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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
Kent LA	2,400	5,340	2,940	2,870	4,550	1,680

South East Region	10,090	24,850	14,760	14,210	25,810	11,600

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
Kent LA	5,680	5,100	-580	6,600	6,600	0

South East Region	27,580	28,980	1,400	27,580	32,770	5,190

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
Abbey Ward	22	23	1.0	16.5	15.5	-1.0
Allington Ward	23.1	22.8	-0.3	.	.	.
Ash Ward	25.7	23.6	-2.1	.	.	.
Aylesford Ward	24.7	23	-1.7	16.5	15.4	-1.1
Aylesford Green Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aylesham Ward	23.7	20.6	-3.1	.	.	.
Barham Downs Ward	24.2	23.6	-0.6	.	.	.
Barming Ward	25.5	24.2	-1.3	.	.	.
Barton Ward	25.7	17.5	-8.2	16.2	16.6	0.4
Beacon Road Ward	27.5	26.2	-1.3	.	.	.
Bean and Darenth Ward	20.4	19.4	-1.0	.	.	.
Bearsted Ward	26.7	27.3	0.6	.	.	.
Beaver Ward	23.7	21.5	-2.2	.	.	.
Benenden and Cranbrook Ward	23.9	19.9	-4.0	15.5	15.9	0.4
Biddenden Ward	22	20.9	-1.1	.	.	.
Birchington North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Birchington South Ward	22.9	22.5	-0.4	17.9	16.8	-1.1
Blean Forest Ward	27.6	26.1	-1.5	.	.	.
Blue Bell Hill and Walderslade Ward	25.4	23.7	-1.7	.	.	.
Bockhanger Ward	.	.	.	17	16.9	-0.1
Borden Ward	22.3	19.6	-2.7	.	.	.
Borough Green and Long Mill Ward	23.3	23.1	-0.2	.	.	.
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton Ward	24.7	23.7	-1.0	.	.	.
Boughton and Courtenay Ward	22.1	22.3	0.2	.	.	.
Boxley Ward	26.7	23.4	-3.3	14.7	18.6	3.9
Bradstowe Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge Ward	27	25.1	-1.9	.	.	.
Brenchley and Horsmonden Ward	24	22.3	-1.7	.	.	.
Brent Ward	20.5	21.8	1.3	.	14.6	.
Bridge Ward	25.9	25	-0.9	15.8	17.5	1.7
Broadwater Ward	23.9	22.5	-1.4	.	.	.
Buckland Ward	22.2	20.4	-1.8	15.9	14.7	-1.2
Burham, Eccles and Wouldham Ward	21.2	19.2	-2.0	.	.	.
Bybrook Ward	21.9	22.3	0.4	.	.	.
Cage Green Ward	17.2	19.2	2.0	15.3	18	2.7
Capel Ward	25.7	28.3	2.6	.	.	.
Capel-le-Ferne Ward	25.7	21.9	-3.8	.	.	.
Castle Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Castle Ward	27	21.8	-5.2	.	.	.
Castle Ward	21	19.6	-1.4	.	.	.
Central Ward	23.4	21.9	-1.5	16.5	17.8	1.3
Central Harbour Ward	25.3	22.3	-3.0	17.4	15.2	-2.2
Chalk Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chalkwell Ward	25.9	17.9	-8.0	.	.	.
Charing Ward	22.2	14.8	-7.4	.	.	.
Chartham and Stone Street Ward	24.9	22.2	-2.7	.	.	.
Chestfield and Swalecliffe Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cliffsend and Pegwell Ward	25.1	25.4	0.3	.	.	.
Cliftonville East Ward	27.1	22.9	-4.2	.	.	.
Cliftonville West Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Coldharbour Ward	26.9	24.2	-2.7	.	.	.
