Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers over the age of 60 were employed in schools in 2015-16.
In November 2015, there were 10,500 equivalent teachers aged 60 and over employed in state funded schools in England. This represents 2.3 percent of all full-time equivalent teachers in England. These figures are derived from the November 2015 School Workforce Census.