Primary Schools (Staffing)

HC Deb 27 October 1971 vol 823 c346W

Mr. Brewis

asked the Secretary a State for Scotland what proposals he has for the future staffing of primary schools.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

In view of the forecast increase in teacher supply I am consulting local authority and teachers' associations about a further improvement in primary staffing standards which I expect should he capable