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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 October 2007. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 22 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Class Sizes: East of England

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the pupil-teacher ratio was in each local education authority in the East of England at key stage (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in each year since 1997.
Answer

The requested information is not available. The following table provides the pupil:teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools in local authority areas within the East of England, January 1997 to 2007.

Pupil:Teacher ratios¹ in maintained schools² by local authority area in east of England
1907 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Primary³
England 23.4 23.7 23.5 23.3 22.9 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.5 22.0 21.8
East of England 23.0 23.3 23.3 23.1 22.8 22.7 22.8 22.9 22.7 22.2 22.1
Former Bedfordshire 23.3 — — — — — — — — — —
Bedfordshire — 23.8 23.8 23.5 22.9 22.3 22.6 22.8 23.0 22.2 22.1
Luton — 22.7 22 6 22.3 22.9 22.7 23.5 23.5 23.4 23.6 22.8
Former Cambridgeshire 24.4 24.9 — — — — — — — — —
Cambridgeshire — — 25.0 24.6 24.1 23.3 23.7 23.6 23.6 22.9 22.2
Peterborough — — 24.2 23.2 23.0 22.9 23.1 23.2 22.5 21.9 21.8
Former Essex 23.0 23.5 — — — — — — — — —
Essex — — 23.5 23.2 22.9 22.8 23.0 23.2 22.9 22.5 22.4
Southend-on-Sea — — 24.0 23.4 23.5 23.0 23.3 22.8 23.0 22.2 22.1
Thurrock — — 23.9 22.8 22.8 21.8 23.6 24.9 25.0 23.3 22.8
Hertfordshire 22.9 23.0 23.0 23.2 23.0 22.8 23.0 23.0 22.5 22.4 23.2
Norfolk 22.3 22.5 22.7 22.7 22.1 23.0 21.7 22.3 22.1 21.3 21.1
Suffolk 22.3 22.2 22.0 22.1 22.0 21.5 21.7 21.7 21.5 21.1 20.7
Secondary³
England 16.77 16.9 17.0 17.2 17.1 16.9 17.0 17.0 16.7 16.6 16.5
East of England 16.6 16.7 16.9 17.2 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.2
Bedfordshire 17.8 — — — — — — — — — —
Bedfordshire — 18.3 18.5 18.7 18.8 18.4 18.7 18.4 18.7 18.3 18.0
Luton — 16.7 16.9 17.3 17.9 18.0 17.9 17.7 18.5 17.8 18.6
Former Cambridgeshire 17.4 17.5 — — — — — — — — —
Cambridgeshire — — 18.1 18.7 18.7 18.1 18.2 18.7 18.3 18.2 18.3
Peterborough — — 16.7 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.0 16.9 16.5 16.5
Former Essex 16.6 16.7 — — — — — — — — —
Essex — — 16.8 17.2 17.5 17.5 17.6 18.0 17.4 17.3 17.3
Southend-on-Sea — — 16.4 16.9 16.8 17.2 17.3 17.7 17.9 18.2 18.2
Thurrock — — 18.0 18.5 18.9 19.8 19.8 20.8 19.9 18.7 19.0
Hertfordshire 15.9 16.1 16.3 16.6 16.7 16.8 17.0 17.1 16.8 16.7 16.4
Norfolk 15.7 16.1 16.2 16.6 16.9 17.5 17.1 17.3 17.6 17.0 17.2
Suffolk 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.9 17.1 16.9 16.9 17.2 17.0 17.2 17.0
¹ The PTRs for each of LA maintained primary and secondary schools relate FTE pupil numbers in these schools to FTE qualified teacher numbers in these schools, from the School Census. The School Census includes teachers normally employed, within schools, in the survey week,
² Excludes CTCs and academies.
³ Includes middle schools as deemed.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
465 c106-8W; 159217
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Class sizes East of England
Link
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