Cowden and Hever Ward	18.9	23.3	4.4	.	.	.
Coxheath and Hunton Ward	22.5	25.4	2.9	.	.	.
Crockenhill and Well Hill Ward	22.4	22.9	0.5	.	.	.
Culverden Ward	21.5	20	-1.5	.	.	.
Dane Valley Ward	24.5	20.7	-3.8	.	.	.
Davington Priory Ward	25.8	24.3	-1.5	.	.	.
Detling and Thurnham Ward	15	6.1	-8.9	.	.	.
Ditton Ward	22.3	22.2	-0.1	.	.	.
Downs Ward	20.4	20.1	-0.3	.	.	.
Downs North Ward	21.3	16.2	-5.1	.	.	.
Downs West Ward	23.3	15.3	-8.0	.	.	.
Downswood and Otham Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dunton Green and Riverhead Ward	22.8	22	-0.8	.	.	.
Dymchurch and St Mary's Bay Ward	25.2	19.3	-5.9	.	.	.
East Ward	27	26.3	-0.7	.	15.7	.
East Downs Ward	22.4	18.4	-4.0	.	.	.
East Malling Ward	20.2	16.3	-3.9	13.6	12.2	-1.4
East Peckham and Golden Green Ward	28.2	22.8	-5.4	.	.	.
Eastcliff Ward	26.8	23.2	-3.6	16.7	16.4	-0.3
Eastry Ward	28.5	22.8	-5.7	.	.	.
Edenbridge North and East Ward	25.7	22.2	-3.5	14.1	.	.
Edenbridge South and West Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Elham and Stelling Minnis Ward	22.8	19.1	-3.7	.	.	.
Eynsford Ward	27.7	25.1	-2.6	.	.	.
Eythorne and Shepherdswell Ward	21.9	19.7	-2.2	.	.	.
Fant Ward	22.9	21.2	-1.7	.	.	.
Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth Ward	25.3	22.7	-2.6	.	.	.
Fawkham and West Kingsdown Ward	24.2	21.5	-2.7	.	.	.
Folkestone Cheriton Ward	23	21.3	-1.7	.	.	.
Folkestone East Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Folkestone Foord Ward	23.8	17.7	-6.1	.	.	.
Folkestone Harbour Ward	23	22	-1.0	.	.	.
Folkestone Harvey Central Ward	24.9	25.1	0.2	.	.	.
Folkestone Harvey West Ward	.	26.2	.	.	.	.
Folkestone Morehall Ward	22.8	22.6	-0.2	16.2	18.6	2.4
Folkestone Park Ward	25.9	23.5	-2.4	17.2	16.4	-0.8
Folkestone Sandgate Ward	25.9	22.9	-3.0	16.8	19.6	2.8
Frittenden and Sissinghurst Ward	21.1	25.1	4.0	.	.	.
Garlinge Ward	24.4	22.1	-2.3	16.5	16.5	0.0
Godinton Ward	27.8	23.6	-4.2	.	.	.
Gorrell Ward	.	.	.	15.8	23.9	8.1
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst Ward	22.5	21.2	-1.3	.	.	.
Great Chart with Singleton North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Greenhill and Eddington Ward	25	19.5	-5.5	17.1	17.1	0.0
Greenhithe Ward	23.8	23.9	0.1	.	.	.
Grove Ward	23.6	25.6	2.0	15.5	15.4	-0.1
Hadlow, Mereworth and West Peckham Ward	24.6	23.5	-1.1	.	.	.
Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount Ward	21.9	21.9	0.0	.	.	.
Harbledown Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Harbour Ward	24	21	-3.0	.	.	.
Harrietsham and Lenham Ward	21.8	20.6	-1.2	16.3	14.5	-1.8
Hartley and Hodsoll Street Ward	24.6	24.6	0.0	.	.	.
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch Ward	22.9	20.7	-2.2	.	.	.
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst Ward	24.9	23.4	-1.5	.	.	.
