HC Deb 17 March 1997 vol 292 cc427-33W
Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in rank order

Pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) and GCSE results1 by local education authority area in England
LEA area Percentage of pupils aged 15 achieving five or more GCSE grades A*-C Pupil: teacher ratios
1995–96 January 1996
Primary Secondary
Percentage Rank PTR Rank PTR Rank
Isles of Scilly 73.1 1 15.0 2 8.1 1
Kingston upon Thames 59.9 2 23.8 82 16.2 35
Sutton 56.4 3 23.3 59 16.6 62
Harrow 53.5 4 20.8 12 15.6 13
Barnet 53.4 5 20.9 13 14.8 6
North Yorkshire 53.0 6 23.4 66 16.3 43
North Somerset 52.5 7 23.7 77 16.3 43
Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 21.3 17 16.5 53
Redbridge 50.8 9 22.7 38 16.2 35
West Sussex 50.6 10 22.5 33 16.6 62
Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 23.6 73 17.1 94
Surrey 50.5 11 22.0 23 16.6 62
Bromley 50.3 13 24.6 109 15.7 18
Gloucestershire 50.2 14 23.4 66 17.6 107
Somerset 50.0 15 23.2 51 18.0 117
Solihull 49.6 16 24.1 99 16.6 62
Cheshire 49.3 17 24.0 93 17.0 87
Dorset 49.3 17 23.9 87 17.5 102
Hertfordshire 49.3 17 22.3 25 15.7 18
Stockport 49.0 20 23.8 82 16.6 62
Berkshire 48.8 21 23.3 59 16.3 43
Bury 48.6 22 24.0 93 17.2 99
Trafford 48.6 22 24.7 111 16.6 62
Wiltshire 48.3 24 23.4 66 16.8 75
Shropshire 48.0 25 24.3 102 16.5 53
York 47.7 26 24.2 101 16.2 35
Bath and North-east Somerset 47.4 27 22.8 43 16.4 48
Suffolk 47.0 28 22.3 25 16.5 53
Bexley 46.8 29 24.8 113 16.6 62
Cambridge 46.7 30 23.9 87 17.2 99
Cornwall 46.7 30 23.7 77 17.5 102
Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 17.8 3 13.3 2
Hampshire 46.5 33 22.8 43 16.6 62
Northumberland 46.1 34 24.6 109 18.5 119
Oxfordshire 45.8 35 23.3 59 17.9 114
Dudley 44.9 36 22.4 31 16.5 53
South Gloucestershire 44.7 37 24.3 102 16.9 81
Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 23.2 51 17.7 110
Isle of Wight 44.5 39 23.2 51 18.1 118
Lincolnshire 44.5 39 23.6 73 15.9 23
Wirral 44.4 41 23.2 51 16.2 35
Cumbria 44.2 42 23.2 51 16.9 81
Devon 44.2 43 24.0 93 17.0 87
Havering 44.1 44 23.7 77 16.2 35
Sefton 44.0 45 23.2 51 16.4 48
Wigan 43.9 46 22.9 46 16.0 28
Kent 43.7 47 23.9 87 16.4 48
Warwickshire 43.7 47 23.6 73 16.8 75
East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 24.8 113 16.6 62
Northamptonshire 43.5 50 23.4 66 17.0 87
East Sussex 43.3 51 22.7 38 16.0 28
Essex 43.1 52 22.6 35 16.7 73
Camden 43.0 53 20.3 9 14.9 7
Bedfordshire 42.7 54 23.0 49 17.8 112
Lancashire 42.6 55 24.1 99 17.0 87
Hounslow 42.3 56 21.6 20 15.8 21
Derbyshire 42.0 57 25.3 120 17.0 87
Bolton 41.9 58 22.8 43 16.5 53

the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) secondary and (b) primary schools of each local education authority and their ranking in respect of number of GCSE grades A to C. [20533]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) and GCSE results1 by local education authority area in England
