High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Monday, December 12, 2011
Teacher Numbers
Full-time equivalent number of teachers:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
School-based teachers | 49,739 | 50,757 | 51,886 | 52,446 | 51,765 | 50,599 | 49,821 | 49,065 |
Pre-school teachers | n/a | 1,702 | 1,704 | 1,689 | 1,650 | 1,630 | 1,563 | 1,496 |
Visiting teachers | 1,703 | 1,450 | 1,157 | 964 | 933 | 772 | 714 | 881 |
The total number of teachers based in pre-school, primary, secondary and special schools, or visiting specialists, was 51,441, which is 656 fewer than in 2010.
Pupil teacher ratio in schools increased from 13.3 in 2010 to 13.4 this year.
Pupil teacher ratios:
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Primary | 17.6 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
Secondary | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
Special | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
Further Information
Teacher Census Results