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Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Adur District | 23 | 20.3 | -2.7 | 16.2 | 15.1 | -1.1 |
| Allerdale District | 23.3 | 20.6 | -2.7 | 16.8 | 15.6 | -1.2 |
| Alnwick District | 22.2 | 20 | -2.2 | 18.3 | 16.7 | -1.6 |
| Amber Valley District | 26.3 | 22.2 | -4.1 | 17.3 | 17.1 | -0.2 |
| Arun District | 23.2 | 21.5 | -1.7 | 16.3 | 15.9 | -0.4 |
| Ashfield District | 26.1 | 23.6 | -2.5 | 17.7 | 16.3 | -1.4 |
| Ashford District | 23.8 | 22.4 | -1.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 0.2 |
| Aylesbury Vale District | 23.7 | 21.4 | -2.3 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 1.5 |
| Babergh District | 21.3 | 19.9 | -1.4 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 1.5 |
| Barking and Dagenham District | 22.7 | 23.8 | 1.1 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 0.9 |
| Barnet District | 21.2 | 21.7 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 1.0 |
| Barnsley District | 25.5 | 22.5 | -3.0 | 17.8 | 16.3 | -1.5 |
| Barrow-in-Furness District | 23.9 | 21.6 | -2.3 | 18.1 | 16.2 | -1.9 |
| Basildon District | 23.3 | 22.8 | -0.5 | 17.1 | 18 | 0.9 |
| Basingstoke and Deane District | 22.9 | 21 | -1.9 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 0.4 |
| Bassetlaw District | 24.7 | 22.4 | -2.3 | 17.6 | 16.8 | -0.8 |
| Bath and North East Somerset District | 22.5 | 20.9 | -1.6 | 16.6 | 16.4 | -0.2 |
| Bedford District | 23 | 22.3 | -0.7 | 17.6 | 18 | 0.4 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed District | 21.8 | 18.7 | -3.1 | 18.4 | 17.5 | -0.9 |
| Bexley District | 24.8 | 22.7 | -2.1 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 0.8 |
| Birmingham District | 22.7 | 20.7 | -2.0 | 16.1 | 15.3 | -0.8 |
| Blaby District | 24.2 | 23.3 | -0.9 | 18 | 18.6 | 0.6 |
| Blackburn with Darwen District | 23.2 | 21.2 | -2.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | -0.5 |
| Blackpool District | 25.5 | 21.2 | -4.3 | 17 | 16.4 | -0.6 |
| Blyth Valley District | 26.5 | 21.3 | -5.2 | 18.7 | 17.7 | -1.0 |
| Bolsover District | 26.2 | 21.7 | -4.5 | 17.5 | 16.8 | -0.7 |
| Bolton District | 23.1 | 22.5 | -0.6 | 16.8 | 15.4 | -1.4 |
| Boston District | 24.2 | 22.8 | -1.4 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 1.6 |
| Bournemouth District | 25.9 | 22.6 | -3.3 | 18 | 17.7 | -0.3 |
| Bracknell Forest District | 24.1 | 21.8 | -2.3 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 1.4 |
| Bradford District | 23.1 | 22.1 | -1.0 | 18.1 | 16.1 | -2.0 |
| Braintree District | 23.1 | 21.9 | -1.2 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 1.0 |
| Breckland District | 22.2 | 21 | -1.2 | 15.1 | 17.7 | 2.6 |
| Brent District | 22 | 22.2 | 0.2 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 0.5 |
| Brentwood District | 22.4 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| Bridgnorth District | 23.8 | 23.7 | -0.1 | 16.4 | 17 | 0.6 |
| Brighton and Hove District | 22.7 | 22.2 | -0.5 | 16 | 16.5 | 0.5 |
| Bristol, City of District | 23 | 21.7 | -1.3 | 15.6 | 15.4 | -0.2 |
| Broadland District | 23.5 | 22.5 | -1.0 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 1.3 |
| Bromley District | 24.4 | 22.8 | -1.6 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 0.5 |
| Bromsgrove District | 23 | 22.3 | -0.7 | 18.1 | 16.8 | -1.3 |
| Broxbourne District | 23.8 | 24.6 | 0.8 | 15.4 | 18.6 | 3.2 |
| Broxtowe District | 25.4 | 22.9 | -2.5 | 17.3 | 17.1 | -0.2 |
