§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average age of main school buildings in England; and how this compares with 1970, 1975 and 1980, respectively.
§ Sir Keith JosephThis information is not held centrally. However, a sample survey of schools in England and Wales undertaken in 1975 gave the following estimates of the age of school buildings:
Schools with oldest accommodation built Number of schools Primary Secondary Before 1903 8,320 630 1903–1918 1,930 400 1919–1945 2,360 920 1946 or later 10,670 3,090 Total 23,280 5,030 Source
A study of school building 1977.
Annex 5—table 1 (HMSO).
The estimates are subject to sampling error. Separate figures for England are not available.