Speeches

Mark Hendrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified staff are currently teaching children in each local authority in the North West of England.

Mr David Laws

The following table provides the head count number of regular teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) in service in publicly funded schools in each local authority in the North West region in England in November 2013. The information is from the School Workforce Census which takes place in November each year. November 2013 is the latest information available.

November 2013

NORTH WEST

1,630

Knowsley

14

Liverpool

140

St. Helens

11

Sefton

41

Wirral

52

Bolton

58

Bury

49

Manchester

125

Oldham

59

Rochdale

75

Salford

60

Stockport

54

Tameside

91

Trafford

118

Wigan

96

Halton

28

Warrington

54

Lancashire

270

Blackburn with Darwen

23

Blackpool

14

Cheshire East

39

Cheshire West and Chester

48

Cumbria

111

Source: School Workforce Census