Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families at how many and what proportion of maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools fewer than (i) 1 per cent., (ii) 10 per cent., (iii) 20 per cent. and (iv) 30 per cent. of the fully qualified teaching staff were male in each year since 1997. [271479]
Jim Knight:
The information cannot be provided for all the years requested on the grounds of disproportionate cost. 1997 and 2008 figures are provided within the following table.
The following table shows how many and what proportion of local authority maintained primary and secondary schools in England employed fewer than 1 per cent., 10 per cent., 20 per cent. and 30 per cent. qualified full-time equivalent male teachers, January 1997 and 2008.
Number and proportion of maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools with fewer than 1 per cent., 10 per cent., 20 per cent. and 30 per cent. full-time equivalent qualified male teachers, January 1997 and 2008, England
1997
2008
Nursery/P rimary
Secondary( 1)
Nursery/Primary
Secondary( 1)
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Less than 1 per cent.
5,280
27.9
0
0.0
4,670
26.5
(2)—
0.1
Less than 10 per cent.
6,760
35.7
(2)—
0.1
6,800
38.5
10
0.3
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Less than 20 per cent.
11,920
63.0
80
2.1
12,390
70.2
70
2.2
Less than 30 per cent.
16,210
85.6
280
7.9
15,930
90.2
360
11.0
(1) Excludes academies. (2) Between one and four schools. Note:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census
Teachers: Redundancy
Steve Webb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teaching staff have been made redundant in each of the last 10 years. [272653]
Jim Knight:
The information is not collected centrally.
Teachers: Training
Kelvin Hopkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) teachers' professional bodies and (b) industry in respect of teachers' continuing professional development. [274705]
Jim Knight:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families regularly meets with representatives of teachers' professional bodies and industry to discuss a range of issues. Most recently this has included attending the conferences of ASCL, ATL, NAHT and NASUWT; and meetings with Agony Aunts and Kids in the Middle; Franklin Covey and the Association of Colleges.
Mr. Graham Stuart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of graduates enrolling on a postgraduate certification of education course held a (a) first, (b) upper second, (c) lower second and (d) third class first degree in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [275040]
Jim Knight:
The following tables show the number of first year trainees for each academic year between 1998/99 and 2006/07 by the classification of their first degree for:
1. Postgraduate ITT trainees
2. Employment Based Routes (EBR) trainees.
Information relating to the qualifications on entry to mainstream ITT courses is only available from 1998/99 onwards. The same information for trainees on employment based routes was only collected from 2001/02 onwards. Figures relating to 2007/08 will be available in July 2009.
Proportion of postgraduate trainees in their first year of mainstream ITT courses by classification of first degree( 1,2) , 1998/99 to 2006/07, England
Percentage
1998/99
1999/2000
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
1st
5.4
5.5
5.8
5.7
6.4
7.0
7.7
8.1
8.1
2:1
45.9
45.8
46.4
47.3
48.5
49.0
49.8
50.7
50.7
2:2
36.8
37.4
36.7
36.7
35.7
35.3
33.8
32.7
33.8
3
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.0
3.7
3.8
3.6
3.5
3.4
Pass
4.0
3.1
3.4
3.1
3.4
3.1
2.5
2.4
2.0
Total with 2:1 and above
51.3
51.3
52.2
53.0
54.9
56.0
57.5
58.8
58.8
Total with 2:2 and above
88.0
88.7
88.9
89.7
90.6
91.3
91.4
91.5
92.6
Class not known/undefined
4.0
3.9
3.4
3.2
2.3
1.8
2.6
2.6
2.1
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Total number of first year trainees on postgraduate ITT courses(3)
16,680
16,740
18,200
19,790
21,240
23,510
23,580
23,240
22,320
(1) Includes universities and other higher education institutions, SCITT and Open University but excludes employment based routes and cases where QTS is granted on assessment without a course of ITT. (2) Those training through the Fast Track programme (which ran between 2001/02 and 2005/06) are included. (3) Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source:
TDA's Performance Profiles
