Class Sizes (Hansard, 16 July 1999)

HC Deb 16 July 1999 vol 335 c358W 358W

§ Mr. Kemp
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average class sizes were for five to seven-year-olds within the city of Sunderland in(a) May 1999 and (b) May 1997. [90278]

§ Ms Estelle Morris
The available information is shown in the following table.

Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in Sunderland Local Education Authority area, January each year

Year Average size

1999 (provisional) 24.7

1997 25.6

Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in Sunderland Local Education Authority area, January each year
Year	Average size
1999 (provisional)	24.7
1997	25.6