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England > North West Region > Cheshire LA

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
Cheshire LA	1,160	2,010	850	1,360	1,810	450
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
Cheshire LA	3,810	2,500	-1,310	3,930	2,930	-1,000
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
Acton Ward	21.6	19.3	-2.3	.	.	.
Alderley Edge Ward	22.6	21.5	-1.1	.	.	.
Alexandra Ward	23.6	23.7	0.1	.	.	.
Alsager Central Ward	25.6	26.7	1.1	17.1	16.5	-0.6
Alsager East Ward	27	28.6	1.6	.	.	.
Alsager West Ward	25	18.7	-6.3	.	.	.
Astbury Ward	21.1	21.6	0.5	.	.	.
Audlem Ward	17.9	20.8	2.9	.	.	.
Barnton Ward	23.2	23.7	0.5	.	.	.
Barony Weaver Ward	22.2	20.6	-1.6	17.2	16.5	-0.7
Barrow Ward	16.4	16.3	-0.1	.	.	.
Birchin Ward	25.9	24.7	-1.2	.	.	.
Blacon Hall Ward	23	19.3	-3.7	.	.	.
Blacon Lodge Ward	21.6	20	-1.6	14.8	12.6	-2.2
Bollington Central Ward	22	21.7	-0.3	.	.	.
Bollington East Ward	22.2	15.6	-6.6	.	.	.
Bollington West Ward	24.3	15.8	-8.5	.	.	.
Boughton Ward	19.8	12.6	-7.2	.	.	.
Boughton Heath Ward	22.9	24.8	1.9	16.8	16.5	-0.3
Brereton Ward	19.3	33	13.7	.	.	.
Buglawton Ward	23.2	19.8	-3.4	.	.	.
Bunbury Ward	23.3	21.1	-2.2	.	.	.
Burton and Ness Ward	20.1	20.4	0.3	.	.	.
Central Ward	22.3	20.1	-2.2	.	.	.
Chelford Ward	17.8	15	-2.8	.	.	.
Christleton Ward	27	23.9	-3.1	17.2	15.5	-1.7
City and St Anne's Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cogshall Ward	21.9	21.4	-0.5	.	.	.
College Ward	25.4	21.5	-3.9	.	.	.
Congleton Central Ward	22.8	20.6	-2.2	.	.	.
Congleton North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Congleton North West Ward	25.2	19.1	-6.1	16.6	15.8	-0.8
Congleton South Ward	23.6	25	1.4	.	.	.
Congleton West Ward	27.6	26.5	-1.1	17.3	16.1	-1.2
Coppenhall Ward	22.4	18.9	-3.5	.	.	.
Cuddington and Oakmere Ward	23.3	24.1	0.8	.	.	.
Curzon and Westminster Ward	23.1	22.2	-0.9	.	.	.
Dane Valley Ward	19.2	24.1	4.9	.	.	.
Davenham and Moulton Ward	25.5	22.7	-2.8	.	.	.
Dean Row Ward	22.9	19.3	-3.6	.	.	.
Delamere Ward	22.8	19	-3.8	15.3	12.8	-2.5
Disley and Lyme Handley Ward	24	21.9	-2.1	.	.	.
Dodleston Ward	22.9	16.9	-6.0	.	.	.
Elton Ward	23.9	19.5	-4.4	.	.	.
Englesea Ward	20.2	21.8	1.6	.	.	.
Farndon Ward	21.5	21.9	0.4	.	.	.
Forest Ward	19.3	14.6	-4.7	.	.	.
Frodsham North Ward	23.2	19.9	-3.3	17.7	13.7	-4.0
Frodsham South Ward	26.1	22.3	-3.8	.	.	.
Fulshaw Ward	22.7	21.6	-1.1	.	.	.
Gawsworth Ward	24.4	20.4	-4.0	.	.	.
Grange Ward	23.2	21.7	-1.5	17.7	13.9	-3.8
Grosvenor Ward	22.6	19.7	-2.9	.	.	.
