§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state in tabular form the number of classes in the schools of the city of Stoke-on-Trent with 50 or more, 40,
Distribution of classes by size and age-group of pupils Stoke-on-Trent, January 1965 Average number of pupils in classes as registered Classes with the following number of pupils January January 1965 1964 Size group of class … … 20 and fewer 21–30 31–40 41–50 51 and more Total Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent England and Wales Number of classes with pupils aged 2 to 4 … … … 13 42 15 — — 70 26.7 25.0 27.1 Number of classes with pupils aged 5 to 10 … … … 20 201 428 86 — 735 33.7 34.1 32.7 Number of classes in all-age schools with pupils aged 11 and over … … … — 1 — — — 1 26.0 29.8 28.9 Number of classes in secondary schools … … … 98 264 251 2 1 616 27.7 (a) 28.7 (a) 28.4 (a) Total number of classes … 131 508 694 88 1 1,422 30.8 31.5 30.8 (a) The average number of pupils in classes as taught in secondary schools was:— Stoke-on-Trent January 1965 24.0 January 1964 24.2 England and Wales January 1964 24.1