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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) primary, (b) special and (c) secondary schools in (i) 1979, (ii) 1990 and (iii) the latest available date for each English local education authority. [20532] Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the following table. Pupil:teacher ratios in maintained primary, secondary and special schools by local education authority area in England Position at January 1979, 1990 and 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1979 1990 1996 Primary Secondary{ Special Primary Secondary{ Special Primary Secondary Special 1} 1} Corporation of London {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 17.4 {3}-- {3}-- 13.9 {3}-- {3}-- Camden {2}--{}{} {2}-- {2}-- 19.2 14.9 3.8 20.3 14.9 3.7 Greenwich {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 19.7 15.8 6.0 20.9 15.6 6.5 Hackney {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 18.3 14.2 6.1 19.7 14.7 5.7 Hammersmith and Fulham {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 18.3 14.3 4.9 20.3 16.8 5.6 Islington {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 18.5 16.4 5.8 20.9 15.7 5.0 Kensington and Chelsea {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 18.5 13.7 5.8 17.8 13.3 3.3 Lambeth {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 19.2 14.2 5.6 18.6 14.4 5.2 Lewisham {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 19.6 14.7 5.9 20.1 15.2 6.3 Southwark {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 20.0 15.6 5.0 21.7 16.2 5.0 Tower Hamlets {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 18.1 14.1 6.0 19.5 15.2 5.8 Wandsworth {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 17.9 14.5 4.9 20.5 15.9 6.3 Westminster {2}-- {2}-- {2}-- 17.2 14.2 6.1 18.4 15.2 5.4 Inner London Education 18.7 14.9 6.9 {3}-- {3}-- {3}-- {3}-- {3}-- {3}-- Authority Barking and Dagenham 22.3 15.5 7.6 22.3 14.7 5.7 22.4 16.1 5.6 Barnet 21.5 15.5 7.2 20.1 14.9 4.8 20.9 14.8 5.7 Bexley 25.1 17.2 9.6 22.9 16.0 6.5 24.8 16.6 7.0 Brent 18.7 13.9 6.5 20.8 13.7 4.7 21.7 15.4 5.2 Bromley 24.5 16.7 9.1 23.1 15.7 5.8 24.6 15.7 6.4 Croydon 23.1 16.3 7.5 21.3 16.3 5.2 22.2 16.3 5.8 Ealing 20.4 15.6 6.8 20.2 14.0 5.0 22.7 16.5 5.6 Enfield 24.0 16.8 8.7 21.2 15.3 5.3 22.6 16.3 5.9 Haringey 20.9 16.0 5.7 21.8 12.9 4.5 21.0 14.6 4.7 Harrow 22.1 16.1 6.5 22.0 15.4 5.7 20.8 15.6 5.0 Havering 23.6 17.0 8.3 22.6 15.4 6.4 23.7 16.2 6.0 Hillingdon 23.0 