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England

School Workforce

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

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Adur District2320.3-2.716.215.1-1.1
Allerdale District23.320.6-2.716.815.6-1.2
Alnwick District22.220-2.218.316.7-1.6
Amber Valley District26.322.2-4.117.317.1-0.2
Arun District23.221.5-1.716.315.9-0.4
Ashfield District26.123.6-2.517.716.3-1.4
Ashford District23.822.4-1.416.716.90.2
Aylesbury Vale District23.721.4-2.317.418.91.5
Babergh District21.319.9-1.416.217.71.5
Barking and Dagenham District22.723.81.115.716.60.9
Barnet District21.221.70.514.815.81.0
Barnsley District25.522.5-3.017.816.3-1.5
Barrow-in-Furness District23.921.6-2.318.116.2-1.9
Basildon District23.322.8-0.517.1180.9
Basingstoke and Deane District22.921-1.916.717.10.4
Bassetlaw District24.722.4-2.317.616.8-0.8
Bath and North East Somerset District22.520.9-1.616.616.4-0.2
Bedford District2322.3-0.717.6180.4
Berwick-upon-Tweed District21.818.7-3.118.417.5-0.9
Bexley District24.822.7-2.117.418.20.8
Birmingham District22.720.7-2.016.115.3-0.8
Blaby District24.223.3-0.91818.60.6
Blackburn with Darwen District23.221.2-2.016.415.9-0.5
Blackpool District25.521.2-4.31716.4-0.6
Blyth Valley District26.521.3-5.218.717.7-1.0
Bolsover District26.221.7-4.517.516.8-0.7
Bolton District23.122.5-0.616.815.4-1.4
Boston District24.222.8-1.415.917.51.6
Bournemouth District25.922.6-3.31817.7-0.3
Bracknell Forest District24.121.8-2.317.418.81.4
Bradford District23.122.1-1.018.116.1-2.0
Braintree District23.121.9-1.216.517.51.0
Breckland District22.221-1.215.117.72.6
Brent District2222.20.215.215.70.5
Brentwood District22.422.70.316.816.80.0
Bridgnorth District23.823.7-0.116.4170.6
Brighton and Hove District22.722.2-0.51616.50.5
Bristol, City of District2321.7-1.315.615.4-0.2
Broadland District23.522.5-1.016.117.41.3
Bromley District24.422.8-1.616.316.80.5
Bromsgrove District2322.3-0.718.116.8-1.3
Broxbourne District23.824.60.815.418.63.2
Broxtowe District25.422.9-2.517.317.1-0.2
Burnley District2321.8-1.216.613.9-2.7
Bury District24.223.1-1.117.216.4-0.8
Calderdale District24.321.3-3.016.915.7-1.2
Cambridge District23.522-1.517.917-0.9
Camden District2022.52.514.114.80.7
Cannock Chase District24.923-1.917.616-1.6
Canterbury District23.821.5-2.315.916.80.9
Caradon District23.321.5-1.817.216-1.2
Carlisle District23.320.9-2.416.816.5-0.3
Carrick District2422.6-1.417.816.8-1.0
Castle Morpeth District23.720.5-3.219.818.8-1.0
Castle Point District23.822.9-0.917.219.22.0
Charnwood District24.323.9-0.41718.21.2
Chelmsford District22.621.7-0.916.217.51.3
Cheltenham District24.421-3.417.715.8-1.9
Cherwell District23.822.5-1.317.517.4-0.1
Chester District2320.3-2.716.615.7-0.9
Chester-le-Street District25.222.5-2.717.715.2-2.5
Chesterfield District26.722.2-4.517.716.7-1.0
Chichester District21.619.8-1.816.917.10.2
Chiltern District24.322.2-2.117.318.20.9
Chorley District24.922.1-2.817.416.5-0.9
Christchurch District2524.2-0.81817-1.0
City of London District13.921.98.0...
