HC Deb 29 June 1981 vol 7 cc274-9W
Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) 3-year olds and (b) 4-year olds are now receiving (i) full-time or (ii) part-time nursery education in (a) nursery schools or (b) nursery classes attached to primary schools maintained by each local education authority in England and Wales; and what proportion of the total number of 3-year-old and 4-year-old children these represent in each area.

Dr. Boyson

[pursuant to his reply, 15 June 1981, c. 277]: The following is the information requested for schools in England. Statistics in respect of schools in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Local eduction authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years
2 3 4 2 3 4 Full-time Part-time
Brent 34 110 4 27 65 6 2.5 1.7
Bromley — — — — — — — —
Croydon 13 101 10 59 150 1 1.7 2.8
Ealing 2 10 6 55 333 52 0.3 7.0
Enfield — — — — — — — —
Haringey 41 125 1 31 29 — 3.2 1.2
Harrow 1 17 12 — 17 3 0.7 0.5
Havering — — — — — — — —
Hillingdon — — — — 60 20 — 1.5
Hounslow — — — — — — — —
Kingston-upon-Thames 7 45 18 32 109 23 2.6 6.1
Merton — — — 50 155 3 — 5.8
Newham 4 9 6 160 629 254 0.3 18.0
Redbridge — — — — — — — —
Richmond-upon-Thames 2 4 — 15 37 — 0.2 1.7
Sutton — 8 5 12 128 75 0.4 5.8
Waltham Forest 4 55 33 31 252 63 1.7 6.4
Inner London 179 940 524 517 1,279 369 3.4 4.5
Birmingham 167 931 233 287 444 24 5.3 3.0
Coventry 42 118 2 23 59 — 1.9 1.0
Dudley 1 64 92 39 250 91 2.2 5.2
Sandwell 15 84 15 62 37 — 1.5 1.3
Solihull — — — — — — — —
Walsall 13 61 3 262 530 14 1.2 12.6
Wolverhampton — — — 135 509 188 — 12.6
Knowsley — — — — — — — —
Liverpool 49 115 15 159 210 10 1.6 3.4
St. Helens 2 6 2 19 45 — 0.2 1.3
Sefton 1 2 2 79 200 14 0.1 4.3
Wirral 6 34 27 41 135 9 0.8 2.3
Bolton 13 154 7 172 236 — 2.6 6.2
Bury 6 55 — 25 48 — 1.3 1.6
Manchester 104 102 45 48 71 17 2.4 1.3
Oldham 6 172 2 1 — — 3.2 0.0
Rochdale 16 119 — 121 584 — 2.3 12.2
Salford 142 212 64 95 170 4 7.3 4.7
Stockport 21 292 4 125 218 — 4.5 4.8
Tameside 9 45 7 75 158 1 1.2 4.4
Trafford 1 2 1 1 31 39 0.1 1.4
Wigan 1 16 7 55 165 3 0.3 2.6
Barnsley 1 4 4 102 152 63 0.2 6.1
Doncaster — — — — — — — —
Rotherham — 58 31 22 207 54 1.4 4.4
Sheffield 9 135 106 83 324 8 2.2 3.6
Bradford 13 184 155 26 259 35 2.8 2.6
Calderdale — 45 — — 32 — 1.0 0.7
Kirklees 1 12 27 130 511 198 0.4 8.8
Leeds — 31 17 25 161 34 0.3 1.3
Wakefield 15 56 12 81 298 75 1.1 5.9
Gateshead — 28 1 15 80 — 0.6 1.9
Newcastle upon Tyne 93 359 1 73 52 1 7.4 2.1
North Tyneside 17 54 — 23 137 — 1.7 3.8
South Tyneside 10 131 4 147 590 — 4.1 21.1
Sunderland 4 193 — 111 426 — 2.6 7.0
Isles of Scilly — — — — — — — —
Avon 65 472 485 59 293 54 4.9 1.9
Bedfordshire 6 130 310 99 563 150 3.3 5.9
Berkshire 7 123 192 38 751 582 1.9 7.9
Buckinghamshire — — — 5 268 204 — 3.4
Cambridgeshire 24 123 17 113 407 27 1.1 3.6
Cheshire 6 30 27 84 409 114 0.3 2.7
Cleveland 3 33 15 111 390 83 0.3 4.3
Cornwall 8 30 13 7 32 8 0.5 0.5
Cumbria 7 52 63 152 337 55 1.2 5.1
Derbyshire 10 100 80 106 562 170 0.9 4.4
Devon — 9 22 5 47 8 0.2 0.3
Dorset — — — — — — — —
Durham 11 288 102 288 1,336 29 2.8 11.6
East Sussex 1 4 5 58 137 49 0.1 2.1
Essex 1 8 16 21 140 60 0.1 0.6
Gloucestershire — — — — — — — —
Hampshire — — — 29 171 56 — 0.7
Hereford and Worcester 7 21 12 — — — 0.3 —
Hertfordshire 15 161 157 104 914 308 1.5 5.9

