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Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Kent
England > South East Region > Kent LA
School Workforce
- Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools
- Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools
- Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
- Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff | |||||
| 1997 | 2008 | Difference | 1997 | 2008 | Difference | |
| Ashford Constituency | 120 | 440 | 320 | 180 | 400 | 220 |
| Canterbury Constituency | 140 | 430 | 290 | 170 | 290 | 120 |
| Chatham and Aylesford Constituency | 180 | 360 | 180 | 140 | 360 | 220 |
| Dartford Constituency | 140 | 400 | 260 | 170 | 410 | 240 |
| Dover Constituency | 130 | 340 | 210 | 130 | 290 | 160 |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency | 110 | 270 | 160 | 110 | 200 | 90 |
| Folkestone and Hythe Constituency | 180 | 380 | 200 | 150 | 440 | 290 |
| Gravesham Constituency | 150 | 420 | 270 | 170 | 350 | 180 |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 120 | 330 | 210 | 200 | 440 | 240 |
| North Thanet Constituency | 180 | 340 | 160 | 220 | 310 | 90 |
| Sevenoaks Constituency | 110 | 310 | 200 | 210 | 270 | 60 |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency | 150 | 400 | 250 | 170 | 400 | 230 |
| South Thanet Constituency | 160 | 530 | 370 | 220 | 490 | 270 |
| Tonbridge and Malling Constituency | 160 | 290 | 130 | 190 | 350 | 160 |
| Tunbridge Wells Constituency | 100 | 320 | 220 | 170 | 240 | 70 |
| Kent LA | 2,400 | 5,140 | 2,740 | 2,870 | 4,940 | 2,070 |
| South East Region | 10,090 | 26,040 | 15,950 | 14,210 | 25,550 | 11,340 |
| England | 61,260 | 177,000 | 115,740 | 75,200 | 149,590 | 74,390 |
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2008 | Difference | 1997 | 2008 | Difference | |
| Ashford Constituency | 370 | 470 | 100 | 350 | 490 | 140 |
| Canterbury Constituency | 310 | 350 | 40 | 480 | 580 | 100 |
| Chatham and Aylesford Constituency | 410 | 400 | -10 | 320 | 470 | 150 |
| Dartford Constituency | 380 | 390 | 10 | 390 | 570 | 180 |
| Dover Constituency | 330 | 350 | 20 | 350 | 420 | 70 |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency | 330 | 330 | 0 | 220 | 260 | 40 |
| Folkestone and Hythe Constituency | 340 | 390 | 50 | 360 | 440 | 80 |
| Gravesham Constituency | 390 | 400 | 10 | 480 | 510 | 30 |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 320 | 350 | 30 | 650 | 790 | 140 |
| North Thanet Constituency | 310 | 360 | 50 | 160 | 270 | 110 |
| Sevenoaks Constituency | 260 | 290 | 30 | 150 | 170 | 20 |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency | 320 | 380 | 60 | 490 | 560 | 70 |
| South Thanet Constituency | 270 | 300 | 30 | 460 | 610 | 150 |
| Tonbridge and Malling Constituency | 310 | 360 | 50 | 430 | 500 | 70 |
| Tunbridge Wells Constituency | 280 | 300 | 20 | 400 | 430 | 30 |
| Kent LA | 5,680 | 5,170 | -510 | 6,600 | 6,700 | 100 |
| South East Region | 27,580 | 29,270 | 1,690 | 27,580 | 33,270 | 5,690 |
| England | 183,930 | 189,700 | 5,770 | 184,330 | 217,090 | 32,760 |
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2008 | Difference | 1997 | 2008 | Difference | |
| Ashford Constituency | 23.8 | 21.6 | -2.2 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 0.4 |
| Canterbury Constituency | 23.6 | 20.4 | -3.2 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 0.3 |
| Chatham and Aylesford Constituency | 24.7 | 21.7 | -3.0 | 17.4 | 15.9 | -1.5 |
| Dartford Constituency | 24.6 | 23.1 | -1.5 | 16.6 | 15.9 | -0.7 |
| Dover Constituency | 23.9 | 20.6 | -3.3 | 15.9 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency | 22.3 | 20.8 | -1.5 | 15.9 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Folkestone and Hythe Constituency | 23.8 | 20.9 | -2.9 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 0.5 |
| Gravesham Constituency | 23.9 | 21.8 | -2.1 | 16 | 17.7 | 1.7 |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 24.3 | 22.3 | -2.0 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
| North Thanet Constituency | 24.7 | 22.1 | -2.6 | 17 | 16 | -1.0 |
| Sevenoaks Constituency | 24.3 | 22.7 | -1.6 | 16 | 18.1 | 2.1 |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency | 24.1 | 21.6 | -2.5 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 2.4 |
| South Thanet Constituency | 25 | 23 | -2.0 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 |
| Tonbridge and Malling Constituency | 23.2 | 21.2 | -2.0 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 0.5 |
| Tunbridge Wells Constituency | 23.5 | 22.7 | -0.8 | 16 | 17.3 | 1.3 |
| Ashford District | 23.8 | 21.6 | -2.2 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 0.4 |
| Canterbury District | 23.8 | 21.2 | -2.6 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 0.2 |
| Dartford District | 24.6 | 23.3 | -1.3 | 16.6 | 15.9 | -0.7 |
| Dover District | 23.9 | 20.7 | -3.2 | 16 | 16.2 | 0.2 |
| Gravesham District | 23.9 | 21.8 | -2.1 | 16 | 17.7 | 1.7 |
| Maidstone District | 23.2 | 21.8 | -1.4 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 0.5 |
| Sevenoaks District | 24.1 | 22.3 | -1.8 | 15.8 | 18.1 | 2.3 |
| Shepway District | 23.8 | 20.9 | -2.9 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 0.5 |
| Swale District | 23.8 | 21.5 | -2.3 | 16.3 | 18 | 1.7 |
| Thanet District | 25.1 | 22.3 | -2.8 | 16.4 | 16.3 | -0.1 |
| Tonbridge and Malling District | 23.7 | 21.7 | -2.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 0.4 |
| Tunbridge Wells District | 23.5 | 22.4 | -1.1 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 1.0 |
| Kent LA | - | 21.8 | N/A | - | 16.8 | N/A |
| South East Region | 23.2 | 21.5 | -1.7 | 16.7 | 16.5 | -0.2 |
| England | 23.4 | 21.6 | -1.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | -0.6 |
Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s
| 1997 | 2006 | Difference | |
| Kent LA | .. | 33,820(p) | 33,820 |
| South East Region | 22,640 | 33,340(p) | 10,700 |
| England | 23,000 | 34,010(p) | 11,010 |
National Summary
Teaching Assistants - in 2008 there were 177,000 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,260 in 1997.
Other Support Staff - in 2008 there were 149,590 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,000 in 1997.
Numbers of Teachers - in 2008 there were 189,700 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 217,090 full time equivalent teachers in 2007 up from 184,330 in 1997.
Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2008 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.6 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2008 was 16.1 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.
