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Teachers

Answer

The information requested is either not available or can be provided only at disproportionate cost.Information on school workforce has been published in SFR15/2007: ““School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and pupil: adult ratios), January 2007 (Provisional)””, which was released on 26 April 2007, This is available on the Department's website via the following link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000725/index.shtml and is also available in the Library. This is an annual publication, which includes tables for January 1997 to 2007 on teacher numbers, support staff numbers, teacher vacancies, pupil: teacher ratios (PTRs) and pupil: adult ratios (PARs), teacher ethnicity and teacher sickness absence.Information from School Census has been published in SFR 16/2007: ““Pupil Characteristics and Class Sizes in Maintained Schools in England, January 2007 (Provisional)””, which was released on 26 April 2007. This is available on the Department's website via the following link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk./rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000726/index.shtml and is also available in the Library. This Statistical First Release (SFR) is based upon information collected in the 2007 School Census. It reports provisional findings for the number of pupils by age, gender, free school meal eligibility, ethnicity, first language and SEN (special education needs) together with a range of class size information. Information on Pupil Referral Units can be found in tables 7 and 8.Information on looked after children has been published in volume: Vweb0l 72007: ““Children Looked After by Local Authorities, Year Ending 31 March 2006””, which was released on 29 March 2007. This is available on the Department's website via the following link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000721/index.shtml. This statistical volume provides statistics on children looked after by local authorities. It includes details on overall numbers of looked after children at 31 March, the number of children adopted in 2005-06, the number and qualifications achieved by care leavers in 2005-06 aged 16 and over, the activity of 19-year-old former care leavers, the number of looked after girls who are mothers, information on the distance between home and placement and the method of participation used during the statutory reviews. National table E contains information on the number of looked after children in residential schools.Information on children on Child Protection Registers can be found in SFR45/2006: ““Referrals, Assessments, and Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers, England—year ending 31 March 2006””, which was published on 16 November 2006. This is available on the Department's website via the following link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000692/index.shtml and is also available in the Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

153820; 464 c419-21W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Languages Teachers Urdu Mandarin language

Link

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