| Burnley District | 23 | 21.8 | -1.2 | 16.6 | 13.9 | -2.7 |
| Bury District | 24.2 | 23.1 | -1.1 | 17.2 | 16.4 | -0.8 |
| Calderdale District | 24.3 | 21.3 | -3.0 | 16.9 | 15.7 | -1.2 |
| Cambridge District | 23.5 | 22 | -1.5 | 17.9 | 17 | -0.9 |
| Camden District | 20 | 22.5 | 2.5 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 0.7 |
| Cannock Chase District | 24.9 | 23 | -1.9 | 17.6 | 16 | -1.6 |
| Canterbury District | 23.8 | 21.5 | -2.3 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 0.9 |
| Caradon District | 23.3 | 21.5 | -1.8 | 17.2 | 16 | -1.2 |
| Carlisle District | 23.3 | 20.9 | -2.4 | 16.8 | 16.5 | -0.3 |
| Carrick District | 24 | 22.6 | -1.4 | 17.8 | 16.8 | -1.0 |
| Castle Morpeth District | 23.7 | 20.5 | -3.2 | 19.8 | 18.8 | -1.0 |
| Castle Point District | 23.8 | 22.9 | -0.9 | 17.2 | 19.2 | 2.0 |
| Charnwood District | 24.3 | 23.9 | -0.4 | 17 | 18.2 | 1.2 |
| Chelmsford District | 22.6 | 21.7 | -0.9 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 1.3 |
| Cheltenham District | 24.4 | 21 | -3.4 | 17.7 | 15.8 | -1.9 |
| Cherwell District | 23.8 | 22.5 | -1.3 | 17.5 | 17.4 | -0.1 |
| Chester District | 23 | 20.3 | -2.7 | 16.6 | 15.7 | -0.9 |
| Chester-le-Street District | 25.2 | 22.5 | -2.7 | 17.7 | 15.2 | -2.5 |
| Chesterfield District | 26.7 | 22.2 | -4.5 | 17.7 | 16.7 | -1.0 |
| Chichester District | 21.6 | 19.8 | -1.8 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 0.2 |
| Chiltern District | 24.3 | 22.2 | -2.1 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 0.9 |
| Chorley District | 24.9 | 22.1 | -2.8 | 17.4 | 16.5 | -0.9 |
| Christchurch District | 25 | 24.2 | -0.8 | 18 | 17 | -1.0 |
| City of London District | 13.9 | 21.9 | 8.0 | . | . | . |
| Colchester District | 22.5 | 21.7 | -0.8 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 0.7 |
| Congleton District | 24.1 | 23 | -1.1 | 16.9 | 15.9 | -1.0 |
| Copeland District | 23.7 | 21.2 | -2.5 | 17.4 | 16.3 | -1.1 |
| Corby District | 22.5 | 22.6 | 0.1 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 0.7 |
| Cotswold District | 22.7 | 19.8 | -2.9 | 17.1 | 15.8 | -1.3 |
| Coventry District | 23.6 | 21.4 | -2.2 | 16.6 | 16.5 | -0.1 |
| Craven District | 23.1 | 20.7 | -2.4 | 16 | 15.9 | -0.1 |
| Crawley District | 22.6 | 20.4 | -2.2 | 16.2 | 14.9 | -1.3 |
| Crewe and Nantwich District | 23.7 | 22.2 | -1.5 | 17.2 | 15.9 | -1.3 |
| Croydon District | 23 | 22.5 | -0.5 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 0.3 |
| Dacorum District | 22.9 | 23.1 | 0.2 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 0.1 |
| Darlington District | 25.2 | 23.4 | -1.8 | 17.5 | 17 | -0.5 |
| Dartford District | 24.6 | 23.1 | -1.5 | 16.6 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Daventry District | 23.5 | 22 | -1.5 | 17.6 | 16.7 | -0.9 |
| Derby District | 25 | 22 | -3.0 | 16.6 | 16.1 | -0.5 |
| Derbyshire Dales District | 24.3 | 19.2 | -5.1 | 17.4 | 16.3 | -1.1 |
| Derwentside District | 23.5 | 20.2 | -3.3 | 17.2 | 15.1 | -2.1 |
| Doncaster District | 24.4 | 22.4 | -2.0 | 16.6 | 15.7 | -0.9 |
| Dover District | 23.9 | 21.1 | -2.8 | 16 | 16.7 | 0.7 |
| Dudley District | 22.4 | 20.5 | -1.9 | 16.5 | 15.9 | -0.6 |
| Durham District | 23.2 | 20.9 | -2.3 | 17 | 16.5 | -0.5 |
| Ealing District | 22.5 | 24.4 | 1.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| Easington District | 24.9 | 21.8 | -3.1 | 18 | 16.9 | -1.1 |
| East Cambridgeshire District | 25.1 | 22.8 | -2.3 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 2.4 |
