Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff there were in York Unitary Authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since.
The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in publicly-funded schools in York local authority in January 2008 to 2010 and November 2010 to 2012.
Figures for November 2010 and later are not comparable to those in January 2010 and earlier due to the change in the data collection to the School Workforce Census.
January | November | ||||||
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011[1] | 2012 | ||
Teachers[2] | 1,357 | 1,339 | 1,358 | 1,250 | 1,268 | 1,354 | |
Teaching Assistants[3] | 561 | 590 | 578 | .. | 628 | 681 | |
Support Staff[2] | 344 | 325 | 358 | .. | 329 | 386 | |
.. Not available
[1] Excludes one school in York which did not provide a return for inclusion in these figures.
[2] Sources: Form 618g up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.
[3] Sources: School Census up to January 2010, School Workforce Census from November 2010.