England > South East Region
School Workforce
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff (FTE), Maintained Schools 
| Teaching Assistants | Other Support Staff |
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference |
| Aldershot Constituency | 190 | 340 | 150 | 200 | 270 | 70 |
| Arundel and South Downs Constituency | 40 | 200 | 160 | 170 | 310 | 140 |
| Ashford Constituency | 120 | 430 | 310 | 180 | 370 | 190 |
| Aylesbury Constituency | 110 | 320 | 210 | 230 | 500 | 270 |
| Banbury Constituency | 140 | 340 | 200 | 170 | 370 | 200 |
| Basingstoke Constituency | 210 | 340 | 130 | 200 | 290 | 90 |
| Beaconsfield Constituency | 60 | 170 | 110 | 120 | 250 | 130 |
| Bexhill and Battle Constituency | 80 | 240 | 160 | 120 | 340 | 220 |
| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Constituency | 50 | 190 | 140 | 150 | 270 | 120 |
| Bracknell Constituency | 100 | 260 | 160 | 160 | 350 | 190 |
| Brighton, Kemptown Constituency | 100 | 250 | 150 | 190 | 260 | 70 |
| Brighton, Pavilion Constituency | 80 | 170 | 90 | 110 | 230 | 120 |
| Buckingham Constituency | 50 | 170 | 120 | 130 | 220 | 90 |
| Canterbury Constituency | 140 | 390 | 250 | 170 | 310 | 140 |
| Chatham and Aylesford Constituency | 180 | 350 | 170 | 140 | 310 | 170 |
| Chesham and Amersham Constituency | 80 | 260 | 180 | 200 | 350 | 150 |
| Chichester Constituency | 70 | 250 | 180 | 230 | 400 | 170 |
| Crawley Constituency | 100 | 260 | 160 | 200 | 380 | 180 |
| Dartford Constituency | 140 | 370 | 230 | 170 | 390 | 220 |
| Dover Constituency | 130 | 360 | 230 | 130 | 240 | 110 |
| East Hampshire Constituency | 160 | 250 | 90 | 170 | 250 | 80 |
| East Surrey Constituency | 190 | 430 | 240 | 430 | 340 | -90 |
| East Worthing and Shoreham Constituency | 60 | 190 | 130 | 170 | 290 | 120 |
| Eastbourne Constituency | 100 | 250 | 150 | 120 | 290 | 170 |
| Eastleigh Constituency | 130 | 220 | 90 | 140 | 200 | 60 |
| Epsom and Ewell Constituency | 110 | 240 | 130 | 170 | 350 | 180 |
| Esher and Walton Constituency | 70 | 160 | 90 | 80 | 190 | 110 |
| Fareham Constituency | 150 | 250 | 100 | 140 | 240 | 100 |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency | 110 | 250 | 140 | 110 | 240 | 130 |
| Folkestone and Hythe Constituency | 180 | 450 | 270 | 150 | 310 | 160 |
| Gillingham Constituency | 170 | 350 | 180 | 150 | 290 | 140 |
| Gosport Constituency | 120 | 270 | 150 | 150 | 250 | 100 |
| Gravesham Constituency | 150 | 380 | 230 | 170 | 330 | 160 |
| Guildford Constituency | 140 | 340 | 200 | 240 | 310 | 70 |
| Hastings and Rye Constituency | 130 | 370 | 240 | 170 | 330 | 160 |
| Havant Constituency | 160 | 320 | 160 | 170 | 230 | 60 |
| Henley Constituency | 150 | 260 | 110 | 170 | 290 | 120 |
| Horsham Constituency | 80 | 220 | 140 | 210 | 330 | 120 |
| Hove Constituency | 90 | 190 | 100 | 110 | 290 | 180 |
| Isle of Wight Constituency | 170 | 520 | 350 | 280 | 590 | 310 |
| Lewes Constituency | 80 | 320 | 240 | 220 | 430 | 210 |
