HC Deb 29 April 1971 vol 816 c177W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is

PUPIL/TEACHER RATIOS IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS, JANUARY, 1970
County Primary Secondary Primary and Secondary
Bedfordshire 27.1 18.4 23.2
Berkshire 26.7 17.8 22.6
Buckinghamshire 25.8 16.7 21.3
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 25.6 17.0 21.5
Cheshire 29.1 18.4 24.1
Cornwall 28.6 17.5 22.9
Cumberland 25.3 17.1 21.2
Derbyshire 26.6 17.5 22.3
Devon 25.6 18.5 22.3
Dorset 26.5 18.4 22.5
Durham 27.1 19.7 23.8
Essex 29.6 18.1 23.8
Gloucestershire 27.3 18.2 23.1
Hampshire 27.2 18.4 23.2
Herefordshire 25.3 17.5 21.5
Hertfordshire 26.1 16.2 21.0
Huntingdon and Peterborough 26.3 17.3 22.2
Isle of Wight 27.4 18.6 23.0
Isles of Scilly 15.2 8.2 11.8
Kent 27.5 18.1 23.0
Lancashire 28.8 18.1 23.8
Leicestershire 28.3 18.7 23.6
Lincolnshire—
Holland 26.5 17.4 21.8
Kesteven 26.6 17.8 22.4
Lindsey 26.8 17.7 22.4
Norfolk 24.3 18.7 22.0
Northamptonshire 29.0 18.2 23.9
Northumberland 26.8 19.6 23.5
Nottinghamshire 28.5 18.6 23.8
Oxfordshire 27.8 18.0 23.2
Rutland 25.4 14.9 20.8
Shropshire (Salop) 26.4 17.7 22.3
Somerset 28.1 17.5 22.9
Staffordshire 28.4 17.9 23.4
Suffolk, East 25.6 16.8 21.4
Suffolk, West 24.2 17.7 21.4
Surrey 26.7 17.0 21.9
Sussex, East 26.9 17.6 22.4
Sussex, West 28.4 17.6 22.7
Warwickshire 28.1 18.1 23.3
Westmorland 25.7 16.8 21.3
Wiltshire 27.1 18.0 22.8
Worcestershire 28.5 19.3 24.2
Yorkshire—
East Riding 24.6 18.2 21.7
North Riding 28.1 18.1 23.5
West Riding 27.5 19.2 23.6

NOTES:

1. The figures take account of unqualified as well as qualified teachers.

2. Differences between areas are to a considerable extent the effect of the quota which allocates teachers according to need, taking account of ages of pupils, sizes of schools and other factors.