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England > South East Region > West Sussex 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
West Sussex LA	540	1,750	1,210	1,440	2,560	1,120
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
West Sussex LA	2,550	2,740	190	2,440	2,920	480
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
Aldwick East Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aldwick West Ward	23.9	23.2	-0.7	.	.	.
Angmering Ward	23.7	22.6	-1.1	14.1	13.6	-0.5
Ardingly and Balcombe Ward	21.6	19.2	-2.4	.	.	.
Arundel Ward	21.6	23.2	1.6	.	.	.
Ashurst Wood Ward	20.9	17.6	-3.3	.	.	.
Barnham Ward	23.2	23.5	0.3	16.5	17.6	1.1
Beach Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bersted Ward	22.1	19.7	-2.4	.	.	.
Bewbush Ward	22	20.9	-1.1	.	.	.
Billingshurst and Shipley Ward	20.9	18.8	-2.1	15.8	16.1	0.3
Bolney Ward	19.6	17.7	-1.9	.	.	.
Bosham Ward	20.3	19.6	-0.7	.	.	.
Boxgrove Ward	16.2	13.9	-2.3	.	.	.
Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote Ward	26.1	20	-6.1	.	.	.
Broadbridge Heath Ward	22.2	21	-1.2	.	.	.
Broadfield North Ward	22.8	16.6	-6.2	.	.	.
Broadfield South Ward	23	17.6	-5.4	.	.	.
Broadwater Ward	21.4	21.4	0.0	16.1	14.5	-1.6
Brookfield Ward	.	.	.	16.7	16.4	-0.3
Buckingham Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Burgess Hill Dunstall Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Burgess Hill Franklands Ward	26.2	21.6	-4.6	.	.	.
Burgess Hill Leylands Ward	21.6	20	-1.6	.	.	.
Burgess Hill Meeds Ward	22.6	22.5	-0.1	17.7	17.1	-0.6
Burgess Hill St Andrews Ward	25.4	23.3	-2.1	.	.	.
Burgess Hill Victoria Ward	23.2	20.3	-2.9	.	.	.
Bury Ward	18.1	16.4	-1.7	.	.	.
Castle Ward	21.8	20.5	-1.3	17.9	16	-1.9
Central Ward	23.8	20.6	-3.2	.	.	.
Chanctonbury Ward	20.8	20.6	-0.2	18.3	16.6	-1.7
Chantry Ward	21	20.8	-0.2	.	.	.
Chichester East Ward	18	13.8	-4.2	.	.	.
Chichester North Ward	23	26.1	3.1	.	.	.
Chichester South Ward	23.7	22.9	-0.8	16.9	18.1	1.2
Chichester West Ward	24	20.2	-3.8	18.1	17.9	-0.2
Churchill Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cokeham Ward	.	.	.	16.6	14.5	-2.1
Copthorne and Worth Ward	24.7	21.3	-3.4	.	.	.
Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead Ward	21.1	22	0.9	.	.	.
Crawley Down and Turners Hill Ward	22.7	20.6	-2.1	.	.	.
Cuckfield Ward	22.1	17.1	-5.0	17.2	15.9	-1.3
Denne Ward	22.9	21.8	-1.1	18.9	16.7	-2.2
Donnington Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Durrington Ward	24.2	.	.	.	.	.
Easebourne Ward	22.2	20.3	-1.9	17.9	15.8	-2.1
East Grinstead Ashplats Ward	23	22.2	-0.8	16.7	16.5	-0.2
East Grinstead Baldwins Ward	23.4	19.2	-4.2	.	.	.
East Grinstead Herontye Ward	22.9	18.1	-4.8	.	.	.
East Grinstead Imberhorne Ward	23.8	23.4	-0.4	16.3	15.9	-0.4
East Grinstead Town Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
East Preston with Kingston Ward	24	22.9	-1.1	.	.	.
East Wittering Ward	22.1	.	.	.	.	.
Eastbrook Ward	22	17.9	-4.1	.	.	.
Felpham East Ward	23.8	21.8	-2.0	.	.	.
Felpham West Ward	24	22	-2.0	17.3	17.8	0.5
Fernhurst Ward	21.5	21.5	0.0	.	.	.
Ferring Ward	24.7	24.5	-0.2	.	.	.
Findon Ward	18.2	17.3	-0.9	.	.	.
Fishbourne Ward	23.5	26.4	2.9	.	.	.
Forest Ward	24.4	23.9	-0.5	16.6	19.4	2.8
Funtington Ward	21.4	18.5	-2.9	.	.	.
Furnace Green Ward	22.7	20.4	-2.3	.	.	.
Gaisford Ward	25.3	22.7	-2.6	17	17	0.0
Goring Ward	23.5	21.9	-1.6	17.6	16.4	-1.2
Gossops Green Ward	24.6	23	-1.6	16.9	15.1	-1.8
Ham Ward	22.4	20	-2.4	.	.	.
Harting Ward	19.4	14.1	-5.3	.	.	.
Hassocks Ward	22.4	21.6	-0.8	17.8	16.6	-1.2
Haywards Heath Ashenground Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward	24.2	22.8	-1.4	17.7	16.7	-1.0
Haywards Heath Franklands Ward	25.1	21.1	-4.0	.	.	.