| Maidenhead Constituency | 70 | 200 | 130 | 140 | 320 | 180 |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 120 | 320 | 200 | 200 | 390 | 190 |
| Medway Constituency | 130 | 400 | 270 | 160 | 320 | 160 |
| Mid Sussex Constituency | 80 | 230 | 150 | 200 | 380 | 180 |
| Milton Keynes South West Constituency | 150 | 480 | 330 | 220 | 600 | 380 |
| Mole Valley Constituency | 90 | 250 | 160 | 150 | 240 | 90 |
| New Forest East Constituency | 140 | 230 | 90 | 150 | 180 | 30 |
| New Forest West Constituency | 80 | 140 | 60 | 110 | 190 | 80 |
| Newbury Constituency | 110 | 320 | 210 | 220 | 490 | 270 |
| North East Hampshire Constituency | 120 | 300 | 180 | 260 | 330 | 70 |
| North East Milton Keynes Constituency | 80 | 280 | 200 | 170 | 400 | 230 |
| North Thanet Constituency | 180 | 480 | 300 | 220 | 440 | 220 |
| North West Hampshire Constituency | 180 | 310 | 130 | 170 | 240 | 70 |
| Oxford East Constituency | 190 | 400 | 210 | 160 | 320 | 160 |
| Oxford West and Abingdon Constituency | 100 | 250 | 150 | 150 | 300 | 150 |
| Portsmouth North Constituency | 170 | 370 | 200 | 190 | 270 | 80 |
| Portsmouth South Constituency | 150 | 330 | 180 | 150 | 250 | 100 |
| Reading East Constituency | 130 | 250 | 120 | 130 | 320 | 190 |
| Reading West Constituency | 160 | 260 | 100 | 160 | 420 | 260 |
| Reigate Constituency | 110 | 270 | 160 | 140 | 300 | 160 |
| Romsey Constituency | 140 | 270 | 130 | 180 | 300 | 120 |
| Runnymede and Weybridge Constituency | 140 | 280 | 140 | 180 | 250 | 70 |
| Sevenoaks Constituency | 110 | 300 | 190 | 210 | 290 | 80 |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency | 150 | 430 | 280 | 170 | 310 | 140 |
| Slough Constituency | 180 | 510 | 330 | 190 | 450 | 260 |
| South Thanet Constituency | 160 | 600 | 440 | 220 | 370 | 150 |
| South West Surrey Constituency | 110 | 280 | 170 | 180 | 250 | 70 |
| Southampton, Itchen Constituency | 180 | 330 | 150 | 170 | 270 | 100 |
| Southampton, Test Constituency | 160 | 270 | 110 | 120 | 220 | 100 |
| Spelthorne Constituency | 100 | 250 | 150 | 150 | 260 | 110 |
| Surrey Heath Constituency | 100 | 280 | 180 | 180 | 250 | 70 |
| Tonbridge and Malling Constituency | 160 | 300 | 140 | 190 | 280 | 90 |
| Tunbridge Wells Constituency | 100 | 320 | 220 | 170 | 250 | 80 |
| Wantage Constituency | 90 | 220 | 130 | 160 | 320 | 160 |
| Wealden Constituency | 90 | 300 | 210 | 190 | 310 | 120 |
| Winchester Constituency | 150 | 320 | 170 | 180 | 260 | 80 |
| Windsor Constituency | 80 | 250 | 170 | 140 | 240 | 100 |
| Witney Constituency | 140 | 320 | 180 | 230 | 380 | 150 |
| Woking Constituency | 120 | 240 | 120 | 130 | 210 | 80 |
| Wokingham Constituency | 110 | 270 | 160 | 200 | 350 | 150 |
| Worthing West Constituency | 60 | 210 | 150 | 130 | 200 | 70 |
| Wycombe Constituency | 120 | 290 | 170 | 210 | 350 | 140 |
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| South East Region | 10,090 | 24,850 | 14,760 | 14,210 | 25,810 | 11,600 |
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| 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 |
