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Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Dorset
England > South West Region > Dorset LA
School Workforce
- Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools
- Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools
- Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
- Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Christchurch Constituency | 40 | 250 | 210 | 120 | 180 | 60 |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole Constituency | 60 | 380 | 320 | 170 | 260 | 90 |
| North Dorset Constituency | 70 | 340 | 270 | 130 | 210 | 80 |
| South Dorset Constituency | 60 | 340 | 280 | 110 | 130 | 20 |
| West Dorset Constituency | 80 | 350 | 270 | 170 | 250 | 80 |
| Dorset LA | 440 | 1,380 | 940 | 1,020 | 840 | -180 |
| South West Region | 5,030 | 14,280 | 9,250 | 8,040 | 15,240 | 7,200 |
| England | 61,260 | 165,380 | 104,120 | 75,200 | 147,000 | 71,800 |
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Christchurch Constituency | 190 | 210 | 20 | 380 | 370 | -10 |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole Constituency | 270 | 270 | 0 | 530 | 580 | 50 |
| North Dorset Constituency | 240 | 320 | 80 | 310 | 460 | 150 |
| South Dorset Constituency | 260 | 280 | 20 | 190 | 200 | 10 |
| West Dorset Constituency | 260 | 280 | 20 | 420 | 610 | 190 |
| Dorset LA | 1,890 | 1,170 | -720 | 2,500 | 1,860 | -640 |
| South West Region | 16,400 | 17,400 | 1,000 | 17,210 | 20,410 | 3,200 |
| England | 183,930 | 188,860 | 4,930 | 184,330 | 214,270 | 29,940 |
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Christchurch Constituency | 24.9 | 23.2 | -1.7 | 18.1 | 17.1 | -1.0 |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole Constituency | 25.3 | 23.1 | -2.2 | 17.2 | 16.4 | -0.8 |
| North Dorset Constituency | 23 | 19.6 | -3.4 | 18.1 | 16.8 | -1.3 |
| South Dorset Constituency | 24.7 | 21.6 | -3.1 | 19 | 17.6 | -1.4 |
| West Dorset Constituency | 23.2 | 20.6 | -2.6 | 17.6 | 16.6 | -1.0 |
| Christchurch District | 25 | 24.2 | -0.8 | 18 | 17 | -1.0 |
| East Dorset District | 24.4 | 21.7 | -2.7 | 18.9 | 17.4 | -1.5 |
| North Dorset District | 23 | 19.2 | -3.8 | 17.6 | 16.5 | -1.1 |
| Purbeck District | 24.1 | 20.2 | -3.9 | 17.9 | 16.7 | -1.2 |
| West Dorset District | 23.1 | 20.5 | -2.6 | 17.6 | 16.6 | -1.0 |
| Weymouth and Portland District | 25.6 | 22.8 | -2.8 | 18.4 | 17.1 | -1.3 |
| Dorset LA | - | 21.2 | N/A | - | 16.8 | N/A |
| South West Region | 23.7 | 21.6 | -2.1 | 17.1 | 16.6 | -0.5 |
| England | 23.4 | 21.8 | -1.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | -0.3 |
Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s
| 1997 | 2006 | Difference | |
| Dorset LA | .. | 33,320(p) | 33,320 |
| South West Region | 22,700 | 33,310(p) | 10,610 |
| England | 23,000 | 34,010(p) | 11,010 |
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.