16.5 7.4 22.1 15.3 6.7 22.3 16.4 7.3 Hounslow 21.9 15.9 6.3 20.2 15.2 5.7 21.6 15.8 6.3 Kingston upon Thames 22.1 16.1 9.2 21.8 14.1 6.5 23.8 16.2 6.9 Merton 22.2 17.6 7.5 20.8 15.4 5.0 21.5 17.2 6.0 Newham 21.4 16.1 7.4 23.1 14.1 5.3 23.9 16.5 2.4 Redbridge 24.1 17.1 7.2 23.4 15.9 6.4 22.7 16.2 4.3 Richmond upon Thames 22.2 17.0 5.9 20.9 15.9 5.5 21.3 16.5 5.5 Sutton 24.0 17.3 9.2 22.0 15.8 6.4 23.3 16.6 6.8 Waltham Forest 22.4 14.7 5.7 22.2 13.6 3.5 21.4 15.8 4.2 Birmingham 24.0 16.5 7.4 23.6 16.3 6.3 22.7 15.9 6.4 Coventry 22.7 16.0 8.0 22.4 13.9 5.7 23.3 16.1 6.3 Dudley 25.5 18.0 9.9 21.5 13.9 8.6 22.4 16.5 8.1 Sandwell 24.4 16.4 9.6 22.2 14.1 6.7 23.7 16.5 7.5 Solihull 23.5 16.4 8.2 22.6 15.4 5.6 24.1 16.6 7.1 Walsall 22.6 15.8 7.5 20.8 13.9 5.5 23.4 16.2 6.1 Wolverhampton 21.1 15.8 6.5 19.8 13.5 5.9 22.5 16.1 7.2 Knowsley 23.4 16.3 7.4 21.4 14.5 6.8 23.5 16.6 5.2 Liverpool 21.1 16.1 7.6 21.7 14.2 6.5 23.5 16.2 6.0 St. Helens 23.8 16.2 9.3 22.4 13.6 7.7 22.9 15.6 6.8 Sefton 23.6 17.3 9.0 23.2 16.1 6.9 23.2 16.4 6.6 Wirral 24.2 17.1 8.0 20.6 14.9 6.3 23.2 16.2 6.7 Bolton 25.2 16.5 7.9 21.7 14.8 6.1 22.8 16.5 6.6 Bury 23.5 16.5 8.0 22.3 15.2 5.6 24.0 17.2 5.0 Manchester 21.9 15.1 6.7 21.8 13.7 5.4 23.0 15.5 4.8 Oldham 25.2 17.6 7.7 22.4 14.5 5.3 23.7 15.9 5.6 Rochdale 22.9 15.4 7.8 21.9 13.8 6.6 24.4 16.9 7.3 Salford 23.5 16.2 8.9 22.0 13.5 6.5 23.8 16.5 5.2 Stockport 26.3 17.3 9.8 23.4 15.2 6.5 23.8 16.6 6.3 Thameside 24.1 16.5 6.9 22.7 15.5 5.3 25.1 17.8 7.3 Trafford 22.2 16.5 8.2 22.4 14.2 6.6 24.7 16.6 6.8 Wigan 22.6 16.1 8.2 21.4 13.7 5.9 22.9 16.0 6.5 Barnsley 23.6 16.8 7.8 22.7 15.5 6.1 25.0 17.9 6.6 Doncaster 22.2 16.6 8.5 21.6 15.1 8.1 24.3 16.8 9.1 Rotherham 24.0 17.4 7.8 21.3 14.5 6.7 23.2 17.0 7.6 Sheffield 21.8 16.4 6.1 21.0 14.2 4.4 22.9 17.5 5.2 Bradford 20.9 17.6 7.5 19.7 14.9 3.8 22.3 17.7 5.6 Calderdale 23.8 17.6 7.1 22.3 14.9 4.8 24.0 16.9 5.2 Kirklees 23.6 18.3 7.3 21.0 14.7 6.9 23.3 16.8 6.5 Leeds 24.6 17.8 7.7 19.4 14.9 5.9 23.9 16.6 6.3 Wakefield 23.3 18.0 8.4 22.0 15.3 6.3 24.0 16.4 6.1 Gateshead 21.2 16.5 9.3 20.9 13.9 5.6 22.3 15.9 5.9 Newcastle upon Tyne 18.7 14.7 7.4 21.0 14.2 5.9 23.8 16.9 6.8 North Tyneside 21.1 16.2 8.3 20.9 14.3 6.0 23.9 17.1 6.4 South Tyneside 20.3 16.0 7.9 20.9 14.3 6.6 23.3 16.8 8.2 Sunderland 23.5 16.7 8.9 22.0 14.7 5.9 22.6 16.1 7.4 Isles of Scilly 15.3 11.3 {3}-- 14.2 8.2 {3}-- 15.0 8.1 {3}-- Avon 24.2 17.0 7.6 22.4 16.2 6.0 23.3 16.3 5.9 Bedfordshire 21.6 17.3 6.5 21.5 17.2 6.1 23.0 