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Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 8 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: Qualifications

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have (i) applied for and (ii) obtained the National Professional Qualification for Headship in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services, who have run the National Professional Qualification for Headship since 2001, provided the following data:

Primary (including nursery) Secondary Other (inc. special, LA, independent, overseas) Grand total
APPS GRADS APPS GRADS APPS GRADS APPS GRADS
2001 n/k 201 n/k 163 n/k 23 n/k 387
2002 2,426 1,726 1,549 920 201 141 4,176 2,787
2003 3,082 1,943 1,899 1,209 210 127 5,191 3,279
2004 3,121 2,294 2,031 1,368 164 177 5,316 3,839
2005 2,682 2,450 2,022 1,582 551 205 5,255 4,237
2006 2,487 2,492 1,702 1,662 473 255 4,662 4,409
2007 2,836 2,574 1,847 1,841 309 308 4,992 4,723
2008 1,178 2,356 337 1,428 300 223 1,815 4,007
2009 534 455 134 160 225 88 893 703
Total 18,346 16,491 11,521 10,333 2,433 1,547 32,300 28,371
Notes:
1. Data are unavailable for the period 1997-2000.
2. 2001 application figures not recorded.
3. 2009 figures only cover partial recruitment for this year as this is not yet completed.
4. NPQH takes 12 months to complete, so those starting in 2008 graduate in 2009

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c304W; 306470
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Headteachers Qualifications
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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