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England > North West Region

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	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
Altrincham and Sale West Constituency	80	210	130	100	220	120
Ashton under Lyne Constituency	120	400	280	120	360	240
Barrow and Furness Constituency	120	330	210	80	180	100
Birkenhead Constituency	90	210	120	90	160	70
Blackburn Constituency	230	560	330	140	370	230
Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency	80	290	210	90	220	130
Blackpool South Constituency	130	340	210	100	280	180
Bolton North East Constituency	150	400	250	120	230	110
Bolton South East Constituency	150	380	230	100	290	190
Bolton West Constituency	100	300	200	80	200	120
Bootle Constituency	130	300	170	130	250	120
Burnley Constituency	160	370	210	120	290	170
Bury North Constituency	160	350	190	100	170	70
Bury South Constituency	120	320	200	60	130	70
Carlisle Constituency	110	220	110	100	220	120
Cheadle Constituency	130	380	250	240	220	-20
Chorley Constituency	100	320	220	120	230	110
City of Chester Constituency	150	280	130	110	220	110
Congleton Constituency	70	220	150	120	200	80
Copeland Constituency	110	220	110	80	160	80
Crewe and Nantwich Constituency	100	270	170	110	250	140
Crosby Constituency	90	230	140	90	170	80
Denton and Reddish Constituency	130	230	100	110	320	210
Eccles Constituency	160	400	240	110	280	170
Eddisbury Constituency	90	270	180	100	180	80
Ellesmere Port and Neston Constituency	90	280	190	100	200	100
Fylde Constituency	70	260	190	90	150	60
Halton Constituency	120	280	160	100	240	140
Hazel Grove Constituency	80	210	130	120	180	60
Heywood and Middleton Constituency	110	370	260	110	260	150
Hyndburn Constituency	130	370	240	110	210	100
Knowsley North and Sefton East Constituency	160	310	150	200	350	150
Knowsley South Constituency	100	310	210	170	320	150
Lancaster and Wyre Constituency	80	280	200	130	250	120
Leigh Constituency	100	360	260	100	180	80
Liverpool, Garston Constituency	110	200	90	190	360	170
Liverpool, Riverside Constituency	100	210	110	140	240	100
Liverpool, Walton  Constituency	80	260	180	140	320	180
Liverpool, Wavertree Constituency	120	260	140	190	350	160
Liverpool, West Derby  Constituency	80	210	130	110	210	100
Macclesfield Constituency	100	250	150	100	180	80
Makerfield Constituency	90	370	280	90	210	120
Manchester, Blackley Constituency	160	690	530	110	300	190
Manchester, Central  Constituency	190	420	230	90	140	50
Manchester, Gorton Constituency	150	460	310	90	250	160
Manchester, Withington Constituency	120	420	300	110	210	100
Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency	120	350	230	110	220	110
Oldham East and Saddleworth Constituency	140	370	230	120	350	230
Oldham West and Royton Constituency	200	430	230	190	390	200
Pendle Constituency	110	350	240	110	240	130
Penrith and The Border Constituency	90	250	160	110	180	70
Preston Constituency	180	390	210	100	240	140
Ribble Valley Constituency	80	310	230	120	240	120
Rochdale Constituency	140	550	410	130	310	180
Rossendale and Darwen Constituency	130	340	210	180	310	130
Salford Constituency	180	300	120	110	190	80
South Ribble Constituency	70	290	220	120	200	80
Southport Constituency	100	250	150	110	210	100
St. Helens North Constituency	160	380	220	130	260	130
St. Helens South Constituency	100	290	190	100	200	100
Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency	130	290	160	80	300	220
Stockport Constituency	140	270	130	90	140	50
Stretford and Urmston Constituency	90	250	160	100	230	130
Tatton Constituency	90	220	130	240	360	120
Wallasey Constituency	90	300	210	80	230	150
Warrington North Constituency	120	380	260	90	190	100
Warrington South Constituency	110	340	230	160	270	110
Weaver Vale Constituency	130	270	140	180	280	100
West Lancashire Constituency	140	390	250	140	220	80
Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency	90	220	130	110	210	100
Wigan Constituency	100	240	140	100	180	80
Wirral South Constituency	50	210	160	60	160	100
Wirral West Constituency	100	310	210	120	270	150
Workington Constituency	100	250	150	90	200	110
Worsley Constituency	130	350	220	130	270	140
Wythenshawe and Sale East Constituency	150	370	220	110	200	90
North West Region	8,910	24,080	15,170	8,910	18,140	9,230
England	61,260	165,380	104,120	75,200	147,000	71,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
Altrincham and Sale West Constituency	310	310	0	320	490	170
Ashton under Lyne Constituency	390	380	-10	410	440	30
Barrow and Furness Constituency	350	330	-20	320	370	50
Birkenhead Constituency	390	320	-70	350	280	-70
Blackburn Constituency	530	520	-10	460	500	40
Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency	300	310	10	270	310	40
Blackpool South Constituency	360	380	20	250	350	100
Bolton North East Constituency	420	360	-60	400	470	70
Bolton South East Constituency	450	430	-20	310	410	100
Bolton West Constituency	320	300	-20	250	280	30
Bootle Constituency	430	320	-110	320	310	-10
Burnley Constituency	420	340	-80	370	430	60
Bury North Constituency	390	370	-20	390	430	40
Bury South Constituency	350	340	-10	260	290	30
Carlisle Constituency	300	270	-30	360	380	20
Cheadle Constituency	350	350	0	350	390	40
Chorley Constituency	370	380	10	400	470	70
City of Chester Constituency	340	320	-20	400	430	30
Congleton Constituency	310	310	0	380	420	40
Copeland Constituency	290	250	-40	280	300	20
Crewe and Nantwich Constituency	350	350	0	350	420	70
Crosby Constituency	270	250	-20	310	360	50
Denton and Reddish Constituency	350	340	-10	320	420	100
Eccles Constituency	400	350	-50	330	390	60
Eddisbury Constituency	360	390	30	210	240	30
Ellesmere Port and Neston Constituency	350	320	-30	340	390	50
Fylde Constituency	290	290	0	260	300	40
Halton Constituency	360	330	-30	440	490	50
Hazel Grove Constituency	290	250	-40	330	350	20
Heywood and Middleton Constituency	420	380	-40	320	340	20
Hyndburn Constituency	380	370	-10	300	330	30
Knowsley North and Sefton East Constituency	470	380	-90	520	510	-10
Knowsley South Constituency	470	420	-50	390	420	30
Lancaster and Wyre Constituency	320	300	-20	480	520	40
Leigh Constituency	380	360	-20	350	280	-70
Liverpool, Garston Constituency	370	310	-60	520	540	20
Liverpool, Riverside Constituency	410	310	-100	290	330	40
Liverpool, Walton  Constituency	430	410	-20	360	410	50
Liverpool, Wavertree Constituency	420	400	-20	470	510	40
Liverpool, West Derby  Constituency	400	340	-60	300	370	70
Macclesfield Constituency	340	320	-20	390	400	10
Makerfield Constituency	360	340	-20	390	440	50
Manchester, Blackley Constituency	460	460	0	380	490	110
Manchester, Central  Constituency	500	430	-70	170	130	-40
