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The official social classification model created by the G.R.O. at the 1911 census

England and Wales Census 2001, Table SO42 Forms of Employment: Males Aged 16-74

1. Higher Managerial & Professional 2.7 2. Lower Managerial & Professional 3.43. Intermediate Occupations 0.94. Small Employers/Own Account Workers 1.95. Lower Supervisors/Technical Workers 1.96. Semi-routine occupations 1.67. Routine Occupations 2.08. Never worked/Long-Term Unemployed 0.59. Not Classified 3.9

TOTAL (excluding ‘Not Classified’) 14.6 m

‘Working Class’ (5+6+7+8) = 40 % of TOTAL ‘Middle Class’ (1+2+3+4) = 60% of TOTAL

Chart II Pupil:teacher ratios in England 1964-2000 (Sources: DfEE Statistics of Education)

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