Teacher-Pupil Ratios

HC Deb 04 March 1985 vol 74 cc383-4W

Mrs. Ann Clwyd

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the average teacher-pupil ratios for

	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glam	Powys	South Glam	West Glam
1972–73
Primary	10	7	6	2	7	2	4	4
Secondary	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	—
1973–74
Primary	2	7	6	3	3	1	5	3
Secondary	—	—	1	—	1	—	1	1
1974–75
Primary	8	3	6	5	9	4	5	3
Secondary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975–76
Primary	3	2	2	2	1	1	—	1
Secondary	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
1976–77
Primary	2	—	2	—	1	—	3	2
Secondary	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78
Primary	2	—	—	—	2	—	2	2
Secondary	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79
Primary	—	1	1	2	1	2	2	1
Secondary	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
	From 1979–80 to the current year the numbers of approvals given as required by the Education Acts to new maintained primary and secondary schools building projects in Wales were as follows by authority:
1979–80
Primary	6	2	1	1	2	—	1	1
Secondary	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—
1980–81
Primary	3	2	—	1	—	—	—	—
Secondary	2	—	1	—	3	1	—	1
1981–82
Primary	2	—	1	—	2	2	—	—
Secondary	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—
1982–83
Primary	1	1	—	2	4	2	—	1
Secondary	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—

Wales in the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 in maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools by local education authorities.

Mr. John Stradling Thomas

The information is as follows:

	Pupil-teacher ratios within
At January each year	Primary schools	Secondary schools
1979	22.0	16.8
1980	21.9	16.6
1981	21.7	16.6
1982	21.9	16.7
1983	21.8	16.5
1984	21.6	16.2