7 Feb 2007 : Column 999W—continued
| Full-time equivalent regular teachers (excluding occasionals) and support staff( 1) in the local authority( 2,3) maintained sector by local authority and Government Office Region in England: January 1997 and 2006 |
| | 1997 | 2006 |
| | Teachers | Support Staff( 1) | Teachers | Support Staff( 1) |
|
Gateshead
|
1,680
|
370
|
1,660
|
880
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
2,120
|
580
|
2,160
|
1,340
|
|
North Tyneside
|
1,650
|
440
|
1,750
|
1,020
|
|
South Tyneside
|
1,370
|
280
|
1,410
|
750
|
|
Sunderland
|
2,660
|
730
|
2,690
|
1,590
|
|
Hartlepool
|
840
|
210
|
880
|
660
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
1,380
|
400
|
1,140
|
890
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
1,300
|
330
|
1,340
|
860
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
1,650
|
460
|
1,780
|
1,010
|
|
Former Durham
|
4,910
|
1,230
|
—
|
—
|
|
Darlington
|
—
|
—
|
830
|
530
|
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|
Durham (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
4,300
|
2,430
|
|
Northumberland
|
2,630
|
650
|
2,830
|
1,660
|
| | | | | |
|
North East
|
22,200
|
5,690
|
22,800
|
13,630
|
|
Cumbria
|
4,030
|
1,150
|
4,750
|
2,390
|
|
Former Cheshire
|
8,190
|
2,280
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
5,770
|
3,170
|
|
Halton
|
—
|
—
|
1,140
|
620
|
|
Warrington
|
—
|
—
|
1,880
|
1,010
|
|
Bolton
|
2,440
|
680
|
2,550
|
1,780
|
|
Bury
|
1,460
|
.430
|
1,590
|
930
|
|
Manchester
|
3,850
|
1,240
|
3,920
|
2,940
|
|
Oldham
|
2,240
|
720
|
2,350
|
1,590
|
|
Rochdale
|
1,830
|
510
|
1,950
|
1,470
|
|
Salford
|
1,920
|
720
|
1,910
|
1,290
|
|
Stockport
|
2,220
|
760
|
2,270
|
1,370
|
|
Tameside
|
1,830
|
490
|
2,020
|
1,310
|
|
Trafford
|
1,750
|
420
|
2,010
|
950
|
|
Wigan
|
2,760
|
700
|
2.800
|
1,730
|
|
Former Lancashire
|
11,870
|
3,520
|
—
|
—
|
|
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
9,950
|
6,370
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
—
|
—
|
1,480
|
1,120
|
|
Blackpool
|
—
|
—
|
1,260
|
850
|
|
Knowsley
|
1,530
|
500
|
1,470
|
1,020
|
|
Liverpool
|
4,340
|
1,180
|
4,290
|
2,470
|
|
St Helens
|
1,590
|
480
|
1,570
|
1,030
|
|
Sefton
|
2,540
|
750
|
2,520
|
1,510
|
|
Wirral
|
2,930
|
660
|
3,020
|
1,750
|
| | | | | |
|
North West
|
59,300
|
17,190
|
62,500
|
38,680
|
|
Kingston-Upon-Hull, City of
|
2,080
|
730
|
2,260
|
1,830
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
2,410
|
810
|
2,770
|
1,870
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
1,370
|
450
|
1,410
|
1,170
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
1,290
|
400
|
1,390
|
970
|
|
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)
|
4,580
|
1,190
|
5,170
|
2,870
|
|
York
|
1,290
|
310
|
1,370
|
790
|
|
Barnsley
|
1,620
|
680
|
1,790
|
1,300
|
|
Doncaster
|
2,690
|
1,040
|
2,720
|
1,800
|
|
Rotherham
|
2,360
|
620
|
2,500
|
1,790
|
|
Sheffield
|
3,930
|
1,180
|
4,230
|
2,880
|
|
Bradford
|
4,660
|
2,080
|
4,630
|
4,000
|
|
Calderdale
|
1,770
|
680
|
2,020
|
1,380
|
|
Kirklees
|
3,260
|
1,140
|
3,600
|
2,510
|
|
Leeds
|
5,900
|
2,570
|
6,180
|
4,610
|
|
Wakefield
|
2,670
|
1,000
|
2,830
|
1,910
|
| | | | | |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
41,900
|
14,870
|
44,900
|
31,680
|
|
Former Derbyshire
|
7,530
|
2,360
|
—
|
—
|
|
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
6,270
|
3,670
|
|
Derby
|
—
|
—
|
2,110
|
1,440
|
|
Former Leicestershire
|
7,690
|
2,600
|
—
|
—
|
|
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
5,350
|
3,570
|
|
Leicester
|
—
|
—
|
2,820
|
2,080
|
|
Rutland
|
—
|
—
|
260
|
200
|
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|
Lincolnshire
|
5,130
|
