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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 November 2006. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Tamworth: Teaching Vacancies

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching vacancies there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Tamworth constituency.
Answer

Information on teacher vacancies is not available at constituency level but is available by local authority.Tamworth constituency is divided between Sandwell and Staffordshire local authorities.The following table gives the number of full-time teacher vacancies in maintained schools in Sandwell and Staffordshire local authorities in England, in January 2006.

Full-time vacancy¹ numbers in Sandwell and Staffordshire local authorities in maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools
Nursery/primary Secondary
Sandwell 13 5
Staffordshire 6 7
¹ Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term’s duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis of less than one term.
Source:
DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
454 c256-7W;454 c257-8W; 107034
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Teachers Vacancies Tamworth
Link
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