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Teachers (Wandsworth)

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers are currently employed in the London borough of Wandsworth; and how many were employed in each of the past three years. [20178]

Mr. Forth: The information is as shown.

Full-time equivalent (fte) numbers of teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector in the London borough of Wandsworth

January	Full time equivalent
1993	1,880
1994	1,800
1995	1,720
1996	1,750

Excludes sixth form colleges throughout.

Environmental Auditing

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 20 November 1996, Official Report, column 553, if she will make a statement on the impact of the schools

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environmental assessment method on the work of schools in respect of their evaluation of their environmental impact. [20308]

Mr. Robin Squire: The schools environmental assessment method--SEAM--was published in October. SEAM is being used by local authorities in environmental education and energy conservation outreach to schools. The 480 eco-schools participating in the green flag award scheme run by the Tidy Britain Group and sponsored by the Department of the Environment have been sent copies of SEAM so that they can take their environmental assessment further. Having carried out an initial SEAM assessment schools are encouraged to continue environmental monitoring. The Building Research Establishment is at present sending all schools a free copy of its software "The School Toolkit" which enables easy environmental monitoring by pupils or staff. These initiatives together with the work of groups like Learning Through Landscapes and Groundwork provide a framework for schools to evaluate, monitor and improve their environmental impacts.

Mr. Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 20 November 1996, Official Report, column 553, what percentage of schools met the revised energy targets for new school buildings included in the schools environmental assessment method; and if she will make a statement. [20309]

Mr. Squire: The information requested is not collected centrally for all schools.

However, of a recent sample of schools in five LEA areas 78 per cent. were below the highest band of energy consumption recommended for existing schools, and 58 per cent. were below the highest band recommended for new schools.

It is hoped that schools whose energy consumption is above the maximum recommended bands will be encouraged by SEAM to adopt no-cost good housekeeping measures or low-cost energy saving measures to reduce their energy consumption.

Teachers

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was (a) the average age of teachers entering the state and maintained sector, (b) the average age of teachers in that sector and (c) the youngest and oldest teachers who took voluntary redundancy or early retirement (i) in the latest year for which figures are available and (ii) in 1989-90. [20215]

Mrs. Gillan: The average age of new entrants and the average age of all teachers in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector is as follows. The youngest age at which a teacher may be granted premature retirement is 50, and the oldest 64, and those are the ages of the youngest and oldest teachers granted premature retirement in the two years in question. The Department does not collect information on voluntary redundancies.

	1989-90	1994-95
Average age of new entrants	28	28
Average age of all teachers	41	42

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Departmental Expenditure Plans

Mr. Bryan Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what changes have been made to her Department's expenditure plans in consequence of the initial claim for additional grant in aid submitted by the Further Education Funding Council in respect of demand-led element enrolments. [20164]

Mr. Paice: The initial claim from the Further Education Funding Council, of £82 million in this financial year has been met in full by the Department. This has been managed by drawing on existing underspends across a range of DfEE budgets. The underspends which have been used to meet the initial claim would otherwise have been returned to the Exchequer at the end of this financial year.

Internet

Sir Cranley Onslow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance her Department is providing to schools regarding the supervision of access to the Internet by pupils. [20196]

Mr. Robin Squire: At the Department's request the National Council for Educational Technology has published guidance for teachers and parents on the use of the Internet. Through its network of curriculum IT support projects, the Department has also funded the development of materials to support teachers in the use of technologies such as the Internet in the delivery of national curriculum subjects.

The Government are also supporting the evaluation of the educational potential of new technologies and models of implementation through their piloting programme, the Education Department's superhighways initiative. Several of these projects are piloting the use of the Internet, including Internet services designed specifically for schools. The outcomes of these evaluations will be made available later this year, accompanied by guidance for schools on purchasing and good practice in the use of new technologies.

Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) of 6 March, Official Report, column 706, if she will provide figures for her Department's PFI projects in the same form as used by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in his answer to the hon. Member for Darlington of 6 March, Official Report, columns 692-93. [20384]

Mr. Robin Squire: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 6 March, Official Report, column 706. The estimate in table 5.5 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1997-98" is based on the aggregate potential for PFI in the Department's and Employment Service's own estates and infrastructure; it is not yet directly attributable to specific projects, other than the two

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which have already been concluded. These projects are not yet fully operational and their details therefore remain commercially sensitive.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Mr. Michael Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in rank order

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the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) secondary and (b) primary schools of each local education authority and their ranking in respect of number of GCSE grades A to C. [20533]

Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the following table.

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Pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) and GCSE results(14) by local education authority area in England

LEA area	Percentage of pupils aged 15 achieving five or more GCSE grades A*-C		Pupil: teacher ratios
	1995-96		January 1996
			Primary		Secondary
	Percentage	Rank	PTR	Rank	PTR	Rank
Isles of Scilly	73.1	1	15.0	2	8.1	1
Kingston upon Thames	59.9	2	23.8	82	16.2	35
Sutton	56.4	3	23.3	59	16.6	62
Harrow	53.5	4	20.8	12	15.6	13
Barnet	53.4	5	20.9	13	14.8	6
North Yorkshire	53.0	6	23.4	66	16.3	43
North Somerset	52.5	7	23.7	77	16.3	43
Richmond upon Thames	52.2	8	21.3	17	16.5	53
Redbridge	50.8	9	22.7	38	16.2	35
West Sussex	50.6	10	22.5	33	16.6	62
Buckinghamshire	50.5	11	23.6	73	17.1	94
Surrey	50.5	11	22.0	23	16.6	62
Bromley	50.3	13	24.6	109	15.7	18
Gloucestershire	50.2	14	23.4	66	17.6	107
Somerset	50.0	15	23.2	51	18.0	117
Solihull	49.6	16	24.1	99	16.6	62
Cheshire	49.3	17	24.0	93	17.0	87
Dorset	49.3	17	23.9	87	17.5	102
Hertfordshire	49.3	17	22.3	25	15.7	18
Stockport	49.0	20	23.8	82	16.6	62
Berkshire	48.8	21	23.3	59	16.3	43
Bury	48.6	22	24.0	93	17.2	99
Trafford	48.6	22	24.7	111	16.6	62
Wiltshire	48.3	24	23.4	66	16.8	75
Shropshire	48.0	25	24.3	102	16.5	53
York	47.7	26	24.2	101	16.2	35
Bath and North-east Somerset	47.4	27	22.8	43	16.4	48
Suffolk	47.0	28	22.3	25	16.5	53
Bexley	46.8	29	24.8	113	16.6	62
Cambridge	46.7	30	23.9	87	17.2	99
Cornwall	46.7	30	23.7	77	17.5	102
Kensington and Chelsea	46.7	30	17.8	3	13.3	2
Hampshire	46.5	33	22.8	43	16.6	62
Northumberland	46.1	34	24.6	109	18.5	119
Oxfordshire	45.8	35	23.3	59	17.9	114
Dudley	44.9	36	22.4	31	16.5	53
South Gloucestershire	44.7	37	24.3	102	16.9	81
