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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Classroom Assistants: South East

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in (a) maintained nurseries, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) special schools and (e) pupil referral units in each education authority in the South East in each of the last five years.
Answer

The following tables provide the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained schools in each local authority in the South East Government office region, in each January from 2005 to 2009 broken down by phase of education.

Full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in local authority maintained schools¹ by phase of education, South East Government office region, January 2005 to 2009
Nursery Primary
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
South East 240 260 250 310 320 13,820 13,190 14,280 15,650 16,130
Bracknell Forest — — — — — 150 120 150 140 180
Windsor and Maidenhead 20 20 20 20 20 140 160 190 210 210
West Berkshire 10 10 10 10 10 300 250 210 240 390
Reading 30 20 30 30 30 190 120 150 260 330
Slough 40 40 40 50 50 340 330 340 420 480
Wokingham 10 10 10 10 10 240 240 250 280 310
Buckinghamshire 10 10 10 10 10 530 650 660 740 680
Milton Keynes — 10 — 10 10 300 360 400 530 610
East Sussex — — — — — 830 690 750 860 840
Brighton and Hove 10 10 10 — — 240 260 290 460 480
Hampshire 20 30 40 50 50 2,170 2,030 2,140 2,240 2,340
Portsmouth — — 10 — 10 430 400 400 460 460
Southampton 10 10 10 10 — 440 420 450 430 360
Isle of Wight — — — — — 170 150 200 240 190
Kent — — — — 10 3,090 2,810 3,190 3,160 3,120
Medway — — — — — 630 570 620 560 530
Oxfordshire 30 30 30 30 40 920 820 870 1,140 1,320
Surrey 30 30 20 50 50 1,790 1,740 1,860 1,880 1,830
West Sussex 30 30 20 30 30 930 1,080 1,150 1,400 1,460
Secondary¹ Special
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
South East 5,140 5,560 5,760 6,000 6,290 2,960 3,100 3,360 3,380 3,660
Bracknell Forest 40 50 30 50 60 10 50 50 60 60
Windsor and Maidenhead 120 120 100 130 130 30 30 40 30 40
West Berkshire 150 140 150 190 190 70 80 90 100 110
Reading 60 50 50 60 50 30 40 40 70 80
Slough 70 80 90 100 90 60 60 70 90 110
Wokingham 100 100 100 120 130 30 30 40 60 70
Buckinghamshire 210 250 280 320 340 200 170 210 250 260
Milton Keynes 160 180 220 250 260 50 110 130 150 160
East Sussex 360 440 420 430 430 180 190 210 240 230
Brighton and Hove 110 110 130 160 180 100 130 110 110 120
Hampshire 640 700 710 700 760 420 420 510 440 520
Portsmouth 140 150 150 170 150 240 80 130 150 130
Southampton 130 150 160 130 120 70 70 60 60 20
Isle of Wight 210 210 210 250 230 60 60 80 80 80
Kent 1,100 1,100 1,210 1,130 1,240 630 710 700 630 760
Medway 220 250 230 250 260 90 110 110 120 120
Oxfordshire 520 590 590 590 570 190 170 240 180 180
Surrey 450 510 520 550 640 320 430 410 330 320
West Sussex 350 390 410 430 450 170 150 140 230 300
Pupil referral unit Total all schools¹
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
South East 230 250 280 370 400 22,400 22,360 23,930 25,710 26,790
Bracknell Forest 10 10 10 — — 210 220 240 250 300
Windsor and Maidenhead — — — 10 10 300 330 350 390 410
West Berkshire 10 10 10 10 10 530 490 470 550 710
Reading 10 10 10 20 20 320 250 280 440 510
Slough 10 20 10 10 20 530 530 550 680 750
Wokingham — — — — — 380 380 410 480 520
Buckinghamshire 10 10 10 20 10 950 1,100 1,180 1,320 1,300
Milton Keynes 10 20 20 20 10 530 680 770 960 1,050
East Sussex — 10 10 — 10 1,380 1,330 1,380 1,530 1,510
Brighton and Hove — — — — — 460 510 540 740 780
Hampshire 30 30 40 40 60 3,280 3,210 3,430 3,470 3,740
Portsmouth 20 20 20 — — 830 660 710 780 750
Southampton 10 20 10 20 20 660 660 680 660 520
Isle of Wight 10 10 10 10 20 450 430 500 580 510
Kent 30 40 40 100 100 4,860 4,660 5,140 5,020 5,220
Medway 20 10 30 20 20 960 930 990 950 920
Oxfordshire 10 10 20 20 30 1,670 1,630 1,750 1,960 2,140
Surrey 30 30 20 30 30 2,610 2,720 2,840 2,830 2,870
West Sussex 10 10 10 30 30 1,480 1,660 1,730 2,110 2,270
¹ Excludes academies and city technology colleges.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c284-6W; 305611
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Classroom assistants South East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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