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PRIMARY

Publicly Funded Primary Schools

Table 2.1: Primary school teachers by gender, 1991-2008 (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

21,172

1,687

93

22,859

390,260

17.1

2006

21,719

1,767

92

23,486

382,783

16.3

2007 (2)

21,732

1,808

92

23,540

375,946

16.0

2008

21,349

1,822

92

23,171

370,839

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 12.
(2) Figures for 2007 have been updated since previous publication.
Local authority figures on here and here.

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