16,850 - Number of teachers who retired in 2006-07.
Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families
“Is it a lizard?” - A Year 1 boy gets a bit confused about the definition of a sentence starter.
1,090 - Number of teachers who retired on ill-health grounds in 2006-07.
“Mars, Saturn, Venus, Luton ...” - A pupil reels off the planets in the solar system.
10 - Number of teachers under 40 who retired on ill-health grounds in 2006-07.
Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
