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Education and Skills in Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency: Maidstone and The Weald
England > South East Region > Kent LA > Maidstone and The Weald Constituency
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 local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units. £'s
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff | |||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference | 1997 | 2009 | Difference | |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 120 | 280 | 160 | 200 | 580 | 380 |
| Kent LA | 2,400 | 5,450 | 3,050 | 2,870 | 5,800 | 2,930 |
| South East Region | 10,090 | 27,940 | 17,850 | 14,210 | 28,730 | 14,520 |
| England | 61,260 | 185,530 | 124,270 | 75,200 | 164,750 | 89,550 |
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference | 1997 | 2009 | Difference | |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 320 | 350 | 30 | 650 | 770 | 120 |
| Kent LA | 5,680 | 5,210 | -470 | 6,600 | 6,800 | 200 |
| South East Region | 27,580 | 29,500 | 1,920 | 27,580 | 33,580 | 6,000 |
| England | 183,930 | 190,270 | 6,340 | 184,330 | 218,830 | 34,500 |
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference | 1997 | 2009 | Difference | |
| Allington Ward | 23.1 | 22.3 | -0.8 | . | . | . |
| Barming Ward | 25.5 | 24.1 | -1.4 | . | . | . |
| Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton Ward | 24.7 | 23.2 | -1.5 | . | . | . |
| Bridge Ward | 25.9 | 23.5 | -2.4 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 1.1 |
| Coxheath and Hunton Ward | 22.5 | 22 | -0.5 | . | . | . |
| East Ward | 27 | 24.2 | -2.8 | . | 16.3 | . |
| Fant Ward | 22.9 | 20.2 | -2.7 | . | . | . |
| Heath Ward | 25.5 | 21.3 | -4.2 | 16.5 | 15.9 | -0.6 |
| High Street Ward | 23.9 | 19 | -4.9 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 1.1 |
| Loose Ward | 26.7 | 28.4 | 1.7 | 16.7 | . | . |
| Marden and Yalding Ward | 20.2 | 19.9 | -0.3 | . | . | . |
| North Ward | 25.1 | 21.2 | -3.9 | . | . | . |
| Park Wood Ward | 18.7 | 18.5 | -0.2 | 15.2 | . | . |
| South Ward | 19.3 | . | . | 16.3 | . | . |
| Staplehurst Ward | 25.7 | 21.1 | -4.6 | . | . | . |
| Benenden and Cranbrook Ward | 23.9 | 22.2 | -1.7 | 15.5 | 14.9 | -0.6 |
| Frittenden and Sissinghurst Ward | 21.1 | 21.4 | 0.3 | . | . | . |
| Hawkhurst and Sandhurst Ward | 24.9 | 19.2 | -5.7 | . | . | . |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 24.3 | 22.1 | -2.2 | 16.4 | 20.5 | 4.1 |
| Kent LA | - | 21.3 | N/A | - | 16.5 | N/A |
| South East Region | 23.2 | 21.3 | -1.9 | 16.7 | 16.3 | -0.4 |
| England | 23.4 | 21.4 | -2 | 16.7 | 15.9 | -0.8 |
Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units. £'s
| 1997 | 2008 | Difference | |
| Kent LA | . | 37,040 | . |
| South East Region | 22,640 | 36,660 | 14,020 |
| England | 22,920 | 37,350 | 14,430 |
National Summary
Teaching Assistants - in 2009 there were 185,530 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,260 in 1997.
Other Support Staff - in 2009 there were 164,750 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,200 in 1997.
Numbers of Teachers - in 2009 there were 190,270 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 218,830 full time equivalent teachers in 2009 up from 184,330 in 1997.
Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2009 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.4 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2009 was 15.9 down from 16.7 in 1997.
The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units in 2008 was £37,350 up from £22,920 in 1997.
