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<p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number and proportion
of male and female regular teachers in service (full-time head count of regular teachers
and FTE of part-time regular teachers) in publicly funded primary schools in England,
November 2010 to 2013.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>169,000</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>196,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>28,100</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>171,000</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>199,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>29,200</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>174,700</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>204,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>30,600</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>179,200</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>209,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1.
Includes unspecified gender so will not equal the sum of the individual genders.</p><p>We
value diversity in the workforce and want the best people in the classroom. The quality
of teachers across the board is improving – the proportion of primary teachers with
a 2:1 degree or better has increased from 62% in 2009/10 to 73% in 2013/14.</p><p>Nevertheless,
we are keen to see more outstanding male teachers in primary schools and the trend
is positive. The number of male teachers in primary schools has increased by 3,400
since 2010, whilst the proportion of male primary trainees starting programmes in
2013/14 is 21%, compared to 20% in 2012/13 and 19% in 2011/12. The proportion of male
trainees starting School Direct (salaried) initial teacher training primary programmes
is even higher at 28% in 2013/14, indicating that schools, when given the power to
recruit their own trainees, are particularly successful in recruiting men.</p>
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