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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
Lancashire LA	1,800	4,070	2,270	1,820	2,710	890

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
Lancashire LA	5,470	4,150	-1,320	5,270	4,660	-610

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
Adlington and Anderton Ward	24.6	20.3	-4.3	.	.	.
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Ward	22.3	21.6	-0.7	.	.	.
Alston and Hothersall Ward	23.8	25.1	1.3	16.1	15.5	-0.6
Altham Ward	23.6	23.4	-0.2	18.5	19	0.5
Ansdell Ward	27.1	25.9	-1.2	16.7	15.9	-0.8
Ashton Ward	25.5	20.2	-5.3	.	.	.
Ashton Ward	25.3	22	-3.3	.	.	.
Ashurst Ward	23.7	20.9	-2.8	.	.	.
Astley and Buckshaw Ward	26.5	23.3	-3.2	.	.	.
Aughton Park Ward	26.1	21.2	-4.9	.	.	.
Aughton and Downholland Ward	27.1	23.9	-3.2	.	.	.
Bamber Bridge East Ward	22	22.4	0.4	18.7	16.4	-2.3
Bamber Bridge North Ward	27.3	25.2	-2.1	16.1	15.8	-0.3
Bamber Bridge West Ward	26.3	24.9	-1.4	.	.	.
Bank Hall Ward	24.1	20.8	-3.3	17.2	.	.
Bare Ward	.	.	.	16.4	16.1	-0.3
Barnfield Ward	25.1	23.7	-1.4	15.9	.	.
Barrowford Ward	25.9	24.9	-1.0	.	.	.
Baxenden Ward	28.1	23.7	-4.4	16.2	18.4	2.2
Bickerstaffe Ward	19.2	21.7	2.5	.	.	.
Billington and Old Langho Ward	.	.	.	18.5	18.4	-0.1
Birch Green Ward	23.2	17.9	-5.3	.	.	.
Blacko and Higherford Ward	24.3	17.7	-6.6	.	.	.
Bolton-le-Sands Ward	28.6	25	-3.6	.	.	.
Boulsworth Ward	25.5	19.7	-5.8	.	.	.
Bourne Ward	25.1	21.9	-3.2	.	.	.
Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn Ward	19.3	11.8	-7.5	.	.	.
Bradley Ward	21.3	22.6	1.3	.	.	.
Breck Ward	26.6	24.2	-2.4	18	19.3	1.3
Briercliffe Ward	25.4	23.2	-2.2	.	.	.
Brierfield Ward	.	.	.	18.4	15.7	-2.7
Brindle and Hoghton Ward	25.4	21.8	-3.6	.	.	.
Broad Oak Ward	27.4	23.5	-3.9	17.3	16.5	-0.8
Brock Ward	19.9	12.8	-7.1	.	.	.
Brookfield Ward	23.8	23	-0.8	.	.	.
Brunshaw Ward	24.1	21.7	-2.4	.	.	.
Bulk Ward	24.1	20.5	-3.6	15.3	15.4	0.1
Burscough East Ward	23.3	22.5	-0.8	.	.	.
Burscough West Ward	26.1	20.4	-5.7	17.8	17.2	-0.6
Cabus Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cadley Ward	27.6	26.1	-1.5	18.5	18.6	0.1
Calder Ward	21.8	17.7	-4.1	17.6	17.4	-0.2
Carleton Ward	25.9	25.7	-0.2	.	.	.
Carnforth Ward	25.9	19.5	-6.4	17.1	15.5	-1.6
Castle Ward	21.7	20.1	-1.6	.	.	.
Catterall Ward	24.1	18.8	-5.3	.	.	.
Central Ward	28.2	26	-2.2	.	.	.
Central Ward	20.1	16.7	-3.4	.	.	.
Charnock Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chatburn Ward	23.3	21	-2.3	.	.	.
Chipping Ward	20.6	15.6	-5.0	.	.	.
Chisnall Ward	22.5	21.1	-1.4	.	.	.
Chorley East Ward	25.6	20.4	-5.2	.	.	.
Chorley North East Ward	27.1	21.3	-5.8	.	.	.
Chorley North West Ward	26.3	25.1	-1.2	17.5	18	0.5
Chorley South East Ward	27	25	-2.0	18.1	15.6	-2.5
Chorley South West Ward	24.2	20.1	-4.1	16.5	17.7	1.2
Church Ward	27.1	20.3	-6.8	.	.	.
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave Ward	25.2	24.9	-0.3	.	.	.
Clayton-le-Moors Ward	24.6	23.2	-1.4	.	.	.
Clayton-le-Woods North Ward	24.1	22.8	-1.3	.	.	.
