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School Workforce

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

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
London Region8,21025,08016,87010,87020,6709,800
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
London Region27,88030,0002,12024,18030,0805,900
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Barking and Dagenham District22.723.81.115.716.60.9
Barnet District21.221.70.514.815.81.0
Bexley District24.822.7-2.117.418.20.8
Brent District2222.20.215.215.70.5
Bromley District24.422.8-1.616.316.80.5
Camden District2022.52.514.114.80.7
City of London District13.921.98.0...
Croydon District2322.5-0.516.216.50.3
Ealing District22.524.41.916.416.40.0
Enfield District23.221.6-1.615.9160.1
Greenwich District21.120.9-0.21615.4-0.6
Hackney District19.521.21.714.915.40.5
Hammersmith and Fulham District20.521.81.317.415.8-1.6
Haringey District21.122.11.014.615.61.0
Harrow District20.722.41.715.5160.5
Havering District23.822.6-1.216.316.50.2
Hillingdon District22.6230.416.216.60.4
Hounslow District21.522.30.815.8160.2
Islington District21.121.60.515.715.70.0
Kensington and Chelsea District17.721.13.412.915.82.9
Kingston upon Thames District23.822.5-1.316.616.1-0.5
Lambeth District19.7200.31515.50.5
Lewisham District20.619.6-1.015.216.71.5
Merton District21.722.71.017.217.80.6
Newham District24.320.7-3.616.315.5-0.8
Redbridge District22.922.3-0.616.516.60.1
Richmond upon Thames District21.721.3-0.41717.50.5
Southwark District21.819.4-2.415.814.7-1.1
Sutton District23.923.3-0.616.616.70.1
Tower Hamlets District20.721.30.615.916.60.7
Waltham Forest District21.723.82.115.615.5-0.1
Wandsworth District20.520.80.315.515.2-0.3
Westminster District18.6212.414.915.10.2
London Region21.921.90.015.916.10.2
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
London Region24,51037,620(p)13,110
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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