Haywards Heath Heath Ward	24.8	22.5	-2.3	.	.	.
Haywards Heath Lucastes Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Heene Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Henfield Ward	23.6	22.5	-1.1	.	.	.
High Weald Ward	19.5	16.5	-3.0	.	.	.
Hillside Ward	26	23.8	-2.2	.	.	.
Holbrook East Ward	0	21.9	21.9	0	.	.
Holbrook West Ward	23.1	22.6	-0.5	.	.	.
Horsham Park Ward	21.8	.	.	18.9	17.2	-1.7
Hotham Ward	24.3	22.9	-1.4	.	.	.
Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward	25.2	22.8	-2.4	.	.	.
Ifield Ward	23.9	19.9	-4.0	14.5	15.6	1.1
Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham Ward	21.1	17.2	-3.9	.	.	.
Langley Green Ward	22.1	21.4	-0.7	.	.	.
Lavant Ward	20.9	24	3.1	.	.	.
Lindfield Ward	21.5	24.3	2.8	.	.	.
Maidenbower Ward	26	21.8	-4.2	.	13.7	.
Manor Ward	23.5	22	-1.5	.	.	.
Marine Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marine Ward	17.8	20.4	2.6	.	.	.
Marine Ward	24.1	23.7	-0.4	.	.	.
Mash Barn Ward	23.2	18.5	-4.7	.	.	.
Middleton-on-Sea Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Midhurst Ward	26	24.8	-1.2	15.5	14	-1.5
North Mundham Ward	23.3	23	-0.3	.	.	.
Northbrook Ward	23	18.3	-4.7	.	.	.
Northgate Ward	20.7	19.6	-1.1	.	.	.
Nuthurst Ward	20.2	16.6	-3.6	.	.	.
Offington Ward	24.5	24.8	0.3	.	.	.
Orchard Ward	21.3	20	-1.3	.	.	.
Pagham and Rose Green Ward	25.1	22.7	-2.4	.	.	.
Petworth Ward	21.6	17.9	-3.7	13.5	17.6	4.1
Pevensey Ward	24.1	20.9	-3.2	16.9	15	-1.9
Peverel Ward	22.7	18	-4.7	.	.	.
Plaistow Ward	20.4	18.3	-2.1	.	.	.
Pound Hill North Ward	24.9	21.9	-3.0	.	.	.
Pound Hill South and Worth Ward	24.3	21	-3.3	.	.	.
Pulborough and Coldwatham Ward	20.1	21.5	1.4	.	.	.
River Ward	23.4	19.5	-3.9	.	.	.
Roffey North Ward	21.7	20.6	-1.1	.	.	.
Roffey South Ward	23	21.7	-1.3	.	.	.
Rogate Ward	17.4	12.3	-5.1	.	.	.
Rudgwick Ward	23.3	21.5	-1.8	.	.	.
Rusper and Colgate Ward	21.3	17	-4.3	.	.	.
Rustington East Ward	25.4	21.9	-3.5	.	.	.
Rustington West Ward	25.9	24.7	-1.2	.	.	.
Salvington Ward	.	21.4	.	.	.	.
Selden Ward	22.2	16.8	-5.4	16.5	16	-0.5
Selsey North Ward	24.8	21.9	-2.9	17.1	16.1	-1.0
Selsey South Ward	23.8	25	1.2	.	.	.
Sidlesham Ward	20	18.7	-1.3	.	.	.
Southbourne Ward	21.9	18.9	-3.0	16.4	17.7	1.3
Southgate Ward	22.7	21.4	-1.3	16.4	16.1	-0.3
Southlands Ward	.	.	.	.	.	.
Southwater Ward	23.5	21.7	-1.8	.	.	.
Southwick Green Ward	20.9	22.4	1.5	15.8	15.6	-0.2
St Mary's Ward	23.9	20.4	-3.5	.	.	.
St Nicolas Ward	24.1	20.9	-3.2	.	.	.
Stedham Ward	15	12.5	-2.5	.	.	.
Steyning Ward	20.6	22.2	1.6	16.4	16.1	-0.3
Tangmere Ward	22.1	17.5	-4.6	.	.	.
Tarring Ward	24.5	24	-0.5	.	.	.
Three Bridges Ward	18.5	18	-0.5	16.6	15.5	-1.1
Tilgate Ward	21.5	19	-2.5	16.4	13.4	-3.0
Trafalgar Ward	22.7	21.8	-0.9	.	.	.
Walberton Ward	20.9	18.4	-2.5	.	.	.
West Green Ward	19.5	24.6	5.1	.	.	.
West Wittering Ward	21.1	19.7	-1.4	.	.	.
Westbourne Ward	22.3	23.3	1.0	.	.	.
Wick with Toddington Ward	20	18.2	-1.8	.	.	.
Widewater Ward	22.2	19.1	-3.1	.	.	.
Wisborough Green Ward	21.3	22.3	1.0	.	.	.
Yapton Ward	21.4	19.5	-1.9	.	.	.
West Sussex LA	22.7	20.9	-1.8	16.8	16.1	-0.7
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
West Sussex LA	22,630	33,090(p)	10,460
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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