Teacher-pupil Ratios (Hansard, 31 October 1980)

§ Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the teacher-pupil ratios in (a) pri-

MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS WITHIN SCHOOLS
				Primary schools	Secondary schools
				January of each year	January of each year
				1978	1979	1980	1978	1979	1980
GREATER LONDON
Barking	…	…	…	22.7	22.3	21.6	15.6	15.5	15.1
Barnet	…	…	…	22.2	21.5	21.2	15.7	15.4	15.0
Bexley	…	…	…	25.8	25.1	24.2	17.1	17.2	16.9
Brent	…	…	…	20.4	18.7	18.7	14.7	13.9	13.6
Bromley	…	…	…	26.0	24.5	23.9	16.8	16.7	16.3
Croydon	…	…	…	23.7	23.0	22.6	16.9	16.3	16.3
Ealing	…	…	…	21.4	20.4	20.0	16.0	15.6	15.6
Enfield	…	…	…	25.8	24.0	22.5	17.3	16.8	16.6
Haringey	…	…	…	22.5	20.9	20.1	16.3	16.0	15.4
Harrow	…	…	…	23.3	22.1	21.1	14.8	14.9	14.7
Havering	…	…	…	25.2	23.6	23.4	17.3	17.0	16.1
Hillingdon	…	…	…	23.3	23.0	23.3	16.3	16.5	16.6
Hounslow	…	…	…	22.4	21.9	20.8	15.7	15.9	15.6
Kingston-upon-Thames	…	22.3	22.1	21.7	16.4	16.1	16.2
Merton	…	…	…	22.5	22.2	21.2	17.9	17.6	17.1
Newham	…	…	…	22.6	21.4	20.2	16.6	16.1	15.9
Redbridge	…	…	…	24.7	24.1	24.3	17.4	17.1	17.2
Richmond-upon-Thames	…	23.4	22.2	21.1	18.2	17.0	16.3
Sutton	…	…	…	25.5	24.0	24.7	17.2	17.3	17.3
Waltham Forest	…	…	…	22.8	22.4	21.7	14.8	14.7	14.5
Inner London	…	…	…	19.2	18.7	17.9	15.1	14.9	14.5
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham	…	…	…	24.2	23.9	23.3	16.6	16.5	16.2
Coventry	…	…	…	24.2	22.7	22.4	16.2	16.0	15.9
Dudley	…	…	…	26.9	25.5	25.0	18.0	17.7	17.5
Sandwell	…	…	…	25.4	24.4	23.6	16.3	15.8	15.7
Solihull	…	…	…	24.8	23.5	23.0	16.5	16.1	16.3
Walsal	…	…	…	24.2	22.6	22.4	16.1	15.8	15.5
Wolverhampton	…	…	22.1	21.1	20.2	16.1	15.6	15.6
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley	…	…	…	23.9	23.4	23.6	16.7	16.3	16.2
Liverpool	…	…	…	22.1	21.1	21.3	16.6	16.1	16.3
St. Helens	…	…	…	24.3	23.8	23.8	16.5	16.2	16.1
Sefton	…	…	…	25.1	23.6	23.0	17.5	17.2	17.0
Wirral	…	…	…	24.9	24.2	23.6	17.4	17.1	16.9
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton	…	…	…	25.7	25.2	24.5	16.9	16.5	16.3
Bury	…	…	…	24.0	23.5	23.0	16.7	16.5	15.9
Manchester	…	…	…	23.5	21.9	21.7	15.6	14.9	14.6
Oldham	…	…	…	26.0	52.2	24.5	17.8	17.6	17.4
Rochdale	…	…	…	23.7	22.9	23.3	15.7	15.4	15.5
Salford	…	…	…	24.4	23.5	22.5	16.1	15.8	15.4
Stockport	…	…	…	26.9	26.3	24.7	17.2	17.3	17.0
Tameside	…	…	…	24.5	24.1	24.7	16.8	16.5	16.7
Trafford	…	…	…	22.0	22.2	23.9	16.7	16.5	17.0
Wigan	…	…	…	23.6	22.6	21.8	16.2	15.8	15.6

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mary schools, and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority in England and Wales at constant prices for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

§ Dr. Boyson

The ratio of pupils per qualified teacher in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England for the years 1978, 1979 and 1980 is given below. Information about schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. The pupil-teacher ratios, being a measure of volume, require no adjustment for constant prices.

