Pupil-Teacher Ratios

HC Deb 26 June 1980 vol 987 cc302-13W

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the pupil to teacher ratio in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority for each of the years 1974 to 1979;

(2) what was the pupil to teacher ratio in maintained nursery schools for each

RATIO OF PUPILS PER QUALIFIED TEACHER IN MAINTAINED NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
GREATER LONDON
Barking:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	24.5	24.8	23.2	23.0	22.7
Secondary	18.5	18.7	16.3	16.0	15.6
Barnet:
Nursery	24.4	37.0	25.8	25.7	23.1
Primary	24.6	23.8	23.3	22.8	22.2
Secondary	16.3	16.3	16.0	15.9	15.7
Bexley:
Nursery	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0
Primary	25.7	25.0	25.5	26.1	25.8
Secondary	17.6	17.9	17.8	17.6	17.1
Brent:
Nursery	19.2	19.7	16.2	16.7	16.6
Primary	23.5	21.9	22.3	21.6	20.4
Secondary	16.1	15.3	15.5	15.3	14.7
Bromley:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	26.8	26.5	26.8	26.7	26.0
Secondary	17.9	17.0	17.0	17.2	16.8
Croydon:
Nursery	20.2	19.7	19.8	19.8	20. 8
Primary	23.9	23.1	24.0	23.5	23.7
Secondary	17.2	16.9	17.2	17.0	16.9
Ealing:
Nursery	14.4	14.5	12.8	15.6	15.0
Primary	24.7	21.2	21.5	21.4	21.4
Secondary	17.3	15.6	16.5	16.4	16.0
Enfield:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	26.7	26.6	27.0	26.7	25.8
Secondary	17.9	17.8	17.5	17.6	17.3
Haringey:
Nursery	23.0	21.1	18.8	19.2	16.3
Primary	24.9	24.5	23.4	23.3	22.5
Secondary	16.7	16.6	16.2	16.4	16.3
Harrow:
Nursery	19.4	19.3	22.5	17.9	16.8
Primary	24.3	23.7	23.8	23.7	23.3
Secondary	16.4	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.8
Havering:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	26.0	25.3	25.6	25.7	25.2
Secondary	18.0	17.8	17.5	17.4	17.3
Hillingdon:
Nursery	18.0	16.3	16.3	16.1	14.3
Primary	23.8	23.0	23.8	23.6	23.2
Secondary	17.2	16.9	16.9	16.7	16.3
Hounslow:
Nursery	10.7	—	—	—	—
Primary	23.2	22.3	22.5	22.7	22.4
Secondary	16.4	16.2	16.4	16.1	15.7
Kingston-upon-Thames:
Nursery	16.5	15.2	14.8	15.5	17.0
Primary	23.6	22.8	22.6	22.6	22.3
Secondary	16.1	15.9	16.0	15.9	16.4

local education authority for each of the years 1974 to 1979

Dr. Boyson

[pursuant to his reply, 28 March 1980, c. 736–46]: The following is the revised information.