| East Devon District | 24.2 | 21.6 | -2.6 | 17.1 | 16.7 | -0.4 |
| East Dorset District | 24.4 | 21.7 | -2.7 | 18.9 | 17.4 | -1.5 |
| East Hampshire District | 22.8 | 21.6 | -1.2 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 1.2 |
| East Hertfordshire District | 22.5 | 22.9 | 0.4 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 0.3 |
| East Lindsey District | 24 | 22 | -2.0 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 1.6 |
| East Northamptonshire District | 24.1 | 22.3 | -1.8 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 0.5 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire District | 25.5 | 21.9 | -3.6 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 0.1 |
| East Staffordshire District | 23.7 | 22.4 | -1.3 | 17.6 | 16.3 | -1.3 |
| Eastbourne District | 22.7 | 23.4 | 0.7 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 0.8 |
| Eastleigh District | 23.8 | 22.9 | -0.9 | 17.2 | 16.5 | -0.7 |
| Eden District | 21.5 | 19.9 | -1.6 | 16.6 | 16.3 | -0.3 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston District | 24.2 | 21.1 | -3.1 | 17 | 15.4 | -1.6 |
| Elmbridge District | 22.9 | 22.4 | -0.5 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 1.6 |
| Enfield District | 23.2 | 21.6 | -1.6 | 15.9 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Epping Forest District | 23.3 | 23 | -0.3 | 16.6 | 16.3 | -0.3 |
| Epsom and Ewell District | 22.5 | 21.8 | -0.7 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 0.1 |
| Erewash District | 27.3 | 22.7 | -4.6 | 18.5 | 17 | -1.5 |
| Exeter District | 23.2 | 21.5 | -1.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| Fareham District | 23.9 | 22.4 | -1.5 | 17.2 | 16.5 | -0.7 |
| Fenland District | 24.9 | 23.3 | -1.6 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 0.7 |
| Forest Heath District | 23.3 | 22.5 | -0.8 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 0.7 |
| Forest of Dean District | 22.4 | 20.3 | -2.1 | 17.9 | 16.2 | -1.7 |
| Fylde District | 25.4 | 22.9 | -2.5 | 17.4 | 16.1 | -1.3 |
| Gateshead District | 22.3 | 20.5 | -1.8 | 16 | 15.1 | -0.9 |
| Gedling District | 25.6 | 23.4 | -2.2 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 0.1 |
| Gloucester District | 24.2 | 21.8 | -2.4 | 17 | 15.5 | -1.5 |
| Gosport District | 22.9 | 21.1 | -1.8 | 16.4 | 16.2 | -0.2 |
| Gravesham District | 23.9 | 22.5 | -1.4 | 16 | 18.1 | 2.1 |
| Great Yarmouth District | 22.8 | 21.6 | -1.2 | 15.7 | 18.5 | 2.8 |
| Greenwich District | 21.1 | 20.9 | -0.2 | 16 | 15.4 | -0.6 |
| Guildford District | 21.9 | 21.7 | -0.2 | 16.8 | 16.7 | -0.1 |
| Hackney District | 19.5 | 21.2 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 0.5 |
| Halton District | 23 | 19.9 | -3.1 | 16.7 | 15.1 | -1.6 |
| Hambleton District | 23.5 | 20.2 | -3.3 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham District | 20.5 | 21.8 | 1.3 | 17.4 | 15.8 | -1.6 |
| Harborough District | 23.8 | 22.6 | -1.2 | 17 | 17.5 | 0.5 |
| Haringey District | 21.1 | 22.1 | 1.0 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 1.0 |
| Harlow District | 23.1 | 23.8 | 0.7 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 0.2 |
| Harrogate District | 23.6 | 20.6 | -3.0 | 16 | 15.7 | -0.3 |
| Harrow District | 20.7 | 22.4 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 16 | 0.5 |
| Hart District | 24.2 | 22.4 | -1.8 | 16.4 | 16.2 | -0.2 |
| Hartlepool District | 25.2 | 21.3 | -3.9 | 17.1 | 16.9 | -0.2 |