LEA area Percentage of pupils aged 15 achieving five or more GCSE grades A*-C Pupil: teacher ratios
1995–96 January 1996
Primary Secondary
Percentage Rank PTR Rank PTR Rank
Norfolk 41.9 58 22.3 25 15.6 13
North Tyneside 41.1 60 23.9 87 17.1 94
Enfield 41.0 61 22.6 35 16.3 43
Hillingdon 40.9 62 22.3 25 16.4 48
St. Helens 40.9 62 22.9 46 15.6 13
Staffordshire 40.9 62 24.9 117 17.6 107
Calderdale 39.7 65 24.0 93 16.9 81
Leicestershire 39.7 65 23.3 59 17.1 94
Croydon 38.8 67 22.2 24 16.3 43
Kirklees 38.4 68 23.3 59 16.8 75
Merton 38.3 69 21.5 19 17.2 99
Coventry 38.0 70 23.3 59 16.1 30
North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 24.5 107 17.1 94
Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 24.5 107 17.1 94
Sheffield 37.2 73 22.9 46 17.5 102
Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 23.8 82 16.9 81
Gateshead 36.6 75 22.3 25 15.9 23
Leeds 36.6 75 23.9 87 16.6 62
Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 24.3 102 16.7 73
Durham 36.2 78 24.0 93 17.5 102
Rotherham 36.2 78 23.2 51 17.0 87
Rochdale 35.4 80 24.4 106 16.9 81
Tameside 35.4 80 25.1 119 17.8 112
Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 20.3 9 16.8 75
Wakefield 35.3 82 24.0 93 16.4 48
South Tyneside 35.2 84 23.3 59 16.8 75
Brent 35.1 85 21.7 21 15.4 11
Ealing 34.6 86 22.7 38 16.5 53
Doncaster 33.5 87 24.3 102 16.8 75
Waltham Forest 33.4 88 21.4 18 15.8 21
Oldham 33.3 89 23.7 77 15.9 23
Westminster 33.0 90 18.4 4 15.2 8
Birmingham 32.9 91 22.7 38 15.9 23
Wandsworth 32.8 92 20.5 11 15.9 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 32.7 93 23.8 82 16.9 81
North East Lincolnshire 32.4 94 24.8 113 17.9 114
Walsall 32.2 95 23.4 66 16.2 35
Hartlepool 31.9 96 24.8 113 17.0 87
Sunderland 31.7 97 22.6 35 16.1 30
City of Bristol 30.9 98 22.7 38 15.6 13
Wolverhampton 30.2 99 22.5 33 16.1 30
Salford 30.1 100 23.8 82 16.5 53
Lewisham 30.0 101 20.1 8 15.2 8
Greenwich 29.1 102 20.9 13 15.6 13
Bradford 28.9 103 22.3 25 17.7 110
Haringey 28.5 104 21.0 16 14.6 4
Barnsley 28.2 105 25.0 118 17.9 114
Newham 27.9 106 23.9 87 16.5 53
Liverpool 27.6 107 23.5 71 16.2 35
Barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 22.4 31 16.1 30
Manchester 27.0 109 23.0 49 15.5 12
Middlesbrough 26.9 110 23.6 73 16.1 30
Sandwell 26.5 111 23.7 77 16.5 53
Hackney 25.7 112 19.7 7 14.7 5
Lambeth 25.1 113 18.6 5 14.4 3
Southwark 24.6 114 21.7 21 16.2 35
Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 19.5 6 15.2 8
Knowsley 23.6 116 23.5 71 16.6 62
City of Kingston upon Hull 22.8 117 24.7 111 17.6 107
Islington 22.4 118 20.9 13 15.7 18
Corporation of London n/a n/a 13.9 1 n/a n/a
England 44.5 23.2 16.6
1 Includes grant-maintained, special schools and City Technology Colleges; excludes independent schools.
n/a = not applicable.

