4/30/2008 6:41:00 AM
BBC 29 April
The number of vacant teaching posts in England's schools went up by almost a quarter in the past year, figures show. The number of unfilled jobs was 2,510 in January or 0.7% of the total workforce, up 470 or 23% from 2007. The total numbers of teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff went up by 20,100 to 767,000. The pupil-teacher ratio fell from 17.1 to one to 16.9 to one across nursery, primary and secondary schools, but there were more infant classes over 30. Analyst John Howson of Education Data Surveys said it was difficult to account for the sudden jump in vacancy rates in the provisional statistics for 2008 published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Prof Howson said the change, especially in the West Midlands, "probably caught us all by surprise". BBC
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