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Merton:
Nursery	20.2	20.8	19.7	20.9	20.8
Primary	24.8	23.7	23.4	23.1	22.5
Secondary	19.1	18.7	18.5	18.4	17.9
Newham:
Nursery	25.5	25.6	20.3	19.7	18.3
Primary	26.3	26.8	25.6	23.4	22.6
Secondary	18.6	18.7	17.5	16.9	16.6
Red bridge:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	25.9	25.6	25.6	25.6	24.7
Secondary	17.2	17.5	17.1	17.6	17.4
Richmond-upon-Thames:
Nursery	17.9	14.0	14.7	12.3	12.1
Primary.	24.5	24.1	24.6	23.3	23.4
Secondary	15.7	16.1	16.8	16.7	18.2
Sutton:
Nursery	20.0	14.9	17.0	17.1	17.4
Primary	26.8	25.5	26.3	26.3	25.5
Secondary	17.6	17.1	17.3	17.3	17.2
Waltham Forest:
Nursery	21.6	18.4	17.5	18.1	14.8
Primary	25.6	25.3	24.4	23.7	22.8
Secondary	15.9	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.8
Inner London:
Nursery	20.2	18.8	19.7	19.9	19.5
Primary	21.7	20.4	19.9	19.6	19.2
Secondary	15.9	15.8	15.6	15.4	15.1
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham:
Nursery	21.0	22.1	21.4	20.2	20.9
Primary	25.7	25.3	24.6	24.4	24.2
Secondary	17.3	16.9	16.6	16.5	16.6
Coventry:
Nursery	23.8	26.3	25.1	25.4	26.2
Primary	25.5	24.7	24.8	24.5	24.2
Secondary	18.0	17.2	16.5	16.4	16.2
Dudley:
Nursery	31.9	34.0	38.2	32.7	30.1
Primary	27.0	26.4	27.2	27.0	26.9
Secondary	17.7	17.5	17.3	17.4	18.0
Sandwell:
Nursery	n.a.	23.5	23.6	20.6	20.6
Primary	27.2	27.2	26.7	25.9	25.4
Secondary	18.1	17.4	16.9	16.5	16.3
Solihull:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	25.9	25.3	25.3	25.3	24.8
Secondary	17.6	16.2	16.2	16.8	16.5
Walsall:
Nursery	33.6	33.8	37.5	35.5	45.7
Primary	25.9	25.1	24.1	25.0	24.2
Secondary	17.5	17.0	16.4	15.8	16.1
Wolverhampton:
Nursery	23.4	22.9	23.4	23.3	21.8
Primary	24.8	24.6	24.3	22.9	22.1
Secondary	17.1	17.1	16.4	16.4	16.1
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley:
Nursery	40.0	28.3	29.9	29.2	24.0
Primary	25.4	24.8	25.0	25.1	24.7
Secondary	17.9	17.5	17.1	17.3	17.2

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Doncaster:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	24.2	23.7	23.0	22.5	23.0
Secondary	17.8	17.6	17.2	17.1	16.9
Rotherham:
Nursery	18.8	18.2	19.7	19.3	19.3
Primary	25.3	24.7	24.3	24.5	24.3
Sheffield:
Secondary	17.9	17.6	17.5	17.3	17.2
Nursery	23.8	20.7	17.2	17.4	17.3
Primary	23.3	22.7	22.8	22.5	22.3
Secondary	16.9	17.0	16.9	16.7	16.5
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford:
Nursery	16.9	14.9	16.8	16.7	18.3
Primary	22.4	21.2	21.9	21.3	20.8
Secondary	17.7	17.4	17.9	17.9	17.6
Calderdale:
Nursery	33.0	31.1	32.0	31.3	30.8
Primary	24.0	24.0	24.3	24.6	24.8
Secondary	17.4	17.1	17.6	17.7	17.9
Kirklees:
Nursery	n.a.	26.1	29.4	25.7	20.7
Primary	24.4	23.6	23.9	23.7	23.8
Secondary	17.9	17.7	17.6	17.9	17.9
Leeds:
Nursery	27.3	23.4	23.5	23.4	23.6
Primary	26.0	25.9	25.1	25.1	25.0
Secondary	18.9	18.6	18.5	18.3	18.1
Wakefield:
Nursery	26.6	20.2	21.0	21.3	20.5
Primary	25.2	24.8	23.8	23.4	23.5
Secondary	18.4	18.1	17.9	17.[...]	18.0
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead:
Nursery	19.4	19.0	18.5	18.0	18.4
Primary	24.3	23.6	23.2	22.4	21.9
Secondary	18.8	17.5	17.0	16.8	16.7
Newcastle-upon-Tyne:
Nursery	15.1	13.2	13.8	14.1	15.9
Primary	24.4	21.5	19.9	19.4	18.7
Secondary	18.3	16.6	15.8	15.5	15.0
North Tyneside:
Nursery	25.5	24.0	22.0	20.3	22.1
Primary	24.0	23.1	22.6	23.4	22.5
Secondary	17.3	17.4	16.7	16.8	16.[...]
South Tyneside:
Nursery	19.8	20.1	19.6	18.3	18.4
Primary	24.3	23.2	22.4	21.8	21.2
Secondary	18.2	17.8	17.1	16.9	16.5
Sunderland:
Nursery	20.0	20.0	20.0	19.3	19.4
Primary	26.0	25.1	25.3	25.4	24.7
Secondary	17.8	17.1	17.0	17.1	16.8
NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
Isles of Scilly:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	16.7	16.8	16.5	15.6	16.3
Secondary	11.1	10.8	11.6	12.1	11.5
Avon:
Nursery	22.1	22.0	22.2	21.9	21.8
Primary	25.3	25.0	24.6	24.6	24.6
Secondary	17.2	16.9	16.8	16.8	17.0
Bedfordshire:
Nursery	17.2	17.2	16.0	15.2	16.5
Primary	23.1	22.2	21.5	21.7	21.9
Secondary	17.4	17.0	16.5	16.5	16.9

