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Classroom Assistants: South East

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in (a) maintained nurseries, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) special schools and (e) pupil referral units in each education authority in the South East in each of the last five years. (305611)

The following tables provide the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained schools in each local authority in the South East Government office region, in each January from 2005 to 2009 broken down by phase of education.

Full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in local authority maintained schools1 by phase of education, South East Government office region, January 2005 to 2009

Nursery

Primary

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

South East

240

260

250

310

320

13,820

13,190

14,280

15,650

16,130

Bracknell Forest

150

120

150

140

180

Windsor and Maidenhead

20

20

20

20

20

140

160

190

210

210

West Berkshire

10

10

10

10

10

300

250

210

240

390

Reading

30

20

30

30

30

190

120

150

260

330

Slough

40

40

40

50

50

340

330

340

420

480

Wokingham

10

10

10

10

10

240

240

250

280

310

Buckinghamshire

10

10

10

10

10

530

650

660

740

680

Milton Keynes

10

10

10

300

360

400

530

610

East Sussex

830

690

750

860

840

Brighton and Hove

10

10

10

240

260

290

460

480

Hampshire

20

30

40

50

50

2,170

2,030

2,140

2,240

2,340

Portsmouth

10

10

430

400

400

460

460

Southampton

10

10

10

10

440

420

450

430

360

Isle of Wight

170

150

200

240

190

Kent

10

3,090

2,810

3,190

3,160

3,120

Medway

630

570

620

560

530

Oxfordshire

30

30

30

30

40

920

820

870

1,140

1,320

Surrey

30

30

20

50

50

1,790

1,740

1,860

1,880

1,830

West Sussex

30

30

20

30

30

930

1,080

1,150

1,400

1,460

Secondary1Special

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

South East

5,140

5,560

5,760

6,000

6,290

2,960

3,100

3,360

3,380

3,660

Bracknell Forest

40

50

30

50

60

10

50

50

60

60

Windsor and Maidenhead

120

120

100

130

130

30

30

40

30

40

West Berkshire

150

140

150

190

190

70

80

90

100

110

Reading

60

50

50

60

50

30

40

40

70

80

Slough

70

80

90

100

90

60

60

70

90

110

Wokingham

100

100

100

120

130

30

30

40

60

70

Buckinghamshire

210

250

280

320

340

200

170

210

250

260

Milton Keynes

160

180

220

250

260

50

110

130

150

160

East Sussex

360

440

420

430

430

180

190

210

240

230

Brighton and Hove

110

110

130

160

180

100

130

110

110

120

Hampshire

640

700

710

700

760

420

420

510

440

520

Portsmouth

140

150

150

170

150

240

80

130

150

130

Southampton

130

150

160

130

120

70

70

60

60

20

Isle of Wight

210

210

210

250

230

60

60

80

80

80

Kent

1,100

1,100

1,210

1,130

1,240

630

710

700

630

760

Medway

220

250

230

250

260

90

110

110

120

120

Oxfordshire

520

590

590

590

570

190

170

240

180

180

Surrey

450

510

520

550

640

320

430

410

330

320

West Sussex

350

390

410

430

450

170

150

140

230

300

Pupil referral unitTotal all schools1

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

South East

230

250

280

370

400

22,400

22,360

23,930

25,710

26,790

Bracknell Forest

10

10

10

210

220

240

250

300

Windsor and Maidenhead

10

10

300

330

350

390

410

West Berkshire

10

10

10

10

10

530

490

470

550

710

Reading

10

10

10

20

20

320

250

280

440

510

Slough

10

20

10

10

20

530

530

550

680

750

Wokingham

380

380

410

480

520

Buckinghamshire

10

10

10

20

10

950

1,100

1,180

1,320

1,300

Milton Keynes

10

20

20

20

10

530

680

770

960

1,050

East Sussex

10

10

10

1,380

1,330

1,380

1,530

1,510

Brighton and Hove

460

510

540

740

780

Hampshire

30

30

40

40

60

3,280

3,210

3,430

3,470

3,740

Portsmouth

20

20

20

830

660

710

780

750

Southampton

10

20

10

20

20

660

660

680

660

520

Isle of Wight

10

10

10

10

20

450

430

500

580

510

Kent

30

40

40

100

100

4,860

4,660

5,140

5,020

5,220

Medway

20

10

30

20

20

960

930

990

950

920

Oxfordshire

10

10

20

20

30

1,670

1,630

1,750

1,960

2,140

Surrey

30

30

20

30

30

2,610

2,720

2,840

2,830

2,870

West Sussex

10

10

10

30

30

1,480

1,660

1,730

2,110

2,270

1 Excludes academies and city technology colleges.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

Annual Survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g