Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland No.4 : 2013 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, pre-school data, school estates data, attendance and absence data and exclusions data.


Table 2.2 shows the pupil teacher ratios (PTRs) in publicly funded schools for all sectors (excluding pre-schools). PTRs give, on a comparable basis, a measure of the size of the workforce given the different sizes of the pupil population. Scotland saw an improving pupil teacher ratio in local authority schools, with less pupils per teacher between 2005 and 2008. From 2008 it increased gradually to reach 13.5 in 2011, and it has remained at this level since then. The increase in PTR is partly due to the increase in the proportion of pupils in the primary sector, which has larger PTRs. Figures vary across local authorities over time. The largest increases in PTRs this year were seen in Glasgow City and Dundee City, the largest decreases in PTRs were seen in Orkney Islands and Midlothian. 2005 level).

Table 2.2: Pupil teacher ratios in publicly funded schools (all sectors excluding pre-schools), 2006 to 2013(1)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Aberdeen City 12.2 12.3 13.0 12.8 13.6 13.4 13.5 13.5
Aberdeenshire 14.0 13.7 12.8 13.1 13.0 13.4 13.4 13.3
Angus 13.8 13.3 13.2 13.3 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.1
Argyll & Bute 13.1 12.8 12.8 12.5 12.6 12.9 12.5 12.4
Clackmannanshire 13.8 13.3 12.7 13.1 13.8 13.6 13.7 13.5
Dumfries & Galloway 13.1 12.7 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.7 12.5 12.7
Dundee City 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.7 11.8 12.1 12.3 12.6
East Ayrshire 14.3 13.2 13.5 13.2 13.6 13.7 14.0 14.0
East Dunbartonshire 13.6 13.1 13.1 13.6 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.6
East Lothian 14.0 13.9 14.1 13.7 14.4 14.4 14.8 15.1
East Renfrewshire 13.3 13.0 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.7 13.5 13.4
Edinburgh City 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.9 14.1 14.3 14.2 14.3
Eilean Siar 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.2 9.9 9.8 10.2 10.1
Falkirk 13.1 13.0 12.9 13.2 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.4
Fife 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.4 13.7 13.7 13.7
Glasgow City 12.5 12.3 12.4 13.2 13.4 13.1 13.1 13.6
Highland 12.3 12.5 12.3 12.6 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.2
Inverclyde 12.8 12.3 12.7 13.1 13.5 13.8 13.6 13.8
Midlothian 13.5 13.1 13.1 13.7 14.3 14.4 14.6 14.2
Moray 13.2 13.2 12.9 13.0 13.3 13.5 13.4 13.7
North Ayrshire 13.8 13.4 13.2 14.0 13.8 13.7 14.0 13.7
North Lanarkshire 13.5 13.0 13.1 13.4 13.6 13.8 13.9 13.9
Orkney Islands 10.9 11.1 10.4 10.5 10.6 11.0 11.0 10.6
Perth & Kinross 14.2 13.6 13.5 13.1 13.0 12.9 13.1 13.1
Renfrewshire 14.2 13.5 14.1 14.8 14.9 14.9 14.6 14.8
Scottish Borders 13.5 13.0 13.1 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.2 13.3
Shetland Islands 9.0 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.6 9.2 9.5 9.7
South Ayrshire 13.6 13.3 13.6 13.4 12.8 13.2 13.0 13.1
South Lanarkshire 13.6 13.4 13.2 13.5 13.9 13.7 13.7 13.6
Stirling 13.7 13.3 13.6 13.1 13.0 13.2 13.4 13.1
West Dunbartonshire 12.8 12.2 12.4 12.8 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.6
West Lothian 14.0 13.3 13.0 13.3 13.5 14.0 14.1 14.0
All local authorities 13.3 13.0 13.0 13.2 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.5
Grant aided 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.5 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.9
All publicly funded 13.3 13.0 12.9 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.5

(1) Includes teachers based in schools and centrally employed teachers.

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