§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pupil: teacher ratio was in maintained secondary schools in each education authority in each year since 1979. [28848]
§ Mr. TimmsThe table provides information for 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and each year from 1996 to 2001.
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Pupil: Teacher ratio in maintained secondary schools by local education authority area, position in January each year 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1989 1984 1979 Haringey 15.8 15.4 15.4 14.7 14.6 14.6 13.9 12.8 13.5 16.0 Harrow 17.0 16.8 15.9 15.9 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.3 14.1 14.9 Hartlepool 17.5 17.9 17.8 18.0 17.1 — — — — — Havering 17.2 16.6 16.6 16.4 16.3 16.2 16.5 15.2 15.7 17.0 Hereford and Worcester1 — — — 18.0 17.8 17.7 17.3 16.6 17.5 17.6 Herefordshire2 17.1 17.0 17.5 — — — — — — — Hertfordshire 16.7 16.6 16.3 16.1 15.9 15.7 15.7 15.1 16.1 15.9 Hillingdon 17.0 16.4 16.3 15.8 16.2 16.4 16.4 15.4 15.7 16.5 Hounslow 16.9 17.2 16.5 16.2 15.8 15.8 16.2 14.4 15.0 15.9 Humberside1 — — — — — 17.2 17.5 15.5 16.2 16.7 Inner London Education Authority2 — — — — — — — 14.4 13.3 14.9 Isle of Wight 17.8 18.1 18.1 18.5 18.2 18.1 17.6 16.4 18.0 18.6 Isles of Scilly 10.0 8.8 8.8 8.4 9.3 8.1 8.8 7.8 11.7 11.3 Islington 15.9 15.9 16.0 16.0 15.7 15.7 15.4 — — — Kensington and Chelsea 15.2 14.0 14.3 13.4 12.9 13.3 12.5 — — — Kent1 — — — 16.7 16.3 16.4 16.7 16.2 17.1 17.7 Kent2 17.4 17.3 16.8 — — — — — — — Kingston Upon Hull, City of 18.7 18.9 18.6 18.6 18.2 — — — — — Kingston-upon-Thames 16.9 17.1 16.7 16.4 16.6 16.2 16.0 13.8 16.2 16.1 Kirklees 17.2 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.4 16.8 15.8 14.7 17.1 17.7 Knowsley 16.2 16.5 16.6 17.0 16.6 16.6 16.9 13.7 15.3 16.3 Lambeth 15.4 15.2 15.5 14.7 15.0 14.4 14.8 — — — Lancashire1 — — — 16.7 16.7 17.0 16.1 15.4 16.4 16.5 Lancashire2 16.9 17.0 16.8 — — — — — — — Leeds 16.8 17.0 16.9 16.8 16.9 16.6 16.0 14.7 16.4 17.8 Leicester 16.7 16.4 16.3 16.8 — — — — — — Leicestershire1 — — — — 17.2 17.1 16.4 14.7 16.0 16.2 Leicestershire2 17.8 17.9 17.6 17.4 — — — — — — Lewisham 15.8 15.6 15.7 15.6 15.2 15.2 16.2 — — — Lincolnshire 17.2 17.1 16.6 16.2 15.9 15.9 15.8 16.2 17.0 17.0 Liverpool 16.2 16.7 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.2 15.9 14.1 16.3 16.1 Luton 17.9 17.3 16.9 16.7 — — — — — — Manchester 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.1 15.9 15.5 15.7 13.4 14.8 14.9 Medway 17.3 17.4 17.1 — — — — — — — Merton 18.0 17.8 17.6 17.0 17.2 17.2 16.1 15.7 17.5 17.6 Middlesbrough 16.2 16.4 16.5 16.4 16.2 — — — — — Milton Keynes 17.3 17.1 16.7 17.1 — — — — — — Newcastle upon Tyne 16.6 17.0 17.0 17.1 16.8 16.9 16.5 14.3 14.2 14.7 Newham 15.8 16.6 16.4 16.3 16.3 16.5 17.1 13.6 14.1 16.1 Norfolk 16.9 16.6 16.2 16.1 15.7 15.6 15.7 15.4 16.6 17.6 North East Lincolnshire 18.8 18.5 18.2 19.1 17.9 — — — — — North Lincolnshire 18.2 18.7 18.2 18.1 17.5 — — — — — North Somerset 17.6 17.3 17.0 17.1 16.0 — — — — — North Tyneside 16.5 16.8 17.2 17.5 17.2 17.1 17.0 13.8 14.5 16.0 North Yorkshire1 — — — — — 16.3 16.0 15.5 16.4 17.0 North Yorkshire2 16.6 16.6 16.7 16.6 16.4 — — — — — Northamptonshire 17.4 17.5 17.4 17.2 16.8 17.0 16.6 15.9 16.5 17.0 Northumberland 18.6 19.0 19.0 19.2 18.6 18.5 18.1 16.2 17.3 17.5 Nottingham 16.1 16.7 16.1 — — — — — — — Nottinghamshire1 — — — 17.4 17.3 16.7 15.8 14.6 15.8 16.8 Nottinghamshire2 17.5 17.9 17.8 — — — — — — — Oldham 15.7 15.9 16.0 16.1 16.0 15.9 15.6 14.9 17.0 17.6 Oxfordshire 17.8 18.1 18.3 18.0 18.1 17.9 16.8 16.1 17.2 17.9 Peterborough 17.2 17.1 16.7 — — — — — — — Plymouth 17.1 17.5 —7.5 — — — — — — — Poole 16.8 17.1 16.9 16.2 — — — — — — Portsmouth 17.9 17.8 17.8 17.1 — — — — — — Reading 16.0 16.2 16.1 — — — — — — — Redbridge 16.7 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.2 16.6 15.4 16.0 17.1 Redcar and Cleveland 16.5 17.2 17.5 17.4 17.2 — — — — — Richmond upon Thames 18.4 17.9 16.2 16.6 17.0 16.5 16.9 15.6 16.3 17.0 Rochdale 17.1 17.2 16.9 16.9 16.7 16.9 16.9 14.0 15.0 15.4 Rotherham 16.6 17.1 17.2 17.4 17.2 17.0 15.8 14.8 16.7 17.2 Rutland 17.1 17.0 16.8 17.2 — — — — — — Salford 16.3 16.8 16.7 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 13.3 15.5 15.8 Sandwell 16.7 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.8 16.5 15.9 13.7 15.4 15.8 Sefton 16.3 16.7 16.7 16.4 16.3 16.4 16.4 16.0 16.4 17.2 Sheffield 17.3 17.6 17.6 17.7 17.3 17.5 16.5 14.8 15.6 16.4 Shropshire 17.3 17.0 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.1 15.1 16.2 16.8 Slough 16.5 16.4 16.6 — — — — — — — Solihull 17.7 17.9 17.5 17.4 16.8 16.6 16.4 15.4 16.8 16.1 Somerset 18.5 18.6 18.4 18.1 18.0 18.0 16.6 15.8 17.6 18.5 South Gloucestershire 16.7 17.0 17.0 16.9 16.7 — — — — —
Pupil: Teacher ratio in maintained secondary schools by local education authority area, position in January each year 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1989 1984 1979 South Tyneside 17.7 17.3 17.4 17.5 16.9 16.8 17.0 14.0 14.9 16.0 Southampton 16.3 16.7 16.5 16.2 — — — — — — Southend-on-Sea 16.8 16.9 16.4 — — — — — — — Southwark 16.4 16.2 15.8 15.9 15.8 16.2 17.0 — — — St. Helens 16.1 16.1 15.9 16.0 15.6 15.6 15.3 13.5 15.6 16.2 Staffordshire1 — — — — 17.7 17.6 17.5 15.9 16.3 16.7 Staffordshire2 17.6 17.9 17.9 18.1 — — — — — — Stockport 16.7 17.2 17.5 17.3 16.9 16.6 16.4 14.7 16.4 17.3 Stockton-on-Tees 17.3 17.2 17.5 17.3 17.1 — — — — — Stoke-on-Trent 17.4 17.6 17.5 17.8 — — — — — — Suffolk 17.1 16.9 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.5 16.2 16.6 16.9 18.1 Sunderland 16.1 16.4 16.5 16.5 16.3 16.1 16.1 14.5 16.2 16.7 Surrey 17.6 17.3 17.1 16.9 16.9 16.6 16.8 15.2 16.4 16.2 Sutton 17.6 17.6 17.0 17.0 16.8 16.6 16.9 16.0 17.1 17.3 Swindon 17.2 17.8 18.0 17.7 — — — — — — Tameside 17.5 17.4 17.6 17.6 17.8 17.8 17.4 15.3 15.9 16.5 Telford and Wrekin 16.8 17.0 16.7 — — — — — — — Thurrock 18.9 18.5 18.0 — — — — — — — Torbay 17.0 17.0 17.0 — — — — — — — Tower Hamlets 16.1 16.3 16.0 15.8 15.9 15.2 14.2 — — — Trafford 16.7 16.9 16.3 16.4 16.7 16.6 16.2 14.5 16.6 16.5 Wakefield 18.1 18.4 18.1 17.4 16.9 16.4 16.3 15.1 17.3 18.0 Walsall 16.7 16.6 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.2 15.8 13.6 14.9 15.8 Waltham Forest 15.8 16.0 15.7 15.6 15.6 15.8 15.9 12.5 13.7 14.7 Wandsworth 15.8 16.1 16.1 15.7 15.5 15.9 14.7 — — — Warrington 17.0 17.4 17.3 — — — — — — — Warwickshire 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.4 17.4 16.8 16.1 15.7 17.1 16.9 West Berkshire 16.6 16.5 16.4 — — — — — — — West Sussex 17.0 17.2 16.9 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.1 17.0 18.1 Westminster 15.0 15.1 15.0 15.2 14.9 15.2 15.5 — — — Wigan 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.3 16.0 16.0 15.8 13.5 15.3 15.8 Wiltshire1 — — — — 17.0 16.8 16.7 15.6 17.0 17.7 Wiltshire2 17.5 17.9 17.7 17.2 — — — — — — Windsor and Maidenhead 17.5 17.3 17.0 — — — — — — — Wirral 16.1 16.5 16.4 16.4 16.2 16.2 16.3 15.4 16.1 17.1 Wokingham 16.6 16.9 17.1 — — — — — — — Wolverhampton 16.4 16.6 16.4 16.1 15.9 16.1 15.4 13.6 14.8 15.6 Worcestershire 18.3 18.5 18.3 — — — — — — — York 16.6 16.9 16.7 16.2 16.3 — — — — — ENGLAND 17.1 17.2 17.0 16.9 16.7 16.6 16.4 15.3 16.2 16.7 1 Before local government reorganisation 2 After local government reorganisation 3 No schools of this type Information cannot be provided for all the years requested in the time available.