HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 cc884-93W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average size of single teacher classes in primary schools in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in numbers compared' with January 1995 in each local education authority and in total.

Mr. Robin Squire

The information is shown in the table:

Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
Position in January each year
Average class size Change2
LEA 1995 11996 Number 1995–96 Percentage 1995–96
Corporation of London 26.8 26.8 0.0 0.0
Camden 27.3 27.3 -0.1 -0.3
Greenwich 26.4 25.5 -0.9 -3.2
Hackney 26.1 26.1 0.0 -0.1
Hammersmith and Fulham 25.6 26.1 0.5 1.8
Islington 26.6 26.2 -0.3 -1.2
Kensington and Chelsea 25.1 24.4 -0.7 -2.8
Lambeth 24.6 24.6 0.0 -0.2
Lewisham 25.4 25.7 0.3 1.1
Southwark 26.9 26.1 -0.8 -2.9
Tower Hamlets 26.7 25.8 -0.9 -3.5
Wandsworth 25.2 25.4 0.2 0.9
Westminster 25.3 24.9 -0.4 -1.7
Barking and Dagenham 26.7 26.7 0.0 -0.1
Barnet 26.5 26.3 -0.2 -0.8
Bexley 28.6 28.6 0.0 0.1
Brent 26.9 26.7 -0.2 -0.7
Bromley 28.4 28.7 0.3 1.0
Croydon 28.1 28.3 0.2 0.8
Ealing 26.6 27.2 0.6 2.2
Enfield 28.4 28.5 0.1 0.5
Haringey 27.2 27.0 -0.2 -0.6
Harrow 27.1 27.8 0.7 2.8
Havering 27.4 27.9 0.5 2.0
Hillingdon 26.8 26.6 -0.2 -0.9
Hounslow 27.4 27.3 -0.1 -0.3
Kingston upon Thames 29.5 30.0 0.5 1.8
Merton 27.0 28.1 1.1 4.0
Newham 27.5 27.9 0.3 1.2
Redbridge 29.2 29.0 -0.2 -0.7
Richmond upon Thames 26.1 26.7 0.5 2.0
Sutton 28.0 27.3 -0.7 -2.4
Waltham Forest 26.5 26.4 -0.1 -0.3
Birmingham 28.2 27.8 -0.4 -1.5
Coventry 27.8 27.2 -0.6 -2.2
Dudley 27.3 26.9 -0.4 -1.5
Sandwell 28.2 28.6 0.4 1.4
Solihull 27.6 28.2 0.6 2.0
Walsall 26.0 26.0 -0.1 -0.4
Wolverhampton 26.2 26.5 0.3 1.1
Knowsley 28.0 27.6 -0.3 -1.2
Liverpool 27.1 26.8 -0.3 -1.1
St. Helens 27.0 27.5 0.5 1.7
Sefton 27.6 27.5 -0.1 -0.3
Wirral 26.1 26.4 0.3 1.1
Bolton 28.7 28.5 -0.2 -0.8
Bury 27.8 28.3 0.5 1.9
Manchester 26.9 27.0 0.1 0.5
Oldham 28.5 28.6 0.1 0.3
Rochdale 29.2 29.2 0.0 -0.1
Salford 27.3 27.4 0.1 0.5
Stockport 27.5 27.7 0.3 1.0
Tameside 29.5 29.3 -0.2 -0.5
Trafford 29.0 28.7 -0.3 -1.2
Wigan 28.0 28.2 0.2 0.6
Barnsley 27.5 28.2 11.7 2.7
Doncaster 28.1 28.2 0.1 0.5
