teachers: Sick Leave

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching staff have been on sick leave (a) in total and (b) as a result of stress-related illness in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [138974]

Jim Knight: The following table gives information for teacher sickness absence including numbers in local authority maintained schools for calendar years 2000 to 2006.

The reasons teachers take sickness absence, including stress related illnesses are not collected centrally.

Table 13: Full-time and part-time teacher sickness absence( 1) in England, calendar years 2000 to 2006, LA maintained sector
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006( 2)

Percentage of teachers taking sickness absence(3)

55

55

57

57

55

55

57

Days sick per teacher(3)

5.4

5.4

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.3

Days sick per teacher taking sickness absence

9.9

10.0

9.3

9.6

9.5

9.3

9.3

Number of teachers taking sickness absence

273,300

279,200

293,400

298,100

292,800

300,700

309,000

Total days sickness absence taken

2,694,400

2,782,100

2,739,300

2,853,600

2,796,100

2,796,000

2,880,400

(1) Provisional.
(2) Includes estimated figures for those local authorities that did not provide complete data or provided potentially inaccurate data.
(3) Based on an estimate of the number of teachers that have worked in the maintained sector during the calendar year.
Source:
618g survey

Teaching Methods

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2007, Official Report, column 1868W, on teaching methods, what proportion of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) science and (d) all lessons (excluding PE lessons) inspected by Ofsted were recorded as setted and banded in each year since 2002-03. [137060]

Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 22 May 2007:

The proportion of English, Maths, Science and All lessons (excluding PE) inspected by Ofsted that were recorded as setted and banded in each year since 2002-03
English Maths
2002/03 Total lessons % Banded % Setted Total lessons % Banded % Setted

Year 7

1,619

5

38

1,306

3

74

Year 8

1,215

6

51

1,099

3

85

Year 9

1,589

7

51

1,401

2

90

Year 10

1,301

6

57

1,245

1

90

Year 11

1,494

6

59

1,422

1

90

Total 7-11

7,218

6

51

6,473

2

86


Science All (excluding PE )
Total lessons % Banded % Setted Total lessons % Banded % Setted

Year 7

1,121

4

40

10,406

5

29

Year 8

1,013

6

62

9,482

6

41

Year 9

1,345

5

74

12,259

6

45

Year 10

1,359

4

80

11,064

3

40

Year 11

1,528

3

83

12,060

3

42

Total 7-11

6,366

4

70

55,271

4

40


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The proportion of English, Maths, Science and All lessons (excluding PE) inspected by Ofsted that were recorded as setted and banded in each year since 2002-03
English Maths
2003/04 Total lessons Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Average ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Lower ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Upper ability range within the school Total lessons Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Average ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Lower ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Upper ability range within the school

Year 7

1,668

9

18

11

1,519

17

30

26

Year 8

1,359

11

20

18

1,325

23

32

30

Year 9

1,776

14

20

21

1,650

23

30

36

Year 10

1,363

13

23

21

1,389

27

30

35

Year 11

1,675

15

21

23

1,634

24

27

41

Total 7-11

7,841

13

20

19

7,517

23

30

34


Science All (excluding PE)
Total lessons Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Average ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Lower ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Upper ability range within the school Total lessons Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Average ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Lower ability range within the school Class Setted or streamed by ability where pupils are within the Upper ability range within the school

Year 7

1,269

9

14

15

12,371

7

11

10

Year 8

1,121

20

22

24

11,136

10

15

14

Year 9

1,584

20

23

34

14,747

11

15

18

Year 10

1,509

21

27

31

12,874

9

13

14

Year 11

1,799

21

27

34

14,756

9

13

17

Total 7-11

7,282

18

23

29

65,884

9

13

15

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