§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish figures in the Official Report showing the pupil-teacher ratios for each of the education authorities within the Greater Manchester area for primary and secondary schools, and for primary and secondary schools in educational priority areas for the most recent years for which figures are available and for the two preceding years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonStaffing standards in maintained primary and secondary schools for each local education authority in Greater Manchester for the years 1975, 1976 and 1977 were as follows:
149WStatistics for areas smaller than local education authorities are not normally compiled by my Department and figures are not, therefore, available for educational priority areas.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will set out the pupil-teacher ratios for (a) primary, and (b) secondary schools in Inner London for each of the past 10 years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe staffing standards for maintained primary and secondary schools in the Inner London Education Authority were as follows:
Primary* Secondary At January— 1968 … … 26.8 16.3 1969 … … 26.2 15.9 1970 … … 24.9 15.3 1971 … … 23.9 15.9 1972 … … 22.8 15.6 1973 … … 22.1 15.4 1974 … … 21.7 15.9 1975 … … 20.4 15.8 1976 … … 19.9 15.6 1977 … … 19.6 15.4 * Excluding nursery schools. NOTES
i. The staffing standard in schools is the ratio of all pupils on the school register—counting each part-time pupil as 0.5—to all teachers—including the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers—employed in the school on the day of the annual count. For 1968 to 1970 the ratios are based on all teachers, whereas from 1971 to 1977 only qualified teachers are included.
ii. An authority's pupil-teacher ratio is the ratio of all the pupils in its maintained schools to all the teachers employed by it: since some teachers divide their service between different types of school and some are out of schools for extended periods—for example, on in-service training courses—the pupil-teacher ratio cannot readily be apportioned between primary and secondary schools.