Rotherham 25.8 26.9 1.1 4.4
Sheffield 26.8 26.8 0.0 -0.1
Bradford 27.8 27.9 0.1 0.4
Calderdale 27.5 27.7 0.2 0.7
Kirklees 28.2 28.7 0.4 1.5
Leeds 28.2 28.1 -0.1 -0.3
Wakefield 27.9 28.0 0.1 0.3
Gateshead 26.0 25.9 -0.1 -0.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 27.6 27.7 0.1 0.4
North Tyneside 26.9 27.0 0.2 0.6
South Tyneside 26.3 26.8 0.5 1.8
Sunderland 25.4 25.6 0.3 1.0
Isles of Scilly 17.3 13.7 -3.6 -20.8
Avon 27.8 27.7 -0.1 -0.5
Bedfordshire 26.8 27.1 0.3 1.1
Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
Position in January each year
Average class size Change2
LEA 1995 11996 Number 1995–96 Percentage 1995–96
Berkshire 27.0 27.3 0.3 1.2
Buckinghamshire 27.3 27.8 0.4 1.5
Cambridge 27.3 27.8 0.5 1.9
Cheshire 27.3 27.4 0.1 0.5
Cleveland 26.9 26.9 0.0 0.0
Cornwall 27.0 27.3 0.3 1.1
Cumbria 26.2 26.0 -0.2 -0.8
Derbyshire 27.9 28.9 1.0 3.7
Devon 26.7 27.2 0.5 1.8
Dorset 27.6 27.7 0.1 0.3
Durham 27.7 28.4 0.8 2.8
East Sussex 27.5 27.7 0.2 0.8
Essex 26.9 26.9 0.0 0.1
Gloucestershire 26.7 27.2 0.5 2.0
Hampshire 27.7 27.8 0.1 0.4
Hereford and Worcester 25.5 25.9 0.4 1.4
Hertfordshire 26.5 26.7 0.2 0.7
Humberside 27.7 27.9 0.2 0.7
Isle of Wight 26.3 26.9 0.6 2.4
Kent 27.7 27.7 0.0 0.1
Lancashire 27.9 28.4 0.6 2.0
Leicestershire 26.5 26.7 0.3 1.0
Lincolnshire 26.8 26.7 -0.1 -0.4
Norfolk 25.4 26.0 0.6 2.4
North Yorkshire 26.2 26.3 0.1 0.3
Northamptonshire 26.7 26.5 -0.1 -0.5
Northumberland 27.2 27.1 0.0 -0.1
Nottinghamshire 27.4 28.3 0.9 3.4
Oxfordshire 25.9 26.8 0.9 3.6
Shropshire 26.6 27.3 0.7 2.8
Somerset 27.0 27.3 0.3 1.2
Staffordshire 27.6 27.7 0.1 0.4
Suffolk 24.9 25.1 0.2 0.9
Surrey 25.6 25.8 0.2 0.7
Warwickshire 26.9 27.9 1.0 3.8
West Sussex 26.5 26.8 0.2 0.9
Wiltshire 26.9 27.1 0.3 0.9
England 27.1 27.3 0.2 0.7
1 Provisional.
2 Rounding of components may cause discrepancies in number and percentage changes. The comparable average class size in 1979 was 25.9.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage, and how many primary school pupils were in classes of over 30 in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in numbers compared with January 1995 in each local education authority and in total. [40159]

