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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pupil teacher ratio figures were in each local education authority at (a) key stage 1, (b) key stage 2 and (c) key stage 3 at the latest date for which figures are available. [192120] Mr. Miliband: Pupil teacher ratios figures are not available by key stage because the teacher numbers from which they are derived are collected by phase of education only. Many teachers will teach more than one key stage. Pupil teacher ratios by phase of education, region and local education authority were published on the DfES research and statistics gateway website alongside the Statistics of Education Schools in England Volume, 2004 edition on 30 September, Table 7a (LEA). This may be downloaded from the following URL: www. dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000495/index.shtml. Table 7a: Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools: pupil:teacher ratios 1 by type of school--January 2004 By local education authority area, by Government Office region in England 2,3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nursery schools Primary Schools 4 FTE pupils FTE teachers5 Pupil:teacher FTE pupils FTE teachers5 Pupil:teacher ratio ratio England 23,600 1,460 16.2 4,112,620 181,230 22.7 North-east 2,030 120 17.5 209,270 9,610 21.8 Darlington 250 10 19.2 8,680 350 24.6 Durham 550 30 18.3 41,230 1,960 21.0 Gateshead 30 -- 14.3 16,030 760 21.0 Hartlepool 20 -- 6.9 8,920 400 22.5 Middlesbrough 0 0 -- 13,400 630 21.4 Newcastle upon Tyne 570 30 18.5 19,380 860 22.5 North Tyneside 60 -- 16.1 15,770 690 22.8 Northumberland 40 -- 38.5 18,720 840 22.3 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 -- 12,930 600 21.4 South Tyneside 130 10 15.6 12,940 620 20.9 Stockton-on-Tees 0 0 -- 16,910 750 22.6 Sunderland 380 20 15.6 24,360 1,140 21.3 North-west 3,680 230 15.8 598,280 26,760 22.4 Blackburn with Darwen 370 20 19.1 14,600 660 22.0 Blackpool 0 0 -- 11,950 550 21.7 Bolton 220 10 16.5 24,770 1,100 22.5 Bury 50 -- 15.7 15,910 670 23.7 Cheshire 90 10 18.2 55,660 2,490 22.4 Cumbria 250 10 17.9 40,060 1,850 21.7 Halton 200 10 18.8 10,490 490 21.2 Knowsley 0 0 -- 15,570 700 22.2 Lancashire 1,090 70 16.0 95,320 4,260 22.4 Liverpool 240 20 12.6 38,350 1,790 21.4 Manchester 90 10 10.3 40,720 1,840 22.1 Oldham 0 0 -- 22,950 940 24.3 Rochdale 140 10 12.1 19,830 890 22.4 Salford 0 0 -- 20,250 910 22.3 Sefton 150 10 18.6 23,500 1,070 22.1 St. Helens 70 10 13.7 15,650 670 23.4 Stockport 430 20 18.2 23,560 1,040 22.6 Tameside 20 -- 10.1 19,680 890 22.2 Trafford 0 0 -- 18,830 790 23.8 Warrington 30 -- 12.9 17,530 770 22.6 Wigan 110 10 18.2 26,300 1,180 22.2 Wirral 140 10 10.9 26,820 1,210 22.2 Yorkshire and the 2,020 120 16.5 436,650 19,170 22.8 Humber 40 -- 18.3 19,450 820 23.6 Barnsley 410 30 14.0 48,250 2,160 22.4 Bradford 0 0 -- 18,780 830 22.6 Calderdale 0 0 -- 26,590 1,150 23.1 Doncaster 240 10 21.3 26,050 1,110 23.5 East Riding of Yorkshire 210 10 21.9 22,320 1,010 22.1 Kingston upon Hull 140 10 11.3 34,970 1,560 22.4 Kirklees 0 0 -- 60,270 2,660 22.6 Leeds 180 10 16.1 14,400 620 23.2 North East Lincolnshire 0 0 -- 13,620 580 23.5 North Lincolnshire 120 10 17.6 45,020 2,080 21.6 North Yorkshire 230 10 18.4 23,650 1,030 23.0 Rotherham 240 20 15.4 42,200 1,790 23.5 Sheffield 170 10 16.7 27,810 1,180 23.6 Wakefield 50 -- 28.1 13,250 590 22.7 York 53 2 