| Hastings District | 23.6 | 22.5 | -1.1 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 1.4 |
| Havant District | 23.2 | 21.1 | -2.1 | 16.6 | 15.9 | -0.7 |
| Havering District | 23.8 | 22.6 | -1.2 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 |
| Herefordshire, County of District | 23 | 20.6 | -2.4 | 16.9 | 15.8 | -1.1 |
| Hertsmere District | 23.9 | 23.3 | -0.6 | 15.9 | 15.6 | -0.3 |
| High Peak District | 25.3 | 22.2 | -3.1 | 17 | 16.1 | -0.9 |
| Hillingdon District | 22.6 | 23 | 0.4 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 0.4 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth District | 24.3 | 23.5 | -0.8 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 0.3 |
| Horsham District | 22.2 | 21 | -1.2 | 17.2 | 16.8 | -0.4 |
| Hounslow District | 21.5 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 15.8 | 16 | 0.2 |
| Huntingdonshire District | 24.7 | 22.1 | -2.6 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 0.6 |
| Hyndburn District | 24.6 | 22.1 | -2.5 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 |
| Ipswich District | 22.8 | 21.7 | -1.1 | 15.7 | 15.4 | -0.3 |
| Isle of Wight District | 22.6 | 20.8 | -1.8 | 18.2 | 17.6 | -0.6 |
| Isles of Scilly District | 16.9 | 9.5 | -7.4 | 9.3 | . | . |
| Islington District | 21.1 | 21.6 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| Kennet District | 23.1 | 20.8 | -2.3 | 16.5 | 16.2 | -0.3 |
| Kensington and Chelsea District | 17.7 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 2.9 |
| Kerrier District | 23.5 | 21.1 | -2.4 | 17.1 | 16.6 | -0.5 |
| Kettering District | 23.5 | 22.6 | -0.9 | 16.7 | 16.6 | -0.1 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk District | 21.7 | 21.4 | -0.3 | 16.1 | 18.3 | 2.2 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of District | 25.5 | 22 | -3.5 | 18.1 | 17.6 | -0.5 |
| Kingston upon Thames District | 23.8 | 22.5 | -1.3 | 16.6 | 16.1 | -0.5 |
| Kirklees District | 23.8 | 20.8 | -3.0 | 17.4 | 16.5 | -0.9 |
| Knowsley District | 23.7 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 16.6 | 15.1 | -1.5 |
| Lambeth District | 19.7 | 20 | 0.3 | 15 | 15.5 | 0.5 |
| Lancaster District | 24.8 | 21.8 | -3.0 | 15.9 | 15.4 | -0.5 |
| Leeds District | 24.1 | 22.4 | -1.7 | 16.9 | 16.4 | -0.5 |
| Leicester District | 22.9 | 21.6 | -1.3 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 0.1 |
| Lewes District | 23.1 | 21.6 | -1.5 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 0.4 |
| Lewisham District | 20.6 | 19.6 | -1.0 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 1.5 |
| Lichfield District | 25 | 22.5 | -2.5 | 17.4 | 16.4 | -1.0 |
| Lincoln District | 24 | 22.2 | -1.8 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 0.2 |
| Liverpool District | 23.6 | 20.5 | -3.1 | 16.7 | 15.1 | -1.6 |
| Luton District | 22.9 | 22.8 | -0.1 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 1.4 |
| Macclesfield District | 23.8 | 21 | -2.8 | 16.8 | 16.6 | -0.2 |
| Maidstone District | 23.2 | 22.7 | -0.5 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 0.8 |
| Maldon District | 23.5 | 23 | -0.5 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 1.6 |
| Malvern Hills District | 22.9 | 20.4 | -2.5 | 17.2 | 15.6 | -1.6 |
| Manchester District | 23.4 | 23 | -0.4 | 15.9 | 15.7 | -0.2 |
| Mansfield District | 25.2 | 22.4 | -2.8 | 18.6 | 17.4 | -1.2 |
| Medway District | 24 | 21.1 | -2.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | -0.2 |
| Melton District | 22.5 | 20.4 | -2.1 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 1.1 |