Headcorn Ward	20.2	21.9	1.7	.	.	.
Heath Ward	25.5	27.6	2.1	.	.	.
Heath Ward	25.5	19.3	-6.2	16.5	17.5	1.0
Herne and Broomfield Ward	26.2	25.4	-0.8	.	.	.
Heron Ward	24.9	24.2	-0.7	.	.	.
Hextable Ward	26.7	24.1	-2.6	17	18.7	1.7
High Street Ward	23.9	19.2	-4.7	17.3	18.3	1.0
Higham Ward	26.9	32.8	5.9	.	.	.
Higham Ward	26.7	23.9	-2.8	.	.	.
Highfield Ward	25.2	24	-1.2	.	.	.
Hildenborough Ward	23.9	24.9	1.0	.	.	.
Hythe Central Ward	20.4	19.9	-0.5	.	.	.
Hythe East Ward	23.4	17.8	-5.6	.	.	.
Hythe West Ward	24.7	17.8	-6.9	.	.	.
Ightham Ward	21.1	20	-1.1	.	.	.
Isle of Oxney Ward	27	33.7	6.7	.	.	.
Istead Rise Ward	26.5	24	-2.5	.	.	.
Iwade and Lower Halstow Ward	21.3	26	4.7	.	.	.
Joyce Green Ward	25.9	20.2	-5.7	.	.	.
Joydens Wood Ward	26.3	24.4	-1.9	.	.	.
Judd Ward	24.9	23.1	-1.8	16.2	15.3	-0.9
Kemsing Ward	23.3	23	-0.3	.	.	.
Kemsley Ward	.	21.5	.	.	.	.
Kennington Ward	23.9	22.3	-1.6	16.6	19.4	2.8
Kings Hill Ward	0	25.2	25.2	0	.	.
Kingsgate Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Larkfield North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Larkfield South Ward	25.8	25.8	0.0	.	.	.
Leeds Ward	18.3	17.8	-0.5	.	.	.
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway Ward	23.9	19.8	-4.1	.	.	.
Leysdown and Warden Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Little Burton Farm Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Little Stour Ward	22.8	16.9	-5.9	.	.	.
Little Stour and Ashstone Ward	26.1	21.6	-4.5	.	.	.
Littlebrook Ward	25.6	29	3.4	.	.	.
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet Ward	23.3	18.3	-5.0	15.3	15.4	0.1
Loose Ward	26.7	27.5	0.8	16.7	16.8	0.1
Lydd Ward	24.6	25	0.4	.	.	.
Lydden and Temple Ewell Ward	20.4	18.1	-2.3	.	.	.
Lympne and Stanford Ward	24.8	.	.	.	.	.
Marden and Yalding Ward	20.2	19.7	-0.5	.	.	.
Margate Central Ward	23.6	22.9	-0.7	.	.	.
Marshside Ward	18.5	16.6	-1.9	.	.	.
Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory Ward	25.3	20.9	-4.4	.	.	.
Medway Ward	24.7	19.1	-5.6	17.2	16.9	-0.3
Meopham North Ward	25.7	22.5	-3.2	16.3	16.3	0.0
Meopham South and Vigo Ward	22.7	19	-3.7	.	.	.
Middle Deal and Sholden Ward	24.5	21.2	-3.3	15.6	16.6	1.0
Mill Hill Ward	26	20.5	-5.5	.	.	.
Milton Regis Ward	23.1	19.1	-4.0	.	.	.
Minster Cliffs Ward	26.1	23.8	-2.3	.	.	.
Murston Ward	24.2	23.2	-1.0	.	.	.
Nethercourt Ward	24.3	.	.	17.2	16.9	-0.3
New Romney Coast Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
New Romney Town Ward	25.2	25.1	-0.1	15.9	19	3.1
Newington Ward	24.7	23.2	-1.5	.	.	.
Newtown Ward	23.3	25.1	1.8	.	.	.
Norman Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
North Ward	25.1	24.2	-0.9	.	.	.
North Deal Ward	24.5	22.9	-1.6	.	.	.
North Downs Ward	23.2	22.3	-0.9	.	.	.
North Downs East Ward	24.2	21.1	-3.1	.	.	.
