Teachers: Older Workers
(asked on 27th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers over the age of 60 were employed in schools in each year in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England since 2010.
The following table provides the full time equivalent number of teachers over the age of 60 in service in state funded schools in the Coventry local authority area, West Midlands region and England in November 2010 to November 2016. November 2017 figures will become available at the end of June 2018 and will be available via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce.
| Teachers[1],[2] | ||
| Coventry | West Midlands | England |
2010 | 70 | 1,070 | 10,580 |
2011 | 90 | 1,020 | 10,840 |
2012 | 110 | 1,120 | 10,990 |
2013 | 80 | 1,100 | 11,500 |
2014 | 70 | 1,080 | 10,900 |
2015 | 70 | 1,020 | 10,460 |
2016 | 80 | 970 | 10,160 |
Source: School Workforce Census
[1] Figures for England contain an adjustment for schools that did not provide a return, but this adjustment is not available at local authority or regional level.
[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.