| Mendip District | 23.6 | 21.6 | -2.0 | 18.2 | 17 | -1.2 |
| Merton District | 21.7 | 22.7 | 1.0 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 0.6 |
| Mid Bedfordshire District | 23.4 | 22.1 | -1.3 | 17.8 | 17.6 | -0.2 |
| Mid Devon District | 23.1 | 21.9 | -1.2 | 16.7 | 18 | 1.3 |
| Mid Suffolk District | 21.8 | 19.8 | -2.0 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 1.1 |
| Mid Sussex District | 23.1 | 21.1 | -2.0 | 17.2 | 16.3 | -0.9 |
| Middlesbrough District | 23.8 | 20.1 | -3.7 | 16.2 | 13.6 | -2.6 |
| Milton Keynes District | 24.3 | 20.9 | -3.4 | 17.4 | 17.3 | -0.1 |
| Mole Valley District | 22 | 22.2 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 17.1 | -0.1 |
| New Forest District | 22.8 | 21.9 | -0.9 | 16.3 | 16 | -0.3 |
| Newark and Sherwood District | 24.4 | 21.9 | -2.5 | 16.7 | 16.5 | -0.2 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne District | 23.9 | 21.6 | -2.3 | 16.8 | 15.9 | -0.9 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme District | 25 | 22.8 | -2.2 | 17.3 | 15.8 | -1.5 |
| Newham District | 24.3 | 20.7 | -3.6 | 16.3 | 15.5 | -0.8 |
| North Cornwall District | 22.6 | 21.1 | -1.5 | 16.9 | 16.7 | -0.2 |
| North Devon District | 23.9 | 21.9 | -2.0 | 17.2 | 17 | -0.2 |
| North Dorset District | 23 | 19.2 | -3.8 | 17.6 | 16.5 | -1.1 |
| North East Derbyshire District | 26.9 | 21.8 | -5.1 | 18.6 | 16.9 | -1.7 |
| North East Lincolnshire District | 25 | 21.9 | -3.1 | 17.9 | 17.4 | -0.5 |
| North Hertfordshire District | 22.1 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 16 | 16.4 | 0.4 |
| North Kesteven District | 23.2 | 22 | -1.2 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 0.7 |
| North Lincolnshire District | 24.6 | 23.9 | -0.7 | 17.5 | 17 | -0.5 |
| North Norfolk District | 22.1 | 20.4 | -1.7 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| North Shropshire District | 23.1 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 0.4 |
| North Somerset District | 23.8 | 22.7 | -1.1 | 16 | 16.4 | 0.4 |
| North Tyneside District | 23.9 | 22.3 | -1.6 | 17.2 | 15.7 | -1.5 |
| North Warwickshire District | 25.3 | 22.6 | -2.7 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| North West Leicestershire District | 22.9 | 21.5 | -1.4 | 17.4 | 16.7 | -0.7 |
| North Wiltshire District | 23.4 | 22.1 | -1.3 | 17 | 16.7 | -0.3 |
| Northampton District | 23 | 21.9 | -1.1 | 17.8 | 17.7 | -0.1 |
| Norwich District | 21.8 | 19.4 | -2.4 | 15.9 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Nottingham District | 23.7 | 21.1 | -2.6 | 16.3 | 14.9 | -1.4 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth District | 24.8 | 23 | -1.8 | 18 | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| Oadby and Wigston District | 24.1 | 24.4 | 0.3 | 18.5 | 18.3 | -0.2 |
| Oldham District | 24.4 | 23.4 | -1.0 | 16 | 15.3 | -0.7 |
| Oswestry District | 25.1 | 24.7 | -0.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 0.6 |
| Oxford District | 22.4 | 23 | 0.6 | 19 | 16.5 | -2.5 |
| Pendle District | 24.6 | 22.5 | -2.1 | 17.4 | 16.5 | -0.9 |
| Penwith District | 25 | 23.3 | -1.7 | 18.2 | 17.7 | -0.5 |
| Peterborough District | 23.9 | 21.8 | -2.1 | 16.8 | 16.5 | -0.3 |
| Plymouth District | 24.4 | 22 | -2.4 | 17.5 | 16.8 | -0.7 |
| Poole District | 24.2 | 23.3 | -0.9 | 16.6 | 15.7 | -0.9 |
| Portsmouth District | 23.2 | 21.5 | -1.7 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 0.5 |
| Preston District | 24.1 | 21.6 | -2.5 | 16 | 15.6 | -0.4 |
