Curriculum

(asked on 3rd December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the average numbers of hours per week spent teaching (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) individual or combined sciences, (d) history, (e) French, (f) Spanish, (g) German, (h) media studies and (i) citizenship in secondary schools at key stage 4 in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.


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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 10th December 2014

The following table shows the average number of hours per week taught per teacher in selected subjects at Key Stage 4 in a typical week for each November from 2010 to 2013:

Average number of hours per week taught per teacher in selected subjects at Key Stage 4 in a typical week in November of each year

SUBJECT

2010

2011

2012

2013

Mathematics

6.7

6.8

7.0

7.0

English

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.9

Physics

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

Chemistry

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

Biology

3.9

3.8

4.0

4.1

Combined/General Science

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.1

Other Sciences

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

History

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.2

French

4.0

4.1

4.4

4.4

Spanish

4.0

4.3

4.5

4.6

German

4.1

4.1

4.3

4.4

Media Studies

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

Citizenship

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

ALL SUBJECTS

6.7

6.8

6.7

6.7

Source: School Workforce Census

Data is not available for earlier years.

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