§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the pupil-teacher ratio for classes as taught in maintained primary and secondary schools in England and Wales in each of the years 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe pupil-teacher(1) ratio for classes as taught in maintained secondary schools during a selected school period on a specified day in January of each year was as follows:
1969 … … … 21.8 1970 … … … 21.8 1971 … … … 21.6 1972 … … … 21.3 1973 … … … 21.0 1974 … … … 21.3 1975 … … … 20.3 (1) All teachers including instructors and language assistants; part-time staff are counted as whole numbers only if they are teaching during the selected period.
Information on classes as taught is not collected for primary schools. However, the overall pupil-teacher ratios* in maintained primary and secondary in England and Wales in each of the years 1969 to 1975 were as follows:
At January Primary Secondary 1969 … 27.7 17.9 1970 … 27.4 17.8 1971 … 26.9 17.9 1972 … 26.1 17.6 1973 … 25.5 17.1 1974 … 24.9 17.5 1975 … 24.2 17.2 * All teachers in the years 1969 and 1970, qualified teachers only from 1971. Information for 1976 is not yet avaiable.