| Purbeck District | 24.1 | 20.2 | -3.9 | 17.9 | 16.7 | -1.2 |
| Reading District | 23.5 | 21.5 | -2.0 | 16 | 15.3 | -0.7 |
| Redbridge District | 22.9 | 22.3 | -0.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 0.1 |
| Redcar and Cleveland District | 24.3 | 21.1 | -3.2 | 17.2 | 15.7 | -1.5 |
| Redditch District | 22.4 | 21.6 | -0.8 | 18 | 17 | -1.0 |
| Reigate and Banstead District | 22.9 | 22.1 | -0.8 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 0.5 |
| Restormel District | 24.4 | 23.3 | -1.1 | 17.7 | 16.8 | -0.9 |
| Ribble Valley District | 24.6 | 22.9 | -1.7 | 16.6 | 17 | 0.4 |
| Richmond upon Thames District | 21.7 | 21.3 | -0.4 | 17 | 17.5 | 0.5 |
| Richmondshire District | 22.5 | 20.1 | -2.4 | 16.3 | 14.7 | -1.6 |
| Rochdale District | 24.7 | 21.5 | -3.2 | 16.7 | 16.6 | -0.1 |
| Rochford District | 22.7 | 23 | 0.3 | 17.3 | 16.9 | -0.4 |
| Rossendale District | 24.1 | 21.4 | -2.7 | 16.6 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Rother District | 22.3 | 21 | -1.3 | 16.5 | 18 | 1.5 |
| Rotherham District | 24 | 23 | -1.0 | 17.2 | 15.9 | -1.3 |
| Rugby District | 24.1 | 22.5 | -1.6 | 17.7 | 16.7 | -1.0 |
| Runnymede District | 21.8 | 21.9 | 0.1 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 0.6 |
| Rushcliffe District | 25.3 | 23.2 | -2.1 | 17.1 | 17 | -0.1 |
| Rushmoor District | 23.6 | 20.9 | -2.7 | 16.1 | 16 | -0.1 |
| Rutland District | 23 | 19.9 | -3.1 | 16.8 | 16.7 | -0.1 |
| Ryedale District | 22.8 | 20.2 | -2.6 | 16.6 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Salford District | 24 | 22.2 | -1.8 | 16.4 | 15.5 | -0.9 |
| Salisbury District | 22.4 | 20.6 | -1.8 | 16.7 | 16.6 | -0.1 |
| Sandwell District | 24 | 22.4 | -1.6 | 16.8 | 16 | -0.8 |
| Scarborough District | 24 | 21.3 | -2.7 | 17 | 15.9 | -1.1 |
| Sedgefield District | 24.2 | 22.3 | -1.9 | 17.3 | 16.1 | -1.2 |
| Sedgemoor District | 23.7 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 18.2 | 17.5 | -0.7 |
| Sefton District | 23.2 | 22.1 | -1.1 | 16.3 | 16 | -0.3 |
| Selby District | 24.1 | 21 | -3.1 | 16.4 | 15.9 | -0.5 |
| Sevenoaks District | 24.1 | 23 | -1.1 | 15.8 | 17.9 | 2.1 |
| Sheffield District | 23.3 | 22.2 | -1.1 | 17.3 | 16.8 | -0.5 |
| Shepway District | 23.8 | 21.8 | -2.0 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 1.4 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham District | 24.8 | 23.9 | -0.9 | 16.8 | 16.5 | -0.3 |
| Slough District | 22.5 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 0.9 |
| Solihull District | 24 | 21.3 | -2.7 | 16.8 | 16.6 | -0.2 |
| South Bedfordshire District | 24.7 | 21.9 | -2.8 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 0.1 |
| South Bucks District | 23.8 | 22.2 | -1.6 | 18.6 | 18.1 | -0.5 |
| South Cambridgeshire District | 24.5 | 21.4 | -3.1 | 18 | 18.5 | 0.5 |
| South Derbyshire District | 25.6 | 22.3 | -3.3 | 16.8 | 16 | -0.8 |
| South Gloucestershire District | 24.2 | 22.5 | -1.7 | 16.7 | 15.6 | -1.1 |
| South Hams District | 24.2 | 20.5 | -3.7 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 0.7 |
| South Holland District | 23.9 | 23.5 | -0.4 | 16.4 | 17 | 0.6 |
| South Kesteven District | 24.3 | 22.7 | -1.6 | 16 | 16.7 | 0.7 |
| South Lakeland District | 23.8 | 21 | -2.8 | 16.4 | 15.7 | -0.7 |
| South Norfolk District | 22.3 | 21.3 | -1.0 | 15 | 16.3 | 1.3 |
| South Northamptonshire District | 23.8 | 21.8 | -2.0 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 1.4 |
| South Oxfordshire District | 23.4 | 21.7 | -1.7 | 18 | 16.4 | -1.6 |
