Pupil-Teacher Ratios (Hansard, 25 June 1979)

§ Mr. Dobson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the current pupil to teacher ratios, respectively, at Eton, Harrow and Winchester.

§ Dr. Boyson
As these are independent schools their pupil-teacher ratios are not properly a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend.

§ Mr. Dobson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the current pupil to teacher ratios in each local education authority area in England and Wales in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools, giving separate figures for grammar schools, comprehensive schools and secondary modern schools.

§ Dr. Boyson
In January 1978, the latest year for which figures are available, the average pupil-teacher ratios within maintained schools in each local education authority area in England were as follows. Statistics in respect of schools in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Local Education authority Primary schools^* Grammar Secondary schools Comprehensive Modern All Secondary schools

Dudley†‡ … … … … 26.9 — 17.4 — 18.0

Sandwell … … … … 25.4 — 16.3 — 16.3

Solihull … … … … 24.8 — 16.5 — 16.5

Walsall‡ … … … … 24.2 15.8 15.9 — 16.1

Wolverhampton … … … 22.1 15.1 16.1 — 16.1

Knowsley … … … … 23.9 — 16.7 — 16.7

Liverpool … … … … 22.1 16.3 16.5 17.1 16.6

St. Helens … … … … 24.3 — 16.5 — 16.5

Sefton … … … … 25.1 16.5 17.5 18.2 17.5

Wirral†‡ … … … … 24.9 17.3 16.3 18.4 17.4

Bolton … … … … 25.7 16.8 17.0 16.9 16.9

Bury … … … … … 24.0 15.4 16.8 17.1 16.7

Manchester … … … 23.5 14.7 15.6 16.1 15.6

Oldham … … … … 26.0 — 17.8 18.2 17.8

Rochdalet‡ … … … … 23.7 14.4 14.9 15.7 15.7

Salford … … … … 24.4 — 16.1 — 16.1

Stockport … … … … 26.9 — 17.2 — 17.2

Tameside … … … … 24.5 16.0 16.6 17.1 16.8

Trafford … … … … 22.0 16.4 14.9 17.0 16.7

Wigan‡§ … … … … 23.6 16.1 15.9 17.6 16.2

Barnsley‡ … … … … 24.7 — 17.1 — 17.2

Doncaster†‡ … … … 23.0 — 16.4 — 16.9

Rotherham … … … 24.3 — 17.2 — 17.2

Sheffield† … … … … 22.3 — 16.5 — 16.5

Bradford‡ … … … … 20.8 15.2 16.2 19.0 17.6

Calderdale … … … … 24.8 16.6 18.2 18.6 17.9

Kirklees†‡ … … … … 23.8 16.5 17.1 19.2 17.9

Leeds†‡ … … … … 25.0 16.1 16.5 17.8 18.1

Wakefield†‡ … … … 23.5 14.8 17.0 18.5 18.0

Gateshead … … … … 21.9 — 16.7 — 16.7

Newcastle upon Tyne‡ … … 18.7 — 14.6 — 15.0

North Tyneside‡ … … … 22.5 — 15.4 — 16.6

South Tyneside … … … 21.2 — 16.5 16.2 16.5

Sunderland … … … 24.7 — 16.9 13.4 16.8

Isles of Scilly … … … 16.3 — 11.5 — 11.5

Avon … … … … 24.6 16.8 17.0 14.0 17.0

Bedfordshire‡ … … … 21.9 — 15.7 — 16.9

Berkshire†‡ … … … … 24.1 15.9 16.9 16.2 16.8

