The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in local authority maintained schools in Darlington local authority, January 1998 to 2006.
Darlington local authority was created as a unitary authority with responsibilities for education on 1 April 1997. Prior to this date figures for Darlington were included in Durham local authority figures and are not available separately.
Darlington Former Durham January Teachers1 Teaching assistants2 Support staff2,3 Teachers1 Teaching assistants2 Support staff2,3 1992 — — — 5,120 590 1,130 1993 — — — 5,140 580 1,180 1994 — — — 5,120 570 1,150 1995 — — — 5,020 610 1,170 1996 — — — 5,010 620 1,180 1997 — — — 4,910 640 1,230 1998 820 120 210 — — — 1999 820 130 240 — — — 2000 800 140 250 — — — 2001 780 170 300 — — — 2002 840 200 360 — — — 2003 840 210 380 — — — 2004 850 190 370 — — — 2005 860 270 480 — — — 2006 830 300 530 — — — 1 DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (618g). 2Annual School Census. 3 Support staff figures include teaching assistants numbers. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.