Mr. Squire

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) on 14 October 1996.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils were in classes of over 36 in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in numbers compared with January 1995 in each local education authority and in total. [40160]

Mr. Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of size 37 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
1995 1996 Change
Pupils Percentage1 Pupils Percentage2 Number Percentage3
Corporation of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camden 0 0.0 37 0.4 37 4—
Greenwich 50 0.3 0 0.0 -50 -100.0
Hackney 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hammersmith and Fulham 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Islington 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kensington and Chelsea 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lambeth 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lewisham 84 0.5 0 0.0 -84 -100.0
Southwark 37 0.2 0 0.0 -37 -100.0
Tower Hamlets 50 0.3 37 0.3 -13 -26.0
Wandsworth 77 0.5 296 2.1 219 284.4
Westminster 39 0.6 0 0.0 -39 -100.0
Barking 323 2.1 272 1.8 -51 -15.8
Barnet 76 0.4 164 0.8 88 115.8
Bexley 37 0.2 112 0.5 75 202.7
Brent 346 1.8 170 0.9 -176 -50.9
Bromley 111 0.5 150 0.6 39 35.1
Croydon 38 0.2 78 0.3 40 105.3
Ealing 78 0.4 118 0.5 40 51.3
Enfield 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Haringey 39 0.2 0 0.0 -39 -100.0
Harrow 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Havering 37 0.2 127 0.6 90 243.2
Hillingdon 477 2.6 387 2.1 -90 -18.9
Hounslow 540 3.2 462 2.8 -78 -14.4
Kingston upon Thames 76 0.8 197 2.0 121 159.2
Merton 217 1.7 359 2.8 142 65.4
Newham 76 0.3 204 0.8 128 168.4
Redbridge 111 0.7 74 0.4 -37 -33.3
Richmond upon Thames 60 0.6 0 0.0 -60 -100.0
Sutton 78 0.6 115 0.9 37 47.4
Waltham Forest 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Birmingham 1,079 1.1 1,277 1.3 198 18.4
Coventry 571 2.1 386 1.4 -185 -32.4
Dudley 1,141 4.7 1,085 4.4 -56 -4.9
Sandwell 589 2.1 895 3.1 306 52.0
Solihull 341 1.8 339 1.8 -2 -0.6
Walsall 193 0.8 458 2.0 265 137.3
Wolverhampton 230 1.1 610 2.8 380 165.2
Knowsley 591 3.3 475 2.6 -116 -19.6
Liverpool 569 1.2 338 0.7 -231 -40.6
St Helens 687 4.7 807 5.5 120 17.5
Sefton 262 1.0 417 1.7 155 59.2
Wirral 339 1.2 338 1.2 -1 -0.3
Bolton 1,420 6.3 1,751 7.4 331 23.3
Bury 261 1.7 267 1.7 6 2.3
Manchester 789 1.9 1,539 3.6 750 95.1
Oldham 574 2.7 598 2.8 24 4.2
Rochdale 272 1.4 233 1.2 -39 -14.3
Salford 595 2.6 887 3.9 292 49.1
Stockport 608 2.5 878 3.5 270 44.4
Tameside 306 1.4 452 2.1 146 47.7
Trafford 946 5.0 419 2.2 -527 -55.7
Wigan 1,138 4.3 1,377 5.3 239 21.0
Barnsley 504 2.5 499 2.4 -5 -1.0
Doncaster 1,358 5.2 1,163 4.3 -195 -14.4
Rotherham 200 0.9 314 1.4 114 57.0
Sheffield 1,328 3.4 1,389 3.5 61 4.6
Bradford 883 2.7 1,309 3.9 426 48.2
Calderdale 0 0.0 197 1.1 197 4—

