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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) pupils and (b) teachers there were in Suffolk in (i) primary, (ii) middle and (iii) upper schools for (A) the latest period for which figures are available, (B) 12 months previously, (C) 24 months previously, (D) 36 months previously and (E) 48 months previously. [138541] Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the following table. Full-time equivalent (FTE) number of pupils and teachers{ 1} in Suffolk LEA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January FTE pupils{ 2} FTE teachers{ 3} Maintained Primary{ 4} 2000 45,813 2,074.1 1999 45,899 2,082.9 1998 45,678 2,062.0 1997 45,561 2,046.0 1996 45,084 2,022.1 Middle Deemed Primary 2000 -- -- 1999 -- -- 1998 -- -- 1997 -- -- 1996 -- -- Middled Deemed Secondary 2000 17,833 942.1 1999 17,562 927.6 1998 17,203 913.5 1997 16,637 886.2 1996 16,283 884.6 Maintained Secondary{ 4} 2000 34,117 2,129.0 1999 33,378 2,132.6 1998 32,905 2,119.0 1997 32,970 2,109.3 1996 32,757 2,083.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Qualified teachers only {2} This is all pupils on the school registers (counting each part-time pupil as 0.5) {3} FTE teachers includes full-time teachers and full-time equivalent of part-time teachers. For the purpose of reckoning the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers (FTE), each teachers part-time service is evaluated as a proportion of a full school week (32.5 hours). {4} Excluding middle deemed primary

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

356 c832W; 138541

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Pupils Teachers Suffolk

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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