School Rolls

HC Deb 12 June 1986 vol 99 cc262-3W

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils were on Scottish state (a) primary and (b) secondary school rolls in each year since 1979; what was the size of the total teaching staff in each of these years; and what was the staff pupil ratio.

Mr. Rifkind

The information is set out in the table:

Scottish Education Authority Schools
	Primary	Secondary
	Pupils	Teachers*	Pupils per Teacher	Pupils	Teachers	Pupils per Teacher
1979	545,161	26,870	20.3	410,242	28,510	14.4
1980	518,492	25,530	20.3	407,844	28,410	14.4
1981	492,645	24,300	20.3	404,575	28,070	14.4
1982	467,971	22,980	20.4	399,075	27,920	14.3
1983	448,009	22,070	20.3	390,368	27,890	14.0
1984	437,538	21,450	20.4	376,071	27,440	13.7
1985†	435,454	21,360	20.4	360,645	26,680	13.5
* In full-time equivalent terms, rounded to the nearest 10.
† Provisional.