Baverstock Foundation School and Specialist Sports College
Birmingham
George Tomlinson School
Bolton
Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College
Bradford
John Kelly Boys' Technology College
Brent
Kelsey Park Sports College
Bromley
Coleridge Community College
Cambridgeshire
St. Peter's School
Cambridgeshire
Haling Manor High School
Croydon
North Cumbria Technology College
Cumbria
Morton School
Cumbria
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Merrill College
Derby
Noel-Baker Community School and Language College
Derby
Albany School
Enfield
Barstable School
Essex
Alderman Blaxill School
Essex
King Harold School
Essex
Sir Charles Lucas Arts College
Essex
Chalvedon School
Essex
Colbayns High School
Essex
The Rickstones School
Essex
Furtherwick Park School
Essex
Sawyers Hall College
Essex
Central Technology College
Gloucestershire
Beaufort Community School
Gloucestershire
Pittville School
Gloucestershire
Maidenhill School
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham Kingsmead
Gloucestershire
Dyke House Comprehensive School
Hartlepool
Bushey Hall School
Hertfordshire
Cheshunt School
Hertfordshire
Harlington Community School
Hillingdon
Mellow Lane School
Hillingdon
King Ethelbert School
Kent
Aylesford School—Sports College
Kent
Pent Valley School
Kent
Minster College
Kent
The Wildernesse School
Kent
Thamesview School
Kent
Northfleet Technology College
Kent
The Malling School
Kent
St. George's Church of England Foundation School
Kent
The Canterbury High School
Kent
Chaucer Technology School
Kent
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Kent
The Charles Dickens School
Kent
Coombe Boys' School
Kingston upon Thames
Joseph Ruston Technology College
Lincolnshire
The Castle Hills Community Arts College
Lincolnshire
John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College
Lincolnshire
St. Hugh's C of E Mathematics and Computing College
Lincolnshire
The Giles School
Lincolnshire
New Brompton College
Medway
The Robert Napier School
Medway
The Radcliffe School
Milton Keynes
Costessey High School
Norfolk
George Pindar Community Sports College
North Yorkshire
Weavers School
Northamptonshire
The Kingswood School
Northamptonshire
Magnus C of E School
Nottinghamshire
Banbury School
Oxfordshire
The City of Portsmouth Boys' School
Portsmouth
Manor Foundation Business and Sports College
Sandwell
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The Heathfield Foundation Technology College
Sandwell
Abbeydale Grange School
Sheffield
Brymore School
Somerset
Belfairs High School
Southend-on-Sea
Kingsdale Secondary School
Southwark
Stafford Sports College
Staffordshire
Jubilee High School
Surrey
de Stafford School
Surrey
Abraham Darby Specialist School for Performing Arts
Telford and Wrekin
The Grays School Media Arts College
Thurrock
Sale High School
Trafford
Ash Green School
Warwickshire
Hartshill School
Warwickshire
Salisbury High School
Wiltshire
Ridgeway High School
Wirral
Moseley Park School
Wolverhampton
(c) Fresh Start Schools
Blakewater College
Blackburn with Darwen
Ladybridge High School
Bolton
Kings High School
Bournemouth
Highcrest Community School
Buckinghamshire
da Vinci Community College
Derby
Islington Arts and Media School
Islington
Kingswood College of Arts
Kingston upon Hull, City of
New College Leicester
Leicester
St. Clements College
Lincolnshire
Bishopsford Community School
Merton
All Saints College
Newcastle upon Tyne
Corby Community College
Northamptonshire
The River Leen School
Nottingham
Hadden Park High School
Nottingham
Parkwood High School
Sheffield
Chase High School
Southend-on-Sea
Jubilee High School
Surrey
Teachers
Mrs. Maria Miller:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 414W, on teachers, what information his Department holds on the number of newly qualified teachers teaching in secondary schools as a proportion of all teachers in each of the last 10 years. [217494]
Jim Knight:
The following table provides the number of newly qualified teachers in full-time regular service in local authority maintained secondary schools in England as a proportion of all teachers in similar service in each year from 1997 to 2006, the latest information available.
Newly qualified teachers in full-time regular service as a percentage of all full-time qualified teachers in service: Coverage local authority maintained secondary schools in England—Years March 1997 to 2006
Newly qualified teachers (Percentage)
1997
4.6
1998
4.9
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1999
4.6
2000
4.6
2001
4.7
2002
5.1
2003
6.0
2004
6.7
2005(1)
6.7
2006(1)
7.1
(1) Provisional. Note:
Newly qualified teachers are those who are recorded as acquiring qualified teacher status in the calendar year prior to that where they are recorded in service. Source:
Database of Teacher Records
Teachers: Age
Mr. Hayes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the average age of a teacher was (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available; [217998]
(2) what the average length of time was that a teacher had spent in the profession (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which information is available. [218002]
Jim Knight:
The following table provides the average age and length of service of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in local authority maintained schools in England in March 1997 and 2006, the latest information available.
Average age and length of service( 1) , in years, of full-time regular qualified teachers: Coverage local authority maintained sector schools in England—March 1997 and 2006
Age
Length of service
1997
41.0
14.3
2006(2)
40.9
13.5
(1) Length of service is the total length of teachers service recorded in the source data and may include service completed outside of the English maintained sector. (2) Provisional. Source:
Database of Teacher Records.