| Aldershot Constituency | 460 | 440 | -20 | 380 | 410 | 30 |
| Arundel and South Downs Constituency | 270 | 290 | 20 | 310 | 420 | 110 |
| Ashford Constituency | 370 | 450 | 80 | 350 | 490 | 140 |
| Aylesbury Constituency | 440 | 440 | 0 | 430 | 590 | 160 |
| Banbury Constituency | 380 | 430 | 50 | 330 | 380 | 50 |
| Basingstoke Constituency | 420 | 460 | 40 | 370 | 400 | 30 |
| Beaconsfield Constituency | 300 | 320 | 20 | 190 | 260 | 70 |
| Bexhill and Battle Constituency | 270 | 310 | 40 | 210 | 240 | 30 |
| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Constituency | 260 | 270 | 10 | 280 | 310 | 30 |
| Bracknell Constituency | 390 | 440 | 50 | 360 | 380 | 20 |
| Brighton, Kemptown Constituency | 330 | 310 | -20 | 160 | 180 | 20 |
| Brighton, Pavilion Constituency | 250 | 260 | 10 | 180 | 260 | 80 |
| Buckingham Constituency | 330 | 370 | 40 | 170 | 250 | 80 |
| Canterbury Constituency | 310 | 340 | 30 | 480 | 560 | 80 |
| Chatham and Aylesford Constituency | 410 | 400 | -10 | 320 | 490 | 170 |
| Chesham and Amersham Constituency | 340 | 340 | 0 | 460 | 510 | 50 |
| Chichester Constituency | 300 | 320 | 20 | 390 | 400 | 10 |
| Crawley Constituency | 420 | 410 | -10 | 360 | 510 | 150 |
| Dartford Constituency | 380 | 390 | 10 | 390 | 560 | 170 |
| Dover Constituency | 330 | 350 | 20 | 350 | 420 | 70 |
| East Hampshire Constituency | 370 | 340 | -30 | 330 | 320 | -10 |
| East Surrey Constituency | 330 | 350 | 20 | 310 | 350 | 40 |
| East Worthing and Shoreham Constituency | 350 | 370 | 20 | 290 | 330 | 40 |
| Eastbourne Constituency | 290 | 290 | 0 | 250 | 340 | 90 |
| Eastleigh Constituency | 340 | 330 | -10 | 270 | 330 | 60 |
| Epsom and Ewell Constituency | 320 | 340 | 20 | 390 | 500 | 110 |
| Esher and Walton Constituency | 260 | 300 | 40 | 150 | 190 | 40 |
| Fareham Constituency | 330 | 340 | 10 | 270 | 340 | 70 |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Constituency | 330 | 330 | 0 | 220 | 290 | 70 |
| Folkestone and Hythe Constituency | 340 | 390 | 50 | 360 | 410 | 50 |
| Gillingham Constituency | 430 | 430 | 0 | 440 | 440 | 0 |
| Gosport Constituency | 350 | 340 | -10 | 320 | 380 | 60 |
| Gravesham Constituency | 390 | 400 | 10 | 480 | 510 | 30 |
| Guildford Constituency | 340 | 310 | -30 | 380 | 380 | 0 |
| Hastings and Rye Constituency | 350 | 330 | -20 | 400 | 350 | -50 |
| Havant Constituency | 340 | 330 | -10 | 360 | 380 | 20 |
| Henley Constituency | 300 | 310 | 10 | 330 | 380 | 50 |
| Horsham Constituency | 360 | 420 | 60 | 270 | 320 | 50 |
| Hove Constituency | 250 | 250 | 0 | 340 | 380 | 40 |
| Isle of Wight Constituency | 320 | 330 | 10 | 610 | 730 | 120 |
| Lewes Constituency | 270 | 270 | 0 | 320 | 290 | -30 |
| Maidenhead Constituency | 270 | 320 | 50 | 400 | 490 | 90 |
| Maidstone and The Weald Constituency | 320 | 340 | 20 | 650 | 730 | 80 |
| Medway Constituency | 340 | 380 | 40 | 490 | 580 | 90 |
| Mid Sussex Constituency | 320 | 340 | 20 | 440 | 510 | 70 |
| Milton Keynes South West Constituency | 460 | 530 | 70 | 420 | 610 | 190 |