| South Ribble District | 25.6 | 24 | -1.6 | 17.1 | 16.7 | -0.4 |
| South Shropshire District | 23.5 | 22.8 | -0.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 1.0 |
| South Somerset District | 23.3 | 21.1 | -2.2 | 17.6 | 17.3 | -0.3 |
| South Staffordshire District | 25.1 | 22.6 | -2.5 | 17.9 | 16.5 | -1.4 |
| South Tyneside District | 23.4 | 21.5 | -1.9 | 16.9 | 15 | -1.9 |
| Southampton District | 22.3 | 21.7 | -0.6 | 16.2 | 15.5 | -0.7 |
| Southend-on-Sea District | 23.7 | 22.1 | -1.6 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 1.8 |
| Southwark District | 21.8 | 19.4 | -2.4 | 15.8 | 14.7 | -1.1 |
| Spelthorne District | 22.9 | 21.9 | -1.0 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 0.5 |
| St Albans District | 22.5 | 23.1 | 0.6 | 16.3 | 15.9 | -0.4 |
| St. Edmundsbury District | 22 | 20 | -2.0 | 17 | 17.2 | 0.2 |
| St. Helens District | 23.3 | 22.4 | -0.9 | 15.6 | 15.2 | -0.4 |
| Stafford District | 25.1 | 22.8 | -2.3 | 18 | 16.8 | -1.2 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands District | 24.4 | 21.1 | -3.3 | 18.1 | 17.1 | -1.0 |
| Stevenage District | 23.6 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 0.3 |
| Stockport District | 24 | 22.2 | -1.8 | 16.9 | 16.2 | -0.7 |
| Stockton-on-Tees District | 24.2 | 21.4 | -2.8 | 17.1 | 16 | -1.1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent District | 25.4 | 23.7 | -1.7 | 17.6 | 16.2 | -1.4 |
| Stratford-on-Avon District | 24.3 | 21.5 | -2.8 | 17.3 | 16.4 | -0.9 |
| Stroud District | 23.6 | 20.8 | -2.8 | 17 | 15.6 | -1.4 |
| Suffolk Coastal District | 22.2 | 20.8 | -1.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | -0.1 |
| Sunderland District | 22.8 | 20.6 | -2.2 | 16.3 | 14.4 | -1.9 |
| Surrey Heath District | 22.5 | 23.2 | 0.7 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 0.1 |
| Sutton District | 23.9 | 23.3 | -0.6 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 0.1 |
| Swale District | 23.8 | 21.8 | -2.0 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 1.5 |
| Swindon District | 23.8 | 22.4 | -1.4 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 0.1 |
| Tameside District | 25.4 | 22.7 | -2.7 | 17.8 | 16.6 | -1.2 |
| Tamworth District | 24.1 | 22.7 | -1.4 | 17.4 | 15.2 | -2.2 |
| Tandridge District | 21.8 | 22.2 | 0.4 | 16.7 | 18.9 | 2.2 |
| Taunton Deane District | 23.8 | 21.6 | -2.2 | 18 | 18.3 | 0.3 |
| Teesdale District | 21.8 | 17.9 | -3.9 | 16.9 | 16.3 | -0.6 |
| Teignbridge District | 24.2 | 21.8 | -2.4 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 0.3 |
| Telford and Wrekin District | 24.9 | 23.4 | -1.5 | 16.9 | 16.2 | -0.7 |
| Tendring District | 23.3 | 22.5 | -0.8 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 1.0 |
| Test Valley District | 22.4 | 20.7 | -1.7 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 1.6 |
| Tewkesbury District | 23.9 | 20.7 | -3.2 | 17.3 | 15.7 | -1.6 |
| Thanet District | 25.1 | 23.6 | -1.5 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 0.8 |
| Three Rivers District | 23.1 | 24.3 | 1.2 | 15.9 | 15.7 | -0.2 |
| Thurrock District | 23 | 22.8 | -0.2 | 17.2 | 19.2 | 2.0 |
| Tonbridge and Malling District | 23.7 | 22.2 | -1.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| Torbay District | 25.2 | 22 | -3.2 | 17 | 16.4 | -0.6 |
| Torridge District | 22.8 | 20.5 | -2.3 | 17 | 17.2 | 0.2 |
| Tower Hamlets District | 20.7 | 21.3 | 0.6 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 0.7 |