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of size 37 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
1995 1996 Change
Pupils Percentage1 Pupils Percentage2 Number Percentage3
Kirklecs 1,140 3.5 1,489 4.6 349 30.6
Leeds 2,190 3.6 2,354 3.9 164 7.5
Wakefield 1,440 5.2 1,206 4.3 -234 -16.3
Gateshead 117 0.7 80 0.5 -37 -31.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 710 3.5 623 3.0 -87 -12.3
North Tyneside 283 1.9 395 2.6 112 39.6
South Tyneside 562 3.8 484 3.3 -78 -13.9
Sunderland 155 0.6 113 0.4 -42 -27.1
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 613 0.8 867 1.1 254 41.4
Bedfordshire 1,824 4.7 2,094 5.4 270 14.8
Berkshire 625 1.1 622 1.0 -3 -0.5
Buckinghamshire 2,247 3.8 2,404 4.0 157 7.0
Cambridgeshire 375 0.7 414 0.7 39 10.4
Cheshire 1,717 2.0 2,035 2.4 318 18.5
Cleveland 2,131 3.6 2,126 3.6 -5 -0.2
Cornwall 766 1.9 533 1.3 -233 -30.4
Cumbria 682 1.7 756 1.9 74 10.9
Derybshire 3,116 4.0 7,176 9.1 4,060 130.3
Devon 879 1.1 1,412 1.8 533 60.6
Dorset 188 0.4 388 0.9 200 106.4
Durham 844 1.6 1,123 2.2 279 33.1
East Sussex 74 0.2 336 0.7 262 354.1
Essex 417 0.3 372 0.3 -45 -10.8
Gloucestershire 155 0.4 306 0.7 151 97.4
Hampshire 1,257 1.0 1,416 1.1 159 12.6
Hereford and Worcester 306 0.6 598 1.2 292 95.4
Hertfordshire 194 0.2 225 0.3 31 16.0
Humberside 3,272 4.1 3,114 3.9 -158 -4.8
Isle of Wight 39 0.6 115 1.6 76 194.9
Kent 359 0.3 508 0.4 149 41.5
Lancashire 2,834 2.3 3,922 3.2 1,088 38.4
Leicestershire 1,117 1.5 1,826 2.4 709 63.5
Lincolnshire 497 1.0 572 1.1 75 15.1
Norfolk 93 0.2 348 0.6 255 274.2
North Yorkshire 1,108 2.0 932 1.6 -176 -15.9
Northamptonshire 188 0.4 504 1.0 316 168.1
Northumberland 662 3.4 581 3.0 -81 -12.2
Nottinghamshire 2,973 3.6 3,257 3.9 284 9.6
Oxfordshire 410 1.0 775 1.9 365 89.0
Shropshire 416 1.2 516 1.5 100 24.0
Somerset 204 0.6 341 0.9 137 67.2
Staffordshire 3,282 3.7 3,623 4.0 341 10.4
Suffolk 74 0.2 76 0.2 2 2.7
Surrey 592 0.9 360 0.5 -232 -39.2
Warwickshire 678 1.6 658 1.5 -20 -2.9
West Sussex 336 0.6 153 0.3 -183 -54.5
Wiltshire 336 0.7 377 0.8 41 12.2
England 65,308 1.7 78,561 2.0 13,253 20.3
1 Provisional.
2 Number of pupils in single teacher classes of size 37 or more expressed a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.
3 Change in the number of pupils in single teacher classes of 37 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 37 or more in 1995.
4 No pupils in single teacher classes of 37 or more taught by one teacher in 1995.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils were in classes of over 40 in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in number compared with January 1995 in each local education authority and in total. [40161]

Mr. Squire

The information requested is shown in the table:

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of size 41 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
Position in January in each year
1995 1996 Change
Pupils Percentage1 Pupils Percentage2 Number Percentage3
Corporation of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camden 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenwich 50 0.3 0 0.0 -50 -100.0
Hackney 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hammersmith and Fulham 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Islington 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kensington and Chelsea 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lambeth 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lewisham 47 0.3 0 0.0 -47 -100.0
Southwark 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 50 0.3 0 0.0 -50 -100.0
Wandsworth 0 0.0 62 0.4 62 4—
Westminster 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Barking 52 0.3 0 0.0 -52 -100.0
Barnet 0 0.0 48 0.2 48 4—
Bexley 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Brent 188 1.0 95 0.5 -93 -49.5
Bromley 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Croydon 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Ealing 0 0.0 44 0.2 44 4—
Enfield 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Haringey 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Harrow 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Havering 0 0.0 50 0.3 50 4—
Hillingdon 86 0.5 41 0.2 -45 -52.3
Hounslow 41 0.2 41 0.2 0 0.0
Kingston upon Thames 0 0.0 47 0.5 47 4—
Merton 138 1.1 51 0.4 -87 -63.0
Newham 0 0.0 52 0.2 52 4—
Redbridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Richmond upon Thames 60 0.6 0 0.0 -60 -100.0
Sutton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Waltham Forest 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Birmingham 107 0.1 157 0.2 50 46.7
Coventry 75 0.3 0 0.0 -75 -100.0
Dudley 867 3.6 775 3.2 -92 -10.6
Sandwell 42 0.2 83 0.3 41 97.6
Solihull 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Walsall 42 0.2 45 0.2 3 7.1
Wolverhampton 0 0.0 233 1.1 233 4—
Knowsley 52 0.3 52 0.3 0 0.0
Liverpool 230 0.5 0 0.0 -230 -100.0
St. Helens 0 0.0 83 0.6 83 4—
Sefton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wirral 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bolton 194 0.9 535 2.3 341 175.8
Bury 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Manchester 177 0.4 582 1.4 405 228.8
Oldham 188 0.9 178 0.8 -10 -5.3
Rochdale 87 0.4 41 0.2 -46 -52.9
Salford 94 0.4 314 1.4 220 234.0
Stockport 47 0.2 117 0.5 70 148.9
Tameside 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Trafford 41 0.2 0 0.0 -41 -100.0
Wigan 87 0.3 127 0.5 40 46.0
Barnsley 193 1.0 152 0.7 -41 -21.2
Doncaster 41 0.2 0 0.0 -41 -100.0
Rotherham 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Sheffield 244 0.6 229 0.6 -15 -6.1
Bradford 0 0.0 43 0.1 43 4—
Calderdale 0 0.0 45 0.2 45 4—
Kirklees 91 0.3 139 0.4 48 52.7
Leeds 266 0.4 244 0.4 -22 -8.3
Wakefield 54 0.2 52 0.2 -2 -3.7
Gateshead 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 134 0.7 49 0.2 -85 -63.4

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of size 41 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1995 and 1996 (provisional)
Position in January in each year
1995 1996 Change
Pupils Percentage1 Pupils Percentage2 Number Percentage3
North Tyneside 50 0.3 50 0.3 0 0.0
South Tyneside 103 0.7 99 0.7 -4 -3.9
Sunderland 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 92 0.1 44 0.1 -48 -52.2
Bedfordshire 509 1.3 482 1.2 -27 -5.3
Berkshire 85 0.1 46 0.1 -39 -45.9
Buckinghamshire 419 0.7 372 0.6 -47 -11.2
Cambridgeshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cheshire 213 0.2 142 0.2 -71 -33.3
Cleveland 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cornwall 87 0.2 41 0.1 -46 -52.9
Cumbria 110 0.3 111 0.3 1 0.9
Derbyshire 474 0.6 722 0.9 248 52.3
Devon 45 0.1 128 0.2 83 184.4
Dorset 0 0.0 86 0.2 86 4—
Durham 0 0.0 167 0.3 167 4—
East Sussex 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Essex 230 0.2 109 0.1 -121 -52.6
Gloucestershire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hampshire 46 0.0 47 0.0 1 2.2
Hereford and Worcester 41 0.1 150 0.3 109 265.9
Hertfordshire 42 0.1 0 0.0 -42 -100.0
Humberside 391 0.5 229 0.3 -162 -41.4
Isle of Wight 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kent 285 0.2 89 0.1 -196 -68.8
Lancashire 244 0.2 41 0.0 -203 -83.2
Leicestershire 424 0.6 224 0.3 -200 -47.2
Lincolnshire 82 0.2 42 0.1 -40 -48.8
Norfolk 55 0.1 43 0.1 -12 -21.8
North Yorkshire 50 0.1 140 0.2 90 180.0
Northamptonshire 0 0.0 42 0.1 42 4—
Northumberland 41 0.2 0 0.0 -41 -100.0
Nottinghamshire 543 0.7 212 0.3 -331 -61.0
Oxfordshire 98 0.3 0 0.0 -98 -100.0
Shropshire 0 0.0 102 0.3 102 4—
Somerset 53 0.1 41 0.1 -12 -22.6
Staffordshire 657 0.7 539 0.6 -118 -18.0
Suffolk 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Surrey 89 0.1 45 0.1 -44 -49.4
Warwickshire 175 0.4 44 0.1 -131 -74.9
West Sussex 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wiltshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
England 9,798 0.3 9,435 0.2 -363 -3.7
1 Provisional.
2 Pupils in single teacher classes of 41 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.
3Change in the number of pupils in single teacher classes of 41 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 41 or more in 1995.
4 No pupils in single teacher classes of 41 or more taught by one teacher in 1995.