Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the ratio of teachers to students in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
The number of teachers in our schools is at an all-time high. There are now 454,900 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers, up 5,200 from last year and 13,100 from 2010.
Pupil teacher ratios (PTRs) remain low in both primary and secondary schools and have stayed relatively stable despite the growing number of pupils. A time series of the latest pupil teacher ratios can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014
More information can be found in the published TSM model and model user guide, which is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model.