Pupil-Teacher Ratios

HC Deb 29 January 1986 vol 90 cc538-41W

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the latest pupil-to-teacher ratios for England and for each local education authority, including and excluding head teachers, in (a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) special schools and (e) sixth form colleges.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his reply, 17 January 1986, c. 713]: The information is shown in the table. It relates to January 1985. The pupil-teacher ratios including head teachers and, exceptionally, excluding head teachers, in maintained nursery, primary, and secondary schools, including sixth form colleges, special schools and sixth form colleges in each local education authority are as follows:

	Primary schools	Secondary schools (including sixth form colleges)	Sixth form colleges	Nursery schools	Special schools
	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers
Croydon	22.11	24.42	15.36	15.70	—	—	23.80	36.90	6.00	6.40
Ealing	20.07	21.71	14.60	14.84	—	—	15.40	22.00	6.50	7.20
Enfield	22.60	24.38	15.07	15.32	—	—	—	—	6.90	7.40
Haringey	18.93	21.02	13.09	13.24	—	—	13.00	16.20	4.60	4.90
Harrow	20.99	22.58	14.30	14.61	11.36	11.62	—	—	6.70	7.30
Havering	22.72	24.96	15.56	15.83	—	—	—	—	7.40	7.90
Hillingdon	22.39	24.67	15.71	16.04	—	—	26.40	48.30	7.50	8.60
Hounslow	19.96	21.69	15.69	15.93	—	—	—	—	5.40	5.80
Kingston upon Thames	22.23	24.38	15.23	15.54	—	—	17.70	23.10	7.00	7.60
Merton	21.80	24.20	16.84	17.35	—	—	22.50	30.00	6.10	6.70
Newham	20.23	22.27	13.75	13.95	—	—	18.60	26.00	5.50	5.90
Redbridge	23.58	25.95	16.01	16.29	—	—	—	—	6.70	7.30
Richmond upon Thames	20.99	23.39	16.38	16.70	—	—	17.50	33.00	5.20	5.90
Sutton	24.92	27.91	16.77	17.16	—	—	20.10	30.10	6.60	7.10
Waltham Forest	21.14	22.95	13.77	14.13	—	—	19.70	32.80	4.40	4.50
Inner London	17.13	18.76	13.11	13.31	—	—	16.90	22.90	5.70	6.20
Birmingham	22.58	24.59	16.32	16.66	12.25	12.47	24.10	39.20	6.80	7.40
Coventry	22.32	24.84	15.63	15.85	—	—	26.60	34.00	6.50	7.20
Dudley	23.16	25.17	15.55	15.87	10.70	10.88	33.90	90.50	8.80	9.90
Sandwell	22.28	24.85	15.11	15.35	9.19	9.37	20.30	30.50	7.10	7.80
Solihull	23.34	25.89	16.21	16.49	11.93	12.06	—	—	6.80	7.40
Walsall	20.80	23.07	14.75	14.97	—	—	31.30	73.10	5.80	6.40
Wolverhampton	19.33	21.42	14.90	15.13	—	—	20.60	41.20	5.80	6.30
Knowsley	21.56	24.07	14.87	15.13	—	—	—	—	6.40	7.10
Liverpool	20.60	23.30	15.77	16.07	—	—	18.10	25.30	6.70	7.40
St. Helens	22.47	25.36	15.48	15.73	—	—	21.00	42.00	8.40	9.10
Sefton	23.30	25.96	16.58	16.86	13.52	13.85	19.90	39.80	6.40	7.10
Wirral	23.69	26.01	16.00	16.26	—	—	15.20	22.80	7.50	8.30
Bolton	23.85	26.77	15.77	16.00	10.07	10.31	21.70	33.60	6.50	7.10
Bury	22.40	25.22	15.42	15.76	10.59	10.84	20.40	34.00	6.30	7.00
Manchester	22.08	24.66	14.28	14.51	10.57	10.70	16.10	21.70	6.20	6.70
Oldham	22.91	25.67	16.61	16.88	—	—	—	—	7.20	8.00
Rochdale	22.45	24.83	14.87	15.21	—	—	20.60	30.80	6.30	7.00
Salford	21.33	23.82	15.03	15.37	10.82	11.06	22.50	51.90	7.90	8.60
Stockport	23.23	26.30	16.15	16.39	8.68	9.09	25.10	45.70	6.80	7.40
Tameside	23.34	26.07	15.74	16.05	11.01	11.22	14.30	20.60	6.40	7.10
Trafford	22.91	25.96	16.39	16.83	—	—	—	—	7.60	8.60
Wigan	21.16	23.51	15.10	15.37	11.61	11.79	17.60	26.40	7.00	7.70
Barnsley	21.13	24.35	16.21	16.53	10.78	10.97	16.70	27.80	6.60	7.30
Doncaster	21.24	23.91	16.40	16.77	—	—	—	—	7.80	8.40
Rotherham	21.55	24.25	16.50	16.75	10.82	11.08	21.10	30.10	6.80	7.50
Sheffield	20.04	22.23	15.37	15.61	—	—	14.90	17.80	5.40	5.90
Bradford	20.22	22.52	16.80	17.34	—	—	16.10	21.90	5.50	6.00
Calderdale	21.82	25.00	16.76	17.17	—	—	18.80	26.40	6.00	6.70
Kirklees	22.05	24.95	16.81	17.16	10.85	11.11	21.40	36.30	6.50	7.20
Leeds	22.48	25.32	16.33	16.80	—	—	20.60	32.50	6.20	6.70
Wakefield	21.70	24.86	16.98	17.47	—	—	19.40	36.10	7.60	8.40
Gateshead	19.20	21.50	15.43	15.71	—	—	15.00	30.00	8.00	8.90
Newcastle upon Tyne	19.30	21.19	14.37	14.62	—	—	12.10	14.40	5.70	6.30
North Tyneside	19.13	20.95	14.09	14.49	10.92	11.14	19.00	28.50	7.20	7.80
South Tyneside	20.82	23.38	14.57	14.83	—	—	19.10	38.10	7.70	8.70
Sunderland	21.85	23.88	15.92	16.17	—	—	18.60	29.90	7.40	8.10
Isles of Scilly	13.30	20.69	11.23	12.23	—	—	—	—	—	—
Avon	24.06	27.60	16.59	16.86	10.33	10.51	20.20	27.20	6.40	7.10
Bedfordshire	23.07	26.94	17.30	17.78	11.24	11.34	19.10	25.90	6.40	7.00
Berkshire	23.16	26.41	15.99	16.32	—	—	17.70	25.20	6.90	7.40
Buckinghamshire	24.17	27.57	16.37	16.73	—	—	29.90	71.40	7.90	8.70
Cambridgeshire	23.30	26.62	16.92	17.25	12.10	12.35	20.10	31.90	7.30	8.00
Cheshire	22.83	26.56	17.01	17.31	10.67	10.93	21.60	36.00	7.10	7.90
Cleveland	22.19	24.42	16.26	16.57	11.17	11.41	19.90	46.50	7.00	7.60
Cornwall	23.47	28.39	16.91	17.20	11.12	11.36	20.40	56.70	6.60	7.30
Cumbria	21.12	25.67	15.70	15.99	11.09	11.39	17.70	27.60	6.80	7.90
Derbyshire	22.38	26.00	16.84	17.17	—	—	19.70	34.20	6.80	7.40
Devon	23.65	28.01	16.76	17.13	—	—	21.90	41.80	7.90	8.70
Dorset	23.65	27.27	17.11	17.53	—	—	—	—	8.40	9.40
Durham	22.01	25.38	16.77	17.06	12.68	12.93	19.70	32.90	7.40	8.60
East Sussex	23.12	26.26	17.06	17.36	12.85	13.21	20.70	35.80	7.00	7.70
Essex	23.94	27.21	16.99	17.28	10.24	10.36	28.70	47.80	7.80	8.60
Gloucestershire	23.05	27.43	16.83	17.22	—	—	—	—	7.60	8.40
Hampshire	24.08	27.41	17.15	17.48	12.17	12.36	21.60	43.20	8.20	9.10
Hereford and Worcester	24.13	28.80	17.35	17.81	12.80	13.06	—	—	6.90	7.60
Hertfordshire	22.23	25.68	15.96	16.33	—	—	21.30	36.30	6.90	7.60

