Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Pupil to teacher ratios (PTRs)

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Pupil to teacher ratios in state funded schools in the United Kingdom by phase.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Pupil-teacher ratio
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	phase	pupil_teacher_ratio
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Nursery	18.7
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Primary	20.4
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Secondary	15.1
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Special	6
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Total maintained	17.3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
phase	School type
pupil_teacher_ratio	Pupil-teacher ratio

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Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
3. In England, the primary pupil-teacher ratio includes local authority (LA) maintained nurseries.

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