1,700
|
5,710
|
3,840
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
5,500
|
1,870
|
5,710
|
4,160
|
|
Former Nottinghamshire
|
7,810
|
2,420
|
—
|
—
|
|
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
6,390
|
3,720
|
|
Nottingham
|
—
|
—
|
2,250
|
1,660
|
| | | | | |
|
East Midlands
|
33,700
|
10,960
|
36,900
|
24,340
|
|
Former Hereford and Worcester
|
5,370
|
1,460
| | |
|
Herefordshire
|
—
|
—
|
1,440
|
830
|
|
Worcestershire
|
—
|
—
|
4,730
|
2,820
|
|
Former Shropshire
|
3,330
|
1,110
|
—
|
—
|
|
Shropshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
2,240
|
1,430
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
—
| |
1,370
|
1,010
|
|
Former Staffordshire
|
8,510
|
2,680
| | |
|
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
7,140
|
4,130
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
—
|
—
|
2,000
|
1,580
|
|
Warwickshire
|
3,870
|
1,290
|
4,380
|
2,710
|
|
Birmingham
|
9,910
|
3,380
|
10,400
|
7,190
|
|
Coventry
|
2,800
|
990
|
2,980
|
1,960
|
|
Dudley
|
2,690
|
680
|
2,890
|
1,820
|
|
Sandwell
|
2,730
|
830
|
2,760
|
2,020
|
|
Solihull
|
1,850
|
560
|
1,980
|
1,170
|
|
Walsall
|
2,590
|
830
|
2,700
|
1,740
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
2,230
|
720
|
2,420
|
1,570
|
| | | | | |
|
West Midlands
|
45,900
|
14,520
|
49,400
|
31,980
|
|
Former Cambridgeshire
|
5,400
|
2,470
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
4,380
|
3,170
|
|
Peterborough
|
—
|
—
|
1,680
|
1,580
|
|
Norfolk
|
5,940
|
1,900
|
6,350
|
4,330
|
|
Suffolk
|
5,330
|
1,510
|
5,710
|
3,460
|
|
Former Bedfordshire
|
4,990
|
1,760
| | |
|
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
3,750
|
2,470
|
|
Luton
|
—
|
—
|
1,740
|
1,520
|
|
Former Essex
|
12,580
|
4,840
|
—
|
—
|
|
Essex (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
11,230
|
7,600
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
—
|
—
|
1,750
|
1,170
|
|
Thurrock
|
—
|
—
|
1,280
|
1,090
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
9,040
|
3,090
|
10,180
|
6,070
|
| | | | | |
|
East of England
|
43,300
|
15,570
|
48,000
|
32,440
|
|
City of London
|
20
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
Camden
|
1,500
|
490
|
1,520
|
1,050
|
|
Greenwich
|
2,070
|
730
|
2,330
|
1,630
|
|
Hackney
|
1,450
|
490
|
1,640
|
1,160
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
930
|
390
|
1,110
|
770
|
|
Islington
|
1,420
|
480
|
1,450
|
980
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
680
|
310
|
700
|
540
|
|
Lambeth
|
1,710
|
690
|
1,740
|
1,380
|
|
Lewisham
|
1,870
|
650
|
1,930
|
1,390
|
|
Southwark
|
1,750
|
760
|
2,040
|
1.750
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
2,270
|
850
|
2,420
|
2,000
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1,690
|
770
|
1,860
|
1,510
|
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|
Westminster
|
1,140
|
370
|
1,240
|
790
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
1,450
|
540
|
1,700
|
960
|
|
Barnet
|
2,770
|
810
|
2,830
|
1,700
|
|
Bexley
|
1,860
|
510
|
2,170
|
1,320
|
|
Brent
|
2,160
|
600
|
2,530
|
1,390
|
|
Bromley
|
2,270
|
600
|
2,710
|
1,400
|
|
Croydon
|
2,620
|
910
|
2,790
|
1,790
|
|
Eating
|
2,230
|
680
|
2,350
|
1,260
|
|
Enfield
|
2,550
|
730
|
3,030
|
1,950
|
|
Haringey
|
1,870
|
630
|
2,010
|
1,470
|
|
Harrow
|
1,580
|
570
|
1,640
|
1,110
|
|
Havering
|
1,870
|
580
|
2,160
|
1,270
|
|
Hillingdon
|
2,000
|
740
|
2,390
|
1,640
|
|
Hounslow
|
2,000
|
630
|
2,190
|
1,230
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
1,060
|
330
|
1,210
|
710
|
|
Merton
|
1,210
|
420
|
1,270
|
860
|
|
Newham
|
2,190
|
700
|
2.900
|
2,390
|
|
Redbridge
|
2,100
|
590
|
2,650
|
1,600
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
