National Summary:   Teaching Assistants - in 2006 there were 130,430 teaching assistants in Maintained Schools up from 61,262 in 1997. Other Support Staff - in 2006 there were 126,370 full time equivalent other support staff in Maintained Schools up from 75,200 in 1997. Numbers of Teachers - in 2006 there were 189,040 full time equivalent teachers in Maintained Primary Schools up from 183,930 in 1997. In Maintained Secondary Schools there were 213,480 full time equivalent teachers in 2006 up from 184,330 in 1997.

Pupil Teacher Ratios - in 2006 the pupil : teacher ratio for Maintained Primary Schools was 22 down from 23.4 in 1997. For Maintained Secondary Schools the pupil : teacher ratio in 2006 was 16.6 down from 16.7 in 1997. The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in service in the maintained sector, in 2005 was £32,920 (provisional) up from £23,000 in 1997.