Written question asked by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 November 2000. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Thursday, 16 November 2000 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are without permanent head teachers in (i) England and (ii) Norfolk. - Inc table. (Holding answer 10 November 2000).

Answer: Mr. Prior: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are without permanent head teachers in (i) England and (ii) Norfolk. [137819] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 10 November 2000]: The table shows temporarily filled vacant full-time head teacher posts in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England and Norfolk in January 2000. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nursery/ Secondary Nursery, primary and secondary primary England Temporarily filled as a 2.1 2.3 2.1 percentage of head teachers in post Number of posts 390 90 480 Norfolk Temporarily filled as a 3.4 0.0 2.9 percentage of head teachers in post Number of posts 13 0 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Head teachers have a key role in boosting standards in schools. We are establishing a National College for School Leadership to give a focus to school leadership development, and are designing a coherent package of training and development programmes for aspiring, new and serving head teachers.

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