Buckinghamshire‡ … … 24.6 16.4 17.1 17.0 16.8

Cambridgeshire‡ … … … 23.9 — 16.7 — 16.8

Cheshire† … … … … 24.0 16.7 17.2 18.2 17.4

Cleveland … … … … 23.8 — 17.8 — 17.8

Cornwall … … … … 24.6 16.6 17.2 17.0 17.1

Cumbria … … … … 23.2 16.6 16.5 17.0 16.6

Derbyshire‡§ … … … 24.2 17.6 17.5 17.2 17.6

Devont†‡§ … … … … 24.7 17.3 17.7 18.9 18.0

Dorset†‡ … … … … 23.9 16.2 17.4 17.7 17.7

Durham … … … … 21.7 17.0 17.0 15.1 16.8

East Sussex† … … … 23.7 16.0 17.2 18.0 17.3

Essex … … … … 25.8 15.8 18.1 17.4 17.8

Gloucestershire … … … 23.6 17.9 17.5 17.1 17.5

Hampshire†§ … … … 24.9 15.2 16.8 16.6 16.8

Hereford and Worcester†‡ … 24.7 16.4 16.6 17.3 17.8

Hertfordshire‡ … … … 22.8 15.7 16.0 15.5 16.2

Humberside‡ … … … 22.5 — 16.1 — 16.9

Isle of Wight‡ … … … 24.0 — 16.3 — 19.3

Kent‡ … … … … 24.7 16.9 17.8 18.3 17.9

Lancashire§ … … … 24.5 15.8 16.9 17.0 16.8

Leicestershire … … … 24.0 — 16.6 — 16.6

Lincolnshire† … … … 24.1 16.4 16.3 18.1 17.1

Norfolk† … … … … 22.9 17.4 17.3 18.6 17.9

North Yorkshire‡ … … … 22.7 15.1 16.9 17.5 16.9

Northamptonshire‡ … … 24.7 — 16.4 — 17.1

Northumberland‡ … … … 23.7 — 15.8 — 17.9

Nottinghamshire‡ … … … 25.1 16.4 16.8 17.3 17.0

Oxfordshire‡ … … … 24.5 — 18.0 — 18.3

Salop‡ … … … … 23.9 15.9 16.7 18.1 17.0

Somerset‡§ … … … 24.8 16.3 18.3 18.7 18.6

Staffordshire†‡ … … … 23.8 15.8 16.4 17.1 16.9

Suffolk‡ … … … … 23.8 17.2 16.8 16.6 18.1

Surrey† … … … … 22.2 13.4 16.3 — 16.2

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Local Education authority Primary schools^* Grammar Secondary schools Comprehensive Modern All Secondary schools

Warwickshire† … … … 23.7 16.2 16.8 18.1 17.1

West Sussex †‡ … … … 24.7 — 18.1 — 18.2

Wiltshire‡ … … … … 24.1 16.4 17.7 19.2 17.9

Total England†‡§ … … … 23.6 16.4 16.7 17.6 16.9

^* Including immigrant centres where appropriate.

† Middle deemed primary schools included with primary schools.

‡ Middle deemed secondary schools not included in "comprehensive schools" but included in "all secondary schools"

§ Excluding tertiary colleges which are establishments of further education.

§ Mr. Foster
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he expects to be the pupil-teacher ratios in both the primary and secondary sectors to be in September, if his guidance to local education authorities on staffing is adhered to.

§ Dr. Boyson
It is currently estimated that in the school year 1979–80 the pupil-teacher ratio within primary schools will be 22.7:1, and within secondary schools 16.8:1. It is too early to say what effects the Government's statements on local authority expenditure will have on these estimates.

