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North East GOR England
Nursery Primary Secondary Nursery Primary Secondary

1997

Pupil:teacher ratio

20.3

23.8

17.1

18.9

23.4

16.7

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

19.3

115.6

932.3

14.0

107.4

388.9

1998

Pupil:teacher ratio

20.0

23.9

17.4

18.6

23.7

16.9

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

18.7

111.4

806.6

13.6

100.6

342.4

1999

Pupil:teacher ratio

19.6

23.5

17.4

18.4

23.5

17.0

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

18.1

108.2

618.4

12.7

96.8

294.8

2000

Pupil:teacher ratio

20.0

23.1

17.3

18.1

23.3

17.2

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

18.1

99.3

483.6

12.1

83.7

255.5

2001

Pupil:teacher ratio

19.9

22.6

17.0

17.7

22.9

17.1

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

15.3

76.5

349.1

11.4

67.3

209.0

2002

Pupil:teacher ratio

18.7

22.0

16.6

16.6

22.5

16.9

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

13.6

91.4

243.5

10.2

60.8

167.2

2003

Pupil:teacher ratio

18.3

21.9

16.7

16.4

22.6

17.0

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

13.7

68.4

206.2

9.8

52.2

148.5

2004

Pupil:teacher ratio

17.5

21.8

16.4

16.2

22.7

17.0

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

18.1

59.0

161.3

9.9

47.4

131.2

2005

Pupil:teacher ratio

18.4

21.7

16.2

16.5

22.5

16.7

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

13.4

50.7

141.3

9.4

42.6

110.6

2006

Pupil:teacher ratio

19.1

21.5

16.1

16.3

22.0

16.6

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

16.4

48.1

117.9

9.2

41.6

98.7

20075

Pupil:teacher ratio

n/a

n/a

n/a

16.8

21.8

16.5

Pupil:teaching assistant ratio

n/a

n/a

n/a

9.3

38.5

91.7

n/a = not available.
(1) Teaching assistants include teaching assistants, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff.
(2) Provisional 2007 parliamentary constituency and local authority data will be available on 18 May 2007.
(3) Tees Valley sub-region consists of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton and Darlington local authorities. Darlington became a new authority in 1998 and is therefore not included in the 1997 figures.
(4) Figures below 5.
(5) Provisional.
Source:
Annual School Census.

Teachers: West Bromwich

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching support assistants were employed in West Bromwich East constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available. [136722]

Jim Knight: There were 730 full-time equivalent regular teachers employed in local authority maintained schools in West Bromwich East constituency in January 2006, the latest information available. The comparable number of support staff was 540 of which 260 were teaching assistants.

Provisional 2007 teacher and support staff numbers at the national level were published on 26 April.

Teaching Methods

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2007, Official Report, column 1868W, on teaching methods, what categories of class assignment were recorded by Ofsted (a) before 2002-03 and (b) after 2002-03. [136767]

Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 17 May 2007:


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