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Specialised Diplomas

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what methods schools and colleges may employ to select students for diploma courses; and if he will make a statement. [207505]

Jim Knight: The prime criterion for deciding whether a young person undertakes a diploma is whether it is the best option for him or her. Diplomas, along with apprenticeships and general qualifications, are an important part of ensuring the right choices are available to young people.

Specialist Schools

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his most recent estimate is of the number of maintained secondary schools which are entitled to but have not yet become specialist schools; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost of increasing the funding of these schools to the average level of schools granted specialist status. [201103]

Jim Knight: There are 343 maintained secondary schools which are not specialist, although these are not all eligible to join the programme because they do not
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all meet the requirements of the Specialist Schools programme. Should they all join the programme, the extra revenue cost would be around £33.3 million.

Teachers: Mathematics

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the minimum level qualification in mathematics is for a qualified teacher of mathematics in a (a) primary and (b) secondary school; [206351]

(2) what estimate he has made of the average level qualification in mathematics of recently qualified teachers of mathematics in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [206352]

Jim Knight: The minimum qualification level required of someone entering initial teacher training (ITT) is an equivalent to a grade C GCSE in English and mathematics. Those training to teach pupils aged three to 11 must additionally have reached this standard in a science subject. This minimum standard must be reached in order to train for the primary or secondary phase and in any subject, At the end of their training, all trainees must pass the skills tests in numeracy, literacy and ICT and be awarded Qualified Teacher Status before they can be classed as a qualified teacher.

The 2002 Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey reported that 42 per cent. of maths teachers had
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a relevant degree in the subject they taught and 76 per cent. had a relevant post A-level qualification. The 2007 report will be published on 29 May providing an update on these figures, There are no comparable data available for primary teachers.

It is not possible to make an estimate of average mathematics qualifications of new teachers. Those who trained as undergraduates may have gained a mathematics degree as part of their ITT programme; some trainees may have mathematics-related qualifications that are not collected in the application process and others may have gained a Postgraduate Certificate of Education in mathematics as part of their ITT.

Teachers: Pay

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average salary of teachers in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England was in each year since 1979. [205618]

Jim Knight: The following table provides the gross average salary, including all allowances, of full-time regular qualified teachers of all grades in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools in Cornwall, the south west Government office region and England and Wales for each year, where available, since 1979. Figures from 1979 to 1993 are only available for England and Wales not for teachers other than in nursery/primary and secondary schools.

Gross average salary, of full-time regular qualified teachers in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools( 1) in Cornwall, the south west Government office region, England and England and Wales
£
Cornwall South West England England and Wales

1979

(2)

(2)

(2)

5,060

1980

(2)

(2)

(2)

6,090

1981

(2)

(2)

(2)

7,640

1982

(2)

(2)

(2)

8,300

1983

(2)

(2)

(2)

8,890

1984

(2)

(2)

(2)

9,400

1985

(2)

(2)

(2)

9,950

1986

(2)

(2)

(2)

10,850

1987

(2)

(2)

(2)

12,410

1988

(2)

(2)

(2)

13,400

1989

(2)

(2)

(2)

14,380

1990

(2)

(2)

(2)

15,520

1991

(2)

(2)

(2)

17,140

1992

(2)

(2)

(2)

19,230

1993

(2)

(2)

(2)

20,750

1994

20,890

20,790

21,040

20,970

1995

20,890

22,620

21,040

21,550

1996

22,080

21,850

22,080

22,060

1997

22,810

22,600

22,810

22,790

1998

23,500

23,210

23,440

23,430

1999

24,500

24,120

24,340

24,340

2000

25,340

25,000

25,290

25,280

2001

27,100

26,820

27,120

27,120

2002

28,170

27,980

28,580

28,580

2003

29,880

29,650

30,350

30,340

2004

31,100

30,820

31,620

31,580

2005(3)

32,380

32,050

32,800

32,790

2006(3)

33,470

33,170

33,830

33,820

(1) Figures up to 1993 include sixth form colleges.
(2 )Not available.
(3) Provisional estimates.
Source:
Database of Teacher records.

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Teachers: Qualifications

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers had a (i) first, (ii) upper second, (iii) lower second and (iv) third class degree in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [206230]

Jim Knight: The information requested is held for an estimated 65 per cent. of full-time regular qualified
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nursery/primary teachers and 74 per cent. of secondary school teachers in service in the local authority maintained sector in England. The following table provides a breakdown of the class of degree held by these teachers in March 2006, the latest for which teachers in service can be identified. Information for previous years will be less complete and therefore does not provide directly comparable information.

Degree class of full-time regular qualified nursery/primary and secondary teachers in England, March 2006( 1)
Class of degree Nursery/primary Secondary

First class honours

4.2

4.8

Upper second class honours

7.5

8.7

Lower second class honours

5.2

6.4

Undivided second class honours

75.8

67.9

Third class honours

0.5

0.9

Unclassified honours

4.5

7.6

Pass

1.1

1.4

Degrees awarded outside the UK

1.2

2.4

Total

100.0

100.0

(1) Provisional.
Source:
Database of teacher records and GTCE.

Teachers: Redundancy

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teacher redundancies there were in England in each year from 1997 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. [205993]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.


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