Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 22 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of serving head teachers have achieved the (a) Leadership Programme for Serving Head Teachers and (b) National Professional Qualification for Headship. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of serving head teachers have achieved the (a) Leadership Programme for Serving Head Teachers and (b) National Professional Qualification for Headship. [72822] Mr. Miliband: 9,391 serving headteachers have participated in the Leadership and Management Programme for Serving Heads, which represents 39 per cent. of serving headteachers. Serving headteachers are not eligible to undertake the National Professional Qualification for Headship. However, since its inception in 1997, 6,340 teachers have achieved the qualification and over 4,500 are currently working towards it.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 389 c1348W;389 c1346W; 72822
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Headteachers Qualifications Training National professional qualification for headship Leadership programme for serving headteachers
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk