Education and Skills written question – answered on 27 April 2007.
Lindsay Hoyle
Labour, Chorley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Chorley constituency have a teacher with a formal music qualification.
Jim Knight
Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Department for Education and Skills, Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Schools and 14-19 Learners)
The information requested is not collected centrally.
In 2002 an estimated 6,300 full-time teachers were, teaching music in maintained schools in England. Of these, an estimated 87 per cent. (4 percentage points) held a Post A level qualification in music. The source of this information is the 2002 Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey and is the latest available.
Yes0 people think so
No4 people think not
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