Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers in (a) Kirklees, (b) Yorkshire and (c) the UK are (i) under 35, (ii) between 35 and 60 and (iii) over 60-years old.
The following table provides the percentage of fulltime equivalent teachers who are aged ‘under 35’, ‘between 35 and 60’ and ’60 and over’ employed in state funded schools in Kirklees local authority, Yorkshire and the Humber region and England in November 2015.
Equivalent figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the relevant Devolved Administration.
| Kirklees | Yorkshire | England |
% Under 35 | 39% | 44% | 42% |
% Between 35-60 | 59% | 55% | 56% |
% 60 and over | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Source: School Workforce Census