Teachers in Scotland 2007

Table 3.11: Secondary school teachers by main subject taught ⁽¹⁾ and age, 2007

Additional support needs:
	Under 25	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 or over	Average
All subjects	1,186	2,962	2,466	2,355	2,493	3,638	4,866	3,810	617	43
English	179	449	321	292	277	398	500	409	59	42
French	30	139	128	109	108	145	253	187	20	44
German	*	19	21	22	15	34	35	41	*	45
Spanish	*	6	*	9	9	7	20	8	-	44
Gaelic	*	9	8	6	8	*	10	9	*	41
Italian	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	46
English as an Additional Language	-	-	*	*	*	*	11	10	-	51
Community Languages	-	-	-	*	*	*	-	*	-	50
Other Modern Languages	*	24	21	37	37	37	67	37	*	44
Classical Studies	*	*	*	*	-	*	10	8	*	49
Mathematics	173	343	270	298	328	451	433	371	57	42
Biology	47	181	141	96	101	154	246	175	18	43
Chemistry	34	109	108	113	107	157	184	184	45	44
General Science	*	10	20	16	23	32	28	24	*	45
Physics	33	99	85	96	129	157	133	145	31	44
Economics	-	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	50
Geography	63	111	103	63	54	118	181	163	25	43
History	53	112	109	85	64	77	169	158	30	43
Religious Education	33	73	78	75	83	121	131	85	19	43
Modern Studies	39	91	75	59	40	59	87	103	15	42
Media Studies	*	*	-	*	-	-	*	*	-	39
Business Studies	39	84	92	110	132	159	178	142	13	44
Computing Studies	24	60	61	98	106	156	156	89	19	44
Home Economics	27	57	37	52	95	189	286	209	25	48
Technical Education	62	139	107	106	178	255	255	174	40	44
PSE/Guidance	*	*	25	34	37	36	65	57	*	46
Art	18	130	124	119	138	159	233	201	38	44
Music	74	150	136	84	85	120	121	65	17	39
Physical Education	195	339	178	119	82	209	379	176	13	40
Speech and Drama	*	77	36	32	39	47	46	26	*	39
Learning support	*	*	40	63	76	114	284	234	52	50
general	*	*	8	7	6	19	33	46	*	50
behavioural support	-	-	8	5	9	18	35	25	7	50
learning difficulties	-	*	*	15	17	19	34	36	11	49
physical disabilities	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	50
Hearing impairment	*	*	-	*	*	9	6	5	-	46
Visual impairment	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	52
Other / not known	26	106	112	118	98	167	243	198	33	45

(1) Excludes those with zero class contact time. There were 8 FTE teachers for whom no age information was recorded.
Additional cells may have been replaced by * for disclosure purposes
Local authority figures here, here and here.

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