The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent teachers and support staff employed in local authority maintained schools by local authority for January 1997 and 2006.
1997 2006 Teachers Support Staff1 Teachers Support Staff1 Gateshead 1,680 370 1,660 880 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,120 580 2,160 1,340 North Tyneside 1,650 440 1,750 1,020 South Tyneside 1,370 280 1,410 750 Sunderland 2,660 730 2,690 1,590 Hartlepool 840 210 880 660 Middlesbrough 1,380 400 1,140 890 Redcar and Cleveland 1,300 330 1,340 860 Stockton on Tees 1,650 460 1,780 1,010 Former Durham 4,910 1,230 — — Darlington — — 830 530 Durham (post 1 April 1997) — — 4,300 2,430 Northumberland 2,630 650 2,830 1,660 North East 22,200 5,690 22,800 13,630 Cumbria 4,030 1,150 4,750 2,390 Former Cheshire 8,190 2,280 — — Cheshire (post 1 April 1998) — — 5,770 3,170 Halton — — 1,140 620 Warrington — — 1,880 1,010 Bolton 2,440 680 2,550 1,780 Bury 1,460 .430 1,590 930 Manchester 3,850 1,240 3,920 2,940 Oldham 2,240 720 2,350 1,590 Rochdale 1,830 510 1,950 1,470 Salford 1,920 720 1,910 1,290 Stockport 2,220 760 2,270 1,370 Tameside 1,830 490 2,020 1,310 Trafford 1,750 420 2,010 950 Wigan 2,760 700 2.800 1,730 Former Lancashire 11,870 3,520 — — Lancashire (post 1 April 1998) — — 9,950 6,370 Blackburn with Darwen — — 1,480 1,120 Blackpool — — 1,260 850 Knowsley 1,530 500 1,470 1,020 Liverpool 4,340 1,180 4,290 2,470 St Helens 1,590 480 1,570 1,030 Sefton 2,540 750 2,520 1,510 Wirral 2,930 660 3,020 1,750 North West 59,300 17,190 62,500 38,680 Kingston-Upon-Hull, City of 2,080 730 2,260 1,830 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,410 810 2,770 1,870 North East Lincolnshire 1,370 450 1,410 1,170 North Lincolnshire 1,290 400 1,390 970 North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996) 4,580 1,190 5,170 2,870 York 1,290 310 1,370 790 Barnsley 1,620 680 1,790 1,300 Doncaster 2,690 1,040 2,720 1,800 Rotherham 2,360 620 2,500 1,790 Sheffield 3,930 1,180 4,230 2,880 Bradford 4,660 2,080 4,630 4,000 Calderdale 1,770 680 2,020 1,380 Kirklees 3,260 1,140 3,600 2,510 Leeds 5,900 2,570 6,180 4,610 Wakefield 2,670 1,000 2,830 1,910 Yorkshire and the Humber 41,900 14,870 44,900 31,680 Former Derbyshire 7,530 2,360 — — Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 6,270 3,670 Derby — — 2,110 1,440 Former Leicestershire 7,690 2,600 — — Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997) — — 5,350 3,570 Leicester — — 2,820 2,080 Rutland — — 260 200 Lincolnshire 5,130 1,700 5,710 3,840 Northamptonshire 5,500 1,870 5,710 4,160 Former Nottinghamshire 7,810 2,420 — — Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998) — — 6,390 3,720 Nottingham — — 2,250 1,660 East Midlands 33,700 10,960 36,900 24,340 Former Hereford and Worcester 5,370 1,460 Herefordshire — — 1,440 830 Worcestershire — — 4,730 2,820 Former Shropshire 3,330 1,110 — — Shropshire (post 1 April 1998) — — 2,240 1,430 Telford and Wrekin — 1,370 1,010 Former Staffordshire 8,510 2,680 Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 7,140 4,130 Stoke-on-Trent — — 2,000 1,580 Warwickshire 3,870 1,290 4,380 2,710 Birmingham 9,910 3,380 10,400 7,190 Coventry 2,800 990 2,980 1,960 Dudley 2,690 680 2,890 1,820 Sandwell 2,730 830 2,760 2,020 Solihull 1,850 560 1,980 1,170 Walsall 2,590 830 2,700 1,740 Wolverhampton 2,230 720 2,420 1,570 West Midlands 45,900 14,520 49,400 31,980 Former Cambridgeshire 5,400 2,470 — — Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998) — — 4,380 3,170 Peterborough — — 1,680 1,580 Norfolk 5,940 1,900 6,350 4,330 Suffolk 5,330 1,510 5,710 3,460 Former Bedfordshire 4,990 1,760 Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 3,750 2,470 Luton — — 1,740 1,520 Former Essex 