Colchester District22.521.7-0.816.517.20.7
Congleton District24.123-1.116.915.9-1.0
Copeland District23.721.2-2.517.416.3-1.1
Corby District22.522.60.115.215.90.7
Cotswold District22.719.8-2.917.115.8-1.3
Coventry District23.621.4-2.216.616.5-0.1
Craven District23.120.7-2.41615.9-0.1
Crawley District22.620.4-2.216.214.9-1.3
Crewe and Nantwich District23.722.2-1.517.215.9-1.3
Croydon District2322.5-0.516.216.50.3
Dacorum District22.923.10.216.516.60.1
Darlington District25.223.4-1.817.517-0.5
Dartford District24.623.1-1.516.616-0.6
Daventry District23.522-1.517.616.7-0.9
Derby District2522-3.016.616.1-0.5
Derbyshire Dales District24.319.2-5.117.416.3-1.1
Derwentside District23.520.2-3.317.215.1-2.1
Doncaster District24.422.4-2.016.615.7-0.9
Dover District23.921.1-2.81616.70.7
Dudley District22.420.5-1.916.515.9-0.6
Durham District23.220.9-2.31716.5-0.5
Ealing District22.524.41.916.416.40.0
Easington District24.921.8-3.11816.9-1.1
East Cambridgeshire District25.122.8-2.318.420.82.4
East Devon District24.221.6-2.617.116.7-0.4
East Dorset District24.421.7-2.718.917.4-1.5
East Hampshire District22.821.6-1.216.117.31.2
East Hertfordshire District22.522.90.415.916.20.3
East Lindsey District2422-2.015.517.11.6
East Northamptonshire District24.122.3-1.816.817.30.5
East Riding of Yorkshire District25.521.9-3.617.117.20.1
East Staffordshire District23.722.4-1.317.616.3-1.3
Eastbourne District22.723.40.717.318.10.8
Eastleigh District23.822.9-0.917.216.5-0.7
Eden District21.519.9-1.616.616.3-0.3
Ellesmere Port and Neston District24.221.1-3.11715.4-1.6
Elmbridge District22.922.4-0.516.718.31.6
Enfield District23.221.6-1.615.9160.1
Epping Forest District23.323-0.316.616.3-0.3
Epsom and Ewell District22.521.8-0.716.816.90.1
Erewash District27.322.7-4.618.517-1.5
Exeter District23.221.5-1.716.716.70.0
Fareham District23.922.4-1.517.216.5-0.7
Fenland District24.923.3-1.617.518.20.7
Forest Heath District23.322.5-0.816.617.30.7
Forest of Dean District22.420.3-2.117.916.2-1.7
Fylde District25.422.9-2.517.416.1-1.3
Gateshead District22.320.5-1.81615.1-0.9
Gedling District25.623.4-2.217.617.70.1
Gloucester District24.221.8-2.41715.5-1.5
Gosport District22.921.1-1.816.416.2-0.2
Gravesham District23.922.5-1.41618.12.1
Great Yarmouth District22.821.6-1.215.718.52.8
Greenwich District21.120.9-0.21615.4-0.6
Guildford District21.921.7-0.216.816.7-0.1
Hackney District19.521.21.714.915.40.5
Halton District2319.9-3.116.715.1-1.6
Hambleton District23.520.2-3.316.516.50.0
Hammersmith and Fulham District20.521.81.317.415.8-1.6
Harborough District23.822.6-1.21717.50.5
Haringey District21.122.11.014.615.61.0
Harlow District23.123.80.716.917.10.2
Harrogate District23.620.6-3.01615.7-0.3
Harrow District20.722.41.715.5160.5
Hart District24.222.4-1.816.416.2-0.2
Hartlepool District25.221.3-3.917.116.9-0.2
Hastings District23.622.5-1.115.817.21.4
Havant District23.221.1-2.116.615.9-0.7
Havering District23.822.6-1.216.316.50.2
Herefordshire, County of District2320.6-2.416.915.8-1.1
Hertsmere District23.923.3-0.615.915.6-0.3
High Peak District25.322.2-3.11716.1-0.9
Hillingdon District22.6230.416.216.60.4
Hinckley and Bosworth District24.323.5-0.817.818.10.3
Horsham District22.221-1.217.216.8-0.4
Hounslow District21.522.30.815.8160.2
Huntingdonshire District24.722.1-2.617.317.90.6
Hyndburn District24.622.1-2.516.316.50.2
Ipswich District22.821.7-1.115.715.4-0.3
Isle of Wight District22.620.8-1.818.217.6-0.6
Isles of Scilly District16.99.5-7.49.3..
