§ Mr. HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children there were in classes of 30 or more, by year group, in each of the last five years. [20181]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following is the information:
Number of pupils in classes of 30 or more, by year group, in maintained primary and secondary schools Maintained primary1 2001 2000 1999 1998 Reception 102,892 113,773 147,223 163,243 Year group 1 111,542 134,987 152,845 189,117 Year group 2 111,793 146,357 191,460 217,346 Year group 3 195,681 224,968 228,135 216,348 Year group 4 222,042 226,862 212,128 197,954 Year group 5 213,879 201,652 188,442 192,969 Year group 6 192,371 186,438 196,775 175,773 Year group 7 4,357 987 1,472 3— Mixed 320,592 374,445 419,725 482,822
Maintained secondary 20011 20002 19992 19982 19972 Year group 5 8,423 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 6 8,837 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 7 131,250 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 8 163,879 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 9 146,462 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 10 73,741 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 11 65,838 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 12 1,299 3— 3— 3— 3— Year group 13 485 3— 3— 3— 3— Mixed 28,489 3— 3— 3— 3— Aged under 14 3— 427,000 399,939 355,465 317,647 Aged 14 and 15 3— 133,596 124,759 115,926 104,866 Aged 16 plus 3— 2,566 1,974 2,419 2,219
(a) New sixth forms Year/name of school LEA LSC area Average point score per student based on 2001 A/AS/AGNVQ results 2001 Kesgrave High School Suffolk Suffolk n/a 2000 Hamstead Hall School Birmingham Birmingham and Solihull 16.6 The Axe Valley Community College Devon Devon and Cornwall n/a St. Edwards RC/CofE VA School Poole Bournemouth/Dorset/Poole 15.2 1999 The Compton High School and Sports College Ealing London West 4.7 Filsham Valley School East Sussex Sussex 10.3 452W
(b) Closed sixth forms Name of school LEA LSC area 2001 St. Edmunds Catholic School Portsmouth Hampshire and Isle of Wight Normanton Freeston Voluntary Controlled High School Wakefield West Yorkshire The Petersfield School Hampshire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hull Trinity House School Kingston upon Hull Humberside 1Includes middle schools
2Excludes middle schools
3Not available
Note:
Information on class sizes by year group in primary schools was not collected prior to 1998