Registered Teachers in England, September 2011

UKDA study number:6995

Principal Investigator

General Teaching Council for England

Sponsor

General Teaching Council for England

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

May 2012

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General Teaching Council for England, Registered Teachers in England, September 2011 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], May 2012. SN: 6995.

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6995 . Registered Teachers in England, September 2011
(Registered Teachers in England at 30 September 2011)

Depositor:

General Teaching Council for England

Principal Investigator:

General Teaching Council for England

Sponsor:

General Teaching Council for England

Abstract:

The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE), which closed at the end of March 2012, was the professional body for teachers in England. The GTCE provided teacher registration and awarded qualified teacher status (QTS), gave trainee teachers provisional registration, maintained professional standards and gave advice to government. The GTCE also regulated the teaching profession in England in the public interest, including investigating allegations of serious professional incompetence and unacceptable professional conduct reported to the organisation. From April 2012, the Department for Education took over some of the functions of the GTCE. Further information may be found on the GTCE website.

The Registered Teachers in England data comprise an anonymised selection of fields from the GTCE's Register of Teachers, the database created to service the work of the organisation from 2000 to 2012. The database held all relevant details of teachers working in the field in England, their qualifications, places of work and any disciplinary sanctions relevant to their fitness to practice in English schools. The UK Data Archive holds data from a survey series conducted by the GTCE, the Surveys of Teachers, 2004-2010, under SN 6890.

Main Topics:

The dataset consists of six data fields:

• registration category (provisional trainee or instructor, or Qualified Teacher)
• gender of teacher (male or female)
• age of teacher (five-year age bands))
• school Local Authority area)
• school type (using 'Edubase' database categories); school category and school phase)
• Calendar year in which Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) was awarded (for full registrants only)

The data have been anonymised to comply with the Data Protection Act 1988.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 2000 - 2011
Dates of Fieldwork: The data were current at 30 September 2011.
Country: England
Spatial Units: Local Education Authorities (LEAs) (England and Wales)
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Alpha/numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Teachers working in England at 30 September 2011.

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: 536,928 cases
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: The GTCE database was seeded from teacher data covering England and Wales held by the Department for Education. The Welsh data were separated and given to the General Teaching Council for Wales; they are not held within this dataset.
Weighting: No weighting used.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
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Date of First Release:

21 May 2012

Copyright:

General Teaching Council for England

File last updated:

21 May 2012