27.6 13,756 624 22.0 East Midlands 1,480 100 15.4 357,620 15,490 23.1 Derby 290 20 13.0 20,980 930 22.6 Derbyshire 330 20 16.6 62,760 2,650 23.7 Leicester 20 -- 7.5 27,370 1,210 22.6 Leicestershire 20 -- 17.4 49,590 2,140 23.2 Lincolnshire 280 20 18.6 53,580 2,290 23.4 Northamptonshire 330 20 16.6 55,740 2,450 22.7 Nottingham 120 10 13.5 22,800 1,090 20.8 Nottinghamshire 90 10 13.3 62,270 2,610 23.8 Rutland 0 0 -- 2,540 120 21.5 West Midlands 3,420 170 19.7 463,870 20,500 22.6 Birmingham 1,520 80 18.8 100,110 4,660 21.5 Coventry 80 -- 20.6 25,910 1,180 21.9 Dudley 50 -- 12.3 28,000 1,270 22.0 Herefordshire 0 0 -- 13,180 610 21.6 Sandwell 0 0 -- 28,850 1,230 23.5 Shropshire 0 0 -- 21,240 910 23.3 Solihull 0 0 -- 19,630 880 22.4 Staffordshire 350 20 21.9 64,390 2,740 23.5 Stoke-on-Trent 340 20 22.3 21,340 870 24.4 Telford and Wrekin 70 -- 15.7 15,140 630 23.9 Walsall 400 20 24.3 25,040 1,060 23.6 Warwickshire 300 20 16.8 40,820 1,800 22.7 Wolverhampton 290 10 22.5 22,280 970 22.9 Worcestershire 30 -- 12.6 37,930 1,680 22.5 East of England 2,090 140 15.3 436,510 19,040 22.9 Bedfordshire 430 30 16.8 23,880 1,050 22.8 Cambridgeshire 270 20 13.2 43,950 1,860 23.6 Essex 150 10 14.8 107,540 4,630 23.2 Hertfordshire 640 40 17.3 89,950 3,910 23.0 Luton 350 20 14.6 18,310 780 23.5 Norfolk 130 10 12.2 65,350 2,930 22.3 Peterborough 80 10 11.4 15,400 660 23.2 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 -- 14,150 620 22.8 Suffolk 50 -- 23.2 44,460 2,050 21.7 Thurrock 0 0 -- 13,510 540 24.9 London 5,300 350 15.3 601,650 25,960 23.2 Inner London 3,360 210 15.7 221,640 9,890 22.4 Camden 80 -- 19.0 11,280 530 21.5 City of London 0 0 -- 220 10 23.2 Hackney 90 10 12.6 17,350 760 22.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 260 20 17.2 9,510 410 23.2 Haringey 190 10 12.6 20,910 890 23.4 Islington 190 10 14.3 14,510 650 22.3 Kensington and Chelsea 220 10 15.1 7000 330 21.5 Lambeth 350 30 13.9 19,050 920 20.8 Lewisham 180 10 13.1 21,130 1,030 20.4 Newham 610 30 18.8 29,270 1,200 24.5 Southwark 430 30 17.0 22,750 1,030 22.2 Tower Hamlets 450 20 18.2 21,560 900 24.1 Wandsworth 160 10 17.9 16,620 780 21.4 Westminster 160 10 11.1 10,480 470 22.4 Outer London 1,950 130 14.6 380,010 16,080 23.6 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 -- 17,440 710 24.6 Barnet 300 10 20.5 24,790 1,080 23.0 Bexley 0 0 -- 20,600 830 24.7 Brent 200 10 15.5 22,140 920 24.2 Bromley 0 0 -- 24,010 1,010 23.7 Croydon 300 20 17.6 29,130 1,260 23.0 Ealing 270 20 15.9 24,700 1,000 24.8 Enfield 0 0 -- 25,850 1,150 22.6 Greenwich 450 30 13.9 19,430 870 22.3 Harrow 20 10 1.5 18,960 800 23.8 Havering 0 0 -- 19,650 810 24.3 Hillingdon 60 10 10.8 22,720 900 25.2 Hounslow 0 0 -- 17,920 780 23.0 Kingston upon Thames 50 -- 12.4 10,480 480 22.0 Merton 0 0 -- 13,440 580 23.2 Redbridge 0 0 -- 22,440 970 23.3 Richmond upon Thames 40 -- 10.7 11,770 540 21.6 Sutton 80 10 12.7 14,440 600 24.1 Waltham Forest 190 10 18.9 20,110 800 25.2 South-east 2,270 150 14.9 624,940 27,720 22.5 Bracknell Forest 0 0 -- 8,510 360 23.4 Brighton and Hove 90 10 17.5 16,450 760 21.6 Buckinghamshire 90 -- 28.9 38,810 1,720 22.5 East Sussex 0 0 -- 35,860 1,670 21.4 Hampshire 100 10 13.0 99,300 4,350 22.8 Isle of Wight 0 0 -- 7,190 320 22.2 Kent 40 -- 16.9 110,960 4,850 22.9 Medway 0 0 -- 22,880 1,000 22.9 Milton Keynes 60 -- 22.6 22,310 1,000 22.4 Oxfordshire 380 30 13.6 44,130 1,980 22.3 Portsmouth 40 -- 11.6 