§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pupil/teacher ratios were 825W for (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) Chesham and Amersham and (ii) Buckinghamshire in each year since 1 January 1996. [85126]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 3 December 2002]The information requested is shown in the table.
Maintained primary and secondary schools1: Pupil: teacher ratios2 Pupil:teacher ratio Chesham and Amersham3 Buckinghamshire LEA Position in January each year Primary schools Secondary schools Primary schools Secondary schools 1996 4— 4— 523.6 517.1 1997 24.5 17.0 523.9 517.3 1998 24.7 17.1 24.2 17.6 1999 24.6 18.2 23.9 18.1 2000 23.6 18.3 22.8 18.4 2001 22.9 18.2 22.8 18.3 2002 22.2 18.0 22.1 18.1 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 The pupil:teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of full-time equivalent pupils on roll in schools by the total number of full-time equivalent qualified teachers employed in schools. 3 Parliamentary constituency. 4 Not available. 5 Before local government reorganization. Source:
Annual Schools' Census.
Table 1: Recruitment to GTP and RTP courses in England, 2001–02 GTP GTP September 2001 January 2001 April 2002 Total September 2001 January 2001 April 2002 Total Primary 540 309 364 1,213 61 41 16 118 Secondary Mathematics 68 84 66 218 0 4 2 6 English and Drama 135 147 92 374 2 1 1 4 Science 153 128 94 375 1 2 2 5 Modern Foreign Languages 125 77 59 261 0 1 0 1 Total Technology 139 169 112 420 6 6 5 17 History 25 26 19 70 1 0 0 1 Geography 16 15 6 37 1 0 0 1 Physical Education 29 38 21 88 0 0 1 1 Art 14 33 12 59 0 0 0 0 Music 11 21 12 44 0 0 0 0 Religious Education 3 18 4 25 1 0 0 1 Citizenship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 32 18 10 60 3 5 2 10 Secondary total 750 774 507 2,031 15 19 13 47 Grand total 1,290 1,083 871 3,244 76 60 29 165 Source:
Teacher Training Agency.