HC Deb 11 March 1997 vol 292 cc154-7W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the number and proportion of children in primary school classes or(a) up to 25 pupils, (b) 26–30 pupils, (c) 31–35 pupils, (d) 36–40 pupils and (e) 41 and over pupils (i) in each LEA and (ii) nationally. [19259]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Numbers and percentages of pupils in one teacher classes by size in maintained primary schools in each local authority area in England
January 1996
Up to 25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Total pupils
Corporation of
London 23 21.5 84 78.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 107
Camden 1,597 18.7 6,487 76.0 410 4.8 37 0.4 0 0.0 8,531
Greenwich 6,380 36.1 9,868 55.9 1,412 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 17,660
Hackney 4,494 33.1 8,427 62.0 664 4.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 13,585
Hammersmith 1,935 24.6 4,880 62.2 1,036 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,851
Islington 3,107 23.3 9,243 69.3 982 7.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 13,332
Kensington and Chelsea 2,099 42.4 2,668 53.9 187 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,954
Lambeth 6,358 40.9 8,327 53.6 857 5.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 15,542
Lewisham 6,462 36.7 10,244 58.1 917 5.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 17,623
Southwark 5,957 31.0 11,223 58.4 1,979 10.3 72 0.4 0 0.0 19,231
Tower Hamlets 4,103 27.6 9,928 66.7 822 5.5 37 0.2 0 0.0 14,890
Wandsworth 4,766 33.0 7,264 50.5 1,969 13.7 342 2.4 62 0.4 14,423
Westminster 2,873 41.8 3,457 50.3 508 7.4 36 0.5 0 0.0 6,874
Barking 3,580 23.6 9,984 65.8 1,331 8.8 272 1.8 0 0.0 15,167
Barnet 4,784 22.8 14,343 68.4 1,648 7.9 152 0.7 48 0.2 20,975
Bexley 2,674 12.9 9,162 44.4 8,673 42.0 148 0.7 0 0.0 20,657
Brent 4,758 25.3 11,797 62.7 2,053 10.9 111 0.6 95 0.5 18,814
Bromley 2,401 10.3 9,151 39.1 11,664 49.8 186 0.8 0 0.0 23,402
Croydon 3,418 13.1 16,235 62.5 6,083 23.4 258 1.0 0 0.0 25,994
Ealing 5,653 25.2 11,302 50.3 5,246 23.4 218 1.0 44 0.2 22,463
Enfield 2,057 9.5 10,659 49.4 8,804 40.8 36 0.2 0 0.0 21,556
Haringey 3,654 21.8 12,130 72.5 948 5.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,732
Harrow 2,128 13.5 9,784 62.1 3,797 24.1 36 0.2 0 0.0 15,745
Havering 3,489 17.6 10,615 53.7 5,443 27.5 185 0.9 50 0.3 19,782
Hillingdon 5,444 29.1 8,447 45.1 4,361 23.3 418 2.2 41 0.2 18,711
Hounslow 3,336 20.2 7,483 45.4 4,996 30.3 637 3.9 41 0.2 16,493
Kingston upon Thames 869 8.6 2,160 21.3 6,610 65.3 438 4.3 47 0.5 10,124
Merton 2,392 18.7 6,459 50.4 3,560 27.8 344 2.7 51 0.4 12,806
Newham 3,111 12.9 18,694 77.3 2,177 9.0 152 0.6 52 0.2 24,186
Redbridge 1,930 11.2 6,205 36.1 8,518 49.5 542 3.2 0 0.0 17,195
Richmond upon Thames 2,453 23.7 5,609 54.1 2,309 22.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 10,371
