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Teacher Vacancies and Probationer Allocations 2007
This document contains the results of the latest annual survey of teacher and educational psychologist vacancies.
Whilst most vacancies occur at the end of the school year, this survey measures the level of vacancies during term time in order to indicate any possible areas of shortage. It should not therefore be mistaken for the number of job opportunities for new graduates.
The main findings were: -
- There were 695 teacher vacancies advertised at February 2007, equivalent to 1.4 per cent of the full teaching complement. The number of vacancies had decreased from 774 in 2006.
- There were 138 advertised posts which had been vacant for more than three months, 20 per cent of vacancies, and equivalent to 0.3 per cent of the full teaching complement. This number of these vacancies has decreased from 245 in 2006.
- Vacancy rates were 1.2 per cent in primary (0.2 per cent for more than three months) and 1.5 per cent in secondary (0.3 per cent for more than three months).
- Drama and English were the subject areas with the highest vacancy rates, with 3.4 and 2.2 per cent respectively (0.7 and 0.4 per cent respectively for more than 3 months). Vacancies amongst additional support needs teachers in secondary schools was 3.0 per cent, though this figure is affected by differing reporting procedures among local authorities.
- In Maths the vacancy rate was 2.0 per cent (up from 1.3 per cent in 2006). Vacancies lasting for more than three months were 0.2 per cent, equating to six vacancies.
- As at 18 th June there were 3,858 probationer teachers provisionally allocated to publicly funded schools for 2007/08, 88 per cent of whom were allocated to their first or second choice authorities.
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