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Teaching Assistants - in 2010 there were 123,880 teaching assistants in maintained Primary schools up from 95,460 in 2005. In 2010 there were 43,610 teaching assistants in maintained Secondary schools up from 30,220 in 2005.
Other Support Staff - in 2010 there were 61,880 full time equivalent other support staff in maintained Primary schools up from 45,880 in 2005. In 2009 there were 93,850 full time equivalent other support staff in maintained Secondary schools up from 63,960 in 2005.
Numbers of Teachers - in 2010 there were 186,210 full time equivalent qualified teachers in maintained Primary schools up from 180,630 in 2005. In maintained Secondary schools there were 208,130 full time equivalent qualified teachers in 2010 up from 200,160 in 2005.
Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2010 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 21.3 down from 22.5 in 2005. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2010 was 15.6 down from 16.7 in 2005.
The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special schools and pupil referral units in 2009 was £36,820 up from £32,890 in 2005.
Numbers of Teaching Assistants (FTE), Maintained Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Includes the following maintained school types - Primary, Secondary, Middle schools as deemed. Secondary includes Academies and City Technology Colleges. Teaching assistant figures include special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff.Other support staff figures include administrative staff and technicians. Numbers are rounded to nearest 10.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number.
Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Numbers of Teaching Assistants (FTE), Maintained Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Includes the following maintained school types - Primary, Secondary, Middle schools as deemed. Secondary includes Academies and City Technology Colleges. Teaching assistant figures include special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff.Other support staff figures include administrative staff and technicians. Numbers are rounded to nearest 10.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number.
Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Primary Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Position at January each year.
Includes middle schools as deemed.
Includes qualified teachers and other teaching staff.
Includes teachers and other teaching staff in Academies and City Technology Colleges.
Numbers are rounded to nearest 10.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number
Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Numbers of Teachers (FTE), Maintained Secondary Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Position at January each year.
Includes middle schools as deemed.
Includes qualified teachers and other teaching staff.
Includes teachers and other teaching staff in Academies and City Technology Colleges.
Numbers are rounded to nearest 10.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number
Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary/Secondary Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Includes middle schools as deemed.
Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time qualified teachers.
Includes qualified teachers (including those not in schools and teachers providing short-term cover) and teachers without qualified status employed in the maintained sector.
These are ratios over all maintained primary and secondary schools. They do not reflect the actual deployment of teachers amongst different schools, nor the size of classes taught.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number
Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Pupil Teacher Ratios for Maintained Primary/Secondary Schools
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
Includes middle schools as deemed.
Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time qualified teachers.
Includes qualified teachers (including those not in schools and teachers providing short-term cover) and teachers without qualified status employed in the maintained sector.
These are ratios over all maintained primary and secondary schools. They do not reflect the actual deployment of teachers amongst different schools, nor the size of classes taught.
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each school was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual schools establishment number
Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Parliamentary Constituency using its postcode.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Meta Information
Dataset Title
Average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary, special and pupil referal units, :'s
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Maintained sector only. Teachers in Academies are not included. 2008 and 2009 data is provisional
Concepts and Definitions
. = Not Applicable .. = Not Available - = Nil or negligible (p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk Web http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway
Numbers of Teaching Assistants and Other Support Staff(FTE), Maintained Primary Schools