North Downs West Ward	21.1	21.2	0.1	.	.	.
North Nailbourne Ward	25	22.1	-2.9	.	.	.
North Willesborough Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Northfleet North Ward	22.2	20.7	-1.5	.	.	.
Northfleet South Ward	22.8	23.6	0.8	15.2	17.2	2.0
Northgate Ward	19.7	16.2	-3.5	.	.	.
Northwood Ward	24.2	20.4	-3.8	14.9	19.6	4.7
Otford and Shoreham Ward	22	20.4	-1.6	.	.	.
Paddock Wood East Ward	26.3	23	-3.3	.	.	.
Paddock Wood West Ward	.	.	.	15.3	16.2	0.9
Painters Ash Ward	24.4	21.4	-3.0	16.8	17.4	0.6
Pantiles and St Mark's Ward	26.8	24.1	-2.7	.	.	.
Park Ward	25.8	23.7	-2.1	.	.	.
Park Farm North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Park Farm South Ward	21.2	25.5	4.3	.	.	.
Park Wood Ward	18.7	18.3	-0.4	15.2	21	5.8
Pelham Ward	24.8	21.6	-3.2	15.9	16.3	0.4
Pembury Ward	24.4	25.7	1.3	.	.	.
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Ward	20.3	22.7	2.4	.	.	.
Princes Ward	23.7	21.5	-2.2	.	.	.
Queenborough and Halfway Ward	24.6	19.6	-5.0	16.5	22.4	5.9
Reculver Ward	26.1	25.6	-0.5	.	.	.
Ringwould Ward	22.1	23.5	1.4	.	.	.
River Ward	25.7	25.5	-0.2	.	.	.
Riverside Ward	22.9	23.2	0.3	15.8	19.7	3.9
Riverview Ward	24.4	24	-0.4	15.4	20.1	4.7
Rolvenden and Tenterden West Ward	0	17.3	17.3	0	.	.
Roman Ward	24.4	23.5	-0.9	14.3	19.1	4.8
Romney Marsh Ward	20.7	19.9	-0.8	.	.	.
Rusthall Ward	19.8	18	-1.8	.	.	.
Salmestone Ward	26.3	21.8	-4.5	.	.	.
Sandwich Ward	21.9	20.9	-1.0	16.3	17.5	1.2
Saxon Shore Ward	23.1	21.1	-2.0	.	.	.
Seal and Weald Ward	23.7	24	0.3	14.2	15.9	1.7
Seasalter Ward	20.8	16.8	-4.0	.	.	.
Sevenoaks Eastern Ward	19.3	10.7	-8.6	.	.	.
Sevenoaks Kippington Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sevenoaks Northern Ward	.	.	.	15	19.8	4.8
Sevenoaks Town and St John's Ward	24.1	26.5	2.4	.	.	.
Sheerness East Ward	27.4	21.8	-5.6	18.1	18.6	0.5
Sheerness West Ward	23.2	19.5	-3.7	.	.	.
Sheppey Central Ward	24	18.5	-5.5	17.1	20.9	3.8
Shepway North Ward	20.5	20.1	-0.4	.	.	.
Shepway South Ward	18.6	18.1	-0.5	.	.	.
Sherwood Ward	20.4	21.2	0.8	14.3	15.1	0.8
Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown Ward	25.8	24.5	-1.3	.	.	.
Singleton South Ward	25.3	22.5	-2.8	.	.	.
Singlewell Ward	22.4	17.1	-5.3	.	.	.
Sir Moses Montefiore Ward	25.5	24.2	-1.3	.	.	.
Snodland East Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Snodland West Ward	25.5	22.3	-3.2	20.3	18.1	-2.2
South Ward	19.3	.	.	16.3	16.9	0.6
South Willesborough Ward	26.2	22.6	-3.6	.	.	.
Southborough North Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Southborough and High Brooms Ward	20.5	22.3	1.8	.	.	.
Speldhurst and Bidborough Ward	24.5	23.4	-1.1	.	.	.
St Ann's Ward	22.5	13.8	-8.7	.	.	.
St James' Ward	18.1	17.1	-1.0	.	.	.
St John's Ward	24.5	24	-0.5	16.5	17.6	1.1
