| Service Grouping | Full Time | Part Time | Total | Full Time Equivalent |
| Children, Education and Social Care | 1317 | 1781 | 3098 | 2130.68 |
| Schools | 1995 | 2496 | 4491 | 3015.32 |
| Chief Executive | 68 | 15 | 83 | 76.7 |
| Development & Neighbourhood Services | 885 | 698 | 1584 | 1154.77 |
| Resources | 365 | 118 | 483 | 433.66 |
| Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit | 54 | 8 | 62 | 59.58 |
| TOTAL | 4684 | 5116 | 9801 | 6870.71 |
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| Best Value Performance Indicators |
| Definition | BVPI | Year Ending 06/07 | Target 2006/7 |
| Percentage of top-paid 5% of staff who are women | BVPI 11a | 49.13% | 50% |
| The percentage of the top 5% of local authority staff who are from an ethnic minority. | BVPI 11b | 0.61% | 1.18% |
| Percentage of the top paid 5% of staff who have a disability (excluding those in maintained schools). | BVPI 11c | 1.34% | 1.77% |
| The number of working days/shift lost through sickness absence | BVPI 12 | 11.44 | 11.25 |
| Percentage of employees retiring early (excluding ill-health) as a % of the total workforce | BVPI 14 | 0.58% | 0.48% |
| The % of employees retiring on grounds of ill-health as a % of the total workforce | BVPI 15 | 0.34% | 0.28% |
| Disable employees as % of the workforce | BVPI 16 | 1.57% | 1.82% |
| The % of employees from minority ethnic communities as a % of the total workforce | BVPI 17 | 1.21% | 1.22% |
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