Pupil-Teacher Ratios

HC Deb 28 March 1980 vol 981 cc738-49W

Mrs. Renee 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 local education authority for each of the years 1974 to 1979.

Dr. Boyson

[pursuant to his reply, 18 March 1980, c. 162]: The information is as follows:

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
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
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
Redbridge:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	25.9	25.9	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
Sand well:
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

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
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
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley:
Nursery	—	—	—	—	—
Primary	24.5	24.2	24.0	24.6	23.9
Secondary	17.6	17.0	16.6	16.9	16.7
Liverpool:
Nursery	21.6	25.4	25.5	25.6	25.9
Primary	23.6	22.0	22.1	22.4	22.1
Secondary	17.9	17.1	16.8	16.8	16.6
St. Helens:
Nursery	20.3	21.8	20.0	20.8	20.0
Primary	26.2	25.4	24.6	24.5	24.3
Secondary	17.9	17.3	16.8	16.7	16.5
Sefton:
Nursery	19.8	19.3	19.1	19.2	19.5
Primary	25.3	25.1	25.3	24.8	25.1
Secondary	18.1	17.7	17.9	17.9	17.5
Wirral:
Nursery	18.1	15.9	17.7	17.6	17.7
Primary	25.7	25.5	25.2	25.2	24.9
Secondary	17.9	17.5	17.7	17.6	17.4
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton:
Nursery	21.6	21.4	19.0	20.4	21.4
Primary	27.3	26.3	25.7	26.1	25.7
Secondary	16.9	16.6	16.8	17.0	16.9
Bury:
Nursery	20.7	19.5	22.1	22.6	23.9
Primary	26.1	25.9	24.4	24.1	24.0
Secondary	17.4	17.6	17.2	17.0	16.7
Manchester:
Nursery	44.8	40.3	38.7	35.7	30.8
Primary	25.0	24.3	23.6	23.7	23.5
Secondary	16.5	16.4	16.1	15.9	15.6
Oldham:
Nursery	29.5	28.1	22.9	20.6	20.6
Primary	27.4	25.6	24.8	25.6	26.0
Secondary	18.3	18.0	17.0	17.7	17.8
Rochdale:
Nursery	30.9	24.9	23.2	24.2	23.9
Primary	26.0	25.1	24.4	24.4	23.7
Secondary	16.6	16.6	16.0	15.9	15.7
Salford:
Nursery	28.4	26.2	24.8	24.9	24.9
Primary	27.3	26.9	25.7	25.4	24.4
Secondary	17.7	17.3	16.7	16.6	16.1
Stockport:
Nursery	31.6	32.7	29.5	26.4	26.6
Primary	27.5	27.0	27.0	26.9	26.9
Secondary	17.6	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.2
Tameside:
Nursery	18.2	19.9	18.7	19.7	19.9
Primary	26.3	25.3	24.4	24.2	24.5
Secondary	18.4	18.6	16.9	16.5	16.8
Trafford:
Nursery	20.0	19.8	20.0	20.0	20.0
Primary	25.9	25.1	23.1	22.0	22.0
Secondary	17.4	17.0	17.0	16.7	16.7
Wigan:
Nursery	19.6	17.3	17.5	17.5	19.6
Primary	25.5	25.1	24.5	24.2	23.6
Secondary	17.2	17.1	16.6	16.5	16.2

	January of each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsiey:
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
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
Secondary	17.9	17.6	17.5	17.3	17.2
Sheffield:
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	17.9	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	16.6
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
Hertfordshire:
Nursery	260	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	—	—	—	—	—

	January each year
	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
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
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

	January of each year
	1914	1975	1976	1977	1978
West Sussex:
Nursery	19.2	19.1	18.5	19.1	20.0
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 "na" 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.