Teachers In Scotland, 2008

Table 3.10: Secondary school teachers by main subject taught ⁽¹⁾ and age, 2008

	Under 25	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 or over	Average
All subjects	1,175	3,216	2,707	2,580	2,550	3,526	4,973	4,237	793	43
English	149	525	375	330	288	398	539	466	84	42
French	31	139	124	107	121	130	231	215	22	44
German	*	16	22	22	20	25	40	41	*	45
Spanish	*	8	8	*	10	6	18	11	*	44
Gaelic	6	11	8	5	7	6	10	10	-	40
Italian	-	*	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	46
English as an Additional Language	-	-	-	*	*	*	10	9	*	52
Community Languages	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	-	50
Other Modern Languages	8	31	32	44	34	40	71	46	7	44
Classical Studies	*	*	*	*	*	*	11	8	*	48
Mathematics	185	382	284	335	340	474	462	420	87	42
Biology	57	180	166	111	110	133	263	191	31	43
Chemistry	30	114	110	134	109	147	177	193	39	44
General Science	*	*	18	17	17	32	36	31	6	45
Physics	29	105	94	94	137	172	124	152	39	44
Economics	-	-	-	5	*	*	5	*	-	48
Geography	60	127	111	67	53	97	187	194	30	43
History	57	124	127	104	86	82	149	191	36	43
Religious Education	37	87	82	83	73	99	138	91	31	43
Modern Studies	27	107	88	69	43	52	74	112	22	42
Media Studies	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	41
Business Studies	38	90	109	118	121	190	177	146	21	44
Computing Studies	19	76	67	87	114	150	150	117	15	44
Home Economics	24	65	52	51	97	184	297	215	36	48
Technical Education	64	150	116	114	160	263	278	193	52	44
PSE/Guidance	-	21	40	39	39	43	81	58	10	46
Art	17	119	143	129	140	150	239	209	42	44
Music	78	151	143	105	86	110	127	79	18	39
Physical Education	200	391	197	147	82	165	396	209	18	40
Speech and Drama	22	76	46	26	43	47	53	*	*	39
Learning support	5	24	42	81	79	120	262	290	61	50
Additional support needs:
general	*	*	10	6	16	22	37	49	7	50
behavioural support	-	-	9	10	14	17	39	33	11	50
learning difficulties	-	*	*	21	16	20	46	45	11	50
physical disabilities	-	*	*	-	*	*	5	*	-	47
Hearing impairment	-	-	*	*	*	5	11	5	-	48
Visual impairment	-	-	-	*	-	*	5	*	-	50
Other / not known	16	65	76	102	78	136	218	168	47	46

(1) Excludes promoted teachers with zero class contact time.
Additional cells may have been replaced by * for disclosure purposes
Local authority figures here, here and here.

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