HC Deb 21 January 1982 vol 16 cc179-80W
Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average ratio of pupils per qualified teacher in all maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England for the latest available date.

Dr. Boyson

In January 1981, the latest date for which information is available, the pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools were as follows:

Local education authority Primary schools Secondary schools
Barking 21.1 14.6
Barnet 21.1 14.9
Bexley 24.6 17.2
Brent 18.4 13.3
Bromley 23.9 16.2
Croydon 22.2 16.1
Ealing 19.4 15.3
Enfield 22.5 16.2
Haringey 19.7 15.3
Harrow 21.1 14.4
Havering 23.3 16.0
Hillingdon 23.2 16.2
Hounslow 20.9 15.3
Kingston-upon-Thames 20.5 16.3
Merton 21.5 17.2
Newham 20.7 15.9
Redbridge 23.7 17.0
Richmond-upon-Thames 20.9 15.8
Sutton 24.6 17.2
Waltham Forest 21.8 14.3
Inner London 17.5 14.3
Birmingham 23.2 16.4
Coventry 22.1 16.4
Dudley 24.1 17.4
Sandwell 23.4 15.6
Solihull 23.5 16.0
Walsall 21.6 15.1
Wolverhampton 19.4 15.0
Knowsley 22.7 16.0
Liverpool 20.8 16.1
St. Helens 23.8 15.9
Sefton 23.8 16.9
Wirral 23.8 16.9
Bolton 24.3 16.2
Bury 23.1 16.1
Manchester 22.4 15.0
Oldham 24.4 17.5
Rochdale 23.2 15.4
Salford 21.5 15.1
Stockport 23.8 16.8
Tameside 25.0 16.8
Trafford 23.4 16.6
Wigan 21.8 15.5
Barnsley 22.9 16.7
Doncaster 21.8 16.5
Rotherham 23.2 17.4
Sheffield 21.2 16.3

Local education authority Primary schools Secondary schools
Bradford 20.2 18.5
Calderdale 22.9 17.4
Kirklees 22.9 17.7
Leeds 23.0 17.5
Wakefield 23.8 18.2
Gateshead 20.6 16.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 18.4 14.6
North Tyneside 20.8 15.8
South Tyneside 20.4 15.4
Sunderland 21.5 16.0
Isles of Scilly 13.9 11.5
Avon 24.2 17.0
Bedfordshire 22.3 17.0
Berkshire 23.3 16.6
Buckinghamshire 23.9 16.7
Cambridgeshire 23.4 16.5
Cheshire 23.6 16.7
Cleveland 23.1 16.7
Cornwall 23.9 16.8
Cumbria 22.4 16.4
Derbyshire 23.1 17.6
Devon 22.9 17.6
Dorset 23.5 17.4
Durham 21.4 16.8
East Sussex 22.8 17.4
Essex 24.4 17.7
Gloucestershire 23.1 17.1
Hampshire 24.4 17.3
Hereford and Worcester 23.9 17.3
Hertfordshire 22.2 15.9
Humberside 21.9 16.7
Isle of Wight 22.3 18.3
Kent 24.4 17.7
Lancashire 24.2 16.4
Leicestershire 24.1 17.0
Lincolnshire 24.8 17.0
Norfolk 22.2 17.2
North Yorkshire 22.2 16.8
Northamptonshire 24.0 17.3
Northumberland 23.5 18.0
Nottinghamshire 23.4 16.8
Oxfordshire 24.7 17.7
Shropshire 22.8 16.4
Somerset 24.7 18.3
Staffordshire 21.8 16.4
Suffolk 22.4 17.6
Surrey 21.4 16.3
Warwickshire 23.0 17.6
West Sussex 23.8 17.6
Wiltshire 24.0 17.7
England 22.6 16.6