Manchester, Gorton Constituency	370	360	-10	260	400	140
Manchester, Withington Constituency	310	310	0	380	380	0
Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency	310	330	20	310	310	0
Oldham East and Saddleworth Constituency	440	440	0	390	540	150
Oldham West and Royton Constituency	470	470	0	560	490	-70
Pendle Constituency	360	340	-20	340	320	-20
Penrith and The Border Constituency	340	360	20	310	390	80
Preston Constituency	410	360	-50	230	250	20
Ribble Valley Constituency	320	360	40	460	530	70
Rochdale Constituency	420	450	30	430	450	20
Rossendale and Darwen Constituency	370	380	10	430	480	50
Salford Constituency	380	320	-60	250	220	-30
South Ribble Constituency	350	330	-20	440	460	20
Southport Constituency	290	290	0	270	290	20
St. Helens North Constituency	370	360	-10	410	440	30
St. Helens South Constituency	380	300	-80	350	320	-30
Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency	380	360	-20	300	370	70
Stockport Constituency	360	300	-60	180	120	-60
Stretford and Urmston Constituency	410	380	-30	350	390	40
Tatton Constituency	260	270	10	220	250	30
Wallasey Constituency	380	310	-70	400	440	40
Warrington North Constituency	430	430	0	300	330	30
Warrington South Constituency	320	350	30	460	590	130
Weaver Vale Constituency	400	380	-20	450	420	-30
West Lancashire Constituency	390	380	-10	380	400	20
Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency	260	300	40	320	420	100
Wigan Constituency	360	300	-60	340	350	10
Wirral South Constituency	290	270	-20	250	370	120
Wirral West Constituency	280	270	-10	450	500	50
Workington Constituency	320	330	10	340	400	60
Worsley Constituency	390	350	-40	340	460	120
Wythenshawe and Sale East Constituency	440	350	-90	360	340	-20
North West Region	28,030	26,380	-1,650	26,590	29,590	3,000
England	183,930	188,860	4,930	184,330	214,270	29,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
Altrincham and Sale West Constituency	25.4	23.9	-1.5	16.9	17.1	0.2
Ashton under Lyne Constituency	25	23.7	-1.3	16.9	16.8	-0.1
Barrow and Furness Constituency	23.9	21.7	-2.2	17.8	16.5	-1.3
Birkenhead Constituency	22.1	20.3	-1.8	15.3	14.8	-0.5
Blackburn Constituency	22.6	21.2	-1.4	16.2	15.9	-0.3
Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency	25.7	22.7	-3.0	17	17	0.0
Blackpool South Constituency	25.1	20.7	-4.4	16.9	15.8	-1.1
Bolton North East Constituency	22.7	22.6	-0.1	16.6	14.9	-1.7
Bolton South East Constituency	23.2	21.9	-1.3	16.9	15.5	-1.4
Bolton West Constituency	23.4	23	-0.4	17	15.9	-1.1
Bootle Constituency	21.4	20.2	-1.2	15.1	15.3	0.2
Burnley Constituency	23	21.8	-1.2	16.6	13.9	-2.7
Bury North Constituency	23.9	23	-0.9	17.2	16.4	-0.8
Bury South Constituency	24.6	23.1	-1.5	17.2	16.3	-0.9
Carlisle Constituency	23.6	21.2	-2.4	16.5	15.8	-0.7
Cheadle Constituency	24.2	22.3	-1.9	17.3	16.1	-1.2
Chorley Constituency	24.9	22.1	-2.8	17.4	16.5	-0.9
City of Chester Constituency	23.4	20.2	-3.2	16.5	16	-0.5
Congleton Constituency	24.2	23	-1.2	16.9	15.9	-1.0
Copeland Constituency	23.7	21.2	-2.5	17.4	16.3	-1.1
Crewe and Nantwich Constituency	24.1	22	-2.1	17.2	15.9	-1.3
Crosby Constituency	24.1	22.3	-1.8	16.6	16.1	-0.5
Denton and Reddish Constituency	25.6	22	-3.6	17.3	16.9	-0.4
Eccles Constituency	24.5	22.7	-1.8	16.8	15.8	-1.0
Eddisbury Constituency	22.9	21.1	-1.8	16.7	15.4	-1.3
Ellesmere Port and Neston Constituency	24.1	21	-3.1	17	15.4	-1.6