Hereford and Worcester	44.6	38	23.2	51	17.7	110
Isle of Wight	44.5	39	23.2	51	18.1	118
Lincolnshire	44.5	39	23.6	73	15.9	23
Wirral	44.4	41	23.2	51	16.2	35
Cumbria	44.2	42	23.2	51	16.9	81
Devon	44.2	43	24.0	93	17.0	87
Havering	44.1	44	23.7	77	16.2	35
Sefton	44.0	45	23.2	51	16.4	48
Wigan	43.9	46	22.9	46	16.0	28
Kent	43.7	47	23.9	87	16.4	48
Warwickshire	43.7	47	23.6	73	16.8	75
East Riding of Yorkshire	43.6	49	24.8	113	16.6	62
Northamptonshire	43.5	50	23.4	66	17.0	87
East Sussex	43.3	51	22.7	38	16.0	28
Essex	43.1	52	22.6	35	16.7	73
Camden	43.0	53	20.3	9	14.9	7
Bedfordshire	42.7	54	23.0	49	17.8	112
Lancashire	42.6	55	24.1	99	17.0	87
Hounslow	42.3	56	21.6	20	15.8	21
Derbyshire	42.0	57	25.3	120	17.0	87
Bolton	41.9	58	22.8	43	16.5	53
Norfolk	41.9	58	22.3	25	15.6	13
North Tyneside	41.1	60	23.9	87	17.1	94
Enfield	41.0	61	22.6	35	16.3	43
Hillingdon	40.9	62	22.3	25	16.4	48
St. Helens	40.9	62	22.9	46	15.6	13
Staffordshire	40.9	62	24.9	117	17.6	107
Calderdale	39.7	65	24.0	93	16.9	81
Leicestershire	39.7	65	23.3	59	17.1	94
Croydon	38.8	67	22.2	24	16.3	43
Kirklees	38.4	68	23.3	59	16.8	75
Merton	38.3	69	21.5	19	17.2	99
Coventry	38.0	70	23.3	59	16.1	30
North Lincolnshire	37.6	71	24.5	107	17.1	94
Redcar and Cleveland	37.6	71	24.5	107	17.1	94
Sheffield	37.2	73	22.9	46	17.5	102
Stockton on Tees	37.2	73	23.8	82	16.9	81
Gateshead	36.6	75	22.3	25	15.9	23
Leeds	36.6	75	23.9	87	16.6	62
Nottinghamshire	36.4	77	24.3	102	16.7	73
Durham	36.2	78	24.0	93	17.5	102
Rotherham	36.2	78	23.2	51	17.0	87
Rochdale	35.4	80	24.4	106	16.9	81
Tameside	35.4	80	25.1	119	17.8	112
Hammersmith and Fulham	35.3	82	20.3	9	16.8	75
Wakefield	35.3	82	24.0	93	16.4	48
South Tyneside	35.2	84	23.3	59	16.8	75
Brent	35.1	85	21.7	21	15.4	11
Ealing	34.6	86	22.7	38	16.5	53
Doncaster	33.5	87	24.3	102	16.8	75
Waltham Forest	33.4	88	21.4	18	15.8	21
Oldham	33.3	89	23.7	77	15.9	23
Westminster	33.0	90	18.4	4	15.2	8
Birmingham	32.9	91	22.7	38	15.9	23
Wandsworth	32.8	92	20.5	11	15.9	23
Newcastle upon Tyne	32.7	93	23.8	82	16.9	81
North East Lincolnshire	32.4	94	24.8	113	17.9	114
Walsall	32.2	95	23.4	66	16.2	35
Hartlepool	31.9	96	24.8	113	17.0	87
Sunderland	31.7	97	22.6	35	16.1	30
City of Bristol	30.9	98	22.7	38	15.6	13
Wolverhampton	30.2	99	22.5	33	16.1	30
Salford	30.1	100	23.8	82	16.5	53
Lewisham	30.0	101	20.1	8	15.2	8
Greenwich	29.1	102	20.9	13	15.6	13
Bradford	28.9	103	22.3	25	17.7	110
Haringey	28.5	104	21.0	16	14.6	4
Barnsley	28.2	105	25.0	118	17.9	114
Newham	27.9	106	23.9	87	16.5	53
Liverpool	27.6	107	23.5	71	16.2	35
Barking and Dagenham	27.1	108	22.4	31	16.1	30
Manchester	27.0	109	23.0	49	15.5	12
Middlesbrough	26.9	110	23.6	73	16.1	30
Sandwell	26.5	111	23.7	77	16.5	53
Hackney	25.7	112	19.7	7	14.7	5
Lambeth	25.1	113	18.6	5	14.4	3
Southwark	24.6	114	21.7	21	16.2	35
Tower Hamlets	23.9	115	19.5	6	15.2	8
Knowsley	23.6	116	23.5	71	16.6	62
City of Kingston upon Hull	22.8	117	24.7	111	17.6	107
Islington	22.4	118	20.9	13	15.7	18
Corporation of London	n/a	n/a	13.9	1	n/a	n/a
England	44.5		23.2		16.6

(14) Includes grant-maintained, special schools and City Technology Colleges; excludes independent schools.

n/a = not applicable.

