Schools: Nurses
(asked on 15th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school nurses were employed to work in primary schools in England in the academic year beginning in September (a) 2015 and (b) 2010.
The number of nurses and nursery nurses reported by local authority maintained nursery and state-funded primary schools in November 2015 and 2010 is provided in the table below. The source of this information is the School Workforce Census, which is an annual survey collected in November of each year.
| Nursery | Primary[1] | Total for All State Funded Schools[2] | ||||||
| Nurses[3] | Nursery Nurses | Total | Nurses | Nursery Nurses | Total | Nurses | Nursery Nurses | Total |
2015 | SUPP | 1,340 | 1,350 | 40 | 8,190 | 8,230 | 470 | 10,340 | 10,810 |
2014 | SUPP | 1,330 | 1,330 | 50 | 8,150 | 8,200 | 480 | 10,320 | 10,810 |
2013 | SUPP | 1,370 | 1,380 | 40 | 8,220 | 8,260 | 500 | 10,490 | 11,000 |
2012 | SUPP | 1,380 | 1,380 | 40 | 8,230 | 8,270 | 480 | 10,650 | 11,130 |
2011 | SUPP | 1,420 | 1,420 | 30 | 8,350 | 8,390 | 460 | 10,950 | 11,410 |
2010 | SUPP | 1,570 | 1,580 | 40 | 9,430 | 9,470 | 490 | 12,240 | 12,730 |
Source: School Workforce Census
[1] Some local authority maintained primary schools include nursery settings.
[2] Includes secondary schools, special schools, pupil referral units and local authority centrally employed school staff.
[3] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and figures less than 10 have been suppressed.