Department for Children, Families and Schools

Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Bath and North East Somerset

England > South West Region > Bath and North East Somerset LA

School Workforce

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

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Bath Constituency90200110120270150
Wansdyke Constituency100210110150350200
Bath and North East Somerset LA170350180240560320
South West Region5,03014,2809,2508,04015,2407,200
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Bath Constituency300290-1034036020
Wansdyke Constituency3503904049057080
Bath and North East Somerset LA580580071078070
South West Region16,40017,4001,00017,21020,4103,200
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Bath Constituency21.720.6-1.116.316.40.1
Wansdyke Constituency2422-2.016.916.1-0.8
Bath and North East Somerset District22.520.9-1.616.616.4-0.2
Bath and North East Somerset LA22.420.9-1.516.616.4-0.2
South West Region23.721.6-2.117.116.6-0.5
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
Bath and North East Somerset LA22,83033,230(p)10,400
South West Region22,70033,310(p)10,610
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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