In the 2018/19 academic year there were 16.4 students for every one teacher in the United Kingdom, the same as in the previous academic year. Of all school types in the UK, nursery schools had the most children per teacher at 22.9, followed by primary schools at 20.5, middle schools at 15.9 and secondary schools which had 15.9 pupils per teacher.
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United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data was reported at 17.388 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.438 % for 2013. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data is updated yearly, averaging 18.678 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2014, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.327 % in 1971 and a record low of 17.105 % in 2003. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
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United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data was reported at 16.166 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.633 % for 2013. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 13.916 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2014, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.166 % in 2014 and a record low of 8.705 % in 1996. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Upper secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in upper secondary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted Average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
This statistic shows the ratio of pupils to teachers in the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2012. These figures cover education from primary to upper secondary level. The highest level for this period was in 2003 when there were an average of 19.6 students per teacher.
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United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Lower Secondary data was reported at 15.265 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.288 % for 2013. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Lower Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 15.396 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2014, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.288 % in 2013 and a record low of 14.489 % in 1996. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Lower Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted Average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
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United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data was reported at 20.044 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.827 % for 2012. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data is updated yearly, averaging 22.837 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2014, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.752 % in 2002 and a record low of 18.187 % in 2011. United Kingdom UK: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Education Statistics. Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
The United Kingdom had an average of **** students per teacher at middle schools in 2019, the highest among the provided countries. By comparison, Iceland had just **** students for every member of staff in this year, the lowest ratio among the displayed countries.
The secondary school performance tables show:
attainment results for pupils at the end of key stage 4
key stage 2 to 4 progress measures in English and mathematics
how the performance of deprived pupils compares against other pupils in the school
any differences in the performance of low-attaining pupils, high-attaining pupils, and pupils performing at expected levels
Additional data on schools is available, including information on the expenditure of each maintained school open for the full 2012 to 2013 financial year. The expenditure data shows spend-per-pupil statistics for a wide range of expenditure categories, including:
The school spend data also includes:
It also provides:
for each school.
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/" class="govuk-link">Performance tables
Attainment statistics team
Email mailto:Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk">Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Raffaele Sasso 07469 413 581
Reference Id: SFR03/2013
Publication type: Performance tables
Local authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release date: 24 January 2013
Coverage status: Final/provisional
Publication status: Recently updated
The secondary school performance tables show:
Additional data on schools will be made available, which includes information on the expenditure of each maintained school open for the full 2011 to 2012 financial year. The expenditure data will take the form of spend-per-pupil statistics for a wide range of categories, including: funding and income, education staff spend and learning resources and curriculum spend.
The school-spend data will also contain information about the school (such as the proportion of pupils in the school eligible for free school meals), headline key stage 4 performance data and comparisons against the local authority and national averages, the numbers of teachers, teaching assistants and other school staff.
It also provides the pupil-to-teacher ratio and the mean gross salary of full-time teachers, information on the characteristics of the pupils attending the school and pupil absence data for each school.
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html" class="govuk-link">Performance tables
Richard Baker - Attainment Statistics Team
0114 274 2118
Reference Id: OSR28/2011
Publication Type: performance tables
Publication data: local authority data
Local Authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release Date: 15 December 2011
Coverage status: final/provisional
Publication Status: published
The primary performance tables provide information on the achievements of pupils in primary schools, how they compare with other schools in the local authority (LA) area and in England as a whole.
The tables show:
There will additional data on schools which includes:
Further information on http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/" class="govuk-link">performance tables is also available.
Lucy Cuppleditch
0207 340 7119
In 2023/24 the pupil to teacher ratio at nursery schools in Northern Ireland was 25.6, which was higher than both England, at 23.7 and Wales at 11.4.
In 2018, we revised the regional and local authority (LA) level data on this page. To allow users to make multi-year and geographical comparisons more easily, we have now published a multi-year and multi-level file.
It includes estimates to account for schools who did not provide information in a given year for the staff headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) numbers, so that year on year figures are comparable. Further work has also been done since the initial publication to improve the quality of the data upon which some of the other indicators were based.
Visit ‘School workforce in England: November 2018’ and select ‘Revised subnational school workforce census data 2010 to 2018’. You can also view the updated 2018 methodology note.
This statistical first release sets out the:
The release also includes information underlying the national tables at:
Teachers and teaching statistics team
Email mailto:schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk">schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Heather Brown 0114 274 2755
The 2018 tables show:
For the first time since the new assessments were introduced, schools also have their results presented as a 3-year average.
Additional school-level data includes:
Primary attainment statistics team
Email mailto:primary.attainment@education.gov.uk">primary.attainment@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Gemma Coleman 020 7783 8239
The 2017 tables show:
key stage 2 teacher assessments in:
key stage 1 to 2 pupil progress measures in:
Additional school-level data includes:
Primary attainment statistics team
Email mailto:primary.attainment@education.gov.uk">primary.attainment@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Gemma Coleman 020 7783 8239
In the 2023/24 academic year there were 3,062 nursery schools in the United Kingdom, compared with 3,088 in the previous academic year. As of 2018/19, nursery schools had the worst pupil to teacher ratio in the UK, with almost 23 children for every one teacher.
The 2015 tables show:
Additional school-level data includes:
Primary attainment statistics team
Email mailto:primary.attainment@education.gov.uk">primary.attainment@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Gemma Coleman 020 7783 8239
The primary school performance tables provide information on the achievements of pupils in primary schools, how they compare with other schools in the local authority (LA) area and in England as a whole.
The data can be viewed and downloaded from the http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html" class="govuk-link">performance tables section of the Department for Education website.
The tables show:
results from the KS2 tests in reading, mathematics and grammar, punctuation and spelling
KS2 teacher assessments in English, reading, writing, mathematics and science
KS1-2 progress measures in reading, writing and mathematics
KS1-2 value added
They also include key measures for sub-groups of pupils in each school, including disadvantaged pupils, low, middle and high attaining pupils, boys, girls, pupils with English as an additional language and pupils who have been in the school throughout the whole of years 5 and 6 (non-mobile pupils).
Additional school level data is also available including:
information on the expenditure of each maintained school open for the full 2012 to 2013 financial year
the numbers of teachers, teaching assistants and other school staff, the pupil teacher ratio and the mean gross salary of full-time teachers
information on the characteristics of the pupils attending the school
pupil absence data for each school
Ofsted ratings
Primary attainment statistics team
Email mailto:primary.attainment@education.gov.uk">primary.attainment@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Gemma Coleman 020 7783 8239
The 2016 tables show:
key stage 2 teacher assessments in:
key stage 1 to 2 pupil progress measures in:
Additional school-level data includes:
Primary attainment statistics team
Email mailto:primary.attainment@education.gov.uk">primary.attainment@education.gov.uk
Telephone: Gemma Coleman 020 7783 8239
This publication includes:
The release includes information at national, regional and local authority levels, and associated data files at school level.
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In the 2018/19 academic year there were 16.4 students for every one teacher in the United Kingdom, the same as in the previous academic year. Of all school types in the UK, nursery schools had the most children per teacher at 22.9, followed by primary schools at 20.5, middle schools at 15.9 and secondary schools which had 15.9 pupils per teacher.