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MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS WITHIN SCHOOLS
			Primary schools	Secondary schools
			January of each year	January of each year
			1978	1979	1980	1978	1979	1980
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley	…	…	24.7	23.6	22.9	17.2	16.8	16.6
Doncaster	…	…	23.0	22.2	21.6	16.9	16.6	16.3
Rotherham	…	…	24.3	24.0	23.8	17.2	17.2	17.3
Sheffield	…	…	22.3	21.8	21.4	16.5	16.4	16.3
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford	…	…	20.8	20.4	20.0	17.6	17.6	17.9
Calderdale	…	…	24.8	23.7	23.4	17.9	17.6	17.6
Kirklees	…	…	23.8	23.6	23.1	17.9	17.7	17.8
Leeds	…	…	25.0	24.6	23.9	18.1	17.8	17.6
Wakefield	…	…	23.5	23.3	23.6	18.0	18.0	18.2
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead	…	…	21.9	21.2	20.6	16.7	16.5	16.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	…	…	18.7	18.7	18.6	15.0	14.7	14.7
North Tyneside	…	…	22.5	21.1	21.2	16.6	16.0	15.8
South Tyneside	…	…	21.2	20.3	20.0	16.5	16.0	15.5
Sunderland	…	…	24.7	23.5	21.7	16.8	16.7	16.2
NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
Isles of Scilly	…	…	16.3	15.3	14.0	11.5	11.3	12.2
Avon	…	…	24.6	24.2	24.5	17.0	17.0	17.2
Bedfordshire	…	…	21.9	21.6	21.7	16.9	17.1	17.0
Berkshire	…	…	24.1	23.8	23.3	16.8	16.8	16.6
Buckinghamshire	…	…	24.6	24.2	23.8	16.8	16.8	16.5
Cambridgeshire	…	…	23.9	23.3	23.5	16.8	16.5	16.5
Cheshire	…	…	24.0	23.5	23.5	17.4	16.9	16.7
Cleveland	…	…	23.8	23.4	23.1	17.8	17.6	16.8
Cornwall	…	…	24.6	24.2	24.0	17.1	16.8	16.6
Cumbria	…	…	23.2	23.1	22.8	16.6	16.5	16.4
Derbyshire	…	…	24.2	23.7	23.6	17.6	17.5	17.6
Devon	…	…	24.7	24.3	23.1	18.0	17.9	17.7
Dorset	…	…	23.9	23.7	23.6	17.7	17.5	17.4
Durham	…	…	21.7	21.5	21.6	16.8	16.8	16.9
East Sussex	…	…	23.7	23.4	22.7	17.3	17.1	16.9
Essex	…	…	25.8	24.8	24.4	17.8	17.7	17.7
Gloucestershire	…	…	23.6	23.4	23.0	17.5	17.4	17.3
Hampshire	…	…	24.9	24.6	23.9	16.8	16.7	16.9
Hereford and Worcester	…	24.7	24.2	23.7	17.8	17.6	17.2
Hertfordshire	…	…	22.8	22.5	22.3	16.2	15.9	16.0
Humberside	…	…	22.5	22.1	22.4	16.9	16.7	16.9
Isle of Wight	…	…	24.0	23.9	23.3	19.3	18.6	18.6
Kent	…	…	24.7	24.3	24.2	17.9	17.7	17.7
Lancashire	…	…	24.5	24.7	24.2	16.8	16.5	16.4
Leicestershire	…	…	24.0	23.3	23.4	16.6	16.2	16.3
Lincolnshire	…	…	24.1	23.7	24.0	17.1	17.0	17.0
Norfolk	…	…	22.9	22.8	22.4	17.9	17.6	17.3
North Yorkshire	…	…	22.7	22.5	22.1	16.9	17.0	16.8
Northamptonshire	…	…	24.7	24.4	24.1	17.1	17.0	16.9
Northumberland	…	…	23.7	23.4	23.1	17.9	17.5	17.4
Nottinghamshire	…	…	25.1	24.7	23.9	17.0	16.8	17.0
Oxfordshire	…	…	24.5	24.2	24.2	18.3	17.9	17.7
Shropshire	…	…	23.9	23.8	23.1	17.0	16.8	16.6
Somerset	…	…	24.8	24.6	24.7	18.6	18.5	18.4
Staffordshire	…	…	23.8	23.2	22.5	16.9	16.7	16.5
Suffolk	…	…	23.8	23.4	23.0	18.1	18.1	18.0
Surrey	…	…	22.2	21.9	21.7	16.2	16.2	16.3
Warwickshire	…	…	23.7	23.1	22.7	17.1	16.9	16.9
West Sussex	…	…	24.7	24.3	23.8	18.2	18.1	17.9
Wiltshire	…	…	24.1	23.9	23.8	17.9	17.7	17.6
ENGLAND	…	…	23.6	23.1	22.7	16.9	16.7	16.6