Pupil-Teacher Ratios

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list in rank order the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) secondary and (b) primary schools of each local education authority and their ranking in respect of the number of GCSE grades A to C obtained. [7326]

The following table lists in rank order for each local education authority the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A-C in 1995–96 together with the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) secondary schools and (b) primary schools. In each case the local education authority's rank order is given.

Maintained schools in England ¹
Local education authority	Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A-C²*	Rank	Secondary school pupil teacher ratio	Rank	Primary school pupil teacher ratio	Rank
North Somerset	52.5	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Richmond upon Thames	52.2	8	16.5	48	21.3	16
Redbridge	50.8	9	16.2	36	22.7	37
West Sussex	50.6	10	16.6	58	22.5	33
Buckinghamshire	50.5	11	17.1	86	23.6	69
Surrey	50.5	11	16.6	60	22.0	22
Bromley	50.3	13	15.7	19	24.6	98
Gloucestershire	50.2	14	17.6	94	23.4	63
Somerset	50.0	15	18.0	102	23.2	54
Solihull	49.6	16	16.6	57	24.1	92
Cheshire	49.3	17	17.0	79	24.0	90
Dorset	49.3	17	17.5	91	23.9	84
Hertfordshire	49.3	17	15.7	18	22.3	25
Stockport	49.0	20	16.6	64	23.8	75
Berkshire	48.8	21	16.3	42	23.3	59
Bury	48.6	22	17.2	89	24.0	87
Trafford	48.6	22	16.6	61	24.7	99
Wiltshire	48.3	24	16.8	68	23.4	62
Shropshire	48.0	25	16.5	54	24.3	93
York	47.7	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bath and North East Somerset	47.4	27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Suffolk	47.0	28	16.5	53	22.3	28
Bexley	46.8	29	16.6	59	24.8	100
Kensington and Chelsea	46.7	30	13.3	2	17.8	2
Cambridgeshire	46.7	30	17.2	88	23.9	82
Cornwall	46.7	30	17.5	93	23.7	71
Hampshire	46.5	33	16.6	63	22.8	41
Northumberland	46.1	34	18.5	104	24.6	97
Oxfordshire	45.8	35	17.9	101	23.3	55
Dudley	44.9	36	16.5	47	22.4	31
South Gloucester	44.7	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hereford and Worcester	44.6	38	17.7	96	23.2	49
Isle of Wight	44.5	39	18.1	103	23.2	50
Lincolnshire	44.5	39	15.9	24	23.6	70
Wirral	44.4	41	16.2	37	23.2	48
Cumbria	44.2	42	16.9	76	23.2	53
Devon	44.2	42	17.0	82	24.0	89
Havering	44.1	44	16.2	39	23.7	73
Sefton	44.0	45	16.4	45	23.2	52
Wigan	43.9	46	16.0	28	22.9	43
Kent	43.7	47	16.4	46	23.9	80
Warwickshire	43.7	47	16.8	69	23.6	68
East Riding of Yorkshire	43.6	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Northamptonshire	43.5	50	17.0	78	23.4	64
East Sussex	43.3	51	16.0	27	22.7	39
Essex	43.1	52	16.7	67	22.6	34
Camden	43.0	53	14.9	7	20.3	8
Bedfordshire	42.7	54	17.8	98	23.0	47
Lancashire	42.6	55	17.0	80	24.1	91
Hounslow	42.3	56	15.8	20	21.6	19
Derbyshire	42.0	57	17.0	83	25.3	104
Bolton	41.9	58	16.5	52	22.8	42
Norfolk	41.9	58	15.6	16	22.3	26
North Tyneside	41.1	60	17.1	85	23.9	79
Enfield	41.0	61	16.3	40	22.6	36
Hillingdon	40.9	62	16.4	43	22.3	24
St. Helens	40.9	62	15.6	13	22.9	44
Staffordshire	40.9	62	17.6	95	24.9	101
Calderdale	39.7	65	16.9	77	24.0	86
Leicestershire	39.7	65	17.1	84	23.3	57
Croydon	38.8	67	16.3	41	22.2	23
Kirklees	38.4	68	16.8	73	23.3	58
Merton	38.3	69	17.2	87	21.5	18
Coventry	38.0	70	16.1	32	23.3	60
Redcar and Cleveland	37.6	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
North Lincolnshire	37.6	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sheffield	37.2	73	17.5	92	22.9	45
Stockton on Tees	37.2	73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leeds	36.6	75	16.6	56	23.9	81
Gateshead	36.6	75	15.9	25	22.3	27

Maintained schools in England ¹
Local education authority	Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A-C²*	Rank	Secondary school pupil teacher ratio	Rank	Primary school pupil teacher ratio	Rank
Nottinghamshire	36.4	77	16.7	66	24.3	95
Rotherham	36.2	78	17.0	81	23.2	51
Durham	36.2	78	17.5	90	24.0	85
Rochdale	35.4	80	16.9	75	24.4	96
Tameside	35.4	80	17.8	99	25.1	103
Hammersmith and Fulham	35.3	82	16.8	71	20.3	9
Wakefield	35.3	82	16.4	44	24.0	88
South Tyneside	35.2	84	16.8	72	23.3	56
Brent	35.1	85	15.4	11	21.7	21
Ealing	34.6	86	16.5	51	22.7	40
Doncaster	33.5	87	16.8	70	24.3	94
Waltham Forest	33.4	88	15.8	21	21.4	17
Oldham	33.3	89	15.9	26	23.7	74
Westminster	33.0	90	15.2	10	18.4	3
Birmingham	32.9	91	15.9	23	22.7	38
Wandsworth	32.8	92	15.9	22	20.5	10
Newcastle upon Tyne	32.7	93	16.9	74	23.8	77
North-east Lincolnshire	32.4	94	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Walsall	32.2	95	16.2	35	23.4	65
Hartlepool	31.9	96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunderland	31.7	97	16.1	30	22.6	35
City of Bristol	30.9	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wolverhampton	30.2	99	16.1	29	22.5	32
Salford	30.1	100	16.5	55	23.8	76
Lewisham	30.0	101	15.2	8	20.1	7
Greenwich	29.1	102	15.6	14	20.9	12
Bradford	28.9	103	17.7	97	22.3	29
Haringey	28.5	104	14.6	4	21.0	15
Barnsley	28.2	105	17.9	100	25.0	102
Newham	27.9	106	16.5	50	23.9	83
Liverpool	27.6	107	16.2	34	23.5	66
Barking and Dagenham	27.1	108	16.1	31	22.4	30
Manchester	27.0	109	15.5	12	23.0	46
Middlesbrough	26.9	110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sandwell	26.5	111	16.5	49	23.7	72
Hackney	25.7	112	14.7	5	19.7	6
Lambeth	25.1	113	14.4	3	18.6	4
Southwark	24.6	114	16.2	33	21.7	20
Tower Hamlets	23.9	115	15.2	9	19.5	5
Knowsley	23.6	116	16.6	65	23.5	67
City of Kingston upon Hull	22.8	117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Islington	22.4	118	15.7	17	20.9	13
¹The figures for GCSE achievements and pupil teacher ratio are based on LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England.
²The percentage of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C is based on those pupils aged 15 on roll in maintained schools in January 1996.

Volume 297: debated on Thursday 10 July 1997