http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/index.shtml Department for Education Analytical Services produce a wide range of statistics covering education, training and life-long learning en-gb (C) Crown copyright. http://www.education.gov.uk/copyright/ Fri, 11 May 2012 10:32:17 +0100 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t001067/index.shtml
Local authorities will be able to understand their own performance and to compare it to that of other authorities through the scorecard. Additional information, such as an indicator of the timeliness of the local family justice system and the numbers of older children being adopted, are included to provide a fuller picture of the adoption system.

The scorecards were announced in An Action Plan for Adoption: Tackling Delay (published in March) which explained the changes the Government will be making to speed up the adoption system in England.

The key indicators within the scorecard are based on a three year rolling average (2008-09 to 2010-11). The scorecards will be updated in late 2012 with data for 2011-12 when these become available.]]>http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t001067/index.shtmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001062/index.shtml
The main points are:

The size of the school workforce in all publicly funded schools is nearly 876,000 full-time equivalent permanent employees. Compared with previous years, the school workforce has seen substantial increases in the numbers of school support staff whilst the number of school teachers has remained relatively flat:

• between 2005 and 2011, the numbers of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers has increased by almost 4,000 from 434,200 to 438,000;
• for the same period, the numbers of FTE teaching assistants has increased by 72,500 (from 147,200 to 219,800); and
• the comparable number of FTE support staff has increased by 15,300 (from 118,700 to 133,900).
• there were 11,500 occasional teachers and 41,100 support staff employed by a third party in service on the census day.

Numbers

The total headcount of teachers (excluding occasional teachers) is 486,000. This is the equivalent of 438,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers which represents presents a decrease of around 10,000 (2.2%) FTE teachers compared with November 2010 (448,100).

Of the 438,100 full-time equivalent teachers 27% are male; however only 14% of primary school teachers are male (no change from last year).

Age distribution

Over half, 54%, of all FTE teachers are aged under 40: 23% are under 30; 31% are aged between 30 and 40. Of the remaining 46%, 23% are aged between 40 and 50; 20% are aged between 50 and 60 and just under 3% of teachers are over 60 (practically identical to the previous year).The average ages of female and male teachers are 40 and 41 respectively.

Ethnicity

Ethnicity details are known for 95% of all teachers. Of these, 88.8% are White British. This proportion rises to 92.5% for Deputy and Assistant Heads and to 94.5% for Head Teachers. In comparison, the proportion of unqualified teachers who are White British is substantially lower - 78.7% (all these statistics show very little change from last year).

88.5% of all non-teaching staff in schools are White British and this varies little between teaching assistants, technicians, other school support staff and auxiliary staff. However, for school administrative staff the proportion who are White British is higher at 92.4% (again these figures are almost identical to last year).

Average pay

The average (mean) pay for full-time classroom teachers in all schools is £34,700. It is slightly higher for male teachers: £36,000 compared with £34,100 for female teachers. The difference in average pay is mainly explained by the higher proportions of female teachers who work in nursery and primary schools where the pay is less than in secondary schools. The average salary figures are approximately £100 less than the equivalent figures for last year.]]>http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001062/index.shtmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001059/index.shtml
The latest statistics report on the period up to 2010/11 and update those previously released on 31 March 2011. The main points are:

• Attainment of Level 2 or higher and Level 3 by age 19 continued to rise between 2010 and 2011 at a rate similar to the most recent trend. In 2011, 83.8 per cent of 19 year olds were qualified to Level 2 or higher, and 56.7 per cent were qualified to Level 3.
• The gap in attainment at 19 between those formerly eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) at academic age 15 and those not eligible continued to close at Level 2, and Level 2 with English and maths, but at Level 3 it widened by 0.5 percentage points between 2010 and 2011, to 24.7 percentage points. This reverses the recent trend which has seen the gap narrowing, albeit slowly, each year between 2005 and 2010.
• The increase in the gap in attainment of Level 3 at age 19 between the FSM group and their peers was driven by a large increase in the gap between those attaining A-levels by age 19. Between 2010 and 2011, the proportion of the group not eligible for FSM who attained 2 or more A-levels by age 19 rose by 1.2 percentage points, to 36.5 per cent. The proportion of the FSM group attaining A-levels only rose by 0.4 percentage points, to 15.0 per cent.
• Attainment at Level 2 (GCSE A*-C or equivalent) in English and maths by age 19 continued its rising trend. In 2011, 71.5 per cent of young people had attained Level 2 English, and 65.8 per cent had attained Level 2 maths, up by 2.3 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points respectively since 2010. The proportion of those who failed to reach Level 2 at age 16 but went on to attain Level 2 by age 19 also rose for both English and maths.

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