Teachers in Scotland 2007

Teachers in Scotland 2007

Table 3.16: Secondary school teachers by age and subject taught, 2003-2007

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Average age					Percentage aged 55+
English	44	44	43	42	42	13	14	15	16	17
French	44	44	44	44	44	12	15	16	19	19
German	44	44	44	45	45	13	14	16	20	24
Spanish	42	43	43	44	44	7	9	9	14	16
Gaelic	44	42	43	42	41	21	11	18	18	17
Italian	41	43	40	44	46	17	17	9	27	19
EAL	48	48	49	50	52	26	30	23	32	36
Community Lang.	49	47	48	49	50	-	6	36	36	34
Other Modern Lang.	45	45	45	44	44	12	11	13	15	16
Classical Studies	47	47	48	50	49	28	23	21	32	42
Mathematics	44	44	43	43	42	14	15	15	16	16
Biology	44	44	43	43	43	13	14	15	16	17
Chemistry	46	46	46	45	44	22	23	25	25	23
General Science	45	45	44	44	45	16	22	20	16	21
Physics	44	45	44	44	44	18	19	21	20	20
Economics	45	48	50	50	50	12	19	12	27	34
Geography	45	45	45	44	44	17	19	20	21	22
History	45	44	44	44	43	15	19	23	22	23
Religious Education	43	43	43	43	43	14	12	13	13	15
Modern Studies	44	44	44	43	42	15	18	19	21	21
Media Studies	45	46	44	44	40	10	13	11	14	10
Business Studies	44	44	44	44	44	13	15	16	16	16
Computing Studies	43	43	43	43	44	8	9	11	12	14
Home Economics	47	47	48	48	47	15	17	20	22	24
Technical Education	45	44	44	44	44	15	14	15	16	17
PSE/Guidance	..	..	..	46	46	..	..	..	17	22
Art	45	45	45	45	44	16	19	19	19	20
Music	39	39	39	39	39	10	9	9	10	10
Physical Education	42	41	41	40	40	7	7	9	10	12
Speech and Drama	40	46	40	40	51	4	5	5	7	40
Learning support	49	49	49	50	50	22	24	27	31	33
ASN general	46	50	50	51	50	28	31	35	40	38
behavioural support	46	48	48	49	50	12	16	23	26	30
learning difficulties	50	50	50	49	50	26	30	32	33	35
physical disabilities	..	51	49	51	50	..	39	20	36	18
Hearing impairment	43	43	42	44	46	11	13	13	18	15
Visual impairment	48	49	47	51	49	-	-	-	-	13

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