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Mr. Tom Clarke
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the latest pupil-teacher ratios for Scotland and for each local education authority (a) including and (b) excluding head teachers, in nursery schools, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and sixth form colleges.
Mr. John MacKay
The latest available information for education authority schools is set out in the table:
| Pupil-Teacher Ratios in Education Authority Schools | ||||||||
| Nursery 1984 | Primary 1985 | Secondary 1985 | Special 1984 | |||||
| Including Head Teachers | Excluding Head Teachers | Including Head Teachers | Excluding Head Teachers | Including Head Teachers | Excluding Head Teachers | Including Head Teachers | Excluding Head Teachers | |
| Borders | 18·7 | 18·7 | 17·7 | 21·3 | 13·3 | 13 ·6 | 6·5 | 6·7 |
| Central | 24·8 | 32·9 | 19·3 | 21·4 | 13·8 | 14·0 | 5·7 | 6·8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 29·9 | 37·2 | 19·3 | 23·7 | 13·1 | 13·4 | 5·1 | 5·7 |
| Fife | 26·4 | 30·2 | 20·2 | 22·3 | 14·0 | 14·2 | 7·8 | 8·7 |
| Grampian | 16·4 | 18·4 | 19·3 | 22·0 | 13·6 | 13·8 | 5·9 | 6·6 |
| Highland | 18·3 | 21·2 | 18·7 | 23·5 | 12·9 | 13·2 | 6·7 | 7·5 |
| Lothian | 24·0 | 32·7 | 20·2 | 22·2 | 13·4 | 13·6 | 5·9 | 6·5 |
| Strathclyde | 29·6 | 55·3 | 21·6 | 23·8 | 13·7 | 14·0 | 6·4 | 7·8 |
| Tayside | 31·7 | 51·0 | 20·2 | 23·1 | 12 ·9 | 13·1 | 5·0 | 5·5 |
| Orkney | 14·2 | 14·2 | 15·9 | 20·1 | 11·7 | 12·3 | 110·9 | 1120·0 |
| Shetland | 19·4 | 19·4 | 14·4 | 18·3 | 10·5 | 11·1 | 10·7 | 10·7 |
| Western Isles | — | — | 17·3 | 24·8 | 10·7 | 11·4 | 5·8 | 8·4 |
| All Scotland | 26·0 | 37·8 | 20·4 | 23· 0 | 13·5 | 13·7 | 6·2 | 7·2 |
| 1 One Head Teacher and 0·1 teachers for 12 pupils. | ||||||||
Note: There are no sixth form colleges in Scotland.