Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pupil to teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England in each year since 2005.

The pupil teacher ratios in primary and secondary schools in England, from 2005 to 2015, are published in table 17a within the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2015’ available at the following web link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015