HC Deb 25 November 1970 vol 807 cc155-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the 12 worst-

Name of School Pupils Pupil-Teacher Ratio
PRIMARY
Chapelhall, Lanarkshire … … … … … … … 231 57.8:1
St. Martha's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 762 49.5:1
St. Augustine's, Glasgow … … … … … … 743 48.2:1
St. Thomas, Glasgow … … … … … … … 1,011 48.1:1
Ormiston, East Lothian … … … … … … … 248 47.7:1
St. Stephen's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 591 47.3:1
St. Modan's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 963 45.9:1
St. Philomena's, Glasgow … … … … … … 962 45.8:1
St. Catherine's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 774 45.5:1
St. Cuthbert's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 564 45.1:1
St. Jude's, Glasgow … … … … … … … 694 44.8:1
St. John's, Uddingston, Lanarkshire … … … … … 580 44.6:1
SECONDARY
Ladyburn, Greenock, Renfrewshire … … … … … 227 29.1:1
Newmilns, Ayrshire … … … … … … … 204 27.9:1
St. Mary's, Greenock, Renfrewshire … … … … … 976 27.6:1
Greenfield, Hamilton, Lanarkshire … … … … … 254 26.7:1
The Mount, Greenock, Renfrewshire … … … … … 709 25.5:1
St. Patrick's, New Stevenston, Lanarkshire … … … … 203 25.4:1
St. Edmund's, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire … … … … 622 24.7:1
St. Columba's, Greenock, Renfrewshire … … … … 1,257 24.7:1
Paisley West, Renfrewshire … … … … … … 507 24.6:1
St. Mirin's, Paisley, Renfrewshire … … … … … 775 24.6:1
Gallowflat, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire … … … … … 626 24.2:1
St. Patrick's, Dumbarton … … … … … … 916 24.1:1
Notes:
1. Visiting teachers, and unregistered teachers holding temporary appointments in secondary schools, are excluded. The full-time equivalent of part-time teachers has been counted.
2. Schools with fewer than 200 pupils are excluded.

Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what pupil/teacher ratio he regards as satisfactory in secondary schools when the school-leaving age is raised; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The staff required by a secondary school depends on its size and other circumstances. On the provisional staffing standards suggested in my Department's Circular No. 714 of April, 1969, the average pupil/teacher ratio required by education authority secondary schools is estimated at 16:1, which compares with an actual ratio of 17:1 in January, 1970. The research undertaken by my Department on methods of estimating the staff requirements of the schools is, however, continuing.

staffed primary and secondary schools Scotland, giving the pupil/teacher ratio in each school and the number of pupils in each school.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The following table gives the 12 primary and secondary schools with the highest ratio of pupils to registered and conditionally registered teachers in January, 1970:

Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present pupil/teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, respectively, in South Ayrshire.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

I am asking Ayrshire Education Authority to send this information to the hon. Member.