Pupil to teacher ratio in UK schools

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.

Pupil to teacher ratio in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2018/19, by school type

Characteristic	All schools	Nursery schools	Primary schools	Secondary schools	Middle schools
2018/19	16.4	22.9	20.5	15.9	17.7
2017/18	16.4	22.2	20.6	15.6	16.7
2016/17	16.2	20.5	20.3	15.3	16.8
2015/16	16.5	20.2	20.8	15.7	15.3
2014/15	16.4	19.2	20.7	15.4	14.9
2013/14	16.3	18	20.5	15.8	15.8
2012/13	16.2	17.5	20.5	15.2	16.2
2011/12	16.2	17.7	20.5	15.3	-
2010/11	16.3	17.2	20.4	15.3	-

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Release date

November 2019

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2019

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This statistic using original data from the Department for Education and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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