Andrew Miller: Written Answers (2)

Written Question

Teachers: North West

Monday 26th January 2015

Asked by: Andrew Miller (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in the North West of England have a science degree.

Answered by David Laws

The following table provides the headcount number and percentage of all regular teachers[1] in service in primary schools in each constituency in the North West with a degree in a science subject in November 2013. This is the latest information available.

Name of Constituency	Number of Teachers with Science Degree[2]	Number of Teachers with a Qualification Recorded[3]	Percentage with a Science Qualification	Confidence Interval[4]		Percentage of Teachers with Qualification Recorded
Altrincham and Sale West	31	382	8.1	+/-	2.7	88.2
Ashton-under-Lyne	23	415	5.5	+/-	2.2	95.0
Barrow and Furness	40	371	10.8	+/-	3.2	94.4
Birkenhead	36	410	8.8	+/-	2.7	93.2
Blackburn	48	576	8.3	+/-	2.3	95.4
Blackley and Broughton	47	573	8.2	+/-	2.2	96.0
Blackpool and Cleveleys	31	319	9.7	+/-	3.3	97.6
Blackpool South	41	379	10.8	+/-	3.1	98.2
Bolton North East	36	416	8.7	+/-	2.7	98.8
Bolton South East	42	516	8.1	+/-	2.4	98.5
Bolton West	26	404	6.4	+/-	2.4	99.0
Bootle	40	454	8.8	+/-	2.6	99.3
Burnley	28	414	6.8	+/-	2.4	98.8
Bury North	30	355	8.5	+/-	2.9	88.1
Bury South	39	368	10.6	+/-	3.1	84.8
Carlisle	30	345	8.7	+/-	3.0	94.5
Cheadle	29	437	6.6	+/-	2.3	98.2
Chorley	39	409	9.5	+/-	2.8	99.5
City of Chester	32	400	8.0	+/-	2.7	98.0
Congleton	25	353	7.1	+/-	2.7	98.3
Copeland	27	283	9.5	+/-	3.4	94.6
Crewe and Nantwich	37	464	8.0	+/-	2.5	98.5
Denton and Reddish	18	368	4.9	+/-	2.2	94.6
Eddisbury	36	430	8.4	+/-	2.6	98.6
Ellesmere Port and Neston	29	370	7.8	+/-	2.7	96.1
Fylde	30	292	10.3	+/-	3.5	97.7
Garston and Halewood	30	390	7.7	+/-	2.6	95.1
Halton	45	419	10.7	+/-	3.0	98.4
Hazel Grove	21	316	6.6	+/-	2.7	98.4
Heywood and Middleton	48	485	9.9	+/-	2.7	98.0
Hyndburn	32	433	7.4	+/-	2.5	98.6
Knowsley	36	512	7.0	+/-	2.2	98.1
Lancaster and Fleetwood	41	345	11.9	+/-	3.4	98.6
Leigh	41	340	12.1	+/-	3.5	96.3
Liverpool, Riverside	23	292	7.9	+/-	3.1	89.0
Liverpool, Walton	39	465	8.4	+/-	2.5	93.9
Liverpool, Wavertree	26	463	5.6	+/-	2.1	95.7
Liverpool, West Derby	14	334	4.2	+/-	2.1	96.8
Macclesfield	31	407	7.6	+/-	2.6	98.8
Makerfield	24	324	7.4	+/-	2.9	95.9
Manchester Central	33	610	5.4	+/-	1.8	96.5
Manchester, Gorton	38	494	7.7	+/-	2.3	98.0
Manchester, Withington	28	388	7.2	+/-	2.6	97.0
Morecambe and Lunesdale	36	396	9.1	+/-	2.8	99.5
Oldham East and Saddleworth	33	473	7.0	+/-	2.3	89.6
Oldham West and Royton	36	505	7.1	+/-	2.2	87.5
Pendle	32	420	7.6	+/-	2.5	97.9
Penrith and The Border	41	358	11.5	+/-	3.3	92.7
Preston	30	372	8.1	+/-	2.8	99.2
Ribble Valley	45	408	11.0	+/-	3.0	99.3
Rochdale	45	498	9.0	+/-	2.5	95.0
Rossendale and Darwen	39	449	8.7	+/-	2.6	97.0
Salford and Eccles	25	379	6.6	+/-	2.5	94.5
Sefton Central	27	335	8.1	+/-	2.9	98.5
South Ribble	35	386	9.1	+/-	2.9	99.7
Southport	40	344	11.6	+/-	3.4	98.9
St. Helens North	36	383	9.4	+/-	2.9	92.3
St.Helens South and Whiston	39	418	9.3	+/-	2.8	95.7
Stalybridge and Hyde	31	432	7.2	+/-	2.4	97.3
Stockport	31	378	8.2	+/-	2.8	97.2
Stretford and Urmston	35	385	9.1	+/-	2.9	80.2
Tatton	31	344	9.0	+/-	3.0	96.9
Wallasey	22	383	5.7	+/-	2.3	96.2
Warrington North	51	472	10.8	+/-	2.8	97.7
Warrington South	51	497	10.3	+/-	2.7	98.2
Weaver Vale	45	423	10.6	+/-	2.9	97.5
West Lancashire	42	421	10.0	+/-	2.9	97.5
Westmorland and Lonsdale	41	338	12.1	+/-	3.5	95.8
Wigan	27	304	8.9	+/-	3.2	89.4
Wirral South	26	275	9.5	+/-	3.5	93.9
Wirral West	22	277	7.9	+/-	3.2	96.9
Workington	20	276	7.2	+/-	3.1	90.8
Worsley and Eccles South	42	422	10.0	+/-	2.9	89.0
Wyre and Preston North	39	377	10.3	+/-	3.1	97.7
Wythenshawe and Sale East	30	441	6.8	+/-	2.4	92.6
Total North West	2,545	30,097[5]	8.5	+/-	0.3	95.6
Total England	18,795	227,513	8.3	+/-	0.1	95.5

Source: School Workforce Census

[1] Includes qualified and unqualified teachers.

[2] Includes teachers with a first or higher science degree but excluding those with a science PGCE where no record of a science degree exists and those with a BEd in sciences.

[3] Those recorded with a qualification (degree or higher, Bachelor of Education, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, Certificate in Education, other qualification at NVQ level 4 or higher, relevant non-UK qualification) in any subject (the total in the sample from which the rate is calculated).

[4] The range within which we can be 95% confident that the true value exists.

[5] Includes 8 teachers where parliamentary constituency is not known.

Written Question

Primary Education: Teachers

Thursday 15th January 2015

Asked by: Andrew Miller (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase the number of primary school teachers who have one or more science A-Levels.

Answered by David Laws

There are no subject-specific entry requirements for primary courses of initial teacher training (ITT) and there are no plans to introduce new requirements. All ITT entrants are required to satisfy a rigorous selection process which is designed to assess their suitability to teach and providers of ITT must ensure trainees can demonstrate a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) to deliver the curriculum which, in the case of primary trainees, includes teaching science in primary schools.

The Department for Education funds the National Science Learning Network to support both primary and secondary teachers with subject specific professional development. This includes supporting the implementation of the new national curriculum.