Sutton 2,599 20.1 6,067 47.1 3,868 29.9 367 2.8 0 0.0 12,921
Waltham Forest 4,216 23.6 10,387 58.1 3,282 18.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 17.885
Birmingham 16,684 17.1 55,058 56.5 24,041 24.7 1,444 1.5 157 0.2 97,384
Coventry 5,839 21.7 13,476 50.0 7,108 26.4 530 2.0 0 0.0 26,953
Dudley 6,528 26.6 11,420 46.5 5,389 21.9 454 1.8 775 3.2 24,566
Sandwell 4,666 16.4 11,991 42.1 10,269 36.1 1,460 5.1 83 0.3 28,469
Solihull 3,427 18.0 7,247 38.0 7,488 39.3 915 4.8 0 0.0 19,077
Walsall 7,622 32.8 8,390 36.1 6,351 27.3 845 3.6 45 0.2 23,253
Wolverhampton 6,186 28.3 8,902 40.7 5,684 26.0 845 3.9 233 1.1 21,850
Knowsley 4,335 24.1 8,399 46.7 4,599 25.6 603 3.4 52 0.3 17,988
Liverpool 12,584 27.2 21,664 46.8 11,461 24.8 590 1.3 0 0.0 46,299
St. Helens 4,643 31.4 4,563 30.9 4,360 29.5 1,120 7.6 83 0.6 14,769
Sefton 5,701 22.7 8,763 34.9 9,677 38.5 993 4.0 0 0.0 25,134
Wirral 9,168 31.1 13,357 45.3 6,505 22.0 482 1.6 0 0.0 29,512
Bolton 5,160 21.9 6,712 28.5 8,924 37.8 2,260 9.6 535 2.3 23,591
Bury 2,538 15.8 6,551 40.8 6,125 38.1 843 5.3 0 0.0 16,057
Manchester 10,716 25.2 22,143 52.0 7,968 18.7 1,137 2.7 582 1.4 42,546
Oldham 3,490 16.1 8,785 40.5 8,440 38.9 816 3.8 178 0.8 21,709
Rochdale 2,032 10.5 8,992 46.5 7,687 39.7 588 3.0 41 0.2 19,340
Salford 6,098 26.7 9,754 42.7 5,750 25.2 933 4.1 314 1.4 22,849
Stockport 5,191 20.6 11,735 46.6 7,045 28.0 1,085 4.3 117 0.5 25,173
Tameside 2,534 11.7 7,670 35.3 10,552 48.6 956 4.4 0 0.0 21,712
Trafford 3,013 15.7 6,801 35.4 8,286 43.1 1,103 5.7 0 0.0 19,203
Wigan 5,001 19.2 9,970 38.3 8,702 33.4 2,258 8.7 127 0.5 26,058
Barnsley 3,618 17.7 8,203 40.0 7,926 38.7 599 2.9 152 0.7 20,498
Doncaster 5,227 19.1 12,525 45.8 7,870 28.8 1,739 6.4 0 0.0 27,361
Rotherham 5,984 25.7 11,590 49.7 5,310 22.8 422 1.8 0 0.0 23,306
Sheffield 9,897 24.8 18,895 47.3 9,684 24.2 1,268 3.2 229 0.6 39,973
Bradford 6,693 20.0 15,247 45.7 9,852 29.5 1,554 4.7 43 0.1 33,389
Calderdale 3,737 20.2 8,406 45.5 5,990 32.4 296 1.6 45 0.2 18,474
Kirklees 5,614 17.3 12,451 38.4 12,402 38.2 1,854 5.7 139 0.4 32,460
Leeds 11,605 19.1 27,756 45.6 18,345 30.2 2,866 4.7 244 0.4 60,816
Wakefield 5,060 17.9 12,583 44.4 9,071 32.0 1,550 5.5 52 0.2 28,316
Gateshead 5,463 32.1 9,101 53.5 2,327 13.7 116 0.7 0 0.0 17,007
Newcastle upon Tyne 4,528 22.1 9,174 44.8 5,737 28.0 1,006 4.9 49 0.2 20,494
North Tyneside 3,604 23.3 6,944 45.0 4,322 28.0 525 3.4 50 0.3 15,445
South Tyneside 3,765 25.6 6,878 46.8 3,331 22.6 637 4.3 99 0.7 14,710
Sunderland 11,028 40.1 12,345 44.9 3,963 14.4 185 0.7 0 0.0 27,521
Isles of Scilly 151 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 151
Avon 14,741 19.0 36,166 46.6 25,060 32.3 1,543 2.0 44 0.1 77,554
Bedfordshire 10,321 26.5 16,829 43.1 9,269 23.8 2,116 5.4 482 1.2 39,017
Berkshire 13,121 21.9 28,517 47.6 16,895 28.2 1,368 2.3 46 0.1 59,947
Buckinghamshire 14,055 23.2 23,689 39.2 18,981 31.4 3,400 5.6 372 0.6 60,497

