HC Deb 29 July 1926 vol 198 cc2289-94
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19.
Mr. TREVELYAN
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in the case of each local education authority, he will make a statement showing the number of classes with over 50 on the roll?
Duchess of ATHOLL
As the reply to this question consists of a very large number of figures, my right hon. Friend will, with the right hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
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Following is the reply:
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On 31st March, 1925, the latest date for which the returns are complete, the numbers were as follow:
| Public Elementary Schools in England and Wales. |
| English, Counties: |
|
| Bedfordshire |
23 |
| Berkshire |
10 |
| Buckinghamshire |
20 |
| Cambridgeshire |
8 |
| Isle of Ely |
11 |
| Cheshire |
140 |
| Cornwall |
30 |
| Isles of Scilly |
1 |
| Cumberland |
24 |
| Derbyshire |
328 |
| Devonshire |
19 |
| Dorsetshire |
4 |
2290
| Durham |
301 |
| Essex |
201 |
| Gloucestershire |
24 |
| Hampshire |
82 |
| Isle of Wight |
16 |
| Herefordshire |
2 |
| Hertfordshire |
44 |
| Huntingdonshire |
16 |
| Kent |
132 |
| Lancashire |
199 |
| Leicestershire |
58 |
| Lincolnshire: |
|
| Parts of Holland |
25 |
| Parts of Kesteven |
8 |
| Parts of Lindsey |
104 |
| Middlesex |
61 |
| Norfolk |
24 |
| Northampshire |
16 |
| Soke of Peterborough |
2 |
| Northumberland |
304 |
| Nottinghamshire |
259 |
| Oxfordshire |
3 |
| Rutland |
— |
| Shropshire |
16 |
| Somersetshire |
26 |
| Staffordshire |
177 |
| Suffolk, East |
14 |
| Suffolk, West |
6 |
| Surrey |
121 |
| Sussex, East |
20 |
| Sussex, West |
16 |
| Warwickshire |
75 |
| Westmorland |
— |
| Wiltshire |
20 |
| Worcestershire |
53 |
| Yorkshire: |
|
| East Riding |
15 |
| North Riding |
65 |
| West Riding |
957 |
| Total (excluding London) |
4,080 |
| London |
3,242 |
| English, County Boroughs: |
|
| Barnsley |
91 |
| Barrow-in-Furness |
16 |
| Bath |
9 |
| Birkenhead |
122 |
| Birmingham |
1,275 |
| Blackburn |
43 |
| Blackpool |
48 |
| Bolton |
60 |
| Bootle |
98 |
| Bournemouth |
43 |
| Bradford |
52 |
| Brighton |
63 |
| Bristol |
417 |
| Burnley |
58 |
| Burton-upon-Trent |
25 |
| Bury |
10 |
| Canterbury |
7 |
| Carlisle |
23 |
| Chester |
24 |
| Coventry |
227 |
| Croydon |
103 |
| Darlington |
60 |
| Derby |
26 |
| Dewsbury |
23 |
| Dudley |
78 |
| Eastbourne |
11 |
| East Ham |
117 |
| Exeter |
18 |
| Gateshead |
139 |
| Gloucester |
11 |
2291
| Great Yarmouth |
61 |
| Grimsby |
142 |
| Halifax |
7 |
| Hastings |
5 |
| Huddersfield |
30 |
| Ipswich |
12 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull |
293 |
| Leeds |
408 |
| Leicester |
142 |
| Lincoln |
7 |
| Liverpool |
1,114 |
| Manchester |
522 |
| Middlesbrough |
176 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
443 |
| Northampton |
48 |
| Norwich |
13 |
| Nottingham |
287 |
| Oldham |
97 |
| Oxford |
10 |
| Plymouth |
1 |
| Portsmouth |
311 |
| Preston |
74 |
| Reading |
24 |
| Rochdale |
84 |
| Rotherham |
80 |
| St. Helens |
52 |
| Salford |
160 |
| Sheffield |
496 |
| Smethwick |
47 |
| Southampton |
138 |
| Southend-on-Sea |
34 |
| Southport |
15 |
| South Shields |
184 |
| Stockport |
76 |
| Stoke-on-Trent |
20 |
| Sunderland |
218 |
| Tynemouth |
92 |
| Wakefield |
36 |
| Wallasey |
25 |
| Walsall |
90 |
| Warrington |
70 |
| West Bromwich |
108 |
| West Ham |
372 |
| West Hartlepool |
18 |
| Wigan |
35 |
| Wolverhampton |
56 |
| Worcester |
3 |
| York |
19 |
| Total (County Boroughs) |
10,047 |
| English Boroughs: |
|
| Accrington |
14 |
| Acton |
47 |
| Aldershot |
5 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
26 |
| Bacup |
9 |
| Banbury |
5 |
| Barnstaple |
1 |
| Batley |
99 |
| Bedford |
25 |
| Beverley |
9 |
| Bexhill |
3 |
| Blyth |
47 |
| Boston |
12 |
| Bridgwater |
5 |
| Bridlington |
4 |
| Brighouse |
5 |
| Bromley |
9 |
| Bury St. Edmunds |
