§ Mr. Alan Howarthasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) teachers and (b) other staff were employed in the education service and
Primary Schools*† Secondary schools* No. of pupils No. of teachers‡ No. of pupils No. of teachers‡ Full-time Part-time Full-time equivalent Full-time Full-time equivalent 1954 4,258,660 — 133,412 1,696,314 83,965 1959 4,024,714 1,500 135,151 2,434,723 115,438 1964 3,937,986 7,222 135,931 2,650,311 138,553 1969 4,497,923 22,051 161,978 2,781,352 155,208 1974 4,835,907 74,260 195,581 3,499,654 200,426 1979 4,370,801 147,473 192,462 3,872,036 231,404 1982 3,838,907 167,804 174,240 3,798,000 228,397 1983 3,660,634 183,491 168,514 3,740,944 227,084 * Including middle schools as deemed. † Including immigrant centres/centres for teaching English as a second language from 1974 onwards. ‡ From 1974 the number of teachers relate to qualified teachers only.