Numbers and percentages of pupils in one teacher classes by size in maintained primary schools in each local authority area in England January 1996
Up to 25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Total pupils
Cambridgeshire 11,265 19.8 27,535 48.4 17,039 30.0 1,026 1.8 0 0.0 56,865
Cheshire 17,936 20.8 36,276 42.0 28,174 32.6 3,909 4.5 142 0.2 86,437
Cleveland 15,662 26.7 29,231 49.7 11,239 19.1 2,630 4.5 0 0.0 58,762
Cornwall 9,028 22.7 15,827 39.8 13,611 34.2 1,284 3.2 41 0.1 39,791
Cumbria 11,381 28.2 17,594 43.6 10,050 24.9 1,221 3.0 111 0.3 40,357
Derbyshire 12,675 16.0 25,416 32.0 30.873 38.9 9.622 12.1 722 0.9 79,308
Devon 19,060 23.6 33,458 41.5 25,046 31.1 2,904 3.6 128 0.2 80,596
Dorset 8,134 18.4 16,377 37.1 18,294 41.4 1,274 2.9 86 0.2 44,162
Durham 8,718 16.7 23,700 45.3 17,894 34.2 1,820 3.5 167 0.3 52,299
East Sussex 9,688 19.6 18,801 38.0 19,915 40.3 1,056 2.1 0 0.0 49,460
Essex 28,872 22.9 62,239 49.5 33,937 27.0 695 0.6 109 0.1 125,852
Gloucestershire 9,703 21.9 20,387 46.0 13,616 30.7 630 1.4 0 0.0 44,336
Hampshire 24,974 19.2 60,358 46.3 42,406 32.6 2,485 1.9 47 130,270
Hereford and Worcester 14,782 30.4 20,658 42.4 12,087 24.8 988 2.0 150 0.3 48,665
Hertfordshire 20,122 24.9 37,216 46.1 22,667 28.1 729 0.9 0 0.0 80,734
Humberside 15,732 19.8 35,897 45.2 23,422 29.5 4,181 5.3 229 0.3 79,461
Isle of Wight 2,112 29.3 2,858 39.6 2,128 29.5 115 1.6 0 0.0 7,213
Kent 23,398 17.9 63,110 48.3 43,200 33.0 923 0.7 89 0.1 130,720
Lancashire 21,128 17.4 46,439 38.2 46,181 38.0 7,877 6.5 41 121,666
Leicestershire 18,945 25.1 34,810 46.1 19,238 25.5 2,322 3.1 224 0.3 75,539
Lincolnshire 12,811 25.6 23,292 46.5 12,778 25.5 1,142 2.3 42 0.1 50,065
Norfolk 18,798 31.2 28,213 46.8 12,444 20.7 737 1.2 43 0.1 60,235
North Yorkshire 17,114 29.5 22,316 38.4 16,543 28.5 1,980 3.4 140 0.2 58,093
Northamptonshire 12,915 26.1 25,440 51.5 10,477 21.2 570 1.2 42 0.1 49,444
Northumberland 4,426 22.6 6,686 34.1 7,033 35.9 1,445 7.4 0 0.0 19,590
Nottinghamshire 15,849 18.7 35,891 42.4 28,198 33.3 4,521 5.3 212 0.3 84,671
Oxfordshire 10,824 26.2 19,825 48.1 9,401 22.8 1,207 2.9 0 0.0 41,257
Shropshire 8,605 24.5 13,078 37.3 12,117 34.5 1,206 3.4 102 0.3 35,108
Somerset 8,758 23.9 14,180 38.8 12,840 35.1 768 2.1 41 0.1 36,587
Staffordshire 21,087 23.4 36,813 40.9 26,272 29.2 5,352 5.9 539 0.6 90,063
Suffolk 16,330 37.4 19,351 44.4 7,468 17.1 472 1.1 0 0.0 43,621
Surrey 21,148 29.7 35,924 50.4 13,837 19.4 315 0.4 45 0.1 71,269
Warwickshire 9,193 21.3 16,405 38.0 16,008 37.1 1,514 3.5 44 0.1 43,164
West Sussex 13,742 25.4 25,959 47.9 14,114 26.1 333 0.6 0 0.0 54,148
Wiltshire 10,168 20.7 23,856 48.5 14,355 29.2 773 1.6 0 0.0 49,152
England 891,551 22.5 1,813,871 45.7 1,130,762 28.5 120,354 3.0 9,435 0.2 3,965,973
1 Pupils in one teacher classes of size expressed as a percentage of all pupils in one teacher classes.
— Less than 0.05 per cent.