§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the numbers and percentages of schoolchildren in the area of the Derbyshire County Education Authority being educated in over-large classes in different types of schools on the latest available date.
§ Mr. CroslandThe table below gives the number and percentage of pupils in oversize classes, in Derbyshire, in January, 1964:
Type of school No. pupils in all classes No. pupils in oversize classes Percentage of pupils in oversize classes Primary 71,384 11,954 16.7 Secondary Modern 31,190 18,275 58.6 Grammar 12,701 6,926 54.5 Technical 370 161 43.5 Comprehensive 1,069 498 46.6 Other secondary 1,830 900 49.2 All secondary 47,160 26,760 56.7 Primary and secondary 118,544 38,714 32.6
§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage of children of secondary school age attending comprehensive schools in the area of the Derbyshire County Education Authority; and what he estimates this percentage will be by the end of 1966.
§ Mr. Crosland2.3 per cent. in January, 1964. An estimate for the end of 1966 is not available.