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After ascertaining the total number of new appointments made in primary, secondary and further education establishments and the number of probationers appointed, the survey collected information from each LEA in three categories:
1. Selection and Placement of Probationers: what kind of information the Authority receives on each probationer and the kind of information found most helpful in both selection and placement; whether probationers are excluded from any of five types of teaching (supply, 'floating', remedial, reception or very large classes); whether probationers are appointed to a particular school, and the latest date by which probationer is notified of appointment to the Authority and of placement in the school.
2. Services to Probationers: forms of guidance offered to the probationer and institutions invited to give guidance.
3. Assessment: intervals at which progress information is sought; where responsibility for making assessment lies; recommended number of class observations for assessment purposes; where responsibility for final recommendation on probationer's suitability for teaching lies, and the number of teachers, both those with teacher training qualifications and those with other qualifications, who were adjudged to have successfully completed their probationary year, the number whose probation was to be extended for a further six months, and the number deemed unsuitable for further employment as teachers. General background information on each LEA included the population served, the population density per square acre, and the pupil-teacher ratio and number of the register in respect of each LEA and of each type of school within that LEA, including primary and secondary sub-totals and the combined primary and secondary totals.