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Information is also available for 1999 to 2002 on the main Figures for County Durham page.

Education Type	Derwentside	Chester-le-Street	Wear Valley	City of Durham	Easington	Teesdale	Sedgefield	County Durham	England & Wales
Number of County Schools December 2004
Nursery	2	-	3	1	5	-	3	14	470
Primary (including nursery classes attached)	44	23	37	40	43	18	38	243	17,762
Secondary	6	4	5	6	6	2	7	36	3,409
Special	2	-	2	2	1	-	5	12	1,148
Average size of Schools (pupils)
Nursery	65	-	37	34	38	-	29	39	50
Primary (including nursery classes attached)	161	203	142	156	195	101	205	170	232
Secondary	791	927	909	1,104	998	714	853	917	975
Pupil/Teacher ratio
Nursery	25.8	-	16.2	16.8	17.0	-	14.3	17.7	16.2
Primary (including nursery statsus classes attached)	20.3	22.1	20.3	20.3	21.0	18.2	22.1	20.9	22.7
Secondary	16.1	17.3	16.7	16.0	17.2	16.1	16.3	16.5	17.0

Notes

21. Director of Education, December 2004. Figures are from DfES (Department for Education and Skills) School Census, Form 7, January 2004. Nursery Assistants are not included in the calculation of Pupil to Teacher ratios for nursery schools. National figures for school number, PTRS and pupil numbers are from ‘Statistics of Education – Schools in England, 2003’, DfES. National figures are for England only.