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Mr. Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the pupil-teacher ratio for (a) primary, (b) special and (c) secondary schools in (i) 1979, (ii) 1990 and (iii) the latest available date for each English local education authority. [20532]

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Mr. Squire: The information requested is shown in the following table.

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Pupil:teacher ratios in maintained primary, secondary and special schools by local education authority area in England Position at January 1979, 1990 and 1996

	1979			1990			1996
	Primary	Secondary(15)	Special	Primary	Secondary(15)	Special	Primary	Secondary	Special
Corporation of London	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	17.4	(17)--	(17)--	13.9	(17)--	(17)--
Camden	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	19.2	14.9	3.8	20.3	14.9	3.7
Greenwich	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	19.7	15.8	6.0	20.9	15.6	6.5
Hackney	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	18.3	14.2	6.1	19.7	14.7	5.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	18.3	14.3	4.9	20.3	16.8	5.6
Islington	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	18.5	16.4	5.8	20.9	15.7	5.0
Kensington and Chelsea	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	18.5	13.7	5.8	17.8	13.3	3.3
Lambeth	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	19.2	14.2	5.6	18.6	14.4	5.2
Lewisham	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	19.6	14.7	5.9	20.1	15.2	6.3
Southwark	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	20.0	15.6	5.0	21.7	16.2	5.0
Tower Hamlets	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	18.1	14.1	6.0	19.5	15.2	5.8
Wandsworth	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	17.9	14.5	4.9	20.5	15.9	6.3
Westminster	(16)--	(16)--	(16)--	17.2	14.2	6.1	18.4	15.2	5.4
Inner London Education Authority	18.7	14.9	6.9	(17)--	(17)--	(17)--	(17)--	(17)--	(17)--
Barking and Dagenham	22.3	15.5	7.6	22.3	14.7	5.7	22.4	16.1	5.6
Barnet	21.5	15.5	7.2	20.1	14.9	4.8	20.9	14.8	5.7
Bexley	25.1	17.2	9.6	22.9	16.0	6.5	24.8	16.6	7.0
Brent	18.7	13.9	6.5	20.8	13.7	4.7	21.7	15.4	5.2
Bromley	24.5	16.7	9.1	23.1	15.7	5.8	24.6	15.7	6.4
Croydon	23.1	16.3	7.5	21.3	16.3	5.2	22.2	16.3	5.8
Ealing	20.4	15.6	6.8	20.2	14.0	5.0	22.7	16.5	5.6
Enfield	24.0	16.8	8.7	21.2	15.3	5.3	22.6	16.3	5.9