Fylde Constituency	25.3	22.1	-3.2	17.3	16.4	-0.9
Halton Constituency	23.1	20.1	-3.0	17	15.3	-1.7
Hazel Grove Constituency	23.7	22.2	-1.5	16.7	16	-0.7
Heywood and Middleton Constituency	25.5	21.5	-4.0	17.3	17.2	-0.1
Hyndburn Constituency	24.2	21.9	-2.3	16.3	16.5	0.2
Knowsley North and Sefton East Constituency	23.8	22.3	-1.5	16.5	15.8	-0.7
Knowsley South Constituency	23.7	21.7	-2.0	16.5	15	-1.5
Lancaster and Wyre Constituency	24.4	22.2	-2.2	16.8	16.8	0.0
Leigh Constituency	23.2	21.9	-1.3	16.4	16.4	0.0
Liverpool, Garston Constituency	24.2	20.8	-3.4	16.3	15.2	-1.1
Liverpool, Riverside Constituency	21.8	19.1	-2.7	16.6	14.5	-2.1
Liverpool, Walton  Constituency	23.9	20.9	-3.0	17.3	15.1	-2.2
Liverpool, Wavertree Constituency	24.4	20.7	-3.7	16.7	14.6	-2.1
Liverpool, West Derby  Constituency	23.7	20.7	-3.0	16.9	16.1	-0.8
Macclesfield Constituency	24.2	21	-3.2	17	16.2	-0.8
Makerfield Constituency	23	22.7	-0.3	16.1	15.9	-0.2
Manchester, Blackley Constituency	23.6	22	-1.6	15.9	15.6	-0.3
Manchester, Central  Constituency	22.4	22.8	0.4	15.2	15.5	0.3
Manchester, Gorton Constituency	23.2	22.8	-0.4	15.6	15.7	0.1
Manchester, Withington Constituency	24.2	23.6	-0.6	16.3	15.8	-0.5
Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency	25.2	21.6	-3.6	15.8	14.8	-1.0
Oldham East and Saddleworth Constituency	25	22.8	-2.2	16.5	15.4	-1.1
Oldham West and Royton Constituency	23.9	23.5	-0.4	15.8	15.2	-0.6
Pendle Constituency	24.6	22.5	-2.1	17.4	16.5	-0.9
Penrith and The Border Constituency	21.9	20.2	-1.7	16.9	16.9	0.0
Preston Constituency	23.4	21.3	-2.1	15	14.3	-0.7
Ribble Valley Constituency	25.3	23.2	-2.1	16.9	16.9	0.0
Rochdale Constituency	23.8	21.5	-2.3	16.2	16	-0.2
Rossendale and Darwen Constituency	24.9	21.5	-3.4	16.8	15.9	-0.9
Salford Constituency	23.1	21.3	-1.8	15.6	16	0.4
South Ribble Constituency	25.4	23.7	-1.7	17.1	17.1	0.0
Southport Constituency	24.5	23.2	-1.3	17	16.4	-0.6
St. Helens North Constituency	23.2	21.9	-1.3	15.6	15.2	-0.4
St. Helens South Constituency	23.4	22.9	-0.5	15.7	15.3	-0.4
Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency	25.2	22.3	-2.9	17.9	16	-1.9
Stockport Constituency	23.5	22.5	-1.0	16.7	16.9	0.2
Stretford and Urmston Constituency	23.8	22.2	-1.6	16.5	15.2	-1.3
Tatton Constituency	23.2	20.9	-2.3	16.5	17.2	0.7
Wallasey Constituency	23.3	22.2	-1.1	16	15.3	-0.7
Warrington North Constituency	24.2	21.4	-2.8	17.1	14.8	-2.3
Warrington South Constituency	25	22.8	-2.2	17.2	16.2	-1.0
Weaver Vale Constituency	23.5	20.4	-3.1	17.6	16.5	-1.1
West Lancashire Constituency	23.4	20.9	-2.5	16.7	15.3	-1.4
Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency	23.8	20.8	-3.0	16.4	15.4	-1.0
Wigan Constituency	23.3	21.3	-2.0	15.8	15.4	-0.4
Wirral South Constituency	23.9	22.6	-1.3	16.5	15.4	-1.1
Wirral West Constituency	23.8	22.6	-1.2	16.6	14.9	-1.7
Workington Constituency	23.4	20.5	-2.9	16.8	15.6	-1.2
Worsley Constituency	23.6	22	-1.6	16.2	14.9	-1.3
Wythenshawe and Sale East Constituency	24.3	24.8	0.5	16.4	15.8	-0.6
North West Region	23.9	21.9	-2.0	16.6	15.8	-0.8
England	23.4	21.8	-1.6	16.7	16.4	-0.3

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

	1997	2006	Difference
North West Region	22,650	33,640(p)	10,990
England	23,000	34,010(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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