Local eduction authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years
2 3 4 2 3 4 Full-time Part-time
Humberside 29 161 116 62 421 152 1.4 3.0
Isle of Wight — — — — — — — —
Kent — — — 24 40 18 — 0.2
Lancashire 35 278 88 695 1,806 116 1.2 8.0
Leicestershire — — — 2 22 25 — 0.2
Lincolnshire 4 64 76 18 120 44 1.1 1.4
Norfolk 3 33 10 36 228 41 0.3 1.9
North Yorkshire 9 37 38 13 155 35 0.6 1.4
Northamptonshire 23 82 32 60 274 68 0.9 2.7
Northumberland — 31 8 26 65 — 0.5 1.3
Nottinghamshire 13 42 56 63 189 95 0.5 1.5
Oxfordshire — 56 161 43 347 194 1.7 4.5
Shropshire — 1 19 7 131 66 0.2 2.3
Somerset 6 36 18 4 — — 0.6 0.0
Staffordshire 82 737 190 106 530 182 4.0 3.3
Suffolk 1 12 18 13 65 23 0.2 0.7
Surrey 5 50 45 19 237 132 0.5 1.8
Warwickshire 5 92 76 58 312 47 1.4 3.5
West Sussex — 5 3 18 194 154 0.1 2.8
Wiltshire — — — — — — — —
ENGLAND 1,455 8,639 3,985 6,406 22,837 5,134 1.3 3.1

Pupils under 5 years in January 1980 by their ages at 31 August 1979
PART B: Nursery classes in maintained primary schools
Local education authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years
2 3 4 2 3 4 Full-time Part-time
Barking 1 142 159 43 412 37 8.4 13.7
Barnet 11 166 58 176 760 54 3.8 16.0
Bexley — 2 3 14 142 104 0.1 5.3
Brent 1 217 5 119 1,163 25 3.8 22.2
Bromley — 5 16 — 65 16 0.3 1.3
Croydon — — — 10 142 — — 2.0
Ealing 3 56 29 130 857 41 1.4 16.3
Enfield — 1 2 75 920 184 0.1 20.3
Haringey 6 218 28 222 1,089 10 4.8 25.4
Harrow 1 2 5 12 385 288 0.2 15.6
Havering — — — 12 157 61 — 4.2
Hillingdon — 2 1 140 1,301 543 0.1 38.2
Hounslow 1 40 1 110 1,232 28 0.9 29.8
Kingston-upon-Thames 2 8 11 89 387 106 0.8 21.6
Merton 2 11 35 141 753 234 1.3 31.3
Newham 5 47 109 183 968 373 2.8 26.3
Redbridge 8 6 12 3 203 216 0.5 8.6
Richmond-upon-Thames 2 14 3 60 210 6 0.6 9.2
Sutton — 8 52 16 109 120 1.6 6.6
Waltham Forest 1 29 19 93 984 282 0.9 25.2
Inner London 279 3,008 2,040 1,223 5,929 2,208 11.0 19.3
Birmingham 131 1,765 552 475 1,250 117 9.8 7.4
Coventry 17 381 — 142 836 5 4.7 11.6
Dudley 4 77 194 65 460 294 3.8 11.2
Sandwell 18 371 31 345 1,568 29 5.6 25.9
Solihull 1 13 — 20 997 — 0.3 20.3
Walsall 4 83 25 383 1,621 33 1.8 31.8
Wolverhampton — — 1 201 1,350 647 0.0 33.3
Knowsley — 1 1 97 498 180 0.0 15.2
Liverpool 69 619 164 751 2,261 117 7.5 27.7
St. Helens — — — 157 637 53 — 16.6
Sefton 12 131 76 352 933 28 3.2 19.3
Wirral — 7 30 109 904 36 0.5 13.1
Bolton 77 601 41 200 449 3 10.9 9.9
Bury 15 165 1 45 226 — 3.9 5.8
Manchester 246 2,195 1,152 317 1,030 96 34.5 13.9
Oldham — 502 — 22 639 — 8.8 11.6
Rochdale 32 88 2 30 636 — 2.1 11.5
Salford 57 1,237 20 9 81 — 23.1 1.6
Stockport 9 16 — 17 133 — 0.4 2.1
Tameside 17 102 20 200 835 107 2.6 21.5
Trafford 1 23 18 24 214 173 0.8 7.9
Wigan — 3 2 222 893 53 0.1 13.6

