Teachers: Vacancies

(asked on 25th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent teacher vacancies there were in London for teachers of (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) science at (i) state-funded secondary schools and (ii) academies in the most recent period for which figures are available.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 4th May 2016

The information is not available in the format requested.

The Department publishes statistics that show vacancy rates by subject in secondary schools. These statistics, however, include the number of full-time teaching posts that are either vacant or temporarily filled and are for England only. Estimates for the regions are not produced.

This information, for England, is contained within Table 15 of the ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014’ statistical first release which is available at the following web link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014

Our recent White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, sets out our plans to ensure that there are good teachers everywhere they are needed. This includes the launch of the National Teaching Service which will, by 2020, place up to 1,500 outstanding teachers and middle leaders in the schools that struggle most to recruit and retain good teachers.

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