High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Teacher Numbers
Full-time equivalent number of teachers:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|
| School-based teachers | 52,452 | 51,770 | 50,610 |
| Pre-school teachers | 1,672 | 1,638 | 1,638 |
| Visiting teachers | 964 | 933 | 745 |
The total number of teachers based in pre-school, primary, secondary and special schools, or visiting specialists, was 52,993, which is 1,348 less than in 2008.
Pupil teacher ratio in schools increased from 12.9 in 2008 to 13.2 this year.
Pupil teacher ratios
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|
Primary | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 |
Secondary | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.9 |
Special | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Previously published figures for 2003-2006 are being reviewed and will be republished in due course.
Further Information