	Primary schools	Secondary schools (including sixth form colleges)	Sixth form colleges	Nursery schools	Special schools
	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers	Including head teachers	Excluding head teachers
Humberside	20.92	23.66	16.15	16.56	10.87	11.01	22.80	35.70	8.00	8.70
Isle of Wight	23.82	29.29	17.83	18.45	—	—	—	—	8.00	8.70
Kent	23.64	27.12	16.98	17.36	—	—	17.90	29.60	7.70	8.40
Lancashire	23.71	27.21	16.56	16.89	11.49	11.68	20.50	36.70	6.90	7.60
Leicestershire	22.86	25.71	16.13	16.44	10.98	11.16	24.50	—	7.10	7.90
Lincolnshire	24.37	29.52	17.15	17.66	—	—	22.50	37.50	8.30	9.50
Norfolk	22.13	26.41	16.47	16.82	10.76	11.12	21.10	37.90	8.10	9.10
North Yorkshire	22.03	26.97	16.58	16.95	11.77	12.00	20.40	45.90	7.10	8.00
Northamptonshire	22.17	25.56	16.27	16.64	—	—	18.90	33.70	6.90	7.60
Northumberland	23.30	28.48	16.91	17.52	—	—	28.00	84.00	6.80	7.70
Nottinghamshire	20.96	23.69	15.63	15.90	10.60	10.83	16.90	25.80	7.40	8.10
Oxfordshire	23.94	28.77	17.24	17.61	12.79	13.03	22.60	48.90	6.20	7.00
Shropshire	21.49	25.34	15.85	16.19	11.49	11.75	15.40	25.00	7.40	8.20
Somerset	24.21	29.37	17.64	18.04	11.14	11.36	—	—	8.10	8.80
Staffordshire	22.40	25.55	16.13	16.49	10.18	10.27	28.60	62.00	7.10	7.80
Suffolk	22.14	26.26	17..02	17.47	—	—	22.80	44.30	7.40	8.10
Surrey	22.34	25.31	16.31	16.65	12.18	12.40	15.90	23.20	7.20	8.00
Warwickshire	22.58	26.01	16.93	17.32	11.55	11.84	20.90	41.90	8.10	8.90
West Sussex	23.38	26.52	16.91	17.19	11.33	11.50	24.40	42.00	7.60	8.50
Wiltshire	23.43	28.10	17.30	17.63	—	—	—	—	6.80	7.70
England	22.16	25.19	16.12	16.45	11.33	11.54	19.70	30.70	6.90	7.50