Statistical Bulletin: Education Series: Teachers in Scotland, 2009

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ALL SECTORS

Table 1.1: Schools, pupils and teachers by school sector, 2007 - 2009

2007

2008

2009

Teachers

Pupil: Teacher ratio

Teachers

Pupil: Teacher ratio

Schools

Pupils

Teachers

Pupil: Teacher ratio

Total

55,089

54,341

52,993

Publicly funded schools

53,416

13.0

52,703

12.9

2,692

676,740

51,355

13.2

Total based in schools

52,452

13.2

51,770

13.2

2,692

676,740

50,610

13.4

Primary

23,835

15.8

23,621

15.7

2,128

367,146

23,255

15.8

Secondary

26,573

11.6

26,067

11.7

374

302,921

25,371

11.9

Special

2,044

3.3

2,083

3.2

190

6,673

1,985

3.4

Centrally employed

964

933

745

Pre-schools (1)

1,672

1,638

1,638

(1) Data from the pre-school census, January 2008 and 2009

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