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Schools: Darlington

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff were employed in Darlington local education authority schools in each year since 1992. (108826)

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.

Full-time equivalent number of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in maintained schools in Darlington and former Durham local authorities January 1992 to 2006

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.