Groves Ward	24.2	23.1	-1.1	16.2	15.9	-0.3
Handbridge and St Mary's Ward	24.1	21	-3.1	16.1	16.5	0.4
Handforth Ward	24.3	21.4	-2.9	.	.	.
Hartford and Whitegate Ward	25.4	24.6	-0.8	18.8	17.3	-1.5
Haslington Ward	24.7	22.5	-2.2	.	.	.
Helsby Ward	24.2	22.4	-1.8	17.9	16.6	-1.3
Henbury Ward	26.4	22.5	-3.9	.	.	.
High Legh Ward	23.7	19.3	-4.4	.	.	.
Holmes Chapel Ward	23.4	24.2	0.8	16.5	16.7	0.2
Hoole All Saints Ward	22.9	22.1	-0.8	.	.	.
Hoole Groves Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hough Ward	.	.	.	17.3	17	-0.3
Huntington Ward	32.2	23.7	-8.5	.	.	.
Kelsall Ward	23	23.3	0.3	.	.	.
Kingsley Ward	20.5	19.4	-1.1	.	.	.
Knutsford Bexton Ward	23.5	20.9	-2.6	15.5	17.8	2.3
Knutsford Nether Ward	24.4	24.3	-0.1	.	.	.
Knutsford Norbury Booths Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Knutsford Over Ward	22.4	20.4	-2.0	.	.	.
Lacey Green Ward	25.7	23.5	-2.2	.	.	.
Lache Park Ward	18.7	13.4	-5.3	.	.	.
Lawton Ward	21.8	14.8	-7.0	.	.	.
Ledsham Ward	27.3	21	-6.3	.	.	.
Leftwich and Kingsmead Ward	25.2	25.3	0.1	17.9	17.8	-0.1
Leighton Ward	23.4	25.2	1.8	.	.	.
Little Neston Ward	24.5	22.1	-2.4	.	.	.
Lostock and Wincham Ward	27	21.5	-5.5	.	.	.
Macclesfield Bollinbrook Ward	25.8	21.8	-4.0	.	.	.
Macclesfield Broken Cross Ward	25.3	21	-4.3	17	16.4	-0.6
Macclesfield Central Ward	24.6	26.3	1.7	.	.	.
Macclesfield East Ward	20.8	15.5	-5.3	.	.	.
Macclesfield Hurdsfield Ward	27.4	22.3	-5.1	.	.	.
Macclesfield Ivy Ward	24.4	19.2	-5.2	17.3	16.1	-1.2
Macclesfield Ryles Ward	.	.	.	14.3	.	.
Macclesfield South Ward	24.1	20.4	-3.7	.	.	.
Macclesfield Tytherington Ward	28.6	26.1	-2.5	17.7	16.3	-1.4
Macclesfield West Ward	22.5	21.1	-1.4	.	.	.
Malpas Ward	24.3	19.6	-4.7	17.1	14.4	-2.7
Mara Ward	14.9	15.8	0.9	.	.	.
Maw Green Ward	23.2	21.5	-1.7	16.9	14.9	-2.0
Mere Ward	14.1	14.9	0.8	.	.	.
Mickle Trafford Ward	27.2	23.6	-3.6	.	.	.
Middlewich Cledford Ward	23.4	21.1	-2.3	.	.	.
Middlewich Kinderton Ward	21.5	24.3	2.8	17.3	16.7	-0.6
Milton Weaver Ward	20.6	17.8	-2.8	.	.	.
Minshull Ward	22.5	19.6	-2.9	.	.	.
Mobberley Ward	23.4	17.7	-5.7	.	.	.
Mollington Ward	20.2	19.3	-0.9	.	.	.
Morley and Styal Ward	25.6	22.2	-3.4	.	.	.
Neston Ward	24.7	.	.	17.8	15.8	-2.0
Newton Brook Ward	25.5	20.8	-4.7	.	.	.
Newton St Michaels Ward	24	18	-6.0	15.1	.	.
Northwich Castle Ward	25.8	19.4	-6.4	.	.	.
Northwich Winnington Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Northwich Witton Ward	25.6	18.2	-7.4	.	.	.
Odd Rode Ward	24.8	18.4	-6.4	.	.	.
