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WQ.32/2020

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION

BY DEPUTY S.M. AHIER OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 21st JANUARY 2020

Question

For each year since 2000, will the Minister provide the Assembly with –

  1. the total number of Full-Time Equivalent (F.T.E.) teachers employed by the Education Department;
  2. the teacher-to-pupil ratio; and
  3. the average number of teaching vacancies that were unfilled?

Answer

The table below shows the average FTE budget, actual and vacancies, as well as the average headcount from 2010 to 2019 for Teachers. The table also shows the amount of pupils in Government of Jersey schools as of January of each year:

HR only held consistent information regarding vacancies and headcount from 2010 onwards:

 

Year

Budget FTE

Actual FTE

Vacancies

Vacancy Percentage

Headcount

Pupils

Teacher to Pupil Ratio

2010**

683.5

676.5

7.0

1.0%

728.5

10,791

14.8

2011

692.9

674.8

22.5

3.3%

716.5

11,319

15.8

2012

688.6

680.4

10.1

1.5%

722.6

11,319

15.7

2013

708.3

674.6

33.7

4.8%

714.1

11,290

15.8

2014

713.8

671.8

42.0

5.9%

710.5

11,364

16.0

2015

736.1

681.6

54.5

7.4%

719.3

11,352

15.8

2016

818.5

704.0

114.5

14.0%

744.4

11,373

15.3

2017

810.3

712.9

97.4

12.0%

752.8

11,526

15.3

2018

770.2

725.1

45.1

5.9%

761.2

11,562

15.2

2019

865.1

827.6

37.4

4.3%

767.2

11,571

15.1

** 2010 does not include nursery pupils in Government maintained schools, all other years do.