High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Teacher Numbers
These figures are currently being revised. The new data will be available in November 2009.
You can find out more on the revision on the following page:
Revision Notice: Teacher Census Statistics
Full-time equivalent number of teachers:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|
| School-based teachers | 50,517 | 51,658 | 51,826 | 50,986 |
| Pre-school teachers | 1,648 | 1,686 | 1,672 | 1,638 |
| Visiting teachers | 1,452 | 1,160 | 1,061 | 939 |
The total number of teachers based in pre-school, primary, secondary and special schools, or visiting specialists, was 53,563, which is 996 less than in 2007.
Pupil teacher ratio in schools remained the same as in 2007 at 13.1.
Pupil teacher ratios
| 1997 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|
Primary | 19.9 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
Secondary | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
Special | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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