Mr. Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the pupil-teacher ratio for(a) primary, (b) special and (c) secondary schools in (i) 1979,(ii) 1990 and (iii) the latest available date for each English local education authority. [20532]

Pupil:teacher ratios in maintained primary, secondary and special schools by local education authority area in England
Position at January 1979, 1990 and 1996
1979 1990 1996
Primary Secondary1 Special Primary Secondary1 Special Primary Secondary Special
Corporation of London 2— 2— 2— 17.4 3— 3— 13.9 3— 3—
Camden 2— 2— 2— 19.2 14.9 3.8 20.3 14.9 3.7
Greenwich 2— 2— 2— 19.7 15.8 6.0 20.9 15.6 6.5
Hackney 2— 2— 2— 18.3 14.2 6.1 19.7 14.7 5.7
Hammersmith and Fulham 2— 2— 2— 18.3 14.3 4.9 20.3 16.8 5.6
Islington 2— 2— 2— 18.5 16.4 5.8 20.9 15.7 5.0
Kensington and Chelsea 2— 2— 2— 18.5 13.7 5.8 17.8 13.3 3.3
Lambeth 2— 2— 2— 19.2 14.2 5.6 18.6 14.4 5.2
Lewisham 2— 2— 2— 19.6 14.7 5.9 20.1 15.2 6.3
Southwark 2— 2— 2— 20.0 15.6 5.0 21.7 16.2 5.0
Tower Hamlets 2— 2— 2— 18.1 14.1 6.0 19.5 15.2 5.8
Wandsworth 2— 2— 2— 17.9 14.5 4.9 20.5 15.9 6.3
Westminster 2— 2— 2— 17.2 14.2 6.1 18.4 15.2 5.4
Inner London Education Authority 18.7 14.9 6.9 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 3—
Barking and Dagenham 22.3 15.5 7.6 22.3 14.7 5.7 22.4 16.1 5.6
Barnet 21.5 15.5 7.2 20.1 14.9 4.8 20.9 14.8 5.7
Bexley 25.1 17.2 9.6 22.9 16.0 6.5 24.8 16.6 7.0
Brent 18.7 13.9 6.5 20.8 13.7 4.7 21.7 15.4 5.2
Bromley 24.5 16.7 9.1 23.1 15.7 5.8 24.6 15.7 6.4
Croydon 23.1 16.3 7.5 21.3 16.3 5.2 22.2 16.3 5.8
Ealing 20.4 15.6 6.8 20.2 14.0 5.0 22.7 16.5 5.6
Enfield 24.0 16.8 8.7 21.2 15.3 5.3 22.6 16.3 5.9
Haringey 20.9 16.0 5.7 21.8 12.9 4.5 21.0 14.6 4.7
Harrow 22.1 16.1 6.5 22.0 15.4 5.7 20.8 15.6 5.0
Havering 23.6 17.0 8.3 22.6 15.4 6.4 23.7 16.2 6.0
Hillingdon 23.0 16.5 7.4 22.1 15.3 6.7 22.3 16.4 7.3
Hounslow 21.9 15.9 6.3 20.2 15.2 5.7 21.6 15.8 6.3
Kingston upon Thames 22.1 16.1 9.2 21.8 14.1 6.5 23.8 16.2 6.9
Merton 22.2 17.6 7.5 20.8 15.4 5.0 21.5 17.2 6.0
Newham 21.4 16.1 7.4 23.1 14.1 5.3 23.9 16.5 2.4
Redbridge 24.1 17.1 7.2 23.4 15.9 6.4 22.7 16.2 4.3
Richmond upon Thames 22.2 17.0 5.9 20.9 15.9 5.5 21.3 16.5 5.5
Sutton 24.0 17.3 9.2 22.0 15.8 6.4 23.3 16.6 6.8
Waltham Forest 22.4 14.7 5.7 22.2 13.6 3.5 21.4 15.8 4.2
