• There were 441,000 full-time teachers in mainstream schools in the UK in 2004/05. This was an overall fall of 10 per cent since 1981/82 despite rises since the late 1990s. (Page 38) Latest information on teacher numbers
• The proportion of three and four-year-olds enrolled in all schools in the UK tripled from 21 per cent in 1970/71 to 64 per cent in 2005/06. (Figure 3.1) Latest information on early years education
• In 2005, 704,000 children were enrolled in full-day childcare settings in England compared with 539,000 in 2001. The number enrolled for part of the day has fallen, from 589,000 in 2001 to 390,000 in 2005. (Figure 3.2)
• The rate of permanent exclusion among school pupils in England has fallen by 23 per cent since 1997/98 to 12 in every 10,000 pupils of compulsory school age in 2004/05. (Page 29)
• At the end of 2005, a record 76 per cent of 16-year-olds were in full-time further education in England. (Page 29)
• In both 1996 and 2006, girls outperformed boys in teacher assessments in England, although there were improvements in the performance of both sexes at all Key Stages. (Table 3.11)
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