Written question asked by Lord Blunkett (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 July 1996. It was answered by Robin Squire (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 July 1996 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: How many qualified (a) maths, (b) English and (c) science teachers there were in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools, in each year since 1979. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many qualified (a) maths, (b) English and (c) science teachers there were in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools, in each year since 1979.[37753] Mr. Robin Squire: Information about the qualifications of all secondary teachers is available only from the secondary school staffing surveys, which were conducted in 1984, 1988, and 1992. The number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England who had a post A-level qualification in one of the subjects requested was as follows: Thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Maths{1} English{1} Science{1} 1984 47.9 54.6 n/a 1988 42.0 45.7 49.6 1992 38.1 40.1 46.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Some teachers counted in more than one of the three subjects listed. Primary teachers are generally trained to teach the full range of the primary curriculum.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 37753; 281 c653W
Session: 1995-96
Subjects: Curriculum English language Primary education Teachers Secondary education Science Mathematics
Contains statistics: Yes