12,580 4,840 — — Essex (post 1 April 1998) — — 11,230 7,600 Southend-on-Sea — — 1,750 1,170 Thurrock — — 1,280 1,090 Hertfordshire 9,040 3,090 10,180 6,070 East of England 43,300 15,570 48,000 32,440 City of London 20 10 10 10 Camden 1,500 490 1,520 1,050 Greenwich 2,070 730 2,330 1,630 Hackney 1,450 490 1,640 1,160 Hammersmith and Fulham 930 390 1,110 770 Islington 1,420 480 1,450 980 Kensington and Chelsea 680 310 700 540 Lambeth 1,710 690 1,740 1,380 Lewisham 1,870 650 1,930 1,390 Southwark 1,750 760 2,040 1.750 Tower Hamlets 2,270 850 2,420 2,000 Wandsworth 1,690 770 1,860 1,510 Westminster 1,140 370 1,240 790 Barking and Dagenham 1,450 540 1,700 960 Barnet 2,770 810 2,830 1,700 Bexley 1,860 510 2,170 1,320 Brent 2,160 600 2,530 1,390 Bromley 2,270 600 2,710 1,400 Croydon 2,620 910 2,790 1,790 Eating 2,230 680 2,350 1,260 Enfield 2,550 730 3,030 1,950 Haringey 1,870 630 2,010 1,470 Harrow 1,580 570 1,640 1,110 Havering 1,870 580 2,160 1,270 Hillingdon 2,000 740 2,390 1,640 Hounslow 2,000 630 2,190 1,230 Kingston upon Thames 1,060 330 1,210 710 Merton 1,210 420 1,270 860 Newham 2,190 700 2.900 2,390 Redbridge 2,100 590 2,650 1,600 Richmond upon Thames 1,070 290 1,100 610 Sutton 1,390 420 1,730 970 Waltham Forest 2,010 740 2,170 1,510 London 56,800 18,980 63,500 42,150 Former Berkshire 6,280 2,190 — — Bracknell Forest — — 850 550 Windsor and Maidenhead — — 1,170 740 West Berkshire — — 1,540 1,050 Reading — — 1,050 690 Slough — — 1,290 960 Wokingham — — 1,360 870 Former Buckinghamshire 5,370 1,880 — — Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 4,280 2,610 Milton Keynes — — 2,200 1,590 Former East Sussex 5,110 1,780 East Sussex (post 1 April 1997) — — 3,750 2,790 Brighton and Hove — — 1,710 1,150 Former Hampshire 11,990 5,280 — — Hampshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 9,620 6,150 Portsmouth — — 1,390 1,170 Southampton — — 1,680 1,210 Isle of Wight 1,020 410 1,170 900 Former Kent 13,180 4,970 — — Kent (post 1 April 1998) — — 12,590 8,790 Medway — — 2,540 1,780 Oxfordshire 4,270 1,720 4,920 3,380 Surrey 7,220 2,800 7,690 5,240 West Sussex 5,400 1,950 6,250 4,100 South East 59,800 22,980 67,000 45,720 Isles of Scilly 20 10 30 10 Bath and North East Somerset 1,370 410 1,400 860 City of Bristol 2,900 1,110 2,800 1,900 North Somerset 1,450 450 1,570 880 South Gloucestershire 1,970 600 2,230 1,120 Cornwall 3,610 1,600 4,270 3,030 Former Devon 7,700 2,670 — — Devon (post 1 April 1998) — — 5,290 3,860 Plymouth — — 2,140 1,710 Torbay — — 1,110 840 Former Dorset 4,730 1,430 — — Dorset (post 1 April 1997) — — 3,150 2,160 Poole — 1,070 740 Bournemouth — — 1,150 770 Gloucestershire 4,410 1,230 5,070 2,850 Somerset 3,480 1,580 4,010 2,940 Former Wiltshire 4,690 1,630 — — Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997) — — 3,680 2,170 Swindon — — 1,600 1,070 South West 36,300 12,730 40,600 26,920 England 399,200 133,480 435,600 287,530 1. Includes teaching assistants, special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff, secretaries, bursars, other admin/clerical staff, technicians, matrons/nurses/medical staff, child care staff and other education support staff. 2. Figures are for the maintained sector. Teachers in Academies (including those that were previously maintained schools) are not included. 3. The first, second and third phases of local government reorganisation came into effect on 1 April 1996, 1 April 1997 and 1 April 1998 respectively. The new authorities are shown directly below their former parent local authorities. Note: Totals may not appear equal to the sum of the component parts because of rounding. Source: DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g, teacher numbers and Annual School Census (ASC) for support staff.