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School Workforce

Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Cumbria LA6101,4708605401,150610
North West Region8,91024,08015,1708,91018,1409,230
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Cumbria LA1,8701,840-301,9302,260330
North West Region28,03026,380-1,65026,59029,5903,000
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Arnside and Beetham Ward21.118.1-3.0...
Broughton Ward19.115.2-3.9...
Burneside Ward25.316.5-8.8...
Burton and Holme Ward22.720.1-2.6...
Cartmel Ward23.720-3.717.716.2-1.5
Coniston Ward23.717.6-6.115.914.2-1.7
Crake Valley Ward21.225.74.5...
Crooklands Ward23.218.8-4.4...
Grange Ward26.517.8-8.7...
Hawkshead Ward18.416.9-1.5...
Holker Ward23.120.7-2.4...
Kendal Castle Ward24.723.7-1.0...
Kendal Far Cross Ward......
Kendal Fell Ward27.321.9-5.4...
Kendal Glebelands Ward24.625.10.5...
Kendal Heron Hill Ward26.323.1-3.2...
Kendal Highgate Ward26.522.1-4.4...
Kendal Kirkland Ward......
Kendal Mintsfeet Ward...15.715.70.0
Kendal Nether Ward......
Kendal Oxenholme Ward...18.115.6-2.5
Kendal Parks Ward......
Kendal Stonecross Ward......
Kendal Strickland Ward......
Kendal Underley Ward24.920.5-4.4...
Kirkby Lonsdale Ward23.221.1-2.117.215.9-1.3
Lakes Ambleside Ward24.319-5.3...
Lakes Grasmere Ward19.713.1-6.6...
Levens Ward21.921-0.9...
Low Furness and Swarthmoor Ward25.526.30.8...
Lyth Valley Ward17.514.3-3.2...
Milnthorpe Ward23.821.1-2.715.514.5-1.0
Natland Ward24.122.9-1.2...
Sedbergh Ward23.519.2-4.314.413-1.4
Staveley-in-Cartmel Ward27.621.8-5.8...
Staveley-in-Westmorland Ward23.722.1-1.6...
Ulverston Central Ward...16.817.60.8
Ulverston East Ward2124.83.8...
Ulverston North Ward22.721.4-1.3...
Ulverston South Ward24.519.4-5.1...
Ulverston Town Ward24.122.3-1.8...
Ulverston West Ward22.824.11.3...
Whinfell Ward21.818.6-3.2...
Windermere Applethwaite Ward...15.715.6-0.1
Windermere Bowness North Ward25.224.5-0.7...
Windermere Bowness South Ward......
Windermere Town Ward......
South Lakeland District23.821-2.816.415.7-0.7
Cumbria LA23.420.9-2.516.916.1-0.8
North West Region23.921.9-2.016.615.8-0.8
England23.421.8-1.616.716.4-0.3

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Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s Metadata

19972006Difference
Cumbria LA22,65033,650(p)11,000
North West Region22,65033,640(p)10,990
England23,00034,010(p)11,010

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National Summary

Teaching Assistants - in 2007 there were 165,380 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,260 in 1997.

Other Support Staff - in 2007 there were 147,000 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,000 in 1997.

Numbers of Teachers - in 2007 there were 188,860 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 214,270 full time equivalent teachers in 2007 up from 184,330 in 1997.

Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2007 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.8 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2007 was 16.4 down from 16.7 in 1997.

The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in service in the maintained sector, in 2006 was £34,010 (provisional) up from £23,000 in 1997.


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