Teachers: Qualifications
(asked on 5th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified teachers work in schools in (a) Dulwich and West Norwood, (b) London and (c) England.
The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of unqualified[1] and qualified teachers in service in state funded schools in Dulwich and West Norwood parliamentary constituency, London region and England, as at November 2017.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) number of unqualified and qualified teachers in service in state funded schools in Dulwich and West Norwood parliamentary constituency, London region and England, as at November 2017 | ||
| Unqualified FTE Teachers[2] | Qualified FTE Teachers |
Dulwich and West Norwood | 60 | 860 |
London[3] | 5,170 | 69,560 |
England | 21,040 | 430,830 |
Source: School Workforce Census
[1] An unqualified teacher in the LA maintained sector is either a trainee working towards QTS; an overseas trained teacher who has not exceeded the four years they are allowed to teach without having QTS; or an instructor who has a particular skill who can be employed for so long as a qualified teacher is not available.
[2] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.
[3] Figures for London exclude 11 out of 2,595 schools that did not provide a return for teachers.