1,070
|
290
|
1,100
|
610
|
|
Sutton
|
1,390
|
420
|
1,730
|
970
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
2,010
|
740
|
2,170
|
1,510
|
| | | | | |
|
London
|
56,800
|
18,980
|
63,500
|
42,150
|
|
Former Berkshire
|
6,280
|
2,190
|
—
|
—
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
—
|
—
|
850
|
550
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
—
|
—
|
1,170
|
740
|
|
West Berkshire
|
—
|
—
|
1,540
|
1,050
|
|
Reading
|
—
|
—
|
1,050
|
690
|
|
Slough
|
—
|
—
|
1,290
|
960
|
|
Wokingham
|
—
|
—
|
1,360
|
870
|
|
Former Buckinghamshire
|
5,370
|
1,880
|
—
|
—
|
|
Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
4,280
|
2,610
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
—
|
—
|
2,200
|
1,590
|
|
Former East Sussex
|
5,110
|
1,780
| | |
|
East Sussex (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
3,750
|
2,790
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
—
|
—
|
1,710
|
1,150
|
|
Former Hampshire
|
11,990
|
5,280
|
—
|
—
|
|
Hampshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
9,620
|
6,150
|
|
Portsmouth
|
—
|
—
|
1,390
|
1,170
|
|
Southampton
|
—
|
—
|
1,680
|
1,210
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
1,020
|
410
|
1,170
|
900
|
|
Former Kent
|
13,180
|
4,970
|
—
|
—
|
|
Kent (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
12,590
|
8,790
|
|
Medway
|
—
|
—
|
2,540
|
1,780
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
4,270
|
1,720
|
4,920
|
3,380
|
|
Surrey
|
7,220
|
2,800
|
7,690
|
5,240
|
|
West Sussex
|
5,400
|
1,950
|
6,250
|
4,100
|
| | | | | |
|
South East
|
59,800
|
22,980
|
67,000
|
45,720
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
20
|
10
|
30
|
10
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
1,370
|
410
|
1,400
|
860
|
|
City of Bristol
|
2,900
|
1,110
|
2,800
|
1,900
|
|
North Somerset
|
1,450
|
450
|
1,570
|
880
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
1,970
|
600
|
2,230
|
1,120
|
|
Cornwall
|
3,610
|
1,600
|
4,270
|
3,030
|
|
Former Devon
|
7,700
|
2,670
|
—
|
—
|
7 Feb 2007 : Column 1003W
|
Devon (post 1 April 1998)
|
—
|
—
|
5,290
|
3,860
|
|
Plymouth
|
—
|
—
|
2,140
|
1,710
|
|
Torbay
|
—
|
—
|
1,110
|
840
|
|
Former Dorset
|
4,730
|
1,430
|
—
|
—
|
|
Dorset (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
3,150
|
2,160
|
|
Poole
| |
—
|
1,070
|
740
|
|
Bournemouth
|
—
|
—
|
1,150
|
770
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
4,410
|
1,230
|
5,070
|
2,850
|
|
Somerset
|
3,480
|
1,580
|
4,010
|
2,940
|
|
Former Wiltshire
|
4,690
|
1,630
|
—
|
—
|
|
Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997)
|
—
|
—
|
3,680
|
2,170
|
|
Swindon
|
—
|
—
|
1,600
|
1,070
|
| | | | | |
|
South West
|
36,300
|
12,730
|
40,600
|
26,920
|
| | | | | |
|
England
|
399,200
|
133,480
|
435,600
|
287,530
|
(1.) Includes teaching assistants, special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff, secretaries, bursars, other admin/clerical staff, technicians, matrons/nurses/medical staff, child care staff and other education support staff.
(2). Figures are for the maintained sector. Teachers in Academies (including those that were previously maintained schools) are not included.
(3). The first, second and third phases of local government reorganisation came into effect on 1 April 1996, 1 April 1997 and 1 April 1998 respectively. The new authorities are shown directly below their former parent local authorities.
Note:
Totals may not appear equal to the sum of the component parts because of rounding.
Source:
DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g, teacher numbers and Annual School Census (ASC) for support staff.
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