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden Ward	23.1	20.6	-2.5	.	.	.
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods Ward	25.2	23.5	-1.7	.	.	.
Cleveleys Park Ward	28.4	21.4	-7.0	.	.	.
Clifton Ward	28.2	26.3	-1.9	.	.	.
Cliviger with Worsthorne Ward	25.4	24.6	-0.8	.	.	.
Clover Hill Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Coal Clough with Deerplay Ward	23.5	25.6	2.1	16.6	15	-1.6
Coates Ward	25.9	25.3	-0.6	.	.	.
College Ward	.	.	.	16.6	16.2	-0.4
Coppull Ward	24.9	22.9	-2.0	.	.	.
Coupe Green and Gregson Lane Ward	24.1	23.3	-0.8	.	.	.
Craven Ward	27.2	22	-5.2	17.4	16	-1.4
Cribden Ward	24.4	22.8	-1.6	16.1	15.7	-0.4
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme Ward	19.8	18.9	-0.9	15	8.6	-6.4
Deepdale Ward	20.1	20.8	0.7	.	.	.
Derby Ward	26.9	23.4	-3.5	16.7	14.2	-2.5
Derby and Thornley Ward	26.6	22.3	-4.3	.	.	.
Digmoor Ward	24.2	19.6	-4.6	.	.	.
Dilworth Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Duke's Ward	25.6	22.7	-2.9	16.5	16.8	0.3
Earby Ward	24.4	20.2	-4.2	.	.	.
Earnshaw Bridge Ward	23.2	24.4	1.2	15.7	15.2	-0.5
Eccleston and Mawdesley Ward	25.2	21.7	-3.5	.	.	.
Eden Ward	24	25.3	1.3	.	.	.
Edisford and Low Moor Ward	24.9	23.4	-1.5	.	.	.
Ellel Ward	20.8	20.5	-0.3	.	.	.
Elswick and Little Eccleston Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Euxton North Ward	26	24	-2.0	.	.	.
Euxton South Ward	28.6	25.2	-3.4	.	.	.
Facit and Shawforth Ward	25.5	19.3	-6.2	.	.	.
Fairhaven Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Farington East Ward	27.1	24.7	-2.4	.	.	.
Farington West Ward	21.8	23.6	1.8	.	.	.
Fishwick Ward	21.2	14.5	-6.7	.	.	.
Foulridge Ward	23.8	24.2	0.4	.	.	.
Freckleton East Ward	24	20.3	-3.7	.	.	.
Freckleton West Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gannow Ward	23.7	21	-2.7	16.5	15.1	-1.4
Garrison Ward	28.5	24	-4.5	.	.	.
Garstang Ward	26.8	24.5	-2.3	.	.	.
Gawthorpe Ward	23	18.8	-4.2	18.5	.	.
Gisburn, Rimington Ward	18.1	23.2	5.1	.	.	.
Golden Hill Ward	25.2	23.9	-1.3	15.5	15.2	-0.3
Goodshaw Ward	25.1	26.9	1.8	.	.	.
Great Eccleston Ward	24.4	20	-4.4	.	.	.
Greenfield Ward	23.4	23.4	0.0	16.5	16	-0.5
Greensclough Ward	24	19.7	-4.3	.	.	.
Greyfriars Ward	25.6	24.5	-1.1	17.3	16	-1.3
Halsall Ward	22.1	25.2	3.1	.	.	.
Halton-with-Aughton Ward	24.8	23	-1.8	.	.	.
Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall Ward	22.6	23.2	0.6	.	.	.
Hapton with Park Ward	23.5	21.1	-2.4	.	.	.
Harbour Ward	25.3	16.4	-8.9	.	.	.
Hardhorn Ward	26	24.6	-1.4	.	.	.
Hareholme Ward	22.9	21.1	-1.8	.	.	.
Healey and Whitworth Ward	23.9	21.1	-2.8	16	16.4	0.4
Heath Charnock and Rivington Ward	23.9	20.8	-3.1	17	15.2	-1.8
Helmshore Ward	25.6	22.4	-3.2	.	.	.
Hesketh-with-Becconsall Ward	21.7	24.4	2.7	.	.	.
Heyhouses Ward	25.8	23	-2.8	.	.	.
Heysham Central Ward	22	20.3	-1.7	.	.	.
Heysham North Ward	26.8	22.9	-3.9	16.7	15.2	-1.5
Heysham South Ward	25.2	22.2	-3.0	.	.	.
High Cross Ward	.	.	.	16	15.9	-0.1
Higham and Pendleside Ward	22.2	17.2	-5.0	.	.	.
