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School Workforce

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

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Blaby Constituency50260210140300160
Bosworth Constituency60280220160300140
Charnwood Constituency60270210140290150
Harborough Constituency90240150210400190
Loughborough Constituency90290200160300140
North West Leicestershire Constituency80260180140270130
Rutland and Melton Constituency9029020016024080
Leicestershire LA9401,7608201,6602,030370
East Midlands Region5,07014,1609,0905,97012,2106,240
England61,260165,380104,12075,200147,00071,800

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Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Blaby Constituency3303603033038050
Bosworth Constituency2903001040042020
Charnwood Constituency3303401028035070
Harborough Constituency32033010480600120
Loughborough Constituency300280-2044046020
North West Leicestershire Constituency3003303029035060
Rutland and Melton Constituency3203503032035030
Leicestershire LA3,5302,160-1,3703,6402,750-890
East Midlands Region14,95015,86091016,20018,7602,560
England183,930188,8604,930184,330214,27029,940

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Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Blaby Constituency23.923.3-0.617.318.20.9
Bosworth Constituency2423.4-0.617.818.30.5
Charnwood Constituency24.823.9-0.91818.80.8
Harborough Constituency24.423.4-1.018.317.9-0.4
Loughborough Constituency24.123.9-0.216.517.51.0
North West Leicestershire Constituency22.921.5-1.417.416.7-0.7
Rutland and Melton Constituency22.620.3-2.316.517.10.6
Leicestershire LA-22.9N/A-17.9N/A
East Midlands Region24.422.2-2.21716.8-0.2
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
Leicestershire LA..33,250(p)33,250
East Midlands Region22,80033,310(p)10,510
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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