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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in rank order the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) secondary and (b) primary schools of each local education authority and their ranking in respect of number of GCSE grades A to C. [20533] Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the following table. Pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) and GCSE results{1} by local education authority area in England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA area Percentage of pupils aged 15 Pupil: teacher ratios achieving five or more GCSE grades A*-C 1995-96 January 1996 Primary Secondary Percentage Rank PTR Rank PTR Rank Isles of Scilly 73.1 1 15.0 2 8.1 1 Kingston upon Thames 59.9 2 23.8 82 16.2 35 Sutton 56.4 3 23.3 59 16.6 62 Harrow 53.5 4 20.8 12 15.6 13 Barnet 53.4 5 20.9 13 14.8 6 North Yorkshire 53.0 6 23.4 66 16.3 43 North Somerset 52.5 7 23.7 77 16.3 43 Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 21.3 17 16.5 53 Redbridge 50.8 9 22.7 38 16.2 35 West Sussex 50.6 10 22.5 33 16.6 62 Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 23.6 73 17.1 94 Surrey 50.5 11 22.0 23 16.6 62 Bromley 50.3 13 24.6 109 15.7 18 Gloucestershire 50.2 14 23.4 66 17.6 107 Somerset 50.0 15 23.2 51 18.0 117 Solihull 49.6 16 24.1 99 16.6 62 Cheshire 49.3 17 24.0 93 17.0 87 Dorset 49.3 17 23.9 87 17.5 102 Hertfordshire 49.3 17 22.3 25 15.7 18 Stockport 49.0 20 23.8 82 16.6 62 Berkshire 48.8 21 23.3 59 16.3 43 Bury 48.6 22 24.0 93 17.2 99 Trafford 48.6 22 24.7 111 16.6 62 Wiltshire 48.3 24 23.4 66 16.8 75 Shropshire 48.0 25 24.3 102 16.5 53 York 47.7 26 24.2 101 16.2 35 Bath and North-east 47.4 27 22.8 43 16.4 48 Somerset Suffolk 47.0 28 22.3 25 16.5 53 Bexley 46.8 29 24.8 113 16.6 62 Cambridge 46.7 30 23.9 87 17.2 99 Cornwall 46.7 30 23.7 77 17.5 102 Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 17.8 3 13.3 2 Hampshire 46.5 33 22.8 43 16.6 62 Northumberland 46.1 34 24.6 109 18.5 119 Oxfordshire 45.8 35 23.3 59 17.9 114 Dudley 44.9 36 22.4 31 16.5 53 South Gloucestershire 44.7 37 24.3 102 16.9 81 Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 23.2 51 17.7 110 Isle of Wight 44.5 39 23.2 51 18.1 118 Lincolnshire 44.5 39 23.6 73 15.9 23 Wirral 44.4 41 23.2 51 16.2 35 Cumbria 44.2 42 23.2 51 16.9 81 Devon 44.2 43 24.0 93 17.0 87 Havering 44.1 44 23.7 77 16.2 35 Sefton 44.0 45 23.2 51 16.4 48 Wigan 43.9 46 22.9 46 16.0 28 Kent 43.7 47 23.9 87 16.4 48 Warwickshire 43.7 47 23.6 73 16.8 75 East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 24.8 113 16.6 62 Northamptonshire 43.5 50 23.4 66 17.0 87 East Sussex 43.3 51 22.7 38 16.0 28 Essex 43.1 52 22.6 35 16.7 73 Camden 43.0 53 20.3 9 14.9 7 Bedfordshire 42.7 54 23.0 49 17.8 112 Lancashire 42.6 55 24.1 99 17.0 87 Hounslow 42.3 56 21.6 20 15.8 21 Derbyshire 42.0 57 25.3 120 17.0 87 Bolton 41.9 58 22.8 43 16.5 53 Norfolk 41.9 58 22.3 25 15.6 13 North Tyneside 41.1 60 23.9 87 17.1 94 Enfield 41.0 61 22.6 35 16.3 43 Hillingdon 40.9 62 22.3 25 16.4 48 St. Helens 40.9 62 22.9 46 15.6 13 Staffordshire 40.9 62 24.9 117 17.6 107 Calderdale 39.7 65 24.0 93 16.9 81 Leicestershire 39.7 65 23.3 59 17.1 94 Croydon 38.8 67 22.2 24 16.3 43 Kirklees 38.4 68 23.3 59 16.8 75 Merton 38.3 69 21.5 19 17.2 99 Coventry 38.0 70 23.3 59 16.1 30 North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 24.5 107 17.1 94 Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 24.5 107 17.1 94 Sheffield 37.2 73 22.9 46 17.5 102 Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 23.8 82 16.9 81 Gateshead 36.6 75 22.3 25 15.9 23 Leeds 36.6 75 23.9 87 16.6 62 Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 24.3 102 16.7 73 Durham 36.2 78 24.0 93 17.5 102 Rotherham 36.2 78 23.2 51 17.0 87 Rochdale 35.4 80 24.4 106 16.9 81 Tameside 35.4 80 25.1 119 17.8 112 Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 20.3 9 16.8 75 Wakefield 35.3 82 24.0 93 16.4 48 South Tyneside 35.2 84 23.3 59 16.8 75 Brent 35.1 85 21.7 21 15.4 11 Ealing 34.6 86 22.7 38 16.5 53 Doncaster 33.5 87 24.3 102 16.8 75 Waltham Forest 33.4 88 21.4 18 15.8 21 Oldham 33.3 89 23.7 77 15.9 23 Westminster 33.0 90 18.4 4 15.2 8 Birmingham 32.9 91 22.7 38 15.9 23 Wandsworth 32.8 92 20.5 11 15.9 23 Newcastle upon Tyne 32.7 93 23.8 82 16.9 81 North East Lincolnshire 32.4 94 24.8 113 17.9 114 Walsall 32.2 95 23.4 66 16.2 35 Hartlepool 31.9 96 24.8 113 17.0 87 Sunderland 31.7 97 22.6 35 16.1 30 City of Bristol 30.9 98 22.7 38 15.6 13 Wolverhampton 30.2 99 22.5 33 16.1 30 Salford 30.1 100 23.8 82 16.5 53 Lewisham 30.0 101 20.1 8 15.2 8 Greenwich 29.1 102 20.9 13 15.6 13 Bradford 28.9 103 22.3 25 17.7 110 Haringey 28.5 104 21.0 16 14.6 4 Barnsley 28.2 105 25.0 118 17.9 114 Newham 27.9 106 23.9 87 16.5 53 Liverpool 27.6 107 23.5 71 16.2 35 Barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 22.4 31 16.1 30 Manchester 27.0 109 23.0 49 15.5 12 Middlesbrough 26.9 110 23.6 73 16.1 30 Sandwell 26.5 111 23.7 77 16.5 53 Hackney 25.7 112 19.7 7 14.7 5 Lambeth 25.1 113 18.6 5 14.4 3 Southwark 24.6 114 21.7 21 16.2 35 Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 19.5 6 15.2 8 Knowsley 23.6 116 23.5 71 16.6 62 City of Kingston upon 22.8 117 24.7 111 17.6 107 Hull Islington 22.4 118 20.9 13 15.7 18 Corporation of London n/a n/a 13.9 1 n/a n/a England 44.5 23.2 16.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes grant-maintained, special schools and City Technology Colleges; excludes independent schools. n/a = not applicable.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20533; 292 c427-30W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Local education authorities Pupils Primary education Teachers Secondary education GCSE Ratios

Contains statistics

Yes