§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what Percentage and how many primary school pupils were in classes of over (i) 30, (ii) 36 and (iii) 40 in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and Percentage change in numbers compared with January 1996 in each local authority and in total. [18807]
§ Mr. ByersThe available information is shown in the following table.
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Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year 1996 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) City of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Camden 447 5.2 37 0.4 0 0.0 Greenwich 1,412 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hackney 664 4.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hammersmith 1.036 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Islington 982 7.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 187 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lambeth 857 5.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lewisham 917 5.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Southwark 2,051 10.7 72 0.4 0 0.0 Tower Hamlets 859 5.8 37 0.2 0 0.0 Wandsworth 2,383 16.5 404 2.8 62 0.4 Westminster 544 7.9 36 0.5 0 0.0 Barking 1,603 10.6 272 1.8 0 0.0 Barnet 1,848 8.8 200 1.0 48 0.2 Bexley 8,821 42.7 148 0.7 0 0.0 Brent 2,259 12.0 206 1.1 95 0.5 Bromley 11,850 50.6 186 0.8 0 0.0 Croydon 6,341 24.4 258 1.0 0 0.0 Ealing 5,508 24.5 262 1.2 44 0.2 Enfield 8,840 41.0 36 0.2 0 0.0 Haringey 948 5.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 Harrow 3,833 24.3 36 0.2 0 0.0 Havering 5,678 28.7 235 1.2 50 0.3 Hillingdon 4,820 25.8 459 2.5 41 0.2 Hounslow 5,674 34.4 678 4.1 41 0.2 Kingston upon Thames 7,095 70.1 485 4.8 47 0.5 Merton 3,955 30.9 395 3.1 51 0.4 Newham 2,381 9.8 204 0.8 52 0.2 Redbridge 9,060 52.7 542 3.2 0 0.0 Richmond upon Thames 2,309 22.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 Sutton 4,235 32.8 367 2.8 0 0.0 Waltham Forest 3,282 18.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Birmingham 25,642 26.3 1,601 1.6 157 0.2 Coventry 7,638 28.3 530 2.0 0 0.0 Dudley 6,618 26.9 1,229 5.0 775 3.2 Sandwell 11,812 41.5 1,543 5.4 83 0.3 Solihull 8,403 44.0 915 4.8 0 0.0 141W
Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year 1996 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Walsall 7,241 31.1 890 3.8 45 0.2 Wolverhampton 6,762 30.9 1,078 4.9 233 1.1 Knowsley 5,254 29.2 655 3.6 52 0.3 Liverpool 12,051 26.0 590 1.3 0 0.0 St. Helens 5,563 37.7 1,203 8.1 83 0.6 Sefton 10,670 42.5 993 4.0 0 0.0 Wirral 6,987 23.7 482 1.6 0 0.0 Bolton 11,719 49.7 2,795 11.8 535 2.3 Bury 6,968 43.4 843 5.3 0 0.0 Manchester 9,687 22.8 1,719 4.0 582 1.4 Oldham 9,434 43.5 994 4.6 178 0.8 Rochdale 8,316 43.0 629 3.3 41 0.2 Salford 6,997 30.6 1,247 5.5 314 1.4 Stockport 8,247 32.8 1,202 4.8 117 0.5 Tameside 11,508 53.0 956 4.4 0 0.0 Trafford 9,389 48.9 1,103 5.7 0 0.0 Wigan 11,087 42.5 2,385 9.2 127 0.5 Barnsley 8,677 42.3 751 3.7 152 0.7 Doncaster 9,609 35.1 1,739 6.4 0 0.0 Rotherham 5,732 24.6 422 1.8 0 0.0 Sheffield 11,181 28.0 1,497 3.7 229 0.6 Bradford 11,449 34.3 1,597 4.8 43 0.1 Calderdale 6,331 34.3 341 1.8 45 0.2 Kirklees 14,395 44.3 1,993 6.1 139 0.4 Leeds 21,455 33.3 3,110 5.1 244 0.4 Wakefield 10,673 37.7 1,602 5.7 52 0.2 Gateshead 2,443 14.4 116 0.7 0 0.0 Newcastle upon Tyne 6,792 33.1 1,055 5.1 49 0.2 North Tyneside 4,897 31.7 575 3.7 50 0.3 South Tyneside 4,067 27.6 736 5.0 99 0.7 Sunderland 4,148 15.1 185 0.7 0 0.0 Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Avon 26,647 34.4 1,587 2.0 44 0.1 Bath and NE Somerset3 — — — — — — City of Bristol3 — — — — — — North Somerset3 — — — — — — South Gloucestershire3 — — — — — — Bedfordshire 11,867 30.4 2,598 6.7 482 1.2 Berkshire 18,309 30.5 1,414 2.4 46 0.1 Buckinghamshire 22,753 37.6 3,772 6.2 372 0.6 Cambridgeshire 18,065 31.8 1,026 1.8 0 0.0 Cheshire 32,225 37.3 4,051 4.7 142 0.2 Cleveland 13,869 23.6 2,630 4.5 0 0.0 Hartlepool3 — — — — — — Middlesborough3 — — — — — — Redcar and Cleveland3 — — — — — — Stockton on Tees3 — — — — — — Cornwall 14,936 37.5 1,325 3.3 41 0.1 Cumbria 11,382 28.2 1,332 3.3 111 0.3 Derbyshire 41,217 52.0 10,344 13.0 722 0.9 Devon 28,078 34.8 3,032 3.8 128 0.2 Dorset 19,654 44.5 1,360 3.1 86 0.2 Durham 19,881 38.0 1,987 3.8 167 0.3 East Sussex 20,971 42.4 1,056 2.1 0 0.0 Essex 34,741 27.6 804 0.6 109 0.1 Gloucestershire 14,246 32.1 630 1.4 0 0.0 Hampshire 44,938 34.5 2,532 1.9 47 0.0 Hereford and Worcester 13,225 27.2 1,138 2.3 150 0.3 Hertfordshire 23,396 29.0 729 0.9 0 0.0 Humberside 27,832 35.0 4,410 5.5 229 0.3 East Riding of Yorkshire3 4— 4— — — — — City of Kingston Upon Hull — — — — — — North East Lincolnshire3 — — — — — — North Lincolnshire3 — — — — — — Isle of Wight 2,243 31.1 115 1.6 0 0.0
Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year 1996 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Kent 44,212 33.8 1,012 0.8 89 0.1 Lancashire 54,099 44.5 7,918 6.5 41 0.0 Leicestershire 21,784 28.8 2,546 3.4 224 0.3 Lincolnshire 13,962 27.9 1,184 2.4 42 0.1 Norfolk 13,224 22.0 780 1.3 43 0.1 Northamptonshire 11,089 22.4 612 1.2 42 0.1 Northumberland 8,478 43.3 1,445 7.4 0 0.0 North Yorkshire 18,663 32.1 2,120 3.6 140 0.2 York 4— — — — — — North Yorkshire3 — — — — — — Nottinghamshire 32,931 38.9 4,733 5.6 212 0.3 Oxfordshire 10,608 25.7 1,207 2.9 0 0.0 Shropshire 13,425 38.2 1,308 3.7 102 0.3 Somerset 13,649 37.3 809 2.2 41 0.1 Staffordshire 32,163 35.7 5,891 6.5 539 0.6 Suffolk 7,940 18.2 472 1.1 0 0.0 Surrey 14,197 19.9 360 0.5 45 0.1 Warwickshire 17,566 40.7 1,558 3.6 44 0.1 West Sussex 14,447 26.7 333 0.6 0 0.0 Wiltshire 15,128 30.8 773 1.6 0 0.0 England 1,260,551 31.8 1E+05 3.3 9,435 0.2 142W
Position in January each year 1997 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) City of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Camden 698 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Greenwich 2,126 12.0 111 0.6 0 0.0 Hackney 824 5.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hammersmith 1,106 14.5 37 0.5 0 0.0 Islington 702 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 219 4.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lambeth 1,192 7.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lewisham 1,207 6.7 36 0.2 0 0.0 Southwark 1,748 8.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Tower Hamlets 1,047 6.3 40 0.2 0 0.0 Wandsworth 2,299 15.3 503 3.4 49 0.3 Westminster 479 7.1 38 0.6 0 0.0 Barking 2,022 12.8 347 2.2 0 0.0 Barnet 2,456 11.3 232 1.1 0 0.0 Bexley 9,314 44.6 145 0.7 0 0.0 Brent 2,383 12.6 251 1.3 95 0.5 Bromley 13,110 55.3 289 1.2 0 0.0 Croydon 7,042 26.1 556 2.1 0 0.0 Ealing 5,258 22.4 148 0.6 0 0.0 Enfield 9,965 46.0 72 0.3 0 0.0 Haringey 851 4.9 38 0.2 0 0.0 Harrow 3,663 22.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 Havering 5,763 28.9 393 2.0 137 0.7 Hillingdon 5,212 28.1 320 1.7 45 0.2 Hounslow 4,907 29.1 456 2.7 0 0.0 Kingston upon Thames 6,682 66.2 75 0.7 0 0.0 Merton 3,676 28.5 279 2.2 89 0.7 Newham 3,021 12.5 151 0.6 0 0.0 Redbridge 8,074 45.7 361 2.0 0 0.0 Richmond upon Thames 2,671 24.7 36 0.3 0 0.0 Sutton 5,222 40.3 222 1.7 0 0.0 Waltham Forest 2,639 14.8 36 0.2 0 0.0 Birmingham 24,848 25.7 1,389 1.4 206 0.2 Coventry 8,641 31.4 679 2.5 0 0.0 Dudley 6,904 27.1 1,215 4.8 466 1.8 Sandwell 12,606 44.1 1,129 3.9 186 0.7 Solihull 8,478 43.3 954 4.9 0 0.0 Walsall 7,527 31.6 557 2.3 0 0.0 Wolverhampton 8,169 37.9 859 4.0 0 0.0 143W
Position in January each year 1997 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Knowsley 5,820 32.6 663 3.7 171 1.0 Liverpool 12,581 27.3 1,036 2.3 44 0.1 St. Helens 6,270 40.8 1,420 9.3 43 0.3 Sefton 9,634 38.2 511 2.0 0 0.0 Wirral 6,747 23.1 555 1.9 0 0.0 Bolton 11,422 49.0 2,449 10.5 372 1.6 Bury 7,178 44.3 844 5.2 0 0.0 Manchester 10,615 25.1 1,719 4.1 896 2.1 Oldham 10,645 48.3 1,343 6.1 169 0.8 Rochdale 9,004 45.5 1,176 5.9 42 0.2 Salford 7,043 30.8 829 3.6 232 1.0 Stockport 9,446 37.0 1,324 5.2 0 0.0 Tameside 11,566 53.4 868 4.0 50 0.2 Trafford 9,693 49.8 1,020 5.2 0 0.0 Wigan 11,098 42.3 2,397 9.1 45 0.2 Bamsley 9,082 43.9 1,035 5.0 104 0.5 Doncaster 10,052 35.0 1,505 5.2 0 0.0 Rotherham 8,094 34.2 712 3.0 0 0.0 Sheffield 11,261 27.6 1,762 4.3 47 0.1 Bradford 13,443 39.4 2,101 6.2 224 0.7 Calderdale 6,185 33.2 330 1.8 0 0.0 Kirkless 15,730 47.7 2,942 8.9 137 0.4 Leeds 22,031 35.0 2,529 4.0 0 0.0 Wakefield 12,198 41.2 1,978 6.7 52 0.2 Gateshead 2,112 12.5 185 1.1 0 0.0 Newcastle Upon Tyne 6,904 33.6 925 4.5 146 0.7 North Tyneside 4,779 30.7 655 4.2 101 0.6 South Tyneside 3,996 27.8 725 5.0 52 0.4 Sunderland 5,023 18.4 375 1.4 0 0.0 Isles of Scilly 33 21.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Avon 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Bath and North East Somerset3 3,579 28.5 313 2.5 60 0.5 City of Bristol3 9,905 31.8 635 2.0 84 0.3 North Somerset3 4,675 33.0 148 1.0 0 0.0 South Gloucestershire3 9,563 45.1 694 3.3 0 0.0 Bedfordshire 12,890 33.4 2,461 6.4 382 1.0 Berkshire 18,680 31.6 1,462 2.5 88 0.1 Buckinghamshire 23,085 37.9 3,537 5.8 240 0.4 Cambridgeshire 20,831 36.2 1,643 2.9 0 0.0 Cheshire 33,630 38.7 4,217 4.8 87 0.1 Cleveland — — — — — — Hartlepool3 2,833 29.5 418 4.4 0 0.0 Middlesbrough3 3,700 24.1 822 5.4 0 0.0 Redcar and Cleveland3 4,576 30.7 720 4.8 0 0.0 Stockton-on-Tees3 4,507 24.1 984 5.3 0 0.0 Cornwall 16,082 40.2 1,587 4.0 0 0.0 Cumbria 11,984 29.4 1,133 2.8 180 0.4 Derbyshire 44,864 55.2 12,889 15.9 651 0.8 Devon 31,181 38.1 2,898 3.5 86 0.1 Dorset 22,462 50.2 1,089 2.4 0 0.0 Durham 21,429 40.7 2,212 4.2 127 0.2 East Sussex 23,330 45.7 756 1.5 0 0.0 Essex 38,831 29.9 1,566 1.2 214 0.2 Gloucestershire 15,280 33.9 896 2.0 45 0.1 Hampshire 47,671 35.8 2,527 1.9 44 0.0 Hereford and Worcester 12,527 24.9 981 1.9 139 0.3 Hertfordshire 27,264 32.6 1,204 1.4 0 0.0 Humberside — — — — — — East Riding of Yorkshire3 10,254 40.1 2,288 9.0 133 0.5 City of Kingston upon Hull 10,164 39.5 1,829 7.1 0 0.0 North East Lincolnshire3 6,228 39.6 732 4.6 99 0.6 North Lincolnshire3 4,932 36.2 821 6.0 104 0.8 Isle of Wight 1,639 22.5 220 3.0 0 0.0 Kent 47,339 35.7 757 0.6 106 0.1 Lancashire 58,388 47.3 10,409 8.4 99 0.1 Leicestershire 22,862 29.8 3,254 4.2 408 0.5 Lincolnshire 14,644 28.6 1,667 3.3 0 0.0 Norfolk 13,402 21.6 256 0.4 0 0.0 Northamptonshire 13,015 25.7 855 1.7 41 0.1 Northumberland 8,314 42.7 1,747 9.0 0 0.0
Position in January each year 1997 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) Pupils Per cent.(1) North Yorkshire 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— York3 4,961 35.5 412 2.9 0 0.0 North Yorkshire3 15,129 33.7 1,470 3.3 133 0.3 Nottinghamshire 38,340 44.5 7,160 8.3 583 0.7 Oxfordshire 13,090 31.3 1,158 2.8 0 0.0 Shropshire 13,545 37.8 1,804 5.0 0 0.0 Somerset 14,096 37.8 1,653 4.4 0 0.0 Staffordshire 31,492 34.8 5,481 6.1 437 0.5 Suffolk 8,520 19.3 257 0.6 0 0.0 Surrey 15,007 20.5 893 1.2 0 0.0 Warwickshire 17,493 42.9 1,738 4.3 43 0.1 West Sussex 15,337 27.4 403 0.7 0 0.0 Wiltshire 16,245 32.5 988 2.0 0 0.0 England 1,344,231 33.4 1E+05 3.6 8,813 0.2 144W
Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year change 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 City of London 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Camden 251 2.8 -37 -0.4 0 0.0 Greenwich 714 4.0 111 0.6 0 0.0 Hackney 160 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hammersmith 70 1.3 37 0.5 0 0.0 Islington -280 -2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 32 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lambeth 335 2.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 Lewisham 290 1.5 36 0.2 0 0.0 Southwark -303 -1.8 -72 -0.4 0 0.0 Tower Hamlets 188 0.6 3 0.0 0 0.0 Wandsworth -74 -1.1 99 0.5 -13 -0.1 Westminster -65 -0.9 2 0.0 0 0.0 Barking 419 2.2 75 0.4 0 0.0 Barnet 608 2.5 32 0.1 -48 -0.2 Bexley 493 1.9 -3 0.0 0 0.0 Brent 124 0.6 45 0.2 0 0.0 Bromley 1,260 4.6 103 0.4 0 0.0 Croydon 701 1.7 298 1.1 0 0.0 Ealing -250 -2.1 -114 -0.5 -44 -0.2 Enfield 1,125 5.0 36 0.2 0 0.0 Haringey -97 -0.7 38 0.2 0 0.0 Harrow -170 -2.0 -36 -0.2 0 0.0 Havering 85 0.2 158 0.8 87 0.4 Hillingdon 392 2.3 -139 -0.7 4 0.0 Hounslow -767 -5.3 -222 -1.4 -41 -0.2 Kingston Upon Thames -413 -3.9 -410 -4.0 -4.1 -0.5 Merton -279 -2.3 -116 -0.9 38 0.3 Newham 640 2.7 -53 -0.2 -5.2 -0.2 Redbridge -986 -7.0 -181 -1.1 0 0.0 Richmond Upon Thames 362 2.5 36 0.3 0 0.0 Sutton 987 7.6 -145 -1.1 0 0.0 Waltham Forest -643 -3.6 36 0.2 0 0.0 Birmingham -794 -0.6 -212 -0.2 49 0.1 Coventry 1,003 3.0 149 0.5 0 0.0 Dudley 286 0.1 -14 -0.2 -309 -1.3 Sandwell 794 2.6 -414 -1.5 103 0.4 Solihull 75 -0.7 39 0.1 0 0.0 Walsall 286 0.4 -333 -1.5 -4.5 -0.2 Wolverhampton 1,407 7.0 -219 -0.9 -233 -1.1 Knowsley 566 3.3 8 0.1 119 0.7 Liverpool 530 1.3 446 1.0 44 0.1 St. Helens 707 3.2 217 1.1 -4.0 -0.3 Sefton -1,036 -43 -482 -1.9 0 0.0 Wirral -240 -0.6 73 0.3 0 0.0 Bolton -297 -0.7 -346 -1.4 -163 -0.7 Bury 210 0.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 145W
Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year Change 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 Manchester 928 2.3 0 0.0 314 0.8 Oldham 1,211 4.8 349 1.5 -9 -0.1 Rochdale 688 2.5 547 2.7 1 0.0 Salford 46 0.1 -418 -1.8 -82 -0.4 Stockport 1,199 4.3 122 0.4 -117 -0.5 Tameside 58 0.4 -88 -0.4 50 0.2 Trafford 304 0.9 -8.3 -0.5 0 0.0 Wigan 11 -0.2 12 0.0 -8.2 -0.3 Barnsley 405 1.6 284 1.3 -4.8 -0.2 Doncaster 443 -0.1 -234 -1.1 0 0.0 Rotherham 2,362 9.7 290 1.2 0 0.0 Sheffield 80 -0.4 265 0.6 -182 -0.5 Bradford 1,994 5.1 504 1.4 181 0.5 Calderdale -146 -1.1 -11 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 Kirklees 1,335 3.3 949 2.8 -2 0.0 Leeds 576 -0.3 -581 -1.1 -244 -0.4 Wakefield 1,525 3.5 376 1.0 0 0.0 Gateshead -331 -1.8 69 0.4 0 0.0 Newcastle Upon Tyne 112 0.4 -130 -0.7 97 0.5 North Tyneside -18 -1.0 80 0.5 51 0.3 South Tyneside -7.1 0.1 -11 0.0 -4.7 -0.3 Sunderland 875 3.3 190 0.7 0 0.0 Isle of Scilly 33 21.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 Avon 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Bath and North East Somerset3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— City of Bristol3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— North Somerset3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— South Gloucestershire3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Bedfordshire 1,023 3.0 -137 -0.3 -100 -0.2 Berkshire 371 1.0 48 0.1 42 0.1 Buckinghamshire 332 0.3 -235 -0.4 -132 -0.2 Cambridgeshire 2,766 4.4 617 1.1 0 0.0 Cheshire 1,405 1.4 166 0.2 -55 -0.1 Cleveland 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Hartlepool3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Middlesborough3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Redcar and Cleveland3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Stockton-on-Tees3 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— 4— Cornwall 1,146 2.7 262 0.6 -41 -0.1 Cumbria 602 1.2 -199 -0.5 69 0.2 Derbyshire 3,647 3.3 2,545 2.8 -71 -0.1 Devon 3,103 3.3 -134 -0.2 -42 -0.1 Dorset 2,808 5.7 -271 -0.6 -86 -0.2 Durham 1,548 2.7 225 0.4 -40 -0.1 East Sussex 2,359 3.3 -300 -0.7 0 0.0 Essex 4,090 2.3 762 0.6 105 0.1 Gloucestershire 1,034 1.7 266 0.6 45 0.1 Hampshire 2,733 1.3 -5 0.0 -3 0.0 Hereford and Worcester -698 -2.3 -157 -0.4 -11 0.0 Hertfordshire 3,868 3.6 475 0.5 0 0.0 Humberside — — — — — — East Riding of Yorkshire3 — — — — — — City of Kingston Upon Hull — — — — — — North East Lincolnshire3 — — — — — — North Lincolnshire3 — — — — — — Isle of Wight -604 -8.6 105 1.4 0 0.0 Kent 3,127 1.9 -255 -0.2 17 0.0 Lancashire 4,289 2.8 2,491 1.9 58 0.0 Leicestershire 1,078 0.9 708 0.9 184 0.2 Lincolnshire 682 0.7 483 0.9 -42 -0.1 Norfolk 178 -0.4 -524 -0.9 -43 -0.1 Northamptonshire 1,926 3.2 243 0.4 -1 0.0 Northumberland -164 -0.6 302 1.6 0 0.0 North Yorkshire — — — — — — York3 — — — — — — North Yorkshire3 — — — — — — Nottingham 5,409 5.6 2,427 2.7 371 0.4
Numbers and Percentages of pupils in classes by size taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position in January each year Change 31 or more 36 or more 41 or more Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 Pupils Per cent.2 Oxfordshire 2,482 5.6 -49 -0.2 0 0.0 Shropshire 120 -0.5 496 1.3 -102 -0.3 Somerset 447 0.5 844 2.2 -41 -0.1 Staffordshire -671 -0.9 -410 -0.5 -102 -0.1 Suffolk 580 1.1 -215 -0.5 0 0.0 Surrey 810 0.6 533 0.7 -45 -0.1 Warwickshire -73 2.2 180 0.7 -1 0.0 West Sussex 890 0.7 70 0.1 0 0.0 Wiltshire 1,117 1.7 215 0.4 0 0.0 England 83,680 1.6 14,122 0.3 -622 0.0 1 Number of pupils in classes taught by one teacher expressed as a Percentage of all pupils in classes taught by one teacher. 2 Percentage of pupils in 1997 minus Per centage of pupils in 1996. 3 No comparable data for new Unitary authorities. 4 Not applicable.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo 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 1996 in each local education authority and in total. [18869]
§ Mr. ByersThe information is shown in the following table.
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Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position as at January each year Change1 Number Percentage 1996 1997 1996–97 1996–97 City of London 26.8 26.0 -0.8 -2.8 Camden 27.3 27.1 -0.1 -0.5 Greenwich 25.5 26.0 0.4 1.7 Hackney 26.1 26.1 -0.1 -0.2 Hammersmith 26.1 25.3 -0.8 -2.9 Islington 26.2 26.6 0.3 1.2 Kensington and Chelsea 24.4 25.3 0.9 3.7 Lambeth 24.6 25.2 0.6 2.5 Lewisham 25.7 26.1 0.3 1.3 Southwark 26.2 26.4 0.3 1.0 Tower Hamlets 25.8 26.2 0.4 1.7 Wandsworth 25.4 25.8 0.4 1.4 Westminster 24.9 24.2 -0.7 -3.0 Barking 26.7 27.0 0.3 1.3 Barnet 26.3 26.2 -0.1 -0.3 Bexley 28.6 28.8 0.1 0.5 Brent 26.7 26.5 -0.2 -0.7 Bromley 28.7 28.5 -0.2 -0.8 Croydon 28.3 28.3 0.0 0.0 Ealing 27.2 27.1 -0.1 -0.5 Enfield 28.5 29.1 0.6 1.9 Haringey 27.0 26.9 -0.1 -0.4 Harrow 27.8 27.5 -0.3 -1.0 Havering 27.9 27.9 0.0 0.0 Hillingdon 26.6 27.2 0.6 2.2 Hounslow 27.3 26.8 -0.5 -1.7 Kingston upon Thames 30.0 29.4 -0.7 -2.3 Merton 28.1 27.3 -0.8 -2.8 147W
Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position as at January each year Change1 Number Percentage 1996 1997 1996–97 1996–97 Newham 27.9 27.9 0.1 0.3 Redbridge 29.0 28.4 -0.6 -2.1 Richmond upon Thames 26.7 27.2 0.6 2.1 Sutton 27.3 28.1 0.8 2.8 Waltham Forest 26.4 26.6 0.2 0.7 Birmingham 27.8 27.7 0.0 -0.1 Coventry 27.2 27.6 0.4 1.3 Dudley 26.9 26.5 -0.4 -1.4 Sandwell 28.6 28.9 0.3 1.0 Solihull 28.2 27.9 -0.3 -1.0 Walsall 26.0 26.2 0.2 0.8 Wolverhampton 26.5 26.9 0.4 1.6 Knowsley 27.6 27.7 0.1 0.3 Liverpool 26.8 26.8 0.0 0.0 St. Helens 27.5 27.8 0.3 0.9 Sefton 27.5 27.6 0.1 0.3 Wirral 26.4 26.3 -0.1 -0.4 Bolton 28.5 28.9 0.4 1.5 Bury 28.3 28.3 0.0 -0.1 Manchester 27.0 27.2 0.2 0.9 Oldham 28.6 29.3 0.6 2.2 Rochdale 29.2 29.6 0.5 1.6 Salford 27.4 27.3 -0.1 -0.4 Stockport 27.7 27.8 0.1 0.3 Tameside 29.3 29.3 0.0 0.0 Trafford 28.7 28.9 0.3 1.0 Wigan 28.2 28.5 0.3 1.0 Barnsley 28.2 28.9 0.6 2.2 Doncaster 28.2 28.1 -0.1 -0.5 Rotherham 26.9 27.7 0.8 3.0 Sheffield 26.8 26.9 0.1 0.5 Bradford 27.9 28.3 0.4 1.3 Calderdale 27.7 28.0 0.2 0.8 Kirklees 28.7 29.0 0.3 1.2 Leeds 28.1 28.3 0.2 0.6 Wakefield 28.0 28.2 0.2 