Haringey	20.9	16.0	5.7	21.8	12.9	4.5	21.0	14.6	4.7
Harrow	22.1	16.1	6.5	22.0	15.4	5.7	20.8	15.6	5.0
Havering	23.6	17.0	8.3	22.6	15.4	6.4	23.7	16.2	6.0
Hillingdon	23.0	16.5	7.4	22.1	15.3	6.7	22.3	16.4	7.3
Hounslow	21.9	15.9	6.3	20.2	15.2	5.7	21.6	15.8	6.3
Kingston upon Thames	22.1	16.1	9.2	21.8	14.1	6.5	23.8	16.2	6.9
Merton	22.2	17.6	7.5	20.8	15.4	5.0	21.5	17.2	6.0
Newham	21.4	16.1	7.4	23.1	14.1	5.3	23.9	16.5	2.4
Redbridge	24.1	17.1	7.2	23.4	15.9	6.4	22.7	16.2	4.3
Richmond upon Thames	22.2	17.0	5.9	20.9	15.9	5.5	21.3	16.5	5.5
Sutton	24.0	17.3	9.2	22.0	15.8	6.4	23.3	16.6	6.8
Waltham Forest	22.4	14.7	5.7	22.2	13.6	3.5	21.4	15.8	4.2
Birmingham	24.0	16.5	7.4	23.6	16.3	6.3	22.7	15.9	6.4
Coventry	22.7	16.0	8.0	22.4	13.9	5.7	23.3	16.1	6.3
Dudley	25.5	18.0	9.9	21.5	13.9	8.6	22.4	16.5	8.1
Sandwell	24.4	16.4	9.6	22.2	14.1	6.7	23.7	16.5	7.5
Solihull	23.5	16.4	8.2	22.6	15.4	5.6	24.1	16.6	7.1
Walsall	22.6	15.8	7.5	20.8	13.9	5.5	23.4	16.2	6.1
Wolverhampton	21.1	15.8	6.5	19.8	13.5	5.9	22.5	16.1	7.2
Knowsley	23.4	16.3	7.4	21.4	14.5	6.8	23.5	16.6	5.2
Liverpool	21.1	16.1	7.6	21.7	14.2	6.5	23.5	16.2	6.0
St. Helens	23.8	16.2	9.3	22.4	13.6	7.7	22.9	15.6	6.8
Sefton	23.6	17.3	9.0	23.2	16.1	6.9	23.2	16.4	6.6
Wirral	24.2	17.1	8.0	20.6	14.9	6.3	23.2	16.2	6.7
Bolton	25.2	16.5	7.9	21.7	14.8	6.1	22.8	16.5	6.6
Bury	23.5	16.5	8.0	22.3	15.2	5.6	24.0	17.2	5.0
Manchester	21.9	15.1	6.7	21.8	13.7	5.4	23.0	15.5	4.8
Oldham	25.2	17.6	7.7	22.4	14.5	5.3	23.7	15.9	5.6
Rochdale	22.9	15.4	7.8	21.9	13.8	6.6	24.4	16.9	7.3
Salford	23.5	16.2	8.9	22.0	13.5	6.5	23.8	16.5	5.2
Stockport	26.3	17.3	9.8	23.4	15.2	6.5	23.8	16.6	6.3
Thameside	24.1	16.5	6.9	22.7	15.5	5.3	25.1	17.8	7.3
Trafford	22.2	16.5	8.2	22.4	14.2	6.6	24.7	16.6	6.8
Wigan	22.6	16.1	8.2	21.4	13.7	5.9	22.9	16.0	6.5
Barnsley	23.6	16.8	7.8	22.7	15.5	6.1	25.0	17.9	6.6
Doncaster	22.2	16.6	8.5	21.6	15.1	8.1	24.3	16.8	9.1
Rotherham	24.0	17.4	7.8	21.3	14.5	6.7	23.2	17.0	7.6
Sheffield	21.8	16.4	6.1	21.0	14.2	4.4	22.9	17.5	5.2
Bradford	20.9	17.6	7.5	19.7	14.9	3.8	22.3	17.7	5.6
Calderdale	23.8	17.6	7.1	22.3	14.9	4.8	24.0	16.9	5.2
Kirklees	23.6	18.3	7.3	21.0	14.7	6.9	23.3	16.8	6.5
Leeds	24.6	17.8	7.7	19.4	14.9	5.9	23.9	16.6	6.3
Wakefield	23.3	18.0	8.4	22.0	15.3	6.3	24.0	16.4	6.1
Gateshead	21.2	16.5	9.3	20.9	13.9	5.6	22.3	15.9	5.9
Newcastle upon Tyne	18.7	14.7	7.4	21.0	14.2	5.9	23.8	16.9	6.8
North Tyneside	21.1	16.2	8.3	20.9	14.3	6.0	23.9	17.1	6.4
South Tyneside	20.3	16.0	7.9	20.9	14.3	6.6	23.3	16.8	8.2
