The following table shows the number of fully-qualified school nurses in England broken down by strategic health authority (SHA) and primary care trust (PCT).
The cost of employing school nurses is not identified separately. The employment costs of school nurses are included within the employment costs for all qualified nurses.
Headcount School nursing nurses of whichqualified school nurses1 England 3,162 1,227 North East Strategic Health Authority 166 57 City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust RLN 18 18 County Durham PCT 5ND 36 29 Darlington PCT 5J9 9 2 Gateshead PCT 5KF 20 3 Hartlepool PCT 5D9 7 2— Middlesbrough PCT 5KM 24 2— Newcastle PCT 5D7 1 1 North Tees PCT 5E1 16 2— Northumberland Care Trust TAG 4 4 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 5QR 15 2— South Tyneside PCT 5KG 16 2— North West Strategic Health Authority 673 250 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 5HG 35 9 Blackburn with Darwen PCT 5CC 24 2— Blackpool PCT 5HP 19 8 Bolton PCT 5HQ 40 39 Bury PCT 5JX 22 22 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 5NP 45 6 Central Lancashire PCT 5NG 35 2 Cumbria PCT 5NE 31 15 East Lancashire PCT 5NH 48 5 Halton and St Helens PCT 5NM 43 14 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 5NQ 18 14 Knowsley PCT 5J4 27 1 Liverpool PCT 5NL 17 2— Manchester PCT 5NT 62 40 North Lancashire PCT 5NF 22 9 Oldham PCT 5J5 34 12 Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital NHS Trust RBS 15 2— Sefton PCT 5NJ 31 2— Stockport PCT 5F7 17 3 Tameside and Glossop PCT 5LH 26 26 The Wirral Hospital NHS Trust RBL 32 12 Warrington PCT 5J2 16 13 West Cheshire PCT 5NN 14 2— Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority 389 181 Barnsley PCT 5JE 18 18 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 5NY 28 23 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust RWY 2 2— Calderdale PCT 5J6 21 13 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 5NW 6 3 Hull Teaching PCT 5NX 18 7 Kirklees PCT 5N2 36 36 Leeds PCT 5N1 74 49 North East Lincolnshire PCT 5AN 17 2— North Lincolnshire PCT 5EF 15 2 North Yorkshire and York PCT 5NV 28 7 Rotherham PCT 5H8 37 7 Sheffield PCT 5N4 47 16 Wakefield District PCT 5N3 29 2— York Hospitals NHS Trust RCB 13 2— East Midlands Strategic Health Authority 267 67 Bassetlaw PCT 5ET 3 2— Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust RFS 34 1 Derby City PCT 5N7 34 23 Derbyshire County PCT 5N6 18 1 Leicester City Teaching PCT 5PC 20 3 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 5PA 56 1 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 5N9 39 7 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 5PD 37 30 Nottingham City PCT 5EM 6 2— Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 5N8 12 1 The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust RWD 8 2— West Midlands Strategic Health Authority 376 187 Birmingham East and North PCT 5PG 18 17 Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS trust RYG 1 2— Coventry Teaching PCT 5MD 18 2— Dudley PCT 5PE 17 1 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 5MX 24 2— North Staffordshire PCT 5PH 19 13 Sandwell PCT 5PF 23 1 Shropshire County PCT 5M2 14 2 Solihull Care Trust TAM 17 2— South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust RRE 11 1 South Staffordshire PCT 5PK 54 53 Stoke on Trent Teaching PCT 5PJ 31 29 Telford and Wrekin PCT 5MK 12 2— Walsall Teaching PCT 5M3 21 4 Warwickshire PCT 5PM 39 22 Wolverhampton City PCT 5MV 25 25 Worcestershire PCT 5PL 32 19 East of England Strategic Health Authority 241 77 Bedfordshire PCT 5P2 35 5 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust RT1 2 1 Cambridgeshire PCT 5PP 12 6 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 5P3 29 24 James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust RGP 6 1 Luton PCT 5GC 16 5 Mid Essex PCT 5PX 20 14 Norfolk PCT 5PQ 2 2— North East Essex PCT 5PW 23 8 Peterborough PCT 5PN 12 1 South East Essex PCT 5P1 25 2 South West Essex Teaching PCT 5PY 24 2— West Essex PCT 5PV 2 1 West Hertfordshire PCT 5P4 33 9 London Strategic Health Authority 432 168 Barking and Dagenham PCT 5C2 12 2 Barnet PCT 5A9 5 1 Brent Teaching PCT 5K5 25 20 Bromley PCT 5A7 3 2— Camden PCT 5K7 7 1 Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust RQM 2 2 City and Hackney PCT 5C3 17 10 Croydon PCT 5K9 16 - Ealing PCT 5HX 16 2 Enfield PCT 5C1 25 2— Greenwich Teaching PCT 5A8 25 24 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 5H1 7 7 Haringey Teaching PCT 5C9 13 2 Havering PCT 5A4 15 15 Hillingdon PCT 5AT 21 6 Hounslow PCT 5HY 11 2— Islington PCT 5K8 22 4 Kingston PCT 5A5 8 2 Lambeth PCT 5LD 19 19 Lewisham PCT 5LF 19 12 Newham PCT 5C5 8 6 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust RV8 3 2— Redbridge PCT 5NA 21 14 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 5M6 21 3 Southwark PCT 5LE 7 7 Sutton and Merton PCT 5M7 28 . Tower Hamlets PCT 5C4 11 2 Waltham Forest PCT 5NC 11 2— Wandsworth PCT 5LG 21 6 Westminster PCT 5LC 13 1 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority 201 89 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 5P7 20 16 Eastern and Coastal Kent Teaching PCT 5QA 15 14 Hastings and Rother PCT 5P8 19 19 Medway NHS Trust RPA 13 2— South Downs Health NHS Trust RDR 26 2— Surrey PCT 5P5 43 3 West Kent PCT 5P9 23 4 West Sussex Teaching PCT 5P6 42 33 South Central Strategic Health Authority 166 67 Berkshire East Teaching PCT 5QG 22 14 Berkshire West PCT 5QF 33 17 Hampshire PCT 5QC 48 6 Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT 5QT 9 2— Milton Keynes PCT 5CQ 6 6 North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust RN5 15 2— Oxfordshire PCT 5QE 22 22 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 5FE 8 2 Southampton City PCT 5L1 3 2— South West Strategic Health Authority 251 84 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 5FL 2 2— Bournemouth and Poole PCT 5QN 11 2— Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 5QP 19 19 Devon PCT 5QQ 32 28 Dorset PCT 5QM 12 8 Gloucestershire PCT 5QH 36 1 North Bristol NHS Trust RVJ 17 2— North Somerset PCT 5M8 9 1 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust RK9 4 2— Plymouth Teaching PCT 5F1 17 2— Somerset PCT 5QL 18 9 Swindon PCT 5K3 17 4 Torbay Care Trust TAL 9 6 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust RA7 18 6 Wiltshire PCT 5QK 30 2 1 Qualified school nurses hold the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Specialist Practice Qualification with an outcome in school nursing—which is a recordable qualifications on the NMC register. 2 = zero Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census