HC Deb 24 July 1987 vol 120 cc500-2W
Mr. Amess

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in tabular form (a) the number of teachers in each local education authority in England and Wales, (b) the number of pupils in each and (c) the teacher-pupil ratio of each.

Mr. Dunn

The information requested for each local education authority in England in January 1986 is given in the following table: Figures for local education authorities in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Teachers, pupils and pupil/ teacher ratios in each LEA in England.
January 1986.
1Teachers 2Pupils Pupil/ teacher ratio
Barking 1,382 23,694 17.1
Barnet 2,524 39,681 15.7
Bexley 1,776 32,759 18.4
Brent 2,456 33,919 13.8
Bromley 2,071 37,386 18.1
Croydon 2,547 43,651 17.1
Ealing 2,262 36,716 16.2
Enfield 2,210 38,437 17.4
Haringey 1,929 26,086 13.5
Harrow 1,575 26,216 16.6
Havering 2,135 36,965 17.3
Hillingdon 1,732 32,221 18.6
Hounslow 1,867 30,407 16.3
Kingston-upon-Thames 1,035 17,396 16.8
Merton 1,236 21,419 17.3
Newham 2,317 34,985 15.1
Redbridge 1,673 29,996 17.9
Richmond-upon-Thames 928 15,857 17.1

1 Teachers 2 Pupils Pupil/teacher ratio
Sutton 1,162 22,044 19.0
Waltham Forest 2,073 31,042 15.0
Inner London 20,395 275,590 13.5
Birmingham 9,621 170,453 17.7
Coventry 2,972 49,268 16.6
Dudley 2,668 46,929 17.6
Sandwell 3,001 50,467 16.8
Solihull 1,882 34,308 18.2
Walsall 2,918 47,832 16.4
Wolverhampton 2,674 42,565 15.9
Knowsley 1,779 28,511 16.0
Liverpool 4,829 79,284 16.4
St. Helens 1,882 32,437 17.2
Sefton 2,556 46,657 18.3
Wirral 2,919 52,670 18.0
Bolton 2,496 45,141 18.1
Bury 1,598 27,104 17.0
Manchester 4,402 69,654 15.8
Oldham 2,145 38,186 17.8
Rochdale 2,204 36,177 16.4
Salford 2,287 38,455 16.8
Stockport 2,478 44,743 18.1
Tameside 2,020 35,888 17.8
Trafford 1,601 29,807 18.6
Wigan 3,303 53,701 16.3
Barnsley 2,118 36,389 17.2
Doncaster 2,810 49,256 17.5
Rotherham 2,495 44,160 17.7
Sheffield 4,614 76,574 16.6
Bradford 4,835 81,503 16.9
Calderdale 1,914 32,473 17.0
Kirklees 3,576 64,186 18.0
Leeds 6,454 108,935 16.9
Wakefield 2,689 50,126 18.6
Gateshead 1,832 31,116 17.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,527 39,446 15.6
North Tyneside 2,090 30,741 14.7
South Tyneside 1,562 24,644 15.8
Sunderland 2,898 51,544 17.8
Isles of Scilly 25 278 11.1
Avon 7,325 135,133 18.5
Bedfordshire 4,703 83,899 17.8
Berkshire 6,028 107,388 17.8
Buckinghamshire 4,970 95,428 19.2
Cambridgeshire 5,036 95,944 19.1
Cheshire 8,271 151,474 18.3
Cleveland 5,540 99,728 18.0
Cornwall 3,733 67,601 18.1
Cumbria 4,415 75,804 17.2
Derbyshire 8,087 143,397 17.7
Devon 7,150 131,325 18.4
Dorset 4,429 79,784 18.0
Durham 5,186 96,346 18.6
East Sussex 4,356 80,441 18.5
Essex 11,971 230,484 19.3
Gloucestershire 4,072 75,562 18.6
Hampshire 11,364 216,297 19.0
Hereford and Worcester 5,317 97,416 18.3
Hertfordshire 8,462 151,651 17.9
Humberside 8,163 141,684 17.4
Isle of Wight 911 16,981 18.6
Kent 11,813 224,680 19.0
Lancashire 11,618 214,675 18.5
Leicestershire 7,879 138,743 17.6
Lincolnshire 4,519 84,707 18.7
Norfolk 5,716 104,292 18.3
North Yorkshire 5,561 100,292 18.0
Northamptonshire 5,423 93,468 17.2
Northumberland 2,711 48,706 18.0
Nottinghamshire 8,854 153,833 17.4
Oxfordshire 4,354 75,083 17.2
Shropshire 3,608 62,934 17.4
Somerset 3,345 63,625 19.0
Staffordshire 9,102 164,294 18.0
Suffolk 4,990 91,437 18.3

1Teachers 2Pupils Pupil/teacher ratio
Surrey 6,925 125,392 18.1
Warwickshire 4,000 74,253 18.6
West Sussex 4,870 91,802 18.9
Wiltshire 4,206 79,781 19.0
1 The total number of teachers paid by local education authorities including the full-time equivalent of all qualified teachers, student teachers and instructors employed for service in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools.
2 The total number of full-time equivalent pupils in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools.