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School Workforce

Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Bath and North East Somerset LA170350180240560320
South West Region5,03014,2809,2508,04015,2407,200
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Bath and North East Somerset LA580580071078070
South West Region16,40017,4001,00017,21020,4103,200
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Abbey Ward23.120.7-2.4...
Bathavon North Ward20.4210.6...
Bathavon South Ward18.919.30.4...
Bathavon West Ward17.613.1-4.5...
Bathwick Ward24.522.1-2.4...
Chew Valley North Ward20.622.92.316.715.5-1.2
Chew Valley South Ward20.819-1.8...
Clutton Ward21.317-4.3...
Combe Down Ward21.222.91.716.618.11.5
Farmborough Ward21.617.7-3.9...
High Littleton Ward21.919-2.9...
Keynsham East Ward23.325.92.61716.2-0.8
Keynsham North Ward24.616.5-8.116.617.30.7
Keynsham South Ward26.125.2-0.9...
Kingsmead Ward20.217.2-3.0...
Lambridge Ward23.119.6-3.513.912.5-1.4
Lansdown Ward25.825.80.0...
Lyncombe Ward23.817.6-6.2...
Mendip Ward19.717.1-2.6...
Midsomer Norton North Ward25.622.7-2.9...
Midsomer Norton Redfield Ward25.723.3-2.416.916.2-0.7
Newbridge Ward20.3232.716.317.41.1
Odd Down Ward24.618.9-5.716.716.3-0.4
Oldfield Ward25.427.11.7...
Paulton Ward23.823.4-0.4...
Peasedown Ward2220.6-1.4...
Publow and Whitchurch Ward23.117.4-5.7...
Radstock Ward2117.7-3.31817-1.0
Saltford Ward27.428.41.0...
Southdown Ward20.322.52.2...
Timsbury Ward25.925.90.0...
Twerton Ward16.415.1-1.3...
Walcot Ward11.6.....
Westfield Ward26.423.2-3.2...
Westmoreland Ward22.821.9-0.9...
Weston Ward20.919.2-1.7...
Widcombe Ward23.521-2.516.215.9-0.3
Bath and North East Somerset District22.520.9-1.616.616.4-0.2
Bath and North East Somerset LA22.420.9-1.516.616.4-0.2
South West Region23.721.6-2.117.116.6-0.5
England23.421.8-1.616.716.4-0.3

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Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s Metadata

19972006Difference
Bath and North East Somerset LA22,83033,230(p)10,400
South West Region22,70033,310(p)10,610
England23,00034,010(p)11,010

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National Summary

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.


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