Horsfield Ward	27.5	20.5	-7.0	17.9	18	0.1
Howick and Priory Ward	26.7	24.9	-1.8	17	17.2	0.2
Huncoat Ward	26.4	23.2	-3.2	.	.	.
Immanuel Ward	24.2	22.3	-1.9	.	.	.
Ingol Ward	23.7	16.6	-7.1	14.7	11.6	-3.1
Irwell Ward	24.3	20.8	-3.5	.	.	.
John O'Gaunt Ward	24.6	24.5	-0.1	.	.	.
Jubilee Ward	26.8	23.6	-3.2	.	.	.
Kellet Ward	23.3	19.2	-4.1	.	.	.
Kilnhouse Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kingsfold Ward	30.3	22.7	-7.6	.	.	.
Kirkham North Ward	25.3	21.6	-3.7	.	.	.
Kirkham South Ward	.	.	.	17.6	15.9	-1.7
Knowsley Ward	22.3	24	1.7	17.8	15.8	-2.0
Lanehead Ward	22.1	24	1.9	15.7	12	-3.7
Langho Ward	27.9	26.5	-1.4	.	.	.
Larches Ward	25.2	17.9	-7.3	15	14	-1.0
Lea Ward	26.6	21.5	-5.1	.	.	.
Leyland Central Ward	25.8	23.6	-2.2	.	.	.
Leyland St. Ambrose Ward	22.7	28.4	5.7	.	.	.
Leyland St. Mary's Ward	.	.	.	17.4	19.6	2.2
Little Hoole and Much Hoole Ward	24.9	25.6	0.7	.	.	.
Littlemoor Ward	26.3	22.1	-4.2	17.5	18	0.5
Longholme Ward	27.2	20	-7.2	16.4	17.4	1.0
Longton and Hutton West Ward	26.3	24.4	-1.9	.	.	.
Lostock Ward	21.1	23.1	2.0	18.1	16.7	-1.4
Lostock Hall Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lower Lune Valley Ward	21.3	19.1	-2.2	.	.	.
Lowerhouse Ward	24.4	24.2	-0.2	17.4	15.5	-1.9
Marsden Ward	24.6	27.3	2.7	16.8	15.2	-1.6
Medlar-with-Wesham Ward	24	20.4	-3.6	.	.	.
Mellor Ward	23.3	21.7	-1.6	.	.	.
Middleforth Ward	27.8	23.5	-4.3	.	.	.
Milnshaw Ward	26.7	19	-7.7	.	15.6	.
Moor Park Ward	23.6	22.4	-1.2	.	.	.
Moorside Ward	21.3	20.1	-1.2	.	.	.
Moss Side Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mount Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Netherton Ward	21.8	22.6	0.8	.	.	.
New Longton and Hutton East Ward	26.2	24.6	-1.6	16.4	16.3	-0.1
Newburgh Ward	17.8	19.5	1.7	.	.	.
Newton and Treales Ward	24.3	22.8	-1.5	.	.	.
Norcross Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
North Meols Ward	22.4	21.2	-1.2	.	.	.
Old Laund Booth Ward	24.4	22.7	-1.7	.	.	.
Overton Ward	24.9	24.4	-0.5	.	.	.
Overton Ward	26.6	24.3	-2.3	.	.	.
Parbold Ward	25.3	20.6	-4.7	.	.	.
Park Ward	22.9	20.9	-2.0	16.8	16.7	-0.1
Park Ward	28.7	24	-4.7	.	.	.
Peel Ward	25.6	25.2	-0.4	.	.	.
Pennine Ward	22.4	20.2	-2.2	.	.	.
Pharos Ward	25.5	24.6	-0.9	.	.	.
Pilling Ward	22.4	13.6	-8.8	.	.	.
Poulton Ward	28.6	21.3	-7.3	.	.	.
Preesall Ward	25.9	20.5	-5.4	18.7	18.8	0.1
Preston Rural East Ward	25.6	24.5	-1.1	18.5	21.2	2.7
Preston Rural North Ward	22.7	18.8	-3.9	.	.	.
Primrose Ward	23.2	25	1.8	.	.	.
Queensgate Ward	25.4	.	.	.	.	.
Read and Simonstone Ward	26.7	22.7	-4.0	.	.	.
Reedley Ward	23.7	23.7	0.0	.	.	.
Ribbleton Ward	24	18.7	-5.3	13.9	12.6	-1.3
Ribby-with-Wrea Ward	23.8	23.8	0.0	.	.	.
Ribchester Ward	21.9	16.8	-5.1	.	.	.
Rishton Ward	25.4	22.6	-2.8	15.6	15.6	0.0
Riversway Ward	25.8	21.2	-4.6	.	.	.
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse Ward	21	25.2	4.2	.	.	.
