Teachers in Scotland 2007

Publicly Funded Primary Schools

Table 2.1: Primary school teachers by gender, 1991-2007 ⁽¹⁾

	Female	Male	Percentage female	Total	Pupils	Pupil teacher ratio
1991	..	..	..	22,671	441,270	19.5
1992	..	..	..	22,747	439,436	19.3
1993	..	..	..	22,473	438,863	19.5
1994	..	..	..	22,653	438,472	19.4
1995	..	..	..	22,550	440,758	19.5
1996	20,405	2,078	91	22,483	441,727	19.6
1997	20,261	1,926	91	22,187	440,594	19.9
1998	20,904	1,604	93	22,494	436,979	19.4
1999	21,090	1,553	93	22,643	431,414	19.1
2000	20,864	1,565	93	22,429	425,221	19.0
2001	20,720	1,569	93	22,289	420,521	18.9
2002	21,316	1,664	93	22,980	413,713	18.0
2003	20,696	1,625	93	22,321	406,015	18.2
2004	20,920	1,657	93	22,577	398,100	17.6
2005	21,185	1,689	93	22,873	390,260	17.1
2006	21,732	1,769	92	23,501	382,783	16.3
2007	21,702	1,806	92	23,508	375,946	16.0

(1) Male and female figures from previous years may not add to total, as they were published based on provisional figures. See also background note 11.
Local authority figures on pages here and here.

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