§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the latest figures for average class sizes in(a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) nursery schools, by location education authority, in England and Wales.
Mr. JacksonInformation on the average size of classes in nursery schools is not collected centrally. The average class size in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1988 is given in the following table: The analyses relate to classes taught by one teacher during a selected period the day the schools census is carried out and do not necessarily represent the pattern of classes over the academic year as a whole. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Average class sizes in maintained primary and secondary schools January 1988 Primary average size Secondary average size Barking 23.0 18.7 Barnet 23.5 17.9 Bexley 26.0 20.9 Brent 23.5 16.3 Bromley 26.1 19.9 Croydon 25.3 19.6 Ealing 23.7 18.6 Enfield 26.4 20.6 Haringey 22.7 16.9 Harrow 25.8 21.0 Havering 25.6 19.5 Hillingdon 25.1 20.0 19W
Primary average size Secondary average size Hounslow 23.9 19.8 Kingston upon Thames 25.2 18.9 Merton 25.3 20.5 Newham 25.5 19.9 Redbridge 28.1 19.6 Richmond upon Thames 25.3 20.8 Sutton 26.2 20.0 Waltham Forest 25.0 18.0 Inner London 22.3 19.0 Birmingham 27.3 21.1 Coventry 25.9 20.9 Dudley 25.6 18.8 Sandwell 25.7 19.2 Solihull 26.4 20.3 Walsall 23.8 18.3 Wolverhampton 23.1 18.8 Knowsley 24.9 19.1 Liverpool 24.2 19.5 St. Helens 25.9 18.3 Sefton 26.3 20.2 Wirral 24.7 19.9 Bolton 27.1 19.6 Bury 25.2 20.2 Manchester 25.4 18.7 Oldham 26.8 20.2 Rochdale 26.7 18.6 Salford 24.7 18.5 Stockport 26.5 19.9 Tameside 26.7 20.3 Trafford 25.7 19.1 Wigan 26.0 18.6 Barnsley 24.4 19.4 Doncaster 25.0 20.1 Rotherham 24.5 19.6 Sheffield 23.6 19.0 Bradford 25.0 20.5 Calderdale 25.7 19.5 Kirklees 25.1 19.5 Leeds 25.8 19.1 Wakefield 25.3 19.2 Gateshead 23.9 19.4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 24.6 18.2 North Tyneside 20.9 17.9 South Tyneside 23.5 18.0 Sunderland 24.7 19.7 Isles of Scilly 15.0 18.4 Avon 27.3 20.9 Bedfordshire 25.6 21.0 Berkshire 26.2 19.8 Buckinghamshire 27.2 20.3 Cambridgeshire 26.7 20.7 Cheshire 27.3 20.2 Cleveland 25.4 19.3 Cornwall 26.0 20.1 Cumbria 24.1 18.9 Derbyshire 25.0 19.9 Devon 25.9 21.2 Dorset 26.8 20.8 Durham 25.4 20.3 East Sussex 25.8 20.0 Essex 26.1 20.9 Gloucestershire 25.8 20.1 Hampshire 26.0 20.5 Hereford and Worcester 25.7 20.6 Hertfordshire 24.9 19.1 Humberside 25.1 19.6 Isle of Wight 26.0 20.7
Primary average size Secondary average size Kent 27.0 20.4 Lancashire 26.7 20.2 Leicestershire 25.5 19.7 Lincolnshire 26.2 20.3 Norfolk 24.9 20.0 North Yorkshire 24.3 20.2 Northamptonshire 25.8 20.5 Northumberland 26.0 20.3 Nottinghamshire 24.8 19.2 Oxfordshire 26.2 20.5 Shropshire 24.2 19.3 Somerset 26.8 20.7 Staffordshire 25.4 20.6 Suffolk 24.6 21.1 Surrey 24.6 19.2 Warwickshire 25.5 20.0 West Sussex 26.1 20.5 Wiltshire 25.2 20.8 England 25.4 19.9