HC Deb 02 June 1997 vol 295 cc68-70W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the average, maximum and minimum class sizes in primary 1 to primary 7 in each local education authority area in Scotland. [594]

Mr. Wilson

The information requested is as follows.

Class size average, minimum and maximum for P1–P3 by Education Authority, 1995 Publicly funded primary schools
Single and 2 stage classes (2 stage classes are included with the lower stage)
P1 P2 P3
Education authority Average Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum
Glasgow, City of 23.9 5 33 24.8 6 34 25.1 5 33
Highland 22.1 1 33 23.2 3 33 22.8 1 32
Inverclyde 25.9 17 33 25.0 16 33 24.4 1 33
Midlothian 24.1 11 33 24.9 6 32 26.0 15 33
Moray 23.7 11 33 24.8 15 32 26.0 16 33
North Ayrshire 24.4 12 33 24.5 16 33 26.3 16 33
North Lanarkshire 23.3 6 33 24.4 6 33 25.0 14 33
Orkney Islands 19.8 8 29 23.4 16 28 19.7 12 27
Perth and Kinross 24.0 9 34 25.1 13 33 25.7 16 33
Renfrewshire 25.3 18 34 26.2 14 34 25.5 13 33
Shetland Islands 18.1 11 29 20.0 8 26 19.6 9 31
South Ayrshire 24.7 12 33 25.6 16 33 26.4 17 33
South Lanarkshire 24.2 10 33 25.7 15 33 25.7 10 33
Stirling 23.3 11 33 24.0 7 33 25 11 33
West Dunbartonshire 25.3 16 33 25.2 16 32 25.8 19 34
West Lothian 23 5 33 25.8 14 33 25.5 6 33
Western Isles 14.9 2 24 23.3 17 28 18.6 4 31

Class size average, minimum and maximum for P4-P7 Education Authority, 1995 Publicly funded primary schools
Single and 2 stage classes (2 stage classes are included with the lower stage)
P4 P5 P6 P7
Education authority Average Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum
Aberdeen City 26.9 18 33 26.6 18 33 26.0 15 33 26.6 13 33
Aberdeenshire 25.6 10 33 26.2 15 33 24.9 7 33 26.4 17 33
Angus 26.2 6 33 26.4 6 33 23.6 1 34 28.6 21 33
Argyll and Bute 24.0 8 33 25.1 19 34 22.4 10 33 24.7 9 33
Scottish Borders 23.3 4 33 24.2 4 33 24.5 3 32 23.4 4 32
Clackmannanshire 28.3 18 33 26.0 20 33 25.3 17 33 25.5 18 33
Dumfries and Galloway 25.5 14 33 26.1 13 33 24.7 13 33 27.5 15 33
Dundee City 26.5 14 33 26.4 8 33 26.7 13 34 27.3 18 34
East Ayrshire 26.0 17 33 25.3 13 33 25.2 14 33 26.0 11 33
East Dunbartonshire 26.7 17 33 27.3 20 33 26.9 16 33 27.5 17 33
East Lothian 26.0 9 33 26.8 20 33 26.1 14 33 26.6 20 33
East Renfrewshire 27.5 18 33 26.3 12 33 27.3 12 33 28.7 16 33
Edinburgh, City of 27.7 14 33 27.5 17 33 26.4 15 33 25.4 15 33
Falkirk 26.8 17 33 26.0 10 33 25.9 18 33 26 12 33
Fife 25.9 6 33 25.8 10 33 25.4 5 33 26.2 13 33
Glasgow, City of 25.3 5 33 24.9 11 33 24.8 9 33 24.4 13 33
Highland 23.4 1 33 23.4 1 33 22.2 1 34 25.5 1 34
Inverclyde 25.8 20 34 24.7 13 33 24.7 18 32 25.6 15 33
Midlothian 25.4 17 33 27.1 21 33 26.6 15 33 27.1 19 33
Moray 25.7 10 32 25.8 16 32 24.9 17 33 25.5 17 33
North Ayrshire 26 18 33 25.9 16 33 25.8 15 33 25.9 9 33
North Lanarkshire 25.1 7 33 24.7 7 33 25.2 8 33 25.3 10 33
Orkney Islands 23.1 15 29 20.6 1 27 21.2 12 30 21.6 11 33
Perth and Kinross 25.9 13 34 24.6 17 33 24.3 13 32 24.2 12 33
Renfrewshire 26.7 18 33 27.2 15 33 26.7 17 33 27.3 1 33
Shetland Islands 20.5 16 29 19.9 13 29 19.0 10 27 19.8 11 29
South Ayrshire 26.6 16 33 26.8 10 33 25.6 11 33 26.8 12 33
South Lanarkshire 25.4 7 33 26.2 12 33 25.2 12 33 26.8 16 34
Stirling 25.1 14 33 24.2 7 32 24.0 8 33 26.3 14 33
West Dunbartonshire 26.4 21 33 26.3 16 34 25.0 17 31 26.3 18 33
West Lothian 26.5 12 33 25.9 10 33 25.5 10 33 25.7 13 33
Western Isles 18.4 2 31 22.9 19 29 18.6 1 31 22 4 32