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Ward	20.5	17.9	-2.6	.	.	.
St Michaels Ward	21.8	24.4	2.6	.	.	.
St Michaels Ward	.	.	.	16.4	17.2	0.8
St Peters Ward	24	25.1	1.1	16.3	17.4	1.1
St Radigunds Ward	22.7	22.6	-0.1	.	.	.
St Stephens Ward	23.3	24.8	1.5	14.6	15.2	0.6
Stanhope Ward	21.1	19.3	-1.8	15.4	17.2	1.8
Staplehurst Ward	25.7	25.1	-0.6	.	.	.
Stone Ward	27.6	23.8	-3.8	.	.	.
Stour Ward	26.2	30.2	4.0	17	14.1	-2.9
Sturry North Ward	24.4	22	-2.4	15.3	20.3	5.0
Sturry South Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sutton Valence and Langley Ward	24.1	24.8	0.7	.	.	.
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley Ward	26.5	20.7	-5.8	.	.	.
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village Ward	22.9	23.2	0.3	.	.	.
Swanley St Mary's Ward	22	21.6	-0.4	17.7	16.6	-1.1
Swanley White Oak Ward	23.9	22.5	-1.4	.	.	.
Swanscombe Ward	23.8	24.9	1.1	.	21	.
Tankerton Ward	25.5	23	-2.5	.	.	.
Tenterden North Ward	.	.	.	17.1	18.3	1.2
Tenterden South Ward	24.6	26	1.4	.	.	.
Teynham and Lynsted Ward	22.8	21.1	-1.7	.	.	.
Thanet Villages Ward	25.4	28.8	3.4	.	.	.
Tolsford Ward	26.8	24.5	-2.3	16	16.5	0.5
Tower Hamlets Ward	24.2	23.3	-0.9	16.1	17.6	1.5
Town Ward	26.4	23.9	-2.5	.	.	.
Town and Pier Ward	21.5	17.9	-3.6	.	.	.
Trench Ward	24.8	14.5	-10.3	.	.	.
Vauxhall Ward	.	.	.	15.9	17.1	1.2
Victoria Ward	22.9	24.9	2.0	.	.	.
Viking Ward	25.5	26.2	0.7	15.2	17.5	2.3
Walmer Ward	23.9	23.8	-0.1	16	15.3	-0.7
Washford Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wateringbury Ward	24.2	23.9	-0.3	.	.	.
Watling Ward	24.4	20.9	-3.5	16.5	15.3	-1.2
Weald Central Ward	21.4	21.3	-0.1	.	.	.
Weald East Ward	22.8	22	-0.8	.	.	.
Weald North Ward	20.8	20.4	-0.4	.	.	.
Weald South Ward	24.2	23.2	-1.0	.	.	.
West Bay Ward	19	22.6	3.6	.	.	.
West Downs Ward	20.4	22	1.6	.	.	.
West Hill Ward	26.6	25.4	-1.2	16.7	15.5	-1.2
West Malling and Leybourne Ward	23.8	22.1	-1.7	.	.	.
Westbrook Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Westcourt Ward	20.5	20.4	-0.1	.	.	.
Westerham and Crockham Hill Ward	26.3	19.4	-6.9	.	.	.
Westgate Ward	23.6	21.3	-2.3	15.3	13.9	-1.4
Westgate-on-Sea Ward	24.9	23.6	-1.3	.	18.9	.
Whitehill Ward	27.3	25.5	-1.8	.	.	.
Whitfield Ward	21.5	15.9	-5.6	15.7	15.9	0.2
Wilmington Ward	26.9	22.1	-4.8	17.2	17	-0.2
Wincheap Ward	24.6	18.3	-6.3	16.3	16.6	0.3
Woodlands Ward	.	.	.	16	20.2	4.2
Woodstock Ward	25.6	22.8	-2.8	.	.	.
Wrotham Ward	22.1	17.9	-4.2	17	16.1	-0.9
Wye Ward	24.4	23.8	-0.6	.	.	.

Kent LA	-	22.3	N/A	-	17.1	N/A

South East Region	23.2	21.7	-1.5	16.7	16.9	0.2

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
Kent LA	..	33,820(p)	33,820

South East Region	22,640	33,340(p)	10,700

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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