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Table 3.8: Secondary school teachers by main subject taught and gender 2004-2006 (1)
| 2004
total | 2005
total | Main subject taught
2006 | including where the subject is not the main subject |
|---|
female | male | total | female | male | total |
|---|
All subjects | 22,813 | 23,743 | 14,541 | 9,886 | 24,427 | | | |
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English | 2,510 | 2,620 | 1,989 | 807 | 2,796 | 2,123 | 842 | 2,965 |
|---|
French | 1,112 | 1,149 | 944 | 213 | 1,157 | 1,190 | 273 | 1,463 |
|---|
German | 261 | 249 | 168 | 66 | 233 | 571 | 157 | 729 |
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Spanish | 78 | 73 | 53 | 13 | 66 | 227 | 58 | 285 |
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Gaelic | 52 | 58 | 38 | 21 | 60 | 47 | 23 | 70 |
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Italian | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 68 | 15 | 83 |
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English as Additional Language | 20 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 25 |
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Community Languages | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Other Modern Languages | 200 | 217 | 202 | 48 | 250 | 224 | 62 | 287 |
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Classical Studies | 36 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 28 | 62 |
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Mathematics | 2,382 | 2,506 | 1,387 | 1,266 | 2,654 | 1,477 | 1,354 | 2,831 |
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Biology | 1,048 | 1,105 | 729 | 427 | 1,156 | 851 | 499 | 1,351 |
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Chemistry | 991 | 986 | 480 | 540 | 1,020 | 581 | 628 | 1,209 |
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General Science | 186 | 218 | 105 | 95 | 200 | 1,096 | 1,167 | 2,263 |
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Physics | 885 | 901 | 227 | 709 | 936 | 259 | 770 | 1,029 |
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Economics | 26 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 37 | 105 |
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Geography | 836 | 849 | 471 | 426 | 897 | 557 | 485 | 1,042 |
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History | 841 | 849 | 417 | 465 | 881 | 607 | 600 | 1,207 |
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Religious Education | 623 | 662 | 350 | 326 | 676 | 728 | 558 | 1,286 |
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Modern Studies | 534 | 536 | 293 | 288 | 582 | 508 | 467 | 976 |
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Media Studies | 10 | 9 | - | 7 | 7 | 56 | 63 | 119 |
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Business Studies | 899 | 965 | 779 | 192 | 971 | 866 | 230 | 1,096 |
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Computing Studies | 745 | 803 | 340 | 463 | 803 | 574 | 571 | 1,145 |
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Home Economics | 956 | 953 | 976 | 14 | 990 | 1,024 | 17 | 1,041 |
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Technical Education | 1,213 | 1,274 | 157 | 1,165 | 1,322 | 172 | 1,203 | 1,375 |
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PSE/Guidance | .. | .. | 162 | 75 | 237 | 761 | 451 | 1,212 |
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Art | 1,103 | 1,107 | 728 | 461 | 1,189 | 738 | 474 | 1,212 |
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Music | 805 | 835 | 582 | 290 | 872 | 600 | 301 | 901 |
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Physical Education | 1,479 | 1,544 | 844 | 812 | 1,657 | 896 | 841 | 1,737 |
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Speech and Drama | 259 | 286 | 237 | 75 | 312 | 270 | 84 | 354 |
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Learning support | 789 | 761 | 711 | 140 | 850 | 830 | 175 | 1,005 |
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ASN general | 139 | 129 | 120 | 19 | 139 | 184 | 33 | 217 |
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ASN behavioural support | 98 | 102 | 72 | 22 | 94 | 98 | 37 | 135 |
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ASN learning difficulties | 108 | 124 | 114 | 21 | 135 | 143 | 32 | 175 |
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ASN physical disabilities | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
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Hearing impairment | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
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Visual impairment | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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Other / not known | 1,546 | 1,757 | 794 | 381 | 1,176 | 2,314 | 1,321 | 3,635 |
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(1) excludes those with zero class contact time. Some of the difference between years will be due to improvements in data quality. See background note 18.
Local authority figures here.
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