Rosehill with Burnley Wood Ward	25.4	20.4	-5.0	16.2	14.3	-1.9
Rossall Ward	26	24.7	-1.3	.	16.1	.
Rufford Ward	19.1	15.9	-3.2	.	.	.
Sabden Ward	21.7	25.4	3.7	.	.	.
Salthill Ward	26.5	21.4	-5.1	.	.	.
Samlesbury and Walton Ward	22.3	22.1	-0.2	.	.	.
Scarisbrick Ward	22.2	16.1	-6.1	.	.	.
Scotforth East Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Scotforth West Ward	25.6	24.3	-1.3	.	.	.
Scott Ward	22.9	19.4	-3.5	.	.	.
Seven Stars Ward	24.6	22.5	-2.1	.	.	.
Sharoe Green Ward	27.7	26.1	-1.6	.	.	.
Silverdale Ward	20.4	18.2	-2.2	.	.	.
Singleton and Greenhalgh Ward	24.5	26.1	1.6	.	.	.
Skelmersdale North Ward	24.6	21.4	-3.2	16	14.4	-1.6
Skelmersdale South Ward	23	20.9	-2.1	.	.	.
Skerton East Ward	21.6	23.3	1.7	15.1	14.2	-0.9
Skerton West Ward	25.5	19.9	-5.6	.	.	.
Slyne-with-Hest Ward	27.1	26.5	-0.6	.	.	.
Southfield Ward	25.1	22.1	-3.0	.	.	.
Spring Hill Ward	23.2	20.1	-3.1	17.4	16.7	-0.7
St Andrew's Ward	24.2	20.8	-3.4	14.9	15	0.1
St George's Ward	22.9	21.4	-1.5	12.8	14.2	1.4
St Johns Ward	25.2	24	-1.2	19.3	17	-2.3
St Leonards Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
St Mary's Ward	28.1	28.7	0.6	15.6	16.6	1.0
St Matthew's Ward	22.8	21.3	-1.5	.	.	.
St Oswald's Ward	25.6	23.2	-2.4	.	.	.
Stacksteads Ward	27.3	18	-9.3	.	.	.
Staina Ward	26.1	24.6	-1.5	18.3	15.4	-2.9
Staining and Weeton Ward	23.6	22	-1.6	.	.	.
Tanhouse Ward	19.5	19.3	-0.2	.	.	.
Tardy Gate Ward	26	23.9	-2.1	17.4	18	0.6
Tarleton Ward	24.9	24.4	-0.5	17.8	19.5	1.7
Tithebarn Ward	28.1	25.9	-2.2	.	.	.
Torrisholme Ward	27.3	23.5	-3.8	.	.	.
Town Centre Ward	20.7	21.4	0.7	13.1	12.1	-1.0
Trinity Ward	20.7	23.5	2.8	.	.	.
Tulketh Ward	27.4	24.9	-2.5	.	.	.
University Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Up Holland Ward	19.5	15.1	-4.4	16.8	17.9	1.1
Upper Lune Valley Ward	14.5	15.8	1.3	8.7	8.8	0.1
Victoria Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vivary Bridge Ward	26.2	24.5	-1.7	.	.	.
Waddington and West Bradford Ward	23.5	19	-4.5	14.6	16.4	1.8
Walton-le-Dale Ward	25.9	25.6	-0.3	.	.	.
Walverden Ward	27.2	24.7	-2.5	14.8	.	.
Warren Ward	24.8	22.9	-1.9	.	.	.
Warton Ward	26.3	19.1	-7.2	.	.	.
Warton and Westby Ward	22.5	21.6	-0.9	.	.	.
Waterside Ward	24.1	18.2	-5.9	17.7	17.3	-0.4
Westgate Ward	25.1	22.5	-2.6	.	.	.
Whalley Ward	23.5	25.3	1.8	.	.	.
Wheelton and Withnell Ward	22.6	20.8	-1.8	.	.	.
Whitefield Ward	20.4	22.7	2.3	.	.	.
Whitefield Ward	27.1	23	-4.1	18.7	16.6	-2.1
Whitewell Ward	23.7	21.1	-2.6	17.1	15.7	-1.4
Whittlefield with Ightenhill Ward	26	23	-3.0	.	.	.
Wilpshire Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wiswell and Pendleton Ward	22.5	24.4	1.9	.	.	.
Worsley Ward	18.2	17.5	-0.7	.	.	.
Wrightington Ward	23.7	21.4	-2.3	.	.	.
Wyresdale Ward	17.2	15.4	-1.8	.	.	.

Lancashire LA	-	22.1	N/A	-	16	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
Lancashire LA	..	33,890(p)	33,890

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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