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Berkshire:
Nursery	28.9	27.4	24.4	20.2	19.2
Primary	24.8	23.9	23.8	24.2	24.1
Secondary	16.9	16.8	16.8	16.9	16.8
Buckinghamshire:
Nursery	27.5	28.4	33.4	34.0	35.1
Primary	23.3	23.3	24.2	24.4	24.6
Secondary	15.9	16.2	16.5	16.6	16.8
Cambridgeshire:
Nursery	18.8	19.1	18.9	19.1	18.9
Primary	24.4	24.1	24.2	24.0	23.9
Secondary	17.3	17.0	16.9	16.4	16.8
Cheshire:
Nursery	18.7	18.7	18.1	18.9	19.5
Primary	25.3	24.3	24.1	24.1	24.0
Secondary	18.2	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.4
Cleveland:
Nursery	19.9	20.1	20.0	18.8	17.2
Primary	25.6	24.6	24.7	24.3	23.8
Secondary	18.0	17.8	18.3	18.1	17.8
Cornwall:
Nursery	15.3	18.1	21.7	17.6	16.6
Primary	26.7	26.0	25.4	25.1	24.6
Secondary	17.8	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.1
Cumbria:
Nursery	17.8	18.4	17.8	18.1	17.5
Primary	24.1	23.3	22.7	23.2	23.2
Secondary	16.6	16.4	16.2	16.6	16.6
Derbyshire:
Nursery	21.3	21.4	17.3	19.4	19.7
Primary	25.4	24.8	24.5	24.4	24.2
Secondary	18.1	17.7	17.6	17.8	17.6
Devon:
Nursery	23.5	15.3	20.0	20.8	21.8
Primary	26.0	25.5	25.2	24.7	24.7
Secondary	18.3	17.8	17.8	17.9	18.0
Dorset:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	25.2	24.6	24.1	24.1	23.9
Secondary	17.7	17.3	17.4	17.6	17.7
Durham:
Nursery	20.9	20.5	20.7	20.7	21.2
Primary	23.6	22.7	22.0	21.8	21.7
Secondary	17.9	17.4	17.0	16.9	16.8
East Sussex:
Nursery	23.8	23.8	23.4	21.7	18.0
Primary	24.7	24.0	23.9	24.0	23.7
Secondary	17.3	17.2	17.3	17.6	17.3
Essex:
Nursery	26.9	27.1	27.4	27.3	27.1
Primary	27.5	26.9	26.0	26.0	25.8
Secondary	18.3	18.0	17.8	17.9	17.8
Gloucestershire:
Nursery	19.0	19.0	18.8	—	—
Primary	25.0	24.2	23.8	24.0	23.6
Secondary	18.3	17.8	17.6	17.6	17.5
Hampshire:
Nursery	23.6	20.8	25.8	26.9	21.4
Primary	25.5	24.8	25.1	25.1	24.9
Secondary	17.2	17.0	16.7	16.8	16.8
Hereford and Worcester:
Nursery	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0
Primary	25.4	25.1	25.2	25.1	24.7
Secondary	17.6	17.3	17.6	17.7	17.8

