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School Workforce

Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
North West Region8,91024,08015,1708,91018,1409,230
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
North West Region28,03026,380-1,65026,59029,5903,000
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Allerdale District23.320.6-2.716.815.6-1.2
Barrow-in-Furness District23.921.6-2.318.116.2-1.9
Blackburn with Darwen District23.221.2-2.016.415.9-0.5
Blackpool District25.521.2-4.31716.4-0.6
Bolton District23.122.5-0.616.815.4-1.4
Burnley District2321.8-1.216.613.9-2.7
Bury District24.223.1-1.117.216.4-0.8
Carlisle District23.320.9-2.416.816.5-0.3
Chester District2320.3-2.716.615.7-0.9
Chorley District24.922.1-2.817.416.5-0.9
Congleton District24.123-1.116.915.9-1.0
Copeland District23.721.2-2.517.416.3-1.1
Crewe and Nantwich District23.722.2-1.517.215.9-1.3
Eden District21.519.9-1.616.616.3-0.3
Ellesmere Port and Neston District24.221.1-3.11715.4-1.6
Fylde District25.422.9-2.517.416.1-1.3
Halton District2319.9-3.116.715.1-1.6
Hyndburn District24.622.1-2.516.316.50.2
Knowsley District23.721.6-2.116.615.1-1.5
Lancaster District24.821.8-3.015.915.4-0.5
Liverpool District23.620.5-3.116.715.1-1.6
Macclesfield District23.821-2.816.816.6-0.2
Manchester District23.423-0.415.915.7-0.2
Oldham District24.423.4-1.01615.3-0.7
Pendle District24.622.5-2.117.416.5-0.9
Preston District24.121.6-2.51615.6-0.4
Ribble Valley District24.622.9-1.716.6170.4
Rochdale District24.721.5-3.216.716.6-0.1
Rossendale District24.121.4-2.716.616-0.6
Salford District2422.2-1.816.415.5-0.9
Sefton District23.222.1-1.116.316-0.3
South Lakeland District23.821-2.816.415.7-0.7
South Ribble District25.624-1.617.116.7-0.4
St. Helens District23.322.4-0.915.615.2-0.4
Stockport District2422.2-1.816.916.2-0.7
Tameside District25.422.7-2.717.816.6-1.2
Trafford District24.723.2-1.516.716.2-0.5
Vale Royal District2420.8-3.217.716.6-1.1
Warrington District24.522.1-2.417.215.7-1.5
West Lancashire District23.321-2.316.815.7-1.1
Wigan District23.121.8-1.31615.7-0.3
Wirral District23.221.9-1.316.215.1-1.1
Wyre District24.922.3-2.617.417-0.4
North West Region23.921.9-2.016.615.8-0.8
England23.421.8-1.616.716.4-0.3

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Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s Metadata

19972006Difference
North West Region22,65033,640(p)10,990
England23,00034,010(p)11,010

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National Summary

Teaching Assistants - in 2007 there were 165,380 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,260 in 1997.

Other Support Staff - in 2007 there were 147,000 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,000 in 1997.

Numbers of Teachers - in 2007 there were 188,860 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 214,270 full time equivalent teachers in 2007 up from 184,330 in 1997.

Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2007 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.8 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2007 was 16.4 down from 16.7 in 1997.

The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in service in the maintained sector, in 2006 was £34,010 (provisional) up from £23,000 in 1997.


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