Teachers: Blackpool

(asked on 4th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a QTS qualification or not working towards a QTS qualification were employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.


Answered by
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David Laws
This question was answered on 9th February 2015

The following table provides the head count number and percentage of teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) in service in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency and England in November 2013 and November 2010. The information is from the School Workforce Census which takes place in November each year. Information for November 2013 is the latest available.

Primary[1]

Secondary

November 2013

Teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency

0

-

of which are on route to QTS

0

-

% all teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency

0.0

0.5

% teachers without QTS in England

2.4

5.2

November 2010

Teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency

-

0

of which are on route to QTS

-

0

% all teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency

0.5

0.0

% teachers without QTS in England

2.4

5.4

Source: School Workforce Census

[1] Includes local authority maintained nursery schools.

‘-‘ Fewer than 5 teachers.

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