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School Workforce

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

Teaching AssistantsOther Support Staff
19972007Difference19972007Difference
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
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
Ambien Ward23.623.4-0.215.818.22.4
Anstey Ward24.124.90.81918.7-0.3
Appleby Ward20.320.60.3...
Asfordby Ward2221.7-0.3...
Ashby Castle Ward......
Ashby Holywell Ward23.323.50.217.816.8-1.0
Ashby Ivanhoe Ward26.624.5-2.1...
Bardon Ward25.923.6-2.3...
Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston Ward23.920.1-3.8...
Barrow and Sileby West Ward27.327.1-0.218.920.61.7
Barwell Ward24.524.70.2...
Billesdon Ward20.5232.5...
Birstall Wanlip Ward2623.7-2.3...
Birstall Watermead Ward26.227.71.518.119.91.8
Blaby South Ward25.523-2.5...
Bosworth Ward16.919.72.8...
Bottesford Ward2522.4-2.614.9150.1
Breedon Ward19.716.9-2.8...
Broughton Astley-Astley Ward25.728.42.7...
Broughton Astley-Broughton Ward25.224.9-0.318.417.5-0.9
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe Ward2420.8-3.2...
Broughton Astley-Sutton Ward......
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton Ward22.526.43.9...
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill Ward25.426.61.218.521.42.9
Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone Ward20.822.51.718.818.6-0.2
Castle Donington Ward23.419.5-3.916.717.50.8
Coalville Ward23.923.1-0.8...
Cosby with South Whetstone Ward22.9230.1...
Countesthorpe Ward22.622.1-0.517.4180.6
Croft Hill Ward27.521.1-6.4...
Croxton Kerrial Ward14.919.24.3...
Dunton Ward20.519.3-1.2...
Earl Shilton Ward24.723.6-1.117.916-1.9
East Goscote Ward25.322.1-3.2...
Ellis Ward21.720.7-1.0...
Enderby and St John's Ward26.124.3-1.819.419.3-0.1
Fairestone Ward26.228.42.2...
Fleckney Ward25.524.9-0.6...
Forest Ward25.323.4-1.9...
Forest Bradgate Ward22.920.9-2.0...
Frisby-on-the-Wreake Ward18.317.7-0.6...
Gaddesby Ward21.621.2-0.4...
Glen Ward26.821.7-5.1...
Greenhill Ward25.224.3-0.916.316.2-0.1
Groby Ward25.724-1.717.717.2-0.5
Hinckley Castle Ward24.825.81.0...
Hinckley Clarendon Ward22.522.4-0.1...
Hinckley De Montfort Ward24.523.4-1.117.618.61.0
Hinckley Trinity Ward2524.3-0.718.519.91.4
Hugglescote Ward23.322.9-0.417.719.51.8
Ibstock and Heather Ward19.621.11.519.815.3-4.5
Kegworth and Whatton Ward22.520.2-2.3...
Kibworth Ward24.724.5-0.218.318.50.2
Long Clawson and Stathern Ward19.216.6-2.6...
Loughborough Ashby Ward2521.2-3.816.3..
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern Ward22.623.20.6...
Loughborough Garendon Ward.19.7..17.3.
Loughborough Hastings Ward19.721.21.5...
Loughborough Lemyngton Ward23.825.21.416.216.1-0.1
Loughborough Nanpantan Ward26.326.70.4...
Loughborough Outwoods Ward...17.217.30.1
Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward19.920.30.4...
Loughborough Southfields Ward24.425.20.8...
Loughborough Storer Ward2422.5-1.5...
Lubenham Ward20.318-2.3...
Lutterworth Brookfield Ward......
Lutterworth Orchard Ward26.727.10.419.120.61.5
Lutterworth Springs Ward24.329.35.0...
Lutterworth Swift Ward...15.517.21.7
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden Ward25.322.3-3.015.615.80.2
Market Harborough-Little Bowden Ward25.922.4-3.5...
Market Harborough-Logan Ward26.221.8-4.4...
Market Harborough-Welland Ward24.822.3-2.520.918.3-2.6
Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead Ward23.220.7-2.516.7203.3
Measham Ward24.920.1-4.8...
Melton Craven Ward23.619.7-3.915.817.71.9
Melton Dorian Ward25.725.5-0.21715.5-1.5
Melton Egerton Ward22.222-0.2...
Melton Newport Ward25.723.1-2.6...
Melton Sysonby Ward2523.9-1.119.120.11.0
Melton Warwick Ward......
Millfield Ward24.124.60.5...
Misterton Ward25.421.8-3.6...
Moira Ward21.720.7-1.0...
Mountsorrel Ward21.224.53.3...
Muxloe Ward24.424.1-0.3...
Narborough and Littlethorpe Ward2324.91.9...
Nevill Ward21.218.1-3.1...
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton Ward25.721.1-4.618.217.6-0.6
Normanton Ward22.722.70.0...
North Whetstone Ward24.223.4-0.8...
Oadby Brocks Hill Ward22.8274.218.617.5-1.1
Oadby Grange Ward26.926.5-0.4...
Oadby St Peter's Ward24.520.2-4.3...
Oadby Uplands Ward20.119.5-0.621.321.30.0
Oadby Woodlands Ward24.524.70.2...
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Ward22.624.21.6...
Old Dalby Ward22.318.5-3.8...
Pastures Ward24.423.2-1.2...
Peatling Ward13.813.80.0...
Queniborough Ward23.325.11.8...
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle Ward27.125.5-1.615.316.41.1
Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton Ward25.423.3-2.1...
Ravenhurst and Fosse Ward24.921.5-3.4...
Ravenstone and Packington Ward20.920.1-0.8...
Rothley and Thurcaston Ward25.823.1-2.7...
Saxondale Ward24.925.80.9...
Shepshed East Ward25.128.23.116.9181.1
Shepshed West Ward25.4282.6...
Sileby Ward27.223-4.2...
Snibston Ward22.421.5-0.9...
Somerby Ward1212.40.4...
South Wigston Ward24.627.12.520.118.7-1.4
Stanton and Flamville Ward24.221.6-2.6...
Syston East Ward24.526.52.0...
Syston West Ward25.221.7-3.51719.52.5
The Wolds Ward22.120.9-1.2...
Thringstone Ward23.921.5-2.4...
Thurmaston Ward25.724.8-0.919.618.4-1.2
Thurnby and Houghton Ward24.322.6-1.7...
Tilton Ward11.918.26.3...
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy Ward23.118.7-4.4...
Ullesthorpe Ward20.319.6-0.7...
Valley Ward18.115.9-2.2...
Waltham-on-the-Wolds Ward17.114.3-2.8...
Whitwick Ward24.122.8-1.3...
Wigston All Saints Ward2423.9-0.117.518.10.6
Wigston Fields Ward24.623.3-1.3...
Wigston Meadowcourt Ward23.725.72.0...
Wigston St Wolstan's Ward24.923.4-1.5...
Winstanley Ward21.622.30.71819.41.4
Wreake Villages Ward21.620-1.6...
Wymondham Ward15.411.8-3.6...
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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