Birmingham 24.0 16.5 7.4 23.6 16.3 6.3 22.7 15.9 6.4
Coventry 22.7 16.0 8.0 22.4 13.9 5.7 23.3 16.1 6.3
Dudley 25.5 18.0 9.9 21.5 13.9 8.6 22.4 16.5 8.1
Sandwell 24.4 16.4 9.6 22.2 14.1 6.7 23.7 16.5 7.5
Solihull 23.5 16.4 8.2 22.6 15.4 5.6 24.1 16.6 7.1
Walsall 22.6 15.8 7.5 20.8 13.9 5.5 23.4 16.2 6.1
Wolverhampton 21.1 15.8 6.5 19.8 13.5 5.9 22.5 16.1 7.2
Knowsley 23.4 16.3 7.4 21.4 14.5 6.8 23.5 16.6 5.2
Liverpool 21.1 16.1 7.6 21.7 14.2 6.5 23.5 16.2 6.0
St. Helens 23.8 16.2 9.3 22.4 13.6 7.7 22.9 15.6 6.8
Sefton 23.6 17.3 9.0 23.2 16.1 6.9 23.2 16.4 6.6
Wirral 24.2 17.1 8.0 20.6 14.9 6.3 23.2 16.2 6.7
Bolton 25.2 16.5 7.9 21.7 14.8 6.1 22.8 16.5 6.6
Bury 23.5 16.5 8.0 22.3 15.2 5.6 24.0 17.2 5.0
Manchester 21.9 15.1 6.7 21.8 13.7 5.4 23.0 15.5 4.8
Oldham 25.2 17.6 7.7 22.4 14.5 5.3 23.7 15.9 5.6
Rochdale 22.9 15.4 7.8 21.9 13.8 6.6 24.4 16.9 7.3
Salford 23.5 16.2 8.9 22.0 13.5 6.5 23.8 16.5 5.2
Stockport 26.3 17.3 9.8 23.4 15.2 6.5 23.8 16.6 6.3
Thameside 24.1 16.5 6.9 22.7 15.5 5.3 25.1 17.8 7.3
Trafford 22.2 16.5 8.2 22.4 14.2 6.6 24.7 16.6 6.8
Wigan 22.6 16.1 8.2 21.4 13.7 5.9 22.9 16.0 6.5
Barnsley 23.6 16.8 7.8 22.7 15.5 6.1 25.0 17.9 6.6
Doncaster 22.2 16.6 8.5 21.6 15.1 8.1 24.3 16.8 9.1
Rotherham 24.0 17.4 7.8 21.3 14.5 6.7 23.2 17.0 7.6
Sheffield 21.8 16.4 6.1 21.0 14.2 4.4 22.9 17.5 5.2
Bradford 20.9 17.6 7.5 19.7 14.9 3.8 22.3 17.7 5.6
Calderdale 23.8 17.6 7.1 22.3 14.9 4.8 24.0 16.9 5.2
Kirklees 23.6 18.3 7.3 21.0 14.7 6.9 23.3 16.8 6.5
Leeds 24.6 17.8 7.7 19.4 14.9 5.9 23.9 16.6 6.3
Wakefield 23.3 18.0 8.4 22.0 15.3 6.3 24.0 16.4 6.1
Gateshead 21.2 16.5 9.3 20.9 13.9 5.6 22.3 15.9 5.9
Newcastle upon Tyne 18.7 14.7 7.4 21.0 14.2 5.9 23.8 16.9 6.8
North Tyneside 21.1 16.2 8.3 20.9 14.3 6.0 23.9 17.1 6.4
South Tyneside 20.3 16.0 7.9 20.9 14.3 6.6 23.3 16.8 8.2
Sunderland 23.5 16.7 8.9 22.0 14.7 5.9 22.6 16.1 7.4
Isles of Scilly 15.3 11.3 3— 14.2 8.2 3— 15.0 8.1 3—

Mr. Squire

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Pupil.teacher ratios in maintained primary, secondary and special schools by local education authority area in England
Position at January 1979, 1990 and 1996
1979 1990 1996
Primary Secondary1 Special Primary Secondary1 Special Primary Secondary Special
