HC Deb 01 July 1937 vol 325 c2162W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will give particulars of the sizes of classes of the 350 schools in the city of Leicester in which the scholars on the rolls exceed 40 in number?

Mr. Lindsay

The information for which the hon. Member asks is given in the following table:

LEICESTER COUNTY BOROUGH.
Details, of classes containing over pupils, 31st March, 1937.
No. of children in the class. No. of classes.
41 … … … 37
42 … … … 36
43 … … … 32
44 … … … 36
45 … … … 35
46 … … … 29
47 … … … 38
48 … … … 22
49 … … … 22
50 … … … 15
51 … … … 15
52 … … … 12
53 … … … 11
54 … … … 6
56 … … … 1
58 … … … 3
Total … 350