14,430 660 21.9 Reading 300 20 15.3 9,620 430 22.1 Slough 320 20 15.2 10,720 440 24.6 Southampton 30 -- 12.2 16,280 740 21.9 Surrey 240 20 13.0 76,950 3,370 22.9 West Berkshire 100 10 14.7 11,720 540 21.7 West Sussex 200 20 11.2 58,870 2,640 22.3 Windsor and Maidenhead 200 10 21.4 8,050 350 22.8 Wokingham 70 -- 18.5 11,910 530 22.6 South-west 1,310 80 15.9 383,830 16,970 22.6 Bath and North East 0 0 -- 12,380 540 22.7 Somerset Bournemouth 0 0 -- 10,790 450 23.8 Bristol, City of 1,090 70 16.6 29,460 1,290 22.8 Cornwall 60 10 8.6 38,850 1,720 22.6 Devon 60 10 12.0 54,520 2,440 22.3 Dorset 0 0 -- 24,580 1,120 21.9 Gloucestershire 0 0 -- 44,810 2,060 21.7 Isles of Scilly 0 0 -- 260 20 11.5 North Somerset 0 0 -- 14,820 610 24.1 Plymouth 100 10 19.6 19,720 860 22.9 Poole 0 0 -- 10,630 450 23.8 Somerset 0 0 -- 37,590 1,690 22.2 South Gloucestershire 0 0 -- 22,790 960 23.6 Swindon 0 0 -- 16,970 700 24.1 Torbay 0 0 -- 9,930 430 23.0 Wiltshire 0 0 -- 35,740 1,590 22.5 Secondary schools4 FTE pupils FTE teachers5 Pupil:teacher ratio England 3,324,700 195,240 17.0 North east 179,140 10,910 16.4 Darlington 6,350 360 17.5 Durham 33,000 1,950 16.9 Gateshead 12,020 760 15.7 Hartlepool 6,660 400 16.6 Middlesbrough 5,810 380 15.1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17,470 1,100 15.9 North Tyneside 13,820 870 16.0 Northumberland 30,560 1,730 17.7 Redcar and Cleveland 10,330 660 15.7 South Tyneside 10,260 650 15.9 Stockton-on-Tees 12,890 780 16.6 Sunderland 19,980 1,280 15.6 North-west 472,520 29,080 16.2 Blackburn with Darwen 9,610 600 16.0 Blackpool 8,740 530 16.5 Bolton 19,940 1,240 16.1 Bury 12,010 680 17.6 Cheshire 47,720 2,820 16.9 Cumbria 35,310 2,180 16.2 Halton 8,310 520 16.0 Knowsley 10,190 640 16.0 Lancashire 76,690 4,600 16.7 Liverpool 33,460 2,190 15.2 Manchester 23,670 1,490 15.9 Oldham 16,770 1,080 15.5 Rochdale 14,400 860 16.8 Salford 12,720 790 16.1 Sefton 21,220 1,340 15.8 St. Helens 12,210 770 15.9 Stockport 17,070 1,030 16.6 Tameside 15,970 960 16.6 Trafford 16,360 980 16.7 Warrington 14,150 880 16.1 Wigan 21,400 1,320 16.2 Wirral 24,620 1,580 15.5 Yorkshire and the 349,320 20,810 16.8 Humber 13,740 770 17.8 Barnsley 34,660 2,150 16.1 Bradford 15,440 930 16.6 Calderdale 21,890 1,360 16.2 Doncaster 23,490 1,330 17.7 East Riding of Yorkshire 16,220 830 19.6 Kingston upon Hull 26,780 1,560 17.1 Kirklees 48,080 2,910 16.5 Leeds 11,730 650 18.0 North East Lincolnshire 10,910 610 17.9 North Lincolnshire 41,530 2,570 16.1 North Yorkshire 20,430 1,330 15.4 Rotherham 31,560 1,880 16.8 Sheffield 22,390 1,280 17.4 Wakefield 10,490 650 16.0 York 10,099 631 16.0 East Midlands 297,210 17,370 17.1 Derby 15,540 960 16.2 Derbyshire 50,500 2,960 17.1 Leicester 18,260 1,070 17.0 Leicestershire 46,740 2,650 17.6 Lincolnshire 47,430 2,700 17.6 Northamptonshire 47,390 2,730 17.4 Nottingham 13,920 910 15.3 Nottinghamshire 55,070 3,230 17.0 Rutland 2,360 140 16.9 West Midlands 380,080 22,490 16.9 Birmingham 70,920 4,450 15.9 Coventry 21,480 1,250 17.2 Dudley 20,870 1,240 16.9 Herefordshire 10,480 620 16.9 Sandwell 19,990 1,140 17.5 Shropshire 18,330 1,070 17.1 Solihull 15,830 890 17.7 Staffordshire 62,380 3,610 17.3 Stoke-on-Trent 15,220 920 16.5 Telford and Wrekin 10,650 620 17.1 Walsall 21,480 1,330 16.2 Warwickshire 34,210 1,980 17.3 Wolverhampton 17,040 1,010 16.9 Worcestershire 41,220 2,360 17.5 East of England 386,870 21,860 17.7 Bedfordshire 37,740 2,060 18.4 Cambridgeshire 32,670 1,750 18.7 Essex 90,680 5,040 18.0 Hertfordshire 79,290 4,630 17.1 Luton 12,430 700 17.7 Norfolk 46,190 2,660 17.3 Peterborough 12,750 750 17.0 Southend-on-Sea 12,210 690 17.7 Suffolk 54,360 3,160 17.2 Thurrock 8,570 410 20.8 London 42,1750 24,720 17.1 Inner London 127,320 7,750 16.4 Camden 9,690 620 15.7 City of London 0 0 -- Hackney 7,350 420 17.