Teachers: Males
(asked on 3rd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many boys who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals attended a primary school at which there were (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three male full-time equivalent teachers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
The following table provides the number of boys[1] on roll in publicly funded primary schools[2] who were eligible and not eligible for free school meals in those schools with one, two and three full-time equivalent male teachers.
Boys known to be eligible for | Boys known not to be eligible for | |
FTE number of teachers[3] | ||
1 | 73,800 | 379,400 |
2 | 81,500 | 391,100 |
3 | 63,000 | 278,300 |
Sources: Pupils: School Census, January 2014. Teachers: School Workforce Census, November 2013.
Under this Government more men are becoming primary school teachers - the proportion of primary teacher trainees who are men has increased from 18% in 2010 to 21% in 2013.
[1] Boys who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and 15. Includes sole and dual registered pupils.
[2] Includes primary local authority maintained, academies and free schools.
[3] Includes the proportion of full-time equivalent hours of a full-time teacher for part-time teachers and therefore the headcount number in service may be more than shown.