Sunderland	23.5	16.7	8.9	22.0	14.7	5.9	22.6	16.1	7.4
Isles of Scilly	15.3	11.3	(17)--	14.2	8.2	(17)--	15.0	8.1	(17)--
Avon	24.2	17.0	7.6	22.4	16.2	6.0	23.3	16.3	5.9
Bedfordshire	21.6	17.3	6.5	21.5	17.2	6.1	23.0	17.8	7.1
Berkshire	23.9	16.8	8.9	23.5	15.5	6.6	23.3	16.3	7.1
Buckinghamshire	24.2	16.8	8.2	22.9	15.8	6.6	23.6	17.1	7.2
Cambridgeshire	23.3	16.7	8.8	22.6	16.0	5.7	23.9	17.2	6.9
Cheshire	23.5	17.0	7.9	24.3	16.3	6.7	24.0	17.0	7.2
Cleveland	23.4	18.4	8.5	22.5	15.2	5.0	24.1	16.8	7.1
Cornwall	24.2	16.9	8.0	23.2	16.1	7.3	23.7	17.5	7.3
Cumbria	23.1	16.5	8.5	21.8	14.7	5.6	23.2	16.9	7.0
Derbyshire	23.8	17.5	8.3	21.6	14.0	4.8	25.3	17.0	7.2
Devon	24.3	17.9	8.9	22.3	16.1	7.5	24.0	17.0	7.9
Dorset	23.7	17.5	9.1	23.1	16.1	7.6	23.9	17.5	7.5
Durham	21.5	16.9	7.9	22.2	16.0	6.4	24.0	17.5	7.5
East Sussex	23.4	17.5	8.0	22.3	15.9	6.8	22.7	16.0	6.5
Essex	24.8	17.8	9.1	22.4	16.4	6.2	22.6	16.7	6.9
Gloucestershire	23.4	17.4	8.3	22.1	15.7	6.7	23.4	17.6	6.9
Hampshire	24.6	17.4	9.1	22.1	16.2	7.6	22.8	16.6	7.6
Hereford and Worcester	24.2	17.7	8.1	23.2	16.7	7.1	23.2	17.7	7.6
Hertfordshire	22.5	15.9	8.0	21.6	15.1	5.0	22.3	15.7	5.7
Humberside	22.1	16.8	8.9	22.1	15.6	6.4	24.7	17.2	7.4
Isle of Wight	23.9	18.6	10.4	22.9	16.8	7.8	23.2	18.1	7.7
Kent	24.3	17.7	9.2	23.5	16.1	7.9	23.9	16.4	7.5
Lancashire	24.7	16.6	8.0	23.3	15.7	5.6	24.1	17.0	4.8
Leicestershire	23.3	16.4	8.1	22.7	14.9	5.4	23.3	17.1	6.2
Lincolnshire	23.7	17.0	9.4	23.3	16.3	7.4	23.6	15.9	6.8
Norfolk	22.8	17.6	8.6	22.0	15.3	6.8	22.3	15.6	7.3
North Yorkshire	22.5	17.1	8.6	22.1	15.3	6.5	23.6	16.3	6.5
Northamptonshire	24.4	17.0	8.3	22.5	15.9	6.2	23.4	17.0	6.5
Northumberland	23.4	17.5	7.5	22.9	16.3	6.1	24.6	18.5	8.0
Nottinghamshire	24.7	17.0	9.0	21.3	14.5	6.1	24.3	16.7	4.7
Oxfordshire	24.2	18.0	7.5	22.7	16.2	5.4	23.3	17.9	5.6
Shropshire	23.8	17.0	9.0	21.2	15.2	7.0	24.3	16.5	7.4
Somerset	24.6	18.6	10.2	22.2	15.6	6.3	23.2	18.0	8.1
Staffordshire	23.2	16.8	8.1	23.3	15.8	6.6	24.9	17.6	8.0
Suffolk	23.4	18.1	8.8	22.0	16.6	6.1	22.3	16.5	6.8
Surrey	21.9	16.8	8.4	20.8	15.6	6.3	22.0	16.6	6.8
Warwickshire	23.1	17.0	9.0	21.8	15.6	6.6	23.6	16.8	7.1
West Sussex	24.3	18.5	8.3	21.8	16.4	7.5	22.5	16.6	7.4
Wiltshire	23.9	17.7	8.3	22.5	15.5	5.9	23.4	16.8	6.4
England	23.1	16.8	8.0	22.0	15.4	6.1	23.2	16.6	6.4

(15) Figures exclude sixth form colleges which ceased to be classified as schools from April 1993.

(16) Not available.

(17) Not applicable.

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