§ Brian CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pupil to teacher ratio was for the North Somerset Local Education Authority for(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1997. [165604]
§ Mr. MilibandThe data requested are shown in the following table.
Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools1: Pupil: Teacher Ratios2North Somerset Local Education Authority Position at January each year: 1997 to 2003 Pupil Teacher ratios2 Primary schools Secondary schools 1997 23.8 16.0 1908 24.2 17.1 1999 24.4 17.0 2000 24.2 17.3 2001 24.0 17.6 2002 23.7 17.2 2003 23.9 17.2 Notes: 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 The pupil: teacher ratio within schools is the ratio of all pupils on the schools registers (counting each part-time pupil as 0.5) to all qualified teachers (including the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers). Source: Annual Schools' Census.