HC Deb 10 July 1972 vol 840 cc258-61W
Mr. Marks

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities in England with the pupil/teacher ratio in their primary and secondary schools for the last available date.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The January, 1971, figures are as follows:

Pupil/teacher ratio
Primary Secondary Primary and secondary
Yorkshire, North Riding 27.4 18.4 23.2
Yorkshire, West Riding 26.5 18.9 23.0
Barnsley 29.4 18.6 23.8
Barrow-in-Furness 32.0 17.6 24.2
Bath 29.0 17.2 22.8
Birkenhead 28.1 18.7 23.9
Birmingham 28.1 17.8 22.9
Blackburn 26.7 16.6 21.7
Blackpool 29.5 20.3 25.1
Bolton 30.7 16.6 23.5
Bootle 28.2 19.9 24.2
Bournemouth 29.0 17.6 22.9
Bradford 27.7 18.3 23.1
Brighton 27.5 18.5 23.2
Bristol 25.0 17.0 21.1
Burnley 28.8 17.8 23.1
Burton-upon-Trent 27.0 18.1 22.3
Bury 31.4 18.5 25.3
Canterbury 28.1 18.2 21.5
Carlisle 28.2 16.9 22.2
Chester 27.6 18.8 23.5
Coventry 27.1 19.1 23.5
Darlington 25.8 18.3 22.0
Derby 27.7 18.0 23.2
Dewsbury 28.0 17.9 22.8
Doncaster 27.4 16.7 21.5
Dudley 28.9 18.9 24.2
Eastbourne 31.1 19.0 24.9
Exeter 27.1 19.5 23.6
Gateshead 28.6 17.0 22.7
Gloucester 28.0 19.0 23.6
Great Yarmouth 28.9 17.2 22.4
Grimsby 27.4 17.5 22.3
Halifax 26.7 17.8 22.4
Hartlepool 27.0 18.8 23.1
Hastings 26.7 17.5 22.2
Huddersfield 26.9 18.7 22.6
Ipswich 27.8 18.7 23.4
Kingston upon Hull 28.4 19.1 22.1
Leeds 29.1 18.6 23.9
Leicester 27.3 18.2 22.9
Lincoln 28.5 18.4 23.3
Liverpool 25.5 18.0 21.9
Luton 25.9 18.9 22.8
Manchester 28.2 17.7 23.1
Newcastle upon Tyne 27.0 18.1 22.6
Northampton 28.1 17.0 22.5
Norwich 27.8 17.6 22.7
Nottingham 28.9 17.9 23.4
Oldham 28.4 18.5 23.7
Oxford 26.5 16.7 21.6
Plymouth 28.0 18.3 23.2
Portsmouth 28.4 16.7 22.3
Preston 29.1 16.9 22.7
Reading 26.8 17.5 22.2
Rochdale 27.1 17.4 21.8
Rotherham 29.5 19.3 24.4
St. Helens 28.8 19.0 24.3
Salford 29.2 19.0 24.5
Sheffield 25.9 17.5 22.0
Solihull 26.8 17.8 22.4
Southampton 27.1 14.7 21.3
Southend-on-Sea 28.2 19.1 23.4
Southport 29.9 18.4 24.0
South Shields 27.2 18.8 22.9
Stockport 28.9 17.8 23.6
Stoke-on-Trent 26.3 15.4 21.9
Sunderland 29.8 19.0 24.3
Teesside 28.8 18.6 23.6
Torbay 30.7 18.9 24.4
Tynemouth 25.2 16.8 21.2
Pupil/teacher ratio
Primary Secondary Primary and secondary
Wakefield 28.4 16.7 22.7
Wallasey 27.5 19.6 22.8
Walsall 29.3 17.4 23.0
Warley 30.0 18.5 24.7
Warrington 30.7 18.3 24.6
West Bromwich 29.6 18.5 24.2
Wigan 29.8 17.9 24.4
Wolverhampton 28.9 17.0 22.7
Worcester 29.2 19.8 24.5
York 26.7 17.7 22.1
Barking 28.0 17.4 22.5
Barnet 26.3 17.5 21.6
Bexley 27.6 17.5 22.7
Brent 27.1 17.2 22.4
Bromley 27.9 17.7 22.8
Croydon 26.5 17.1 22.1
Ealing 26.3 18.0 22.5
Enfield 26.8 17.9 22.4
Haringey 26.6 17.6 22.4
Harrow 28.5 18.3 23.5
Havering 28.7 19.1 23.9
Hillingdon 25.7 18.0 21.9
Hounslow 26.8 17.2 22.1
Kingston upon Thames 26.4 16.5 21.3
Merton 26.6 18.1 21.5
Newham 26.8 18.5 22.8
Redbridge 26.4 17.3 22.0
Richmond upon Thames 26.4 15.8 21.0
Sutton 28.2 17.3 22.5
Waltham Forest 27.3 17.0 22.1
Inner London 23.9 15.9 19.9
Notes:
1. The figure for England and Wales as a whole was 22.6. It is expected to improve to 21.9 in January, 1972.
2. The variations are largely a reflection of differences in circumstances.