Parkgate Ward	24.9	22.7	-2.2	.	.	.
Peckforton Ward	23.3	21.5	-1.8	.	.	.
Plumley Ward	19.3	20.8	1.5	.	.	.
Pooltown Ward	25.9	20.8	-5.1	17.9	15.9	-2.0
Poynton Central Ward	25.4	23.4	-2.0	17.3	16	-1.3
Poynton East Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Poynton West Ward	25.5	21.6	-3.9	.	.	.
Prestbury Ward	23.3	22.8	-0.5	.	.	.
Rainow Ward	19	17.4	-1.6	.	.	.
Rivacre Ward	21.5	17.1	-4.4	.	.	.
Riverside Ward	25	23.8	-1.2	.	.	.
Rossmore Ward	23.4	21.3	-2.1	.	.	.
Rudheath and South Witton Ward	25.6	23.6	-2.0	17.1	16.5	-0.6
Sandbach East Ward	24.6	23.9	-0.7	.	.	.
Sandbach North Ward	25.5	23.3	-2.2	16.5	14.4	-2.1
Sandbach West Ward	26.4	24.4	-2.0	.	.	.
Saughall Ward	22.1	19.3	-2.8	.	.	.
Seven Oaks and Marston Ward	21.2	17.1	-4.1	.	.	.
Shakerley Ward	22.2	17.2	-5.0	.	.	.
Shavington Ward	25.2	24.3	-0.9	.	.	.
St Barnabas Ward	24.8	12.6	-12.2	.	.	.
St John's Ward	23.6	24.3	0.7	16.9	14.9	-2.0
St Mary's Ward	26.2	22.5	-3.7	.	.	.
Stanlow and Wolverham Ward	23.2	17.8	-5.4	.	.	.
Strawberry Fields Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sutton Ward	24.5	21.5	-3.0	.	.	.
Sutton Ward	24.7	17.5	-7.2	.	.	.
Sutton Green and Manor Ward	23.2	11.7	-11.5	.	.	.
Tarporley and Oulton Ward	22.7	20.7	-2.0	17.4	17	-0.4
Tarvin Ward	21.7	20.3	-1.4	.	.	.
Tattenhall Ward	21.1	20.1	-1.0	.	.	.
Tilston Ward	15.5	16.3	0.8	.	.	.
Upton Grange Ward	25.5	22.2	-3.3	.	.	.
Upton Westlea Ward	23.6	19.8	-3.8	17.4	16.8	-0.6
Valley Ward	26.8	.	.	.	.	.
Vicars Cross Ward	25.6	20.1	-5.5	.	.	.
Waldron Ward	24.1	21.2	-2.9	.	.	.
Waverton Ward	23	24.4	1.4	.	.	.
Weaverham Ward	24.6	21.9	-2.7	18.5	18.1	-0.4
Wellington Ward	24.3	23.8	-0.5	17.7	18.9	1.2
Wells Green Ward	27	23.8	-3.2	19.4	17.5	-1.9
Westminster Ward	22.7	20.9	-1.8	.	.	.
Whitby Ward	27.1	22.2	-4.9	15.3	14.6	-0.7
Willaston Ward	23.9	22.2	-1.7	.	.	.
Willaston and Thornton Ward	23.9	22.9	-1.0	.	.	.
Winsford Dene Ward	23.5	22.2	-1.3	.	.	.
Winsford Gravel Ward	24	21.2	-2.8	.	.	.
Winsford Over Ward	23.2	18.6	-4.6	15.8	12.7	-3.1
Winsford Swanlow Ward	23.4	16	-7.4	.	.	.
Winsford Verdin Ward	26.4	20.2	-6.2	16.4	16.9	0.5
Winsford Wharton Ward	26.8	21.1	-5.7	.	.	.
Wistaston Green Ward	26.2	23.8	-2.4	17.1	15	-2.1
Wrenbury Ward	20.3	25.8	5.5	.	.	.
Wybunbury Ward	21.1	21.1	0.0	.	.	.
Cheshire LA	-	21.3	N/A	-	16.1	N/A
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
Cheshire LA	..	33,160(p)	33,160
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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