Educational Psychology
(asked on 28th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228860, how many educational psychologists were employed in all local authorities in each year since 2010.
The number of educational psychologists reported as permanently employed by each local authority in every year from 2010 to 2013 is provided in the table below.
A response regarding educational psychologists was received for 72 to 74 per cent of local authorities each year.
Headcount of educational psychologists employed by local authorities in England, 2010-2013 (November of each year) | ||||
Local Authority | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
City of London | 1 | 1 | NA | NA |
Camden | 22 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
Greenwich | 16 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Hackney | 15 | 15 | 14 | 20 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 7 | 7 | 8 | NA |
Islington | 17 | NA | NA | NA |
Kensington and Chelsea | 7 | 7 | 7 | NA |
Lambeth | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
Lewisham | NA | NA | NA | 13 |
Southwark | 20 | 14 | 6 | 15 |
Tower Hamlets | 25 | 13 | 15 | 24 |
Wandsworth | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Westminster | 10 | 10 | 8 | NA |
Barking and Dagenham | NA | 13 | 10 | 14 |
Barnet | 21 | 23 | 19 | 15 |
Bexley | NA | 10 | 23 | 12 |
Brent | 11 | NA | 8 | 8 |
Bromley | NA | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Croydon | 19 | 12 | 19 | 13 |
Ealing | NA | 19 | 17 | 15 |
Enfield | 24 | 20 | NA | 21 |
Haringey | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
Harrow | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Havering | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
Hillingdon | 15 | NA | NA | NA |
Hounslow | 12 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
Kingston upon Thames | 14 | 18 | 14 | 20 |
Merton | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 |
Newham | NA | 7 | 7 | NA |
Redbridge | 12 | 10 | 10 | NA |
Richmond upon Thames | 9 | 11 | NA | 10 |
Sutton | NA | NA | 10 | NA |
Waltham Forest | 22 | 11 | 13 | 9 |
Birmingham | 62 | NA | 90 | 47 |
Coventry | NA | 60 | 17 | 16 |
Dudley | NA | 17 | 15 | 16 |
Sandwell | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 |
Solihull | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Walsall | 9 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
Wolverhampton | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
Knowsley | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Liverpool | 17 | NA | NA | NA |
St. Helens | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Sefton | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Wirral | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Bolton | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Bury | NA | 10 | NA | NA |
Manchester | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Oldham | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Rochdale | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Salford | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Stockport | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Tameside | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Trafford | 7 | 7 | 5 | NA |
Wigan | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Barnsley | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Doncaster | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Rotherham | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Sheffield | 15 | NA | NA | 18 |
Bradford | NA | 21 | 20 | NA |
Calderdale | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Kirklees | 20 | 16 | NA | 20 |
Leeds | 36 | NA | NA | NA |
Wakefield | NA | 13 | 15 | 15 |
Gateshead | 32 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 16 | NA | NA | NA |
North Tyneside | 11 | 8 | 7 | NA |
South Tyneside | 10 | NA | 7 | 7 |
Sunderland | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
Isles of Scilly | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Bath and North East Somerset | NA | 4 | NA | NA |
Bristol, City of | NA | NA | NA | NA |
North Somerset | NA | NA | NA | NA |
South Gloucestershire | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Hartlepool | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
Middlesbrough | NA | NA | 8 | 0 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
North East Lincolnshire | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
North Lincolnshire | 9 | 10 | 8 | NA |
North Yorkshire | 27 | NA | 23 | NA |
York | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
Luton | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Bedford | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Central Bedfordshire | NA | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Buckinghamshire | NA | 39 | 32 | 35 |
Milton Keynes | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
Derbyshire | 33 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
Derby | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Dorset | 20 | 17 | 15 | 28 |
Poole | NA | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Bournemouth | 6 | NA | NA | NA |
County Durham | 12 | NA | NA | NA |
Darlington | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
East Sussex | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
Brighton and Hove | 18 | 30 | 13 | 18 |
Hampshire | 72 | 64 | 66 | 71 |
Portsmouth | NA | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Southampton | NA | 8 | 11 | 12 |
Leicestershire | 31 | NA | 20 | 15 |
Leicester | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
Rutland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Staffordshire | 30 | NA | 32 | 34 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Wiltshire | 32 | NA | NA | 19 |
Swindon | 35 | NA | 12 | NA |
Bracknell Forest | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | NA | 10 | NA | NA |
West Berkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reading | 8 | 8 | 7 | NA |
Slough | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
Wokingham | 0 | NA | NA | 6 |
Cambridgeshire | 24 | 28 | 31 | 32 |
Peterborough | 10 | NA | NA | NA |
Halton | NA | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Warrington | 6 | NA | NA | NA |
Devon | 41 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | NA | 19 | 19 |
Torbay | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Essex | NA | 48 | 53 | 61 |
Southend-on-Sea | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Thurrock | NA | NA | NA | 8 |
Herefordshire, County of | 11 | 8 | NA | 5 |
Worcestershire | NA | 28 | 30 | 29 |
Kent | NA | 47 | 42 | 44 |
Medway | 15 | 12 | 13 | NA |
Lancashire | 49 | 34 | NA | 31 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
Blackpool | NA | NA | 7 | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 29 | 25 | 23 | NA |
Nottingham | NA | 13 | 13 | 20 |
Shropshire | NA | 0 | NA | NA |
Telford and Wrekin | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Cheshire East | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 16 | 14 | NA | 15 |
Cornwall | 22 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
Cumbria | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Gloucestershire | 17 | NA | 1 | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 56 | 57 | 55 | 48 |
Isle of Wight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lincolnshire | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
Norfolk | NA | 30 | 25 | 23 |
Northamptonshire | 34 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
Northumberland | NA | 15 | 16 | 18 |
Oxfordshire | 21 | 20 | NA | 0 |
Somerset | 29 | 30 | 28 | 24 |
Suffolk | 30 | 25 | 25 | 28 |
Surrey | 54 | 54 | 52 | 56 |
Warwickshire | 24 | 2 | 33 | 44 |
West Sussex | 35 | 28 | 31 | 26 |
Total | 1,886 | 1,728 | 1,721 | 1,723 |
Source: School Workforce Census | ||||
NA = Local authority who did not report the direct employment of any educational psychologists.
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