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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many secondary school teachers in the subjects of (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology left the teaching profession in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many secondary school teachers entered the profession in the same period. [112982] Ms Estelle Morris: Figures showing the number of secondary school teachers in the subjects of (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology leaving the teaching profession in each of the last 10 years are not held centrally. The numbers{1} of those entering maintained secondary schools who were teaching for the first time, are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year to March Number of teachers 1998{2} 10,380 1997{2} 9,660 1996{2} 9,320 1995{2} 9,490 1994{2} 8,920 1993 7,990 1992 7,290 1991 7,160 1990 7,260 1989 6,840 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} All figures are rounded to the nearest 10 {2} Excluding sixth form colleges from 1994 onwards

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

112982; 345 c477W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Early retirement Recruitment Teachers Secondary education Resignations

Contains statistics

Yes