0.7 Gateshead 25.9 25.8 -0.1 -0.3 Newcastle upon Tyne 27.7 27.6 -0.1 -0.3 North Tyneside 27.0 27.1 0.0 0.1 South Tyneside 26.8 27.0 0.2 0.8 Sunderland 25.6 26.0 0.3 1.3 Isles of Scilly 13.7 17.3 3.6 26.3 Avon 27.7 2— 2— 2— Bath and North east Somerset3 2— 27.0 2— 2— City of Bristol3 2— 27.2 2— 2— North Somerset3 2— 27.8 2— 2— South Gloucestershire3 2— 28.5 2— 2— Bedfordshire 27.1 27.4 0.3 1.2 Berkshire 27.3 27.5 0.2 0.6 Buckinghamshire 27.8 27.9 0.1 0.3 Cambridgeshire 27.8 28.2 0.4 1.4 Cheshire 27.4 27.5 0.0 0.0 Cleveland 26.9 2— 2— 2— Hartlepool3 2— 28.0 2— 2— Middlesbrough3 2— 26.5 2— 2— Redcar and Cleveland3 2— 27.4 2— 2— Stockton on Tees3 2— 26.8 2— 2— Cornwall 27.3 27.3 0.0 0.0 Cumbria 26.0 26.3 0.2 0.9 Derbyshire 28.9 29.3 0.3 1.1 Devon 27.2 27.4 0.2 0.9 Dorset 27.7 28.2 0.5 1.7
Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1996 and 1997 Position as at January each year Change1 1996 1997 Number 1996–97 Percentage 1996–97 Durham 28.4 28.5 0.0 0.1 East Sussex 27.7 28.2 0.5 1.8 Essex 26.9 27.3 0.4 1.6 Gloucestershire 27.2 27.4 0.2 0.8 Hampshire 27.8 27.9 0.1 0.3 Hereford and Worcester 25.9 26.0 0.2 0.6 Hertfordshire 26.7 27.1 0.4 1.5 Humberside 27.9 2— 2— 2— East Riding of Yorkshire3 2— 28.3 2— 2— City of Kingston Upon Hull3 2— 28.8 2— 2— North East Lincolnshire3 2— 28.1 2— 2— North Lincolnshire3 2— 27.7 2— 2— Isle of Wight 26.9 25.9 -1.0 -3.9 Kent 27.7 28.0 0.2 0.9 Lancashire 28.4 28.8 0.3 1.2 Leicestershire 26.7 26.7 0.0 -0.1 Lincolnshire 26.7 26.9 0.1 0.5 Norfolk 26.0 25.9 -0.1 -0.3 Northamptonshire 26.5 27.0 0.4 1.6 Northumberland 27.1 27.0 -0.1 -0.5 North Yorkshire 26.3 2— 2— 2— York3 2— 27.6 2— 2— North Yorkshire3 2— 26.3 2— 2— Nottinghamshire 28.3 28.7 0.4 1.5 Oxfordshire 26.8 27.2 0.3 1.2 Shropshire 27.3 27.4 0.1 0.4 Somerset 27.3 27.6 0.3 1.1 Staffordshire 27.7 27.5 -0.2 -0.8 Suffolk 25.1 25.0 -0.1 -0.4 Surrey 25.8 26.2 0.4 1.6 Warwickshire 27.9 28.5 0.6 2.3 West Sussex 26.8 26.8 0.0 0.2 Wiltshire 27.1 27.2 0.1 0.4 England 27.3 27.5 0.2 0.6 1 Rounding of components may cause discrepancies in number and Percentage changes. 2 Not applicable. 3 No comparable data for new unitary authorities.