Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil to teacher ratio was in primary schools in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency and (b) the London borough of Lewisham in each year since 2010.

The following table provides the pupil to teacher ratios, calculated using both qualified and unqualified teachers, in state funded primary schools (excluding nursery schools) in Lewisham, Deptford constituency, the London Borough of Lewisham, and England from November 2011 to 2017. These figures are not available for 2010.

Source: School Workforce Census and Pupil Census

[1] The Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) are calculated by dividing the total full time equivalent (FTE) number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census day (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719857/SWFC_MethodologyDocument_.pdf.

[2] Excludes nursery schools.

[3] Figures for Lewisham exclude 23 out of 66 primary schools that had PTRs that were not credible

or did not provide a return for teachers.

[4] Figures for Lewisham exclude 12 out of 66 primary schools that were not credible.

[5] Figures for Lewisham exclude four out of 67 primary schools that were not credible.

[6] Figures for Lewisham exclude one out of 66 primary schools that were not credible.