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Written question asked by Bridget Phillipson (Labour) on Thursday, 20 April 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 April 2023. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 April 2023 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Teachers: Waveney

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Waveney constituency by teachers who had neither a relevant A-level or higher level qualification in the last full year for which data are available.

Answer

Information on the school workforce in England, including subjects taught in state funded secondary schools, is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

The total number of hours taught for each subject are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/38de2951-c92c-46e4-39fb-08db371965b6.

The proportion of those hours that were taught by teachers without a relevant A level or higher level qualification are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ee831a35-e304-4821-bb6a-08db371944c7.

Timetabled teaching is reported for a typical week in November, as determined by the school. It does not cover an entire year of teaching. If there are variations in timetabling across the year, this is not covered in the data available to the Department. To reduce the burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and Local Authorities were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in the 2020 census.

Data on the subject taught is only collected from secondary schools that use electronic timetabling software that can produce data in the format required. Data is then weighted to provide national totals. Breakdowns by Local Authority and parliamentary constituency are, therefore, not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
181955
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Qualifications Teachers Waveney
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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