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Mr. Dunn
In January 1984, the pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools together with the overall pupil-teacher ratio for all teachers employed by local education authorities in England were as follows:
| Local education authority |
Primary Schools |
Secondary Schools |
Overall |
| Barking |
21.7 |
15.8 |
17.5 |
| Barnet |
19.8 |
14.3 |
15.8 |
| Bexley |
24.5 |
16.7 |
18.7 |
| Brent |
18.3 |
12.8 |
14.0 |
| Bromley |
23.4 |
16.2 |
18.4 |
| Croydon |
22.1 |
15.7 |
17.4 |
| Ealing |
19.2 |
14.9 |
16.5 |
| Enfield |
22.8 |
15.4 |
17.3 |
| Haringey |
18.7 |
13.5 |
14.5 |
| Harrow |
20.9 |
14.1 |
16.6 |
| Havering |
22.9 |
15.7 |
17.5 |
| Hillingdon |
22.2 |
15.7 |
17.8 |
| Hounslow |
19.7 |
15.0 |
16.4 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
22.4 |
16.2 |
17.9 |
| Merton |
22.1 |
17.5 |
18.1 |
| Newham |
20.6 |
14.1 |
15.4 |
| Redbridge |
23.2 |
16.0 |
17.7 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames |
20.7 |
16.3 |
17.6 |
146W
| Local education authority |
Primary Schools |
Secondary Schools |
Overall |
| Sutton |
24.8 |
17.1 |
19.0 |
| Waltham Forest |
20.9 |
13.7 |
15.3 |
| ILEA |
17.3 |
13.3 |
13.5 |
| Birmingham |
22.8 |
16.4 |
18.2 |
| Coventry |
22.1 |
15.9 |
17.3 |
| Dudley |
22.7 |
16.1 |
18.3 |
| Sandwell |
22.6 |
15.4 |
17.2 |
| Solihull |
23.0 |
16.8 |
18.9 |
| Walsall |
20.8 |
14.9 |
16.9 |
| Wolverhampton |
19.3 |
14.8 |
16.1 |
| Knowsley |
21.6 |
15.3 |
16.7 |
| Liverpool |
20.9 |
16.3 |
18.2 |
| St. Helens |
22.6 |
15.6 |
18.0 |
| Sefton |
22.6 |
16.4 |
18.3 |
| Wirral |
22.9 |
16.1 |
18.2 |
| Bolton |
23.8 |
16.0 |
18.5 |
| Bury |
22.8 |
15.6 |
17.7 |
| Manchester |
22.7 |
14.8 |
16.7 |
| Oldham |
23.1 |
17.0 |
18.2 |
| Rochdale |
22.4 |
15.0 |
16.6 |
| Salford |
21.5 |
15.5 |
17.0 |
| Stockport |
23.4 |
16.4 |
18.7 |
| Tameside |
23.6 |
15.9 |
18.3 |
| Trafford |
22.7 |
16.6 |
18.4 |
| Wigan |
21.4 |
15.3 |
16.9 |
| Barnsley |
21.1 |
16.3 |
17.4 |
| Doncaster |
20.7 |
16.2 |
17.6 |
| Rotherham |
22.0 |
16.7 |
18.4 |
| Sheffield |
20.2 |
15.6 |
17.0 |
| Bradford |
20.0 |
17.4 |
17.4 |
| Calderdale |
21.9 |
17.1 |
17.8 |
| Kirklees |
22.5 |
17.1 |
18.6 |
| Leeds |
22.6 |
16.4 |
17.6 |
| Wakefield |
21.8 |
17.3 |
18.5 |
| Gateshead |
18.8 |
16.1 |
16.6 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
18.4 |
14.2 |
15.3 |
| North Tyneside |
19.2 |
14.4 |
15.7 |
| South Tyneside |
20.2 |
14.9 |
16.5 |
| Sunderland |
21.9 |
16.2 |
18.1 |
| Avon |
23.9 |
16.4 |
18.6 |
| Bedfordshire |
23.3 |
17.5 |
18.9 |
| Berkshire |
23.0 |
16.2 |
18.0 |
| Buckinghamshire |
24.3 |
16.5 |
19.5 |
| Cambridgeshire |
23.6 |
16.8 |
19.4 |
| Cheshire |
22.7 |
16.9 |
18.6 |
| Cleveland |
22.1 |
16.2 |
17.9 |
| Cornwall including Isles of Scilly |
23.6 |
16.9 |
19.1 |
| Cumbria |
21.2 |
15.9 |
17.5 |
| Derbyshire |
22.2 |
16.9 |
18.6 |
| Devon |
23.6 |
16.9 |
18.8 |
| Dorset |
23.5 |
17.1 |
18.6 |
| Durham |
21.7 |
16.8 |
18.5 |
| East Sussex |
22.1 |
17.1 |
18.3 |
| Essex |
24.1 |
17.1 |
19.5 |
| Gloucestershire |
22.9 |
17.0 |
19.0 |
| Hampshire |
24.0 |
17.1 |
19.6 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
25.1 |
17.5 |
19.3 |
| Hertfordshire |
22.4 |
16.1 |
17.9 |
| Humberside |
20.9 |
16.2 |
17.5 |
147W
| Local education authority |
Primary Schools |
Secondary Schools |
Overall |
| Isle of Wight |
23.6 |
18.0 |
18.6 |
| Kent |
23.9 |
17.1 |
19.3 |
| Lancashire |
23.2 |
16.4 |
18.4 |
| Leicestershire |
22.5 |
16.0 |
17.8 |
| Lincolnshire |
24.1 |
17.0 |
18.9 |
| Norfolk |
22.3 |
16.6 |
18.8 |
| North Yorkshire |
21.8 |
16.4 |
18.0 |
| Northamptonshire |
22.1 |
16.5 |
18.0 |
| Northumberland |
23.3 |
17.4 |
19.2 |
| Nottinghamshire |
21.1 |
15.8 |
17.8 |
| Oxfordshire |
23.9 |
17.2 |
18.3 |
| Salop |
21.6 |
16.2 |
17.6 |
| Somerset |
23.8 |
17.6 |
19.4 |
| Staffordshire |
22.3 |
16.3 |
17.8 |
| Suffolk |
22.1 |
16.9 |
18.3 |
| Surrey |
22.5 |
16.4 |
18.8 |
| Warwickshire |
22.5 |
17.1 |
19.3 |
| West Sussex |
23.3 |
17.0 |
19.1 |
| Wiltshire |
23.5 |
17.0 |
19.0 |
| ENGLAND |
22.1 |
16.2 |
17.9 |