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 7,210 410 17.7 Haringey 11,220 740 15.2 Islington 7,860 490 16.0 Kensington and Chelsea 3,500 220 15.6 Lambeth 7,750 460 16.7 Lewisham 11,640 750 15.5 Newham 18,120 1,090 16.6 Southwark 10,020 580 17.4 Tower Hamlets 14,310 850 16.9 Wandsworth 10,250 620 16.5 Westminster 8,410 500 16.7 Outer London 294,430 16,970 17.3 Barking and Dagenham 12,070 710 17.1 Barnet 21,130 1,310 16.1 Bexley 18,010 960 18.7 Brent 15,930 950 16.7 Bromley 22,230 1,260 17.6 Croydon 18,660 1,040 17.9 Ealing 14,940 840 17.7 Enfield 21,610 1,270 17.1 Greenwich 14,960 900 16.7 Harrow 9,050 530 17.2 Havering 16,520 930 17.7 Hillingdon 17,800 990 18.0 Hounslow 16,670 980 17.0 Kingston upon Thames 9,340 550 17.1 Merton 8,580 450 19.0 Redbridge 20,000 1,180 16.9 Richmond upon Thames 7,350 390 19.1 Sutton 15,720 910 17.4 Waltham Forest 13,850 830 16.6 South-east 511,580 29,180 17.5 Bracknell Forest 6,110 330 18.2 Brighton and Hove 12,390 760 16.2 Buckinghamshire 34,620 1,840 18.8 East Sussex 28,850 1,700 17.0 Hampshire 72,630 4,240 17.1 Isle of Wight 12,150 650 18.7 Kent 98,120 5,610 17.5 Medway 20,720 1,140 18.1 Milton Keynes 12,870 750 17.3 Oxfordshire 38,090 2,130 17.9 Portsmouth 10,090 540 18.7 Reading 6,170 390 16.0 Slough 8,440 460 18.5 Southampton 12,170 750 16.1 Surrey 59,450 3,230 18.4 West Berkshire 12,170 750 16.2 West Sussex 45,030 2,630 17.1 Windsor and Maidenhead 10,490 620 16.9 Wokingham 11,030 640 17.1 South-west 326,220 18,810 17.3 Bath and North East Somerset 12,430 730 17.0 Bournemouth 10,000 570 17.5 Bristol, City of 16,660 1,030 16.2 Cornwall 33,070 1,880 17.6 Devon 42,300 2,410 17.5 Dorset 30,570 1,720 17.8 Gloucestershire 40,320 2,410 16.8 Isles of Scilly 0 0 -- North Somerset 12,930 760 17.1 Plymouth 19030 1080 17.5 Poole 8570 490 17.3 Somerset 33,390 1,840 18.1 South Gloucestershire 16,950 1,010 16.8 Swindon 11,580 650 17.7 Torbay 9200 540 17.0 Wiltshire 29,220 1,680 17.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 See paragraph 29 of the explanatory notes. 2 See paragraphs 45-47 of the explanatory notes. 3 Rounding of components may cause discrepancies in totals. 4 Includes middle schools as deemed. 5 Includes full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time qualified teachers. Notes: 1. Includes qualified teachers (including those not in schools and teachers providing short-term cover) and teachers without Qualified Teachers Status employed in the maintained sector. 2. These are ratios over all maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools; they do not reflect the actual deployment of teachers among different schools, nor the size of classes as taught.

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Written question

Reference

425 c622-30W; 192120

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Class sizes Pre-school education Local education authorities Pupils Primary education Teachers Secondary education Ratios

Contains statistics

Yes

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