HC Deb 04 April 1995 vol 257 cc1090-1W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by local education authority all categories of non-teaching staff employed(a) in schools and (b) outside schools, indicating which are considered to be administrative staff; and what is the ratio to teachers. [17653]

Mr. Richards

[holding answer 3 April 1995]: Numbers of non-teaching staff in schools are collected through the annual schools census. The following list shows the categories of staff for which information is collected by type of school. Information about numbers in each category is available from each local education authority.

Nursery

  • Class I nursery assistants
  • Class II nursery assistants
  • NNEB students in training
  • Permanent supply nursery assistants

Primary

  • NNEB qualified nursery assistants
  • NNEB students in training
  • Other assistants/aides employed in the class room
  • Clerical/office workers

Secondary

  • Special needs support staff (including ancillary sessional workers)
  • Laboratory or workshop technicians
  • Resource technicians
  • Nurses/matrons
  • Office or clerical staff including library assistants

Special

  • Qualified nursing/childcare staff
  • Unqualified nursing/child care staff
  • Qualified ancillary staff
  • Unqualified ancillary staff

The Local Government Management Board collects information about local authority staff employed outside schools. Figures are compiled of the number of full-time and part-time non-manual staff employed in the education service, other than lecturers and teachers. This category comprises all non-manual staff identified as employed within the education service and includes administrative, secretarial and clerical staff, youth and community workers, nursery and other non-teaching classroom assistants, library staff serving educational establishments, education psychologists and careers guidance staff. Figures for individual education authorities are not released into the public domain because estimates at this level of disaggregation are not considered sufficiently reliable by the LGMB.

Pupils aged 151 achieving GCSE grade A (A*)—C
1992 1993 1994
Number of pupils Per cent. of age group Number of pupils Per cent. of age group Number of pupils Per cent. of age group
English2 14,398 42.4 13,717 42.8 14,924 46.2
Mathematics 11,568 34.1 11,645 36.3 12,834 39.7
Science3 11,972 35.3 12,123 37.8 12,476 38.6
Combination4 8,650 25.5 8,227 25.7 9,256 28.6
Notes:
1 Pupils aged 15 at August 31 of previous year.
2 Includes pupils' better result of English language and literature.
3 Includes pupils' best science result.
4 Pupils achieving the combinations of mathematics, science and english GCSEs grades A(*)—C. Includes pupils' best result in science and the better result of English first language and Welsh first language. Figures for the combination of mathematics, science and english alone are not available.

Source:

Welsh examinations database.

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