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Hertfordshire:
Nursery	26.0	26.8	25.1	23.6	22.3
Primary	23.3	22.9	23.1	23.0	22.8
Secondary	16.1	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.2
Humberside:
Nursery	26.1	22.7	21.0	23.0	23.3
Primary	24.7	23.8	22.8	22.6	22.5
Secondary	17.7	17.3	17.0	16.9	16.9
Isle of Wight:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	25.4	24.3	24.1	23.7	24.0
Secondary	18.9	19.1	19.5	19.5	19.3
Kent:
Nursery	20.0	20.3	18.5	16.8	18.4
Primary	26.0	25.6	25.5	25.0	24.7
Secondary	18.0	18.2	18.2	18.0	17.9
Lancashire:
Nursery	22.2	22.5	22.0	21.4	21.6
Primary	26.0	25.4	25.0	25.2	24.5
Secondary	17.3	17.2	16.9	16.9	16.8
Leicestershire:
Nursery	6.0	22.5	22.0	23.5	24.0
Primary	25.2	24.5	24.4	24.2	24.0
Secondary	17.4	16.9	17.1	16.8	16.6
Lincolnshire:
Nursery	29.4	22.3	21.2	21.3	21.9
Primary	24.6	24.8	24.9	25.4	24.1
Secondary	17.0	17.1	17.0	17.3	17.1
Norfolk:
Nursery	21.1	19.6	19.3	20.4	20.2
Primary	23.5	22.9	23.0	23.0	22.9
Secondary	18.4	18.3	18.2	18.1	17.9
North Yorkshire:
Nursery	27.5	26.3	26.6	23.6	23.0
Primary	23.9	24.0	23.3	23.0	22.7
Secondary	17.6	17.3	17.0	16.9	16.9
Northamptonshire:
Nursery	23.2	22.0	19.3	20.9	21.1
Primary	26.0	25.0	24.9	24.7	24.7
Secondary	17.7	17.3	17.2	17.1	17.1
Northumberland:
Nursery	—	23.0	17.2	17.8	20.5
Primary	24.6	22.9	23.0	23.4	23.7
Secondary	18.1	17.6	17.5	17.7	17.9
Nottinghamshire:
Nursery	19.1	17.3	16.6	15.8	16.9
Primary	26.0	25.2	24.9	25.2	25.1
Secondary	17.7	17.1	16.8	17.0	17.0
Oxfordshire:
Nursery	24.3	22.9	22.3	22.7	23.6
Primary	24.7	24.5	24.0	23.5	24.5
Secondary	17.7	17.6	17.1	17.4	18.3
Salop:
Nursery	20.0	19.6	19.9	20.0	20.0
Primary	24.7	24.5	24.4	24.3	23.9
Secondary	17.0	17.0	16.9	17.1	17.0
Somerset:
Nursery	20.0	20.3	20.3	20.5	18.5
Primary	25.9	25.4	25.1	25.0	24.8
Secondary	18.3	18.7	18.5	18.7	18.6
Staffordshire:
Nursery	26.2	26.4	26.6	25.9	25.8
Primary	25.4	24.9	24.2	24.2	23.8
Secondary	17.5	17.3	17.0	17.1	16.9

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Suffolk:
Nursery	21.1	20.5	20.6	20.1	19.4
Primary	24.8	24.2	24.2	24.0	23.8
Secondary	18.3	18.0	18.1	18.3	18.1
Surrey:
Nursery	19.8	17.8	13.8	14.4	13.8
Primary	22.7	21.6	21.5	22.4	22.2
Secondary	16.6	16.1	15.9	16.2	16.2
Warwickshire:
Nursery	19.1	18.9	19.3	19.3	19.0
Primary	25.0	24.3	24.1	23.9	23.7
Secondary	16.9	16.9	16.9	17.1	17.1
West Sussex:
Nursery	19.2	19.1	18.5	19.1	20.[...]
Primary	25.6	25.3	25.1	24.8	24.7
Secondary	17.7	17.9	18.0	18.1	18.2
Wiltshire:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	24.6	24.4	24.9	24.4	24.1
Secondary	18.0	17.8	17.9	18.0	17.9
England:
Nursery	22.5	21.6	21.1	20.8	20.7
Primary	24.9	24.2	24.0	23.9	23.6
Secondary	17.5	17.2	17.0	17.0	16.9

Notes:

1. Primary and secondary schools include middle schools as deemed. Primary schools Include immigrant centres. Secondary schools exclude tertiary colleges.

2. For 1974 ratios shown have been adjusted to take account of the reorganisation of local government in April 1974. Where "n.a." is shown there is insufficient information available to provide an adjusted ratio.

3. Ratios for nursery schools are based on qualified teachers, as for primary and secondary schools. Other teaching and nursery staff are excluded here.