Local education authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Percentage of the estimated population aged 3and 4 years
2 3 4 2 3 4 Full-time Part-time
Barnsley 5 36 56 219 1,269 467 1.9 37.6
Doncaster 11 122 6 216 2,262 22 2.0 35.7
Rotherham 7 193 367 109 1,121 265 8.7 23.0
Sheffield 6 167 304 288 1,606 471 4.1 20.6
Bradford 35 228 157 275 1,758 429 3.4 19.7
Calderdale 6 823 25 1 108 — 18.6 2.4
Kirklees 3 6 4 190 1,023 426 0.1 17.3
Leeds 26 166 83 340 1,893 629 1.6 16.8
Wakefield 27 200 133 238 1,414 517 4.7 28.2
Gateshead 12 141 14 125 736 13 3.3 17.5
Newcastle upon Tyne 107 734 4 159 610 4 13.9 12.7
North Tyneside 9 135 3 310 1,1 3 1 3.5 35.6
South Tyneside 1 72 9 109 349 22 2.3 13.7
Sunderland — 139 — 193 1,218 40 1.8 18.8
Isles of Scilly — — — — — — — —
Avon — 79 340 24 397 185 2.0 2.9
Bedfordshire 2 65 596 183 1,210 683 4.8 15.2
Berkshire 2 28 97 88 810 940 0.7 10.6
Buckinghamshire 1 2 7 38 667 639 0.1 9.5
Cambridgeshire 6 100 37 25 687 142 0.9 5.7
Cheshire 11 114 142 410 1,938 710 1.2 13.4
Cleveland 1 14 36 781 3,638 1,334 0.3 38.1
Cornwall — 1 — 88 755 208 0.0 10.9
Cumbria 5 148 79 128 778 73 2.2 9.2
Derbyshire 24 371 478 257 1,470 427 4.1 10.0
Devon 3 89 168 80 723 276 1.3 5.3
Dorset — — — 13 352 236 — 5.7
Durham 7 154 82 303 1,599 83 1.7 14.0
East Sussex 1 19 10 43 464 67 0.3 4.9
Essex 22 173 145 86 618 433 0.9 3.1
Gloucestershire — — — — — — — —
Hampshire 2 24 18 160 891 352 0.1 4.0
Hereford and Worcester — 40 102 11 335 191 1.0 3.6
Hertfordshire 8 67 122 216 3,521 1,694 0.9 24.0
Humberside 24 356 569 218 2,006 761 4.5 14.1
Isle of Wight — 10 1 21 74 4 0.5 4.3
Kent — 10 4 106 711 595 0.0 4.0
Lancashire 4 36 35 246 958 18 0.2 3.7
Leicestershire 24 444 801 319 1,905 1,067 6.1 15.7
Lincolnshire — 19 46 41 330 149 0.5 4.1
Norfolk — 1 — 21 292 95 0.0 2.5
North Yorkshire 2 166 228 168 1,056 384 2.8 11.4
Northamptonshire 6 76 33 48 394 185 0.8 4.3
Northumberland 2 75 70 106 502 32 2.1 9.0
Nottinghamshire 11 137 482 729 4,611 2,539 2.7 34.1
Oxfordshire — 5 117 27 304 325 0.9 5.0
Shropshire — 2 5 42 413 207 0.1 7.4
Somerset — 27 35 14 12 1 0.7 0.3
Staffordshire 73 962 484 118 1,140 980 6.1 9.0
Suffolk 1 12 25 44 715 537 0.3 8.8
Surrey — 3 23 87 1,052 921 0.1 9.6
Warwickshire 2 38 23 117 740 245 0.5 9.2
West Sussex — 2 10 4 28 21 0.1 0.4
Wiltshire 1 4 1 5 55 18 0.0 0.6
ENGLAND 1,533 19,397 11,534 15,241 91,320 27,970 3.0 12.3