HC Deb 22 March 1955 vol 538 cc161-2W
Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the average ratio of children per teacher in primary and secondary schools, respectively, of each of the Scottish education authorities.

Mr. J. Stuart

The pupil-teacher ratios in Scottish primary and secondary departments in 1954 were as shown in the following table:

Education Authority Primary Dept. (excluding Nursery) Secondary Dept.
Aberdeen 23.6 14.2
Dundee 29.5 13.8
Edinburgh 29.0 15.5
Glasgow 33.3 16.0
Aberdeenshire 25.2 14.8
Angus 28.1 15.0
Argyll 22.6 15.4
Ayr 28.6 15.2
Banff 24.7 13.5
Berwick 23.1 14.2
Bute 28.2 15.8
Caithness 21.5 16.7
Clackmannan 29.6 13.5
Dumfries 29.5 16.5
Dunbarton 35.5 17.7
East Lothian 29.5 14.0
Fife 29.9 15.3
Inverness 21.6 16.3
Kincardine 29.5 13.5
Kirkcudbright 24.0 13.2
Lanark 34.6 16.1
Midlothian 27.4 14.6
Moray and Nairn 27.6 15.6
Orkney 23.4 18.0
Peebles 22.5 13.8
Perth and Kinross 26.9 16.0
Renfrew 33.8 15.9
Ross and Cromarty 19.8 15.8
Roxburgh 25.4 16.0
Selkirk 26.3 16.5
Stirling 30.2 14.5
Sutherland 16.2 12.5
West Lothian 30.1 18.1
Wigtown 26.7 16.6
Zetland 18.4 14.2