5 |
| Buxton |
7 |
| Cambridge |
9 |
| Chatham |
53 |
| Chelmsford |
13 |
2292
| Cheltenham |
9 |
| Chepping Wycombe |
4 |
| Chesterfield |
69 |
| Chichester |
4 |
| Chorley |
8 |
| Clitheroe |
3 |
| Colchester |
12 |
| Colne |
12 |
| Congleton |
9 |
| Crewe |
45 |
| Darwen |
9 |
| Deal |
6 |
| Doncaster |
72 |
| Dover |
22 |
| Dukinfield |
21 |
| Falmouth |
— |
| Faversham |
14 |
| Folkestone |
9 |
| Gillingham |
61 |
| Glossop |
3 |
| Gosport |
19 |
| Gravesend |
18 |
| Guildford |
5 |
| Harrogate |
8 |
| Hartlepool |
16 |
| Harwich |
6 |
| Haslingden |
2 |
| Hemel Hempstend |
— |
| Hereford |
8 |
| Heywood |
16 |
| Hornsey |
10 |
| Hove |
7 |
| Hyde |
22 |
| Ilkeston |
32 |
| Jarrow |
65 |
| Keighley |
10 |
| Kendal |
1 |
| Kidderminster |
6 |
| King's Lynn |
12 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
30 |
| Lancaster |
14 |
| Leigh |
26 |
| Lewes |
3 |
| Loughborough |
23 |
| Lowestoft |
35 |
| Luton |
32 |
| Lytham St. Anne's |
— |
| Macclesfield |
27 |
| Nelson |
11 |
| Newark |
10 |
| Newbury |
8 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyne |
13 |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) |
6 |
| New Windsor |
3 |
| Nuneaton |
55 |
| Ossett |
10 |
| Penzance |
1 |
| Peterborough |
29 |
| Pontefract |
17 |
| Poole |
20 |
| Pudsey |
5 |
| Ramsgate |
18 |
| Rawtenstall |
2 |
| Reigate |
3 |
| Richmond |
12 |
| Rochester |
19 |
| Royal Leamington Spa |
2 |
| Salisbury |
1 |
| Scarborough |
4 |
| Shrewsbury |
1 |
| Stalybridge |
13 |
| Stockton-on-Tees |
57 |
| Sutton Coldfield |
4 |
| Swindon |
32 |
| Taunton |
2 |
2293
| Tiverton |
— |
| Todmorden |
2 |
| Torquay |
9 |
| Tunbridge Wells |
4 |
| Wallsend |
74 |
| Durham |
3 |
| Ealing |
26 |
| East Retford |
3 |
| Eccles |
29 |
| Maidenhead |
3 |
| Maidstone |
11 |
| Mansfield |
83 |
| Margate |
3 |
| Middleton |
7 |
| Morecambe |
7 |
| Morley |
8 |
| Mossley |
3 |
| Wednesbury |
19 |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis |
8 |
| Whitehaven |
20 |
| Widnes |
31 |
| Wimbledon |
10 |
| Winchester |
8 |
| Workington |
15 |
| Worthing |
8 |
| Yeovil |
7 |
| Total (Boroughs) |
1,926 |
| English Urban Districts: |
|
| Barking Town |
54 |
| Beckenham |
7 |
| Bilston |
51 |
| Cannock |
31 |
| Chadderton |
10 |
| Chiswick |
29 |
| Coseley |
28 |
| Edmonton |
31 |
| Enfield |
6 |
| Erith |
10 |
| Farnworth |
20 |
| Felling |
49 |
| Finchley |
21 |
| Hebburn |
56 |
| Hendon |
24 |
| Heston and Isleworth |
26 |
| Hindley |
5 |
| Ilford |
62 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield |
19 |
| Kettering |
10 |
| Leyton |
20 |
| Oldbury |
35 |
| Penge |
18 |
| Radcliffe |
7 |
| Rowley Regie |
34 |
| Shipley |
6 |
| Spenborough |
8 |
| Stretford |
19 |
| Swinton and Pendlebury |
22 |
| Tipton |
57 |
| Tottenham |
95 |
| Twickenham |
10 |
| Walthamstow |
58 |
| Waterloo-with-Seaforth |
15 |
| Willesden |
96 |
| Wolstanton United |
17 |
| Wood Green |
39 |
| Total (Urban Districts) |
1,105 |
| Total—England |
20,400 |
2294
| Welsh Counties: |
|
| Anglesey |
7 |
| Brecknockshire |
5 |
| Cardiganshire |
1 |
| Carmarthenshire |
60 |
| Carnarvonshire |
8 |
| Denbighshire |
20 |
| Flintshire |
59 |
| Glamorganshire |
121 |
| Merionethshire |
4 |
| Monmouthshire |
132 |
| Montgomeryshire |
2 |
| Pembrokeshire |
6 |
| Radnorshire |
— |
| Total (Counties) |
425 |
| Welsh County Boroughs: |
|
| Cardiff |
118 |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
13 |
| Newport (Mon.) |
85 |
| Swansea |
74 |
| Total (County Boroughs) |
290 |
| Welsh Boroughs (with Monmouthshire): |
|
| Carmarthen |
4 |
| Llanelly |
14 |
| Neath |
24 |
| Pembroke |
5 |
| Porth Talbot |
36 |
| Wrexham |
12 |
| Total (Boroughs) |
95 |
| Welsh Urban Districts (with Monmouthshire): |
|
| Aberdare |
25 |
| Abertillery |
17 |
| Barry |
5 |
| Ebw Vale |
15 |
| Mountain Ash |
23 |
| Pontypridd |
21 |
| Rhondda |
16 |
| Total (Urban Districts) |
122 |
| Total (Wales) |
932 |
| Grand total (England and Wales) |
21,332 |