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England > North West Region > Blackburn with Darwen LA > Blackburn with Darwen District
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Blackburn with Darwen LA | .. | 660 | .. | .. | 520 | .. |
| North West Region | 8,910 | 24,080 | 15,170 | 8,910 | 18,140 | 9,230 |
| England | 61,260 | 165,380 | 104,120 | 75,200 | 147,000 | 71,800 |
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Blackburn with Darwen LA | _ | 680 | N/A | _ | 640 | N/A |
| North West Region | 28,030 | 26,380 | -1,650 | 26,590 | 29,590 | 3,000 |
| England | 183,930 | 188,860 | 4,930 | 184,330 | 214,270 | 29,940 |
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Audley Ward | 21.7 | 22.6 | 0.9 | . | . | . |
| Bastwell Ward | 19.4 | 19.6 | 0.2 | . | . | . |
| Beardwood with Lammack Ward | 27 | 22.2 | -4.8 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| Corporation Park Ward | 21.5 | 19.9 | -1.6 | . | . | . |
| Earcroft Ward | 27.2 | 21.3 | -5.9 | 16.8 | 16.4 | -0.4 |
| East Rural Ward | 23.1 | 23 | -0.1 | . | . | . |
| Ewood Ward | 22.1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Fernhurst Ward | 20.2 | 21 | 0.8 | . | . | . |
| Higher Croft Ward | 23.1 | 21.8 | -1.3 | . | . | . |
| Little Harwood Ward | 21.7 | 21.5 | -0.2 | . | . | . |
| Livesey with Pleasington Ward | 24.1 | 21.9 | -2.2 | 17.1 | 15.5 | -1.6 |
| Marsh House Ward | 26.8 | 23.2 | -3.6 | . | . | . |
| Meadowhead Ward | 24.5 | 20.5 | -4.0 | . | . | . |
| Mill Hill Ward | 24.1 | 20.8 | -3.3 | 15.1 | 14.7 | -0.4 |
| North Turton with Tockholes Ward | 23.2 | 18.6 | -4.6 | . | . | . |
| Queen's Park Ward | 20.6 | 21.5 | 0.9 | . | . | . |
| Roe Lee Ward | 26.1 | 23.4 | -2.7 | 16.9 | 15.8 | -1.1 |
| Shadsworth with Whitebirk Ward | 23.8 | 19.6 | -4.2 | 15.4 | 14.4 | -1.0 |
| Shear Brow Ward | 22.1 | 21.8 | -0.3 | . | 41.5 | . |
| Sudell Ward | 25.7 | 20.3 | -5.4 | 17.9 | 14.8 | -3.1 |
| Sunnyhurst Ward | 25.8 | 21.7 | -4.1 | . | . | . |
| Wensley Fold Ward | 21.2 | 21.5 | 0.3 | . | . | . |
| Whitehall Ward | 26.5 | 23.3 | -3.2 | . | . | . |
| Blackburn with Darwen District | 23.2 | 21.2 | -2.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | -0.5 |
| Blackburn with Darwen LA | - | 21.2 | N/A | - | 15.9 | N/A |
| North West Region | 23.9 | 21.9 | -2.0 | 16.6 | 15.8 | -0.8 |
| England | 23.4 | 21.8 | -1.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | -0.3 |
Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s 
| 1997 | 2006 | Difference | |
| Blackburn with Darwen LA | .. | 33,830(p) | 33,830 |
| North West Region | 22,650 | 33,640(p) | 10,990 |
| England | 23,000 | 34,010(p) | 11,010 |
Teaching Assistants - in 2007 there were 165,380 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,260 in 1997.
Other Support Staff - in 2007 there were 147,000 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,000 in 1997.
Numbers of Teachers - in 2007 there were 188,860 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 214,270 full time equivalent teachers in 2007 up from 184,330 in 1997.
Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2007 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.8 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2007 was 16.4 down from 16.7 in 1997.
The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in service in the maintained sector, in 2006 was £34,010 (provisional) up from £23,000 in 1997.