Avon 24.2 17.0 7.6 22.4 16.2 6.0 23.3 16.3 5.9
Bedfordshire 21.6 17.3 6.5 21.5 17.2 6.1 23.0 17.8 7.1
Berkshire 23.9 16.8 8.9 23.5 15.5 6.6 23.3 16.3 7.1
Buckinghamshire 24.2 16.8 8.2 22.9 15.8 6.6 23.6 17.1 7.2
Cambridgeshire 23.3 16.7 8.8 22.6 16.0 5.7 23.9 17.2 6.9
Cheshire 23.5 17.0 7.9 24.3 16.3 6.7 24.0 17.0 7.2
Cleveland 23.4 18.4 8.5 22.5 15.2 5.0 24.1 16.8 7.1
Cornwall 24.2 16.9 8.0 23.2 16.1 7.3 23.7 17.5 7.3
Cumbria 23.1 16.5 8.5 21.8 14.7 5.6 23.2 16.9 7.0
Derbyshire 23.8 17.5 8.3 21.6 14.0 4.8 25.3 17.0 7.2
Devon 24.3 17.9 8.9 22.3 16.1 7.5 24.0 17.0 7.9
Dorset 23.7 17.5 9.1 23.1 16.1 7.6 23.9 17.5 7.5
Durham 21.5 16.9 7.9 22.2 16.0 6.4 24.0 17.5 7.5
East Sussex 23.4 17.5 8.0 22.3 15.9 6.8 22.7 16.0 6.5
Essex 24.8 17.8 9.1 22.4 16.4 6.2 22.6 16.7 6.9
Gloucestershire 23.4 17.4 8.3 22.1 15.7 6.7 23.4 17.6 6.9
Hampshire 24.6 17.4 9.1 22.1 16.2 7.6 22.8 16.6 7.6
Hereford and Worcester 24.2 17.7 8.1 23.2 16.7 7.1 23.2 17.7 7.6
Hertfordshire 22.5 15.9 8.0 21.6 15.1 5.0 22.3 15.7 5.7
Humberside 22.1 16.8 8.9 22.1 15.6 6.4 24.7 17.2 7.4
Isle of Wight 23.9 18.6 10.4 22.9 16.8 7.8 23.2 18.1 7.7
Kent 24.3 17.7 9.2 23.5 16.1 7.9 23.9 16.4 7.5
Lancashire 24.7 16.6 8.0 23.3 15.7 5.6 24.1 17.0 4.8
Leicestershire 23.3 16.4 8.1 22.7 14.9 5.4 23.3 17.1 6.2
Lincolnshire 23.7 17.0 9.4 23.3 16.3 7.4 23.6 15.9 6.8
Norfolk 22.8 17.6 8.6 22.0 15.3 6.8 22.3 15.6 7.3
North Yorkshire 22.5 17.1 8.6 22.1 15.3 6.5 23.6 16.3 6.5
Northamptonshire 24.4 17.0 8.3 22.5 15.9 6.2 23.4 17.0 6.5
Northumberland 23.4 17.5 7.5 22.9 16.3 6.1 24.6 18.5 8.0
Nottinghamshire 24.7 17.0 9.0 21.3 14.5 6.1 24.3 16.7 4.7
Oxfordshire 24.2 18.0 7.5 22.7 16.2 5.4 23.3 17.9 5.6
Shropshire 23.8 17.0 9.0 21.2 15.2 7.0 24.3 16.5 7.4
Somerset 24.6 18.6 10.2 22.2 15.6 6.3 23.2 18.0 8.1
Staffordshire 23.2 16.8 8.1 23.3 15.8 6.6 24.9 17.6 8.0
Suffolk 23.4 18.1 8.8 22.0 16.6 6.1 22.3 16.5 6.8
Surrey 21.9 16.8 8.4 20.8 15.6 6.3 22.0 16.6 6.8
Warwickshire 23.1 17.0 9.0 21.8 15.6 6.6 23.6 16.8 7.1
West Sussex 24.3 18.5 8.3 21.8 16.4 7.5 22.5 16.6 7.4
Wiltshire 23.9 17.7 8.3 22.5 15.5 5.9 23.4 16.8 6.4
England 23.1 16.8 8.0 22.0 15.4 6.1 23.2 16.6 6.4
1 Figures exclude sixth form colleges which ceased to be classified as schools from April 1993.
2 Not available.
3 Not applicable.