17.8 7.1 Berkshire 23.9 16.8 8.9 23.5 15.5 6.6 23.3 16.3 7.1 Buckinghamshire 24.2 16.8 8.2 22.9 15.8 6.6 23.6 17.1 7.2 Cambridgeshire 23.3 16.7 8.8 22.6 16.0 5.7 23.9 17.2 6.9 Cheshire 23.5 17.0 7.9 24.3 16.3 6.7 24.0 17.0 7.2 Cleveland 23.4 18.4 8.5 22.5 15.2 5.0 24.1 16.8 7.1 Cornwall 24.2 16.9 8.0 23.2 16.1 7.3 23.7 17.5 7.3 Cumbria 23.1 16.5 8.5 21.8 14.7 5.6 23.2 16.9 7.0 Derbyshire 23.8 17.5 8.3 21.6 14.0 4.8 25.3 17.0 7.2 Devon 24.3 17.9 8.9 22.3 16.1 7.5 24.0 17.0 7.9 Dorset 23.7 17.5 9.1 23.1 16.1 7.6 23.9 17.5 7.5 Durham 21.5 16.9 7.9 22.2 16.0 6.4 24.0 17.5 7.5 East Sussex 23.4 17.5 8.0 22.3 15.9 6.8 22.7 16.0 6.5 Essex 24.8 17.8 9.1 22.4 16.4 6.2 22.6 16.7 6.9 Gloucestershire 23.4 17.4 8.3 22.1 15.7 6.7 23.4 17.6 6.9 Hampshire 24.6 17.4 9.1 22.1 16.2 7.6 22.8 16.6 7.6 Hereford and Worcester 24.2 17.7 8.1 23.2 16.7 7.1 23.2 17.7 7.6 Hertfordshire 22.5 15.9 8.0 21.6 15.1 5.0 22.3 15.7 5.7 Humberside 22.1 16.8 8.9 22.1 15.6 6.4 24.7 17.2 7.4 Isle of Wight 23.9 18.6 10.4 22.9 16.8 7.8 23.2 18.1 7.7 Kent 24.3 17.7 9.2 23.5 16.1 7.9 23.9 16.4 7.5 Lancashire 24.7 16.6 8.0 23.3 15.7 5.6 24.1 17.0 4.8 Leicestershire 23.3 16.4 8.1 22.7 14.9 5.4 23.3 17.1 6.2 Lincolnshire 23.7 17.0 9.4 23.3 16.3 7.4 23.6 15.9 6.8 Norfolk 22.8 17.6 8.6 22.0 15.3 6.8 22.3 15.6 7.3 North Yorkshire 22.5 17.1 8.6 22.1 15.3 6.5 23.6 16.3 6.5 Northamptonshire 24.4 17.0 8.3 22.5 15.9 6.2 23.4 17.0 6.5 Northumberland 23.4 17.5 7.5 22.9 16.3 6.1 24.6 18.5 8.0 Nottinghamshire 24.7 17.0 9.0 21.3 14.5 6.1 24.3 16.7 4.7 Oxfordshire 24.2 18.0 7.5 22.7 16.2 5.4 23.3 17.9 5.6 Shropshire 23.8 17.0 9.0 21.2 15.2 7.0 24.3 16.5 7.4 Somerset 24.6 18.6 10.2 22.2 15.6 6.3 23.2 18.0 8.1 Staffordshire 23.2 16.8 8.1 23.3 15.8 6.6 24.9 17.6 8.0 Suffolk 23.4 18.1 8.8 22.0 16.6 6.1 22.3 16.5 6.8 Surrey 21.9 16.8 8.4 20.8 15.6 6.3 22.0 16.6 6.8 Warwickshire 23.1 17.0 9.0 21.8 15.6 6.6 23.6 16.8 7.1 West Sussex 24.3 18.5 8.3 21.8 16.4 7.5 22.5 16.6 7.4 Wiltshire 23.9 17.7 8.3 22.5 15.5 5.9 23.4 16.8 6.4 England 23.1 16.8 8.0 22.0 15.4 6.1 23.2 16.6 6.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures exclude sixth form colleges which ceased to be classified as schools from April 1993. {2} Not available. {3} Not applicable.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20532; 292 c431-4W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Local education authorities Pupils Primary education Teachers Special educational needs Secondary education Ratios

Contains statistics

Yes