Secondary Education: Teachers
(asked on 13th November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff-to-student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Basingstoke constituency in each year since 2010.
Information on the school workforce, including the pupil-to-adult and pupil-to-teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, is published in the 'School workforce in England' statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
As of November 2023, which is the latest data available, there were 468,693 full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England.
The table below provides the pupil-to-adult ratio and the pupil-to-teacher ratio for state-funded secondary schools in Basingstoke constituency and England for the 2010/11 to 2023/24 academic years.
Pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios for state-funded secondary schools in Basingstoke constituency and England, by year
2010/11 to 2023/241
| Basingstoke constituency2 | England | ||
| Pupil to adult ratio3, 5 | Pupil to teacher ratio4, 5 | Pupil to adult ratio3, 5 | Pupil to teacher ratio4, 5 |
2010/11 | 13.8 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 14.8 |
2011/12 | 12.8 | 17.3 | 10.5 | 15 |
2012/13 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 14.9 |
2013/14 | 10.6 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 14.8 |
2014/15 | 10.9 | 15.7 | 10.4 | 14.9 |
2015/16 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 10.6 | 15.1 |
2016/17 | 12.6 | 17.3 | 11.0 | 15.5 |
2017/18 | 11.6 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 15.9 |
2018/19 | 12.1 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 16.3 |
2019/20 | 12.2 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 16.6 |
2020/21 | 12.3 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 16.6 |
2021/22 | 12.2 | 16.8 | 11.9 | 16.7 |
2022/23 | 12.2 | 16.7 | 12.0 | 16.8 |
2023/24 | 12.0 | 16.8 | 12.0 | 16.8 |
Source: School Workforce Census.
1. Workforce data as at November and pupil data as at the following January. For instance, 2023/24 relates to November 2023 workforce and January 2024 pupils.
2. There were eight secondary schools in Basingstoke constituency in 2010/11 to 2016/17 and seven in 2017/18 to 2023/24.
3. Pupil to adult ratio includes teachers and support staff (excluding administrative and auxiliary staff).
4. Pupil to teacher ratio includes all teachers.
5. The ratios are calculated using pupil numbers taken from the 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics' publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.