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Schools: Staffing Ratios

Volume 698: debated on Monday 28 January 2008

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Lord Roberts of Llandudno

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the ratio of primary school teachers to pupils in (a) Wales; (b) England; (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland; and [HL1453]

What is the ratio of secondary school teachers to pupils in (a) Wales; (b) England; (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland. [HL1455]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families
(Lord Adonis)

The information available is set out in the following table:

Pupil: teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom, by country, 2006-07

Primary schools

Secondary schools

England

21.8

16.5

Wales

19.9

16.6

Scotland

16.3

12.0

Northern Ireland1

20.8

14.5

United Kingdom1

21.1

15.9

Source: Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom (Internet only) 2007 Edition

1. Includes preparatory departments attached to grammar schools in Northern Ireland.