| Mole Valley Constituency | 260 | 290 | 30 | 280 | 320 | 40 |
| New Forest East Constituency | 330 | 300 | -30 | 270 | 320 | 50 |
| New Forest West Constituency | 250 | 250 | 0 | 280 | 320 | 40 |
| Newbury Constituency | 340 | 400 | 60 | 370 | 470 | 100 |
| North East Hampshire Constituency | 320 | 360 | 40 | 290 | 340 | 50 |
| North East Milton Keynes Constituency | 420 | 470 | 50 | 250 | 370 | 120 |
| North Thanet Constituency | 310 | 350 | 40 | 160 | 270 | 110 |
| North West Hampshire Constituency | 380 | 400 | 20 | 270 | 290 | 20 |
| Oxford East Constituency | 260 | 310 | 50 | 350 | 280 | -70 |
| Oxford West and Abingdon Constituency | 270 | 280 | 10 | 350 | 410 | 60 |
| Portsmouth North Constituency | 380 | 340 | -40 | 270 | 320 | 50 |
| Portsmouth South Constituency | 320 | 300 | -20 | 260 | 280 | 20 |
| Reading East Constituency | 280 | 310 | 30 | 270 | 320 | 50 |
| Reading West Constituency | 380 | 380 | 0 | 420 | 510 | 90 |
| Reigate Constituency | 300 | 300 | 0 | 190 | 270 | 80 |
| Romsey Constituency | 300 | 310 | 10 | 420 | 440 | 20 |
| Runnymede and Weybridge Constituency | 300 | 300 | 0 | 300 | 370 | 70 |
| Sevenoaks Constituency | 260 | 290 | 30 | 150 | 170 | 20 |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey Constituency | 320 | 370 | 50 | 490 | 570 | 80 |
| Slough Constituency | 440 | 480 | 40 | 450 | 640 | 190 |
| South Thanet Constituency | 270 | 290 | 20 | 460 | 580 | 120 |
| South West Surrey Constituency | 320 | 340 | 20 | 290 | 310 | 20 |
| Southampton, Itchen Constituency | 430 | 380 | -50 | 360 | 420 | 60 |
| Southampton, Test Constituency | 360 | 340 | -20 | 250 | 240 | -10 |
| Spelthorne Constituency | 330 | 330 | 0 | 280 | 340 | 60 |
| Surrey Heath Constituency | 340 | 350 | 10 | 340 | 370 | 30 |
| Tonbridge and Malling Constituency | 310 | 360 | 50 | 430 | 500 | 70 |
| Tunbridge Wells Constituency | 280 | 300 | 20 | 400 | 430 | 30 |
| Wantage Constituency | 310 | 360 | 50 | 310 | 400 | 90 |
| Wealden Constituency | 360 | 380 | 20 | 410 | 430 | 20 |
| Winchester Constituency | 330 | 350 | 20 | 280 | 360 | 80 |
| Windsor Constituency | 220 | 250 | 30 | 310 | 330 | 20 |
| Witney Constituency | 330 | 380 | 50 | 380 | 470 | 90 |
| Woking Constituency | 350 | 340 | -10 | 240 | 280 | 40 |
| Wokingham Constituency | 340 | 360 | 20 | 450 | 520 | 70 |
| Worthing West Constituency | 270 | 320 | 50 | 100 | 120 | 20 |
| Wycombe Constituency | 410 | 400 | -10 | 410 | 490 | 80 |
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| South East Region | 27,580 | 28,980 | 1,400 | 27,580 | 32,770 | 5,190 |
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| 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 
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Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in the maintained sector. £'s 
| 1997 | 2006 | Difference |
| South East Region | 22,640 | 33,340(p) | 10,700 |
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| 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.