Islington District21.121.60.515.715.70.0
Kennet District23.120.8-2.316.516.2-0.3
Kensington and Chelsea District17.721.13.412.915.82.9
Kerrier District23.521.1-2.417.116.6-0.5
Kettering District23.522.6-0.916.716.6-0.1
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District21.721.4-0.316.118.32.2
Kingston upon Hull, City of District25.522-3.518.117.6-0.5
Kingston upon Thames District23.822.5-1.316.616.1-0.5
Kirklees District23.820.8-3.017.416.5-0.9
Knowsley District23.721.6-2.116.615.1-1.5
Lambeth District19.7200.31515.50.5
Lancaster District24.821.8-3.015.915.4-0.5
Leeds District24.122.4-1.716.916.4-0.5
Leicester District22.921.6-1.316.616.70.1
Lewes District23.121.6-1.516.116.50.4
Lewisham District20.619.6-1.015.216.71.5
Lichfield District2522.5-2.517.416.4-1.0
Lincoln District2422.2-1.815.916.10.2
Liverpool District23.620.5-3.116.715.1-1.6
Luton District22.922.8-0.117.218.61.4
Macclesfield District23.821-2.816.816.6-0.2
Maidstone District23.222.7-0.516.417.20.8
Maldon District23.523-0.515.817.41.6
Malvern Hills District22.920.4-2.517.215.6-1.6
Manchester District23.423-0.415.915.7-0.2
Mansfield District25.222.4-2.818.617.4-1.2
Medway District2421.1-2.916.416.2-0.2
Melton District22.520.4-2.116.317.41.1
Mendip District23.621.6-2.018.217-1.2
Merton District21.722.71.017.217.80.6
Mid Bedfordshire District23.422.1-1.317.817.6-0.2
Mid Devon District23.121.9-1.216.7181.3
Mid Suffolk District21.819.8-2.016.317.41.1
Mid Sussex District23.121.1-2.017.216.3-0.9
Middlesbrough District23.820.1-3.716.213.6-2.6
Milton Keynes District24.320.9-3.417.417.3-0.1
Mole Valley District2222.20.217.217.1-0.1
New Forest District22.821.9-0.916.316-0.3
Newark and Sherwood District24.421.9-2.516.716.5-0.2
Newcastle upon Tyne District23.921.6-2.316.815.9-0.9
Newcastle-under-Lyme District2522.8-2.217.315.8-1.5
Newham District24.320.7-3.616.315.5-0.8
North Cornwall District22.621.1-1.516.916.7-0.2
North Devon District23.921.9-2.017.217-0.2
North Dorset District2319.2-3.817.616.5-1.1
North East Derbyshire District26.921.8-5.118.616.9-1.7
North East Lincolnshire District2521.9-3.117.917.4-0.5
North Hertfordshire District22.122.10.01616.40.4
North Kesteven District23.222-1.215.816.50.7
North Lincolnshire District24.623.9-0.717.517-0.5
North Norfolk District22.120.4-1.716.216.20.0
North Shropshire District23.123.10.015.916.30.4
North Somerset District23.822.7-1.11616.40.4
North Tyneside District23.922.3-1.617.215.7-1.5
North Warwickshire District25.322.6-2.717.517.50.0
North West Leicestershire District22.921.5-1.417.416.7-0.7
North Wiltshire District23.422.1-1.31716.7-0.3
Northampton District2321.9-1.117.817.7-0.1
Norwich District21.819.4-2.415.9160.1
Nottingham District23.721.1-2.616.314.9-1.4
Nuneaton and Bedworth District24.823-1.81818.10.1
Oadby and Wigston District24.124.40.318.518.3-0.2
Oldham District24.423.4-1.01615.3-0.7
Oswestry District25.124.7-0.416.817.40.6
Oxford District22.4230.61916.5-2.5
Pendle District24.622.5-2.117.416.5-0.9
Penwith District2523.3-1.718.217.7-0.5
Peterborough District23.921.8-2.116.816.5-0.3