| Trafford District | 24.7 | 23.2 | -1.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 | -0.5 |
| Tunbridge Wells District | 23.5 | 22.7 | -0.8 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 1.0 |
| Tynedale District | 23.9 | 19.3 | -4.6 | 18.3 | 17.8 | -0.5 |
| Uttlesford District | 21.9 | 20.6 | -1.3 | 15.8 | 14.9 | -0.9 |
| Vale Royal District | 24 | 20.8 | -3.2 | 17.7 | 16.6 | -1.1 |
| Vale of White Horse District | 24 | 21.5 | -2.5 | 18.4 | 19 | 0.6 |
| Wakefield District | 24.4 | 23.2 | -1.2 | 16.9 | 16.8 | -0.1 |
| Walsall District | 23.7 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 16.3 | 15.7 | -0.6 |
| Waltham Forest District | 21.7 | 23.8 | 2.1 | 15.6 | 15.5 | -0.1 |
| Wandsworth District | 20.5 | 20.8 | 0.3 | 15.5 | 15.2 | -0.3 |
| Wansbeck District | 25.4 | 21.2 | -4.2 | 17.9 | 16.8 | -1.1 |
| Warrington District | 24.5 | 22.1 | -2.4 | 17.2 | 15.7 | -1.5 |
| Warwick District | 24.2 | 21.9 | -2.3 | 16.8 | 16.2 | -0.6 |
| Watford District | 22 | 23.1 | 1.1 | 14.7 | 18 | 3.3 |
| Waveney District | 22.6 | 20.4 | -2.2 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 0.5 |
| Waverley District | 22.1 | 21.9 | -0.2 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 1.1 |
| Wealden District | 22.9 | 21.3 | -1.6 | 16 | 17.1 | 1.1 |
| Wear Valley District | 23 | 20.5 | -2.5 | 17.1 | 16.9 | -0.2 |
| Wellingborough District | 24.3 | 22.7 | -1.6 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 0.1 |
| Welwyn Hatfield District | 22.8 | 22.7 | -0.1 | 16.2 | 16 | -0.2 |
| West Berkshire District | 23 | 20.4 | -2.6 | 16.5 | 15.1 | -1.4 |
| West Devon District | 23.4 | 21.3 | -2.1 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 0.6 |
| West Dorset District | 23.1 | 20.5 | -2.6 | 17.6 | 16.6 | -1.0 |
| West Lancashire District | 23.3 | 21 | -2.3 | 16.8 | 15.7 | -1.1 |
| West Lindsey District | 23.6 | 21.8 | -1.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 0.4 |
| West Oxfordshire District | 24 | 21.1 | -2.9 | 17.5 | 17.1 | -0.4 |
| West Somerset District | 22.6 | 17.4 | -5.2 | 19.1 | 16.5 | -2.6 |
| West Wiltshire District | 23.9 | 21.5 | -2.4 | 17.1 | 16.3 | -0.8 |
| Westminster District | 18.6 | 21 | 2.4 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 0.2 |
| Weymouth and Portland District | 25.6 | 22.8 | -2.8 | 18.4 | 17.1 | -1.3 |
| Wigan District | 23.1 | 21.8 | -1.3 | 16 | 15.7 | -0.3 |
| Winchester District | 22.4 | 21.5 | -0.9 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 0.5 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead District | 23.5 | 22 | -1.5 | 17 | 17.2 | 0.2 |
| Wirral District | 23.2 | 21.9 | -1.3 | 16.2 | 15.1 | -1.1 |
| Woking District | 22 | 22.6 | 0.6 | 16 | 16.9 | 0.9 |
| Wokingham District | 24.5 | 21.1 | -3.4 | 16.7 | 16.6 | -0.1 |
| Wolverhampton District | 22.4 | 21 | -1.4 | 16 | 15.6 | -0.4 |
| Worcester District | 24.4 | 22 | -2.4 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 0.1 |
| Worthing District | 23.4 | 21.6 | -1.8 | 17.1 | 16 | -1.1 |
| Wychavon District | 23.1 | 20.3 | -2.8 | 17.5 | 15.9 | -1.6 |
| Wycombe District | 23.4 | 21.3 | -2.1 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 0.6 |
| Wyre District | 24.9 | 22.3 | -2.6 | 17.4 | 17 | -0.4 |
| Wyre Forest District | 23.9 | 20.1 | -3.8 | 18.6 | 15 | -3.6 |
| York District | 24.3 | 21.7 | -2.6 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| 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 | |
| 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.