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Schools: Manpower

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in maintained schools in each local education authority area in the North West in each year since 1997. (289293)

The following table provides the full time equivalent number of regular teachers and teaching assistants in service in local authority maintained schools in each local authority in the North West Government Office Region in January 1997 to 2009.

Full-time equivalent regular teachers (excluding occasional)1 and teaching assistants2 in local authority3 maintained schools. Years: January 1997 to 2009. Coverage: Local authority area in the North West Government Office Region

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Teachers

Cumbria

4,030

4,060

4,130

4,240

4,180

4,380

4,430

4,450

4,560

4,750

4,260

4,350

4,210

Former Cheshire

8,190

8,240

Cheshire (post 1.4.98)

5,490

5,610

5,600

5,680

5,770

5,710

5,700

5,770

5,780

5,730

6,060

Halton

1,220

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,170

1,140

1,130

1,140

1,150

1,150

1,110

Warrington

1,530

1,650

1,680

1,720

1,730

1,780

1,800

1,880

1,810

1,820

1,820

Bolton

2,440

2,430

2,430

2,500

2,500

2,560

2,540

2,540

2,510

2,550

2,550

2,570

2,580

Bury

1,460

1,420

1,460

1,470

1,480

1,490

1,500

1,500

1,550

1,590

1,550

1,540

1,550

Manchester

3,850

3,730

4,220

3,750

3,790

3,760

3,820

3,830

3,990

3,920

3,840

3,910

3,910

Oldham

2,240

2,220

2,230

2,220

2,280

2,270

2,250

2,290

2,380

2,350

2,310

2,290

2,290

Rochdale

1,830

1,840

1,830

1,880

1,870

1,900

1,890

1,930

1,920

1,950

1,910

1,870

1,870

Salford

1,920

1,900

1,900

1,950

1,920

1,920

1,890

1,930

1,930

1,910

1,940

1.820

1,760

Stockport

2,220

2,170

2,210

2,210

2,330

2,350

2,340

2,380

2,280

2,270

2,270

2,200

2,200

Tameside

1,830

1,870

1,940

1,960

1,930

2,070

2,030

2,010

1,990

2,020

1,970

1,990

1,890

Trafford

1,750

1,860

1,880

1,910

1,900

1,880

2,020

1,970

1,960

2,010

2,040

2,100

2,000

Wigan

2,760

2,690

2,690

2,690

2,590

2,800

2,800

2,830

2,890

2,800

2,770

2,700

2,770

Former Lancashire

11,870

11,930

Lancashire (post 1.4.98)

9,690

9,750

9,710

9,640

9,710

9,920

9,910

9,950

9,840

9,850

9,800

Blackburn with Darwen

1,360

1,390

1,310

1,390

1,400

1,410

1,420

1,480

1,460

1,350

1,440

Blackpool

1,010

1,030

1,100

1,120

1,150

1,160

1,220

1,260

1,230

1,140

1,180

Knowsley

1,530

1',530

1,570

1,640

1,530

1,450

1,570

1,510

1,500

1,470

1,430

1,390

1,390

Liverpool

4,340

4,280

4,240

4,130

4,320

4,750

4,290

4,410

4,350

4,290

4,150

4,170

4,180

St. Helens

1,590

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,580

1,630

1,550

1,600

1,570

1,550

1,550

1,540

Sefton

2,540

2,520

2,510

2,540

2,610

2,620

2,660

2,700

2,520

2,520

2,500

2,450

2,420

Wirral

2,930

2,970

2,990

2,970

3,020

3,090

3,080

3,050

3,050

3,020

2,970

2,800

3,030

North West

59,300

59,200

60,100

60200

60,400

61,600

61,700

62,000

62,200

62,500

61,300

60,800

61,000

Teaching Assistants

Cumbria

610

620

660

730

840

1,100

1,110

1,150

1,200

1,310

1,470

1,540

1,540

Former Cheshire

1,130

1,240

Cheshire (post 1.4.98)

830

870

1,020

1,120

1,230

1,350

1,530

1,740

1,960

2,240

2,370

Halton

190

200

240

250

270

320

320

330

350

370

410

Warrington

250

270

320

370

380

440

510

630

690

720

800

Bolton

390

430

480

570

650

790

830

950

1,050

1,070

1,090

1,190

1,190

Bury

270

260

280

330

360

460

480

540

590

640

680

740

810

Manchester

740

750

750

810

1,080

1,430

1,610

1,750

1,880

1,920

2.290

2,100

2,410

Oldham

390

410

430

470

560

580

630

690

780

830

950

1,050

1,070

Rochdale

260

270

290

340

530

680

710

760

840

860

950

1,040

1,130

Salford

430

440

450

480

530

700

570

660

790

780

820

900

840

Stockport

340

360

310

410

510

670

700

750

810

780

840

910

980

Tameside

280

290

310

360

490

360

420

460

520

660

650

770

710

Trafford

190

200

220

230

300

230

300

380

420

440

510

650

650

Wigan

340

390

420

430

560

440

740

800

880

980

1,160

1,130

1,190

Former Lancashire

1,780

2,000

Lancashire (post 1.4.98)

1,670

1,830

2,190

1,960

3,130

3,300

3,570

3,890

4,070

4,640

4,870

Blackburn with Darwen

300

350

430

360

530

580

610

650

660

740

760

Blackpool

190

220

290

190

390

430

480

480

470

560

560

Knowsley

210

230

260

280

350

470

430

490

480

460

510

610

600

Liverpool

450

490

520

610

920

720

1,150

1,150

1,190

1,130

1,100

1,260

1,300

St. Helens

260

270

290

310

390

420

480

530

640

610

640

660

720

Sefton

360

380

410

470

580

490

650

680

750

780

870

1,020

1,010

Wirral

320

350

390

420

570

620

780

790

850

1,020

1,010

1,110

1,170

North West

8,750

9370

9,920

10,990

13,700

14,400

17500

18,950

20,700

22,020

23,730

25,970

27,080

1Source:

Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies (618g).

2Source:

School Census.

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 education authorities.