Plymouth District24.422-2.417.516.8-0.7
Poole District24.223.3-0.916.615.7-0.9
Portsmouth District23.221.5-1.717.117.60.5
Preston District24.121.6-2.51615.6-0.4
Purbeck District24.120.2-3.917.916.7-1.2
Reading District23.521.5-2.01615.3-0.7
Redbridge District22.922.3-0.616.516.60.1
Redcar and Cleveland District24.321.1-3.217.215.7-1.5
Redditch District22.421.6-0.81817-1.0
Reigate and Banstead District22.922.1-0.817.618.10.5
Restormel District24.423.3-1.117.716.8-0.9
Ribble Valley District24.622.9-1.716.6170.4
Richmond upon Thames District21.721.3-0.41717.50.5
Richmondshire District22.520.1-2.416.314.7-1.6
Rochdale District24.721.5-3.216.716.6-0.1
Rochford District22.7230.317.316.9-0.4
Rossendale District24.121.4-2.716.616-0.6
Rother District22.321-1.316.5181.5
Rotherham District2423-1.017.215.9-1.3
Rugby District24.122.5-1.617.716.7-1.0
Runnymede District21.821.90.116.717.30.6
Rushcliffe District25.323.2-2.117.117-0.1
Rushmoor District23.620.9-2.716.116-0.1
Rutland District2319.9-3.116.816.7-0.1
Ryedale District22.820.2-2.616.616-0.6
Salford District2422.2-1.816.415.5-0.9
Salisbury District22.420.6-1.816.716.6-0.1
Sandwell District2422.4-1.616.816-0.8
Scarborough District2421.3-2.71715.9-1.1
Sedgefield District24.222.3-1.917.316.1-1.2
Sedgemoor District23.721.6-2.118.217.5-0.7
Sefton District23.222.1-1.116.316-0.3
Selby District24.121-3.116.415.9-0.5
Sevenoaks District24.123-1.115.817.92.1
Sheffield District23.322.2-1.117.316.8-0.5
Shepway District23.821.8-2.016.417.81.4
Shrewsbury and Atcham District24.823.9-0.916.816.5-0.3
Slough District22.523.30.815.916.80.9
Solihull District2421.3-2.716.816.6-0.2
South Bedfordshire District24.721.9-2.818.318.40.1
South Bucks District23.822.2-1.618.618.1-0.5
South Cambridgeshire District24.521.4-3.11818.50.5
South Derbyshire District25.622.3-3.316.816-0.8
South Gloucestershire District24.222.5-1.716.715.6-1.1
South Hams District24.220.5-3.716.917.60.7
South Holland District23.923.5-0.416.4170.6
South Kesteven District24.322.7-1.61616.70.7
South Lakeland District23.821-2.816.415.7-0.7
South Norfolk District22.321.3-1.01516.31.3
South Northamptonshire District23.821.8-2.016.317.71.4
South Oxfordshire District23.421.7-1.71816.4-1.6
South Ribble District25.624-1.617.116.7-0.4
South Shropshire District23.522.8-0.715.516.51.0
South Somerset District23.321.1-2.217.617.3-0.3
South Staffordshire District25.122.6-2.517.916.5-1.4
South Tyneside District23.421.5-1.916.915-1.9
Southampton District22.321.7-0.616.215.5-0.7
Southend-on-Sea District23.722.1-1.616.418.21.8
Southwark District21.819.4-2.415.814.7-1.1
Spelthorne District22.921.9-1.017.718.20.5
St Albans District22.523.10.616.315.9-0.4
St. Edmundsbury District2220-2.01717.20.2
St. Helens District23.322.4-0.915.615.2-0.4
Stafford District25.122.8-2.31816.8-1.2
Staffordshire Moorlands District24.421.1-3.318.117.1-1.0
Stevenage District23.623.60.015.816.10.3
Stockport District2422.2-1.816.916.2-0.7
Stockton-on-Tees District24.221.4-2.817.116-1.1
Stoke-on-Trent District25.423.7-1.717.616.2-1.4
Stratford-on-Avon District24.321.5-2.817.316.4-0.9
