§ Mr. Aitkenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average number of children in infant school classes, in junior school classes and in secondary school classes for each of the schools in the Thanet area; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonInformation on class sizes in schools is obtained by
Kent England Maintained schools: Infant (including first schools) 26.8 26.3 Junior (including junior with infants, first and middle, and middle deemed primary schools) 28.3 27.1 Secondary classes with pupils mainly under 14 years* 25.4 25.3 classes with pupils mainly 14 and 15 years 22.3 21.7 classes with pupils mainly 16 years and over 11.0 9.8 all classes in secondary schools * 72.5 22.1 * Including middle deemed secondary schools.