Local Education authority	Primary schools^*	Grammar	Secondary schools Comprehensive	Modern	All Secondary schools
Dudley†‡	…	…	…	…	26.9	—	17.4	—	18.0
Sandwell	…	…	…	…	25.4	—	16.3	—	16.3
Solihull	…	…	…	…	24.8	—	16.5	—	16.5
Walsall‡	…	…	…	…	24.2	15.8	15.9	—	16.1
Wolverhampton	…	…	…	22.1	15.1	16.1	—	16.1
Knowsley	…	…	…	…	23.9	—	16.7	—	16.7
Liverpool	…	…	…	…	22.1	16.3	16.5	17.1	16.6
St. Helens	…	…	…	…	24.3	—	16.5	—	16.5
Sefton	…	…	…	…	25.1	16.5	17.5	18.2	17.5
Wirral†‡	…	…	…	…	24.9	17.3	16.3	18.4	17.4
Bolton	…	…	…	…	25.7	16.8	17.0	16.9	16.9
Bury	…	…	…	…	…	24.0	15.4	16.8	17.1	16.7
Manchester	…	…	…	23.5	14.7	15.6	16.1	15.6
Oldham	…	…	…	…	26.0	—	17.8	18.2	17.8
Rochdalet‡	…	…	…	…	23.7	14.4	14.9	15.7	15.7
Salford	…	…	…	…	24.4	—	16.1	—	16.1
Stockport	…	…	…	…	26.9	—	17.2	—	17.2
Tameside	…	…	…	…	24.5	16.0	16.6	17.1	16.8
Trafford	…	…	…	…	22.0	16.4	14.9	17.0	16.7
Wigan‡§	…	…	…	…	23.6	16.1	15.9	17.6	16.2
Barnsley‡	…	…	…	…	24.7	—	17.1	—	17.2
Doncaster†‡	…	…	…	23.0	—	16.4	—	16.9
Rotherham	…	…	…	24.3	—	17.2	—	17.2
Sheffield†	…	…	…	…	22.3	—	16.5	—	16.5
Bradford‡	…	…	…	…	20.8	15.2	16.2	19.0	17.6
Calderdale	…	…	…	…	24.8	16.6	18.2	18.6	17.9
Kirklees†‡	…	…	…	…	23.8	16.5	17.1	19.2	17.9
Leeds†‡	…	…	…	…	25.0	16.1	16.5	17.8	18.1
Wakefield†‡	…	…	…	23.5	14.8	17.0	18.5	18.0
Gateshead	…	…	…	…	21.9	—	16.7	—	16.7
Newcastle upon Tyne‡	…	…	18.7	—	14.6	—	15.0
North Tyneside‡	…	…	…	22.5	—	15.4	—	16.6
South Tyneside	…	…	…	21.2	—	16.5	16.2	16.5
Sunderland	…	…	…	24.7	—	16.9	13.4	16.8
Isles of Scilly	…	…	…	16.3	—	11.5	—	11.5
Avon	…	…	…	…	24.6	16.8	17.0	14.0	17.0
Bedfordshire‡	…	…	…	21.9	—	15.7	—	16.9
Berkshire†‡	…	…	…	…	24.1	15.9	16.9	16.2	16.8
Buckinghamshire‡	…	…	24.6	16.4	17.1	17.0	16.8
Cambridgeshire‡	…	…	…	23.9	—	16.7	—	16.8
Cheshire†	…	…	…	…	24.0	16.7	17.2	18.2	17.4
Cleveland	…	…	…	…	23.8	—	17.8	—	17.8
Cornwall	…	…	…	…	24.6	16.6	17.2	17.0	17.1
Cumbria	…	…	…	…	23.2	16.6	16.5	17.0	16.6
Derbyshire‡§	…	…	…	24.2	17.6	17.5	17.2	17.6
Devont†‡§	…	…	…	…	24.7	17.3	17.7	18.9	18.0
Dorset†‡	…	…	…	…	23.9	16.2	17.4	17.7	17.7
Durham	…	…	…	…	21.7	17.0	17.0	15.1	16.8
East Sussex†	…	…	…	23.7	16.0	17.2	18.0	17.3
Essex	…	…	…	…	25.8	15.8	18.1	17.4	17.8
Gloucestershire	…	…	…	23.6	17.9	17.5	17.1	17.5
Hampshire†§	…	…	…	24.9	15.2	16.8	16.6	16.8
Hereford and Worcester†‡	…	24.7	16.4	16.6	17.3	17.8
Hertfordshire‡	…	…	…	22.8	15.7	16.0	15.5	16.2
Humberside‡	…	…	…	22.5	—	16.1	—	16.9
Isle of Wight‡	…	…	…	24.0	—	16.3	—	19.3
Kent‡	…	…	…	…	24.7	16.9	17.8	18.3	17.9
Lancashire§	…	…	…	24.5	15.8	16.9	17.0	16.8
Leicestershire	…	…	…	24.0	—	16.6	—	16.6
Lincolnshire†	…	…	…	24.1	16.4	16.3	18.1	17.1
Norfolk†	…	…	…	…	22.9	17.4	17.3	18.6	17.9
North Yorkshire‡	…	…	…	22.7	15.1	16.9	17.5	16.9
Northamptonshire‡	…	…	24.7	—	16.4	—	17.1
Northumberland‡	…	…	…	23.7	—	15.8	—	17.9
Nottinghamshire‡	…	…	…	25.1	16.4	16.8	17.3	17.0
Oxfordshire‡	…	…	…	24.5	—	18.0	—	18.3
Salop‡	…	…	…	…	23.9	15.9	16.7	18.1	17.0
Somerset‡§	…	…	…	24.8	16.3	18.3	18.7	18.6
Staffordshire†‡	…	…	…	23.8	15.8	16.4	17.1	16.9
Suffolk‡	…	…	…	…	23.8	17.2	16.8	16.6	18.1
Surrey†	…	…	…	…	22.2	13.4	16.3	—	16.2