Stroud District23.620.8-2.81715.6-1.4
Suffolk Coastal District22.220.8-1.416.616.5-0.1
Sunderland District22.820.6-2.216.314.4-1.9
Surrey Heath District22.523.20.716.516.60.1
Sutton District23.923.3-0.616.616.70.1
Swale District23.821.8-2.016.317.81.5
Swindon District23.822.4-1.417.317.40.1
Tameside District25.422.7-2.717.816.6-1.2
Tamworth District24.122.7-1.417.415.2-2.2
Tandridge District21.822.20.416.718.92.2
Taunton Deane District23.821.6-2.21818.30.3
Teesdale District21.817.9-3.916.916.3-0.6
Teignbridge District24.221.8-2.416.917.20.3
Telford and Wrekin District24.923.4-1.516.916.2-0.7
Tendring District23.322.5-0.816.617.61.0
Test Valley District22.420.7-1.716.518.11.6
Tewkesbury District23.920.7-3.217.315.7-1.6
Thanet District25.123.6-1.516.417.20.8
Three Rivers District23.124.31.215.915.7-0.2
Thurrock District2322.8-0.217.219.22.0
Tonbridge and Malling District23.722.2-1.516.216.20.0
Torbay District25.222-3.21716.4-0.6
Torridge District22.820.5-2.31717.20.2
Tower Hamlets District20.721.30.615.916.60.7
Trafford District24.723.2-1.516.716.2-0.5
Tunbridge Wells District23.522.7-0.815.916.91.0
Tynedale District23.919.3-4.618.317.8-0.5
Uttlesford District21.920.6-1.315.814.9-0.9
Vale Royal District2420.8-3.217.716.6-1.1
Vale of White Horse District2421.5-2.518.4190.6
Wakefield District24.423.2-1.216.916.8-0.1
Walsall District23.721.6-2.116.315.7-0.6
Waltham Forest District21.723.82.115.615.5-0.1
Wandsworth District20.520.80.315.515.2-0.3
Wansbeck District25.421.2-4.217.916.8-1.1
Warrington District24.522.1-2.417.215.7-1.5
Warwick District24.221.9-2.316.816.2-0.6
Watford District2223.11.114.7183.3
Waveney District22.620.4-2.217.317.80.5
Waverley District22.121.9-0.217.718.81.1
Wealden District22.921.3-1.61617.11.1
Wear Valley District2320.5-2.517.116.9-0.2
Wellingborough District24.322.7-1.615.515.60.1
Welwyn Hatfield District22.822.7-0.116.216-0.2
West Berkshire District2320.4-2.616.515.1-1.4
West Devon District23.421.3-2.117.618.20.6
West Dorset District23.120.5-2.617.616.6-1.0
West Lancashire District23.321-2.316.815.7-1.1
West Lindsey District23.621.8-1.816.316.70.4
West Oxfordshire District2421.1-2.917.517.1-0.4
West Somerset District22.617.4-5.219.116.5-2.6
West Wiltshire District23.921.5-2.417.116.3-0.8
Westminster District18.6212.414.915.10.2
Weymouth and Portland District25.622.8-2.818.417.1-1.3
Wigan District23.121.8-1.31615.7-0.3
Winchester District22.421.5-0.917.317.80.5
Windsor and Maidenhead District23.522-1.51717.20.2
Wirral District23.221.9-1.316.215.1-1.1
Woking District2222.60.61616.90.9
Wokingham District24.521.1-3.416.716.6-0.1
Wolverhampton District22.421-1.41615.6-0.4
Worcester District24.422-2.418.118.20.1
Worthing District23.421.6-1.817.116-1.1
Wychavon District23.120.3-2.817.515.9-1.6
Wycombe District23.421.3-2.116.817.40.6
Wyre District24.922.3-2.617.417-0.4
Wyre Forest District23.920.1-3.818.615-3.6
York District24.321.7-2.616.316.30.0
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
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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