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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORT AND CULTURE BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARY
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 3rd MAY 2011
Question
Can the Minister inform members of the teacher/pupil ratio, with and without teaching assistants, in primary and secondary schools in Jersey, in fee-paying and in non-fee-paying sectors, and give members information on the trends in this ratio over the last 10 years?
Answer
Within their overall budget, each school has some freedom to determine how many teachers, teaching assistants and other staff they employ. This could mean that one school may decide to employ only teachers while another with a similar budget might choose to use some teaching assistants as well in order to meet the needs of all pupils in their care.
Until 2008 this data was not kept centrally or in an easily accessible form. The ratios for 2010, 2009 and 2008 are available and are as follows:
2010 Pupil/teacher
School ratio Bel Royal 19.11 d'Auvergne 20.58 First Tower 20.80 Grands Vaux 17.21 Grouville 21.94 Janvrin 20.69
La Moye 19.40 Les Landes 19.39 Mont Nicolle 19.49 Plat Douet 20.00 Rouge Bouillon 18.98 Samares 17.67 Springfield 19.89
St Clement 19.62
St John 19.29
St Lawrence 19.42
St Luke 18.28
St Martin 22.75
St Mary 17.05
St Peter 19.77
St Saviour 18.19 Trinity 18.16
Grainville 13.88 Haute Vallee 14.55 Le Rocquier 15.52 Les Quennevais 14.52 Hautlieu 12.60
JCG Prep 16.97 VC Prep 16.80 JCG 12.57 Victoria College 13.83
2010 2009 Pupil/Adult Pupil/teacher ratio ratio
15.87 18.33
17.06 18.63
17.24 21.40
12.90 15.79
17.99 22.56
15.52 20.37
16.03 19.54
14.93 18.26
15.31 19.79
14.98 16.00
15.75 18.54
13.72 17.62
14.91 19.56
16.05 18.11
15.11 17.84
16.20 19.65
14.41 18.82
17.67 22.38
12.35 17.05
15.64 19.20
15.37 16.13
14.95 15.46
10.22 13.23
11.49 15.22
12.33 15.33
12.37 13.94
11.16 12.52
14.99 17.72
15.10 17.05
11.29 12.04
12.19 13.41
2009 2008 2008 Pupil/Adult Pupil/teacher Pupil/Adult ratio ratio ratio
15.92 19.28 17.14
15.19 16.12 13.14
17.09 21.04 17.88
11.52 20.44 14.89
18.46 23.60 19.09
14.96 20.93 16.50
15.94 20.57 16.77
13.71 17.08 13.43
16.41 19.79 15.84
12.63 18.82 14.32
15.51 19.96 16.35
13.33 18.55 14.30
14.21 19.44 14.13
14.07 18.45 15.37
- 19.24 15.19
- 17.92 15.22
14.83 18.82 14.59
17.38 22.00 16.23
12.43 17.29 13.54
15.01 17.40 12.82
13.87 17.60 15.25
12.81 17.47 14.17
9.71 12.66 9.46
11.99 15.06 11.60
11.96 15.66 12.41
11.76 14.10 11.80
11.11 12.62 11.16
15.57 16.94 14.96
15.39 16.01 14.21
11.00 11.95 10.64
11.90 13.36 11.83
Pupil teacher ratios include the head teacher, deputy heads and special educational needs teachers
Pupil adult ratios include all teachers, technicians, library assistants and all TAs, but exclude caretakers, lunchtime assistants, office staff and cleaners.
ESC is not responsible for staffing in the private sector.
School nurseries are not included because this is not a statutory provision.
Prior to 2008, the trends are unlikely to have changed significantly however since 2008 the ratios show a small increase due to the need to increase class sizes in key stage 1.
In addition to the above ratios, the schools with units that accommodate children with social, educational, behavioural difficulties have the following additional staffing.
The ratios can vary in these units because the number of children in the unit can fluctuate quite widely and the service has to respond to the individual needs presented.
December 2010
SEBD Provision
CD - Grainville
CD - Haute Vallee CD - Rouge Bouillon CD - St Saviour
HI - St Clement
HI - Le Rocquier
PI - Bel Royal
PI - Les Quennevais SL - Rouge Bouillon
Teachers TAs
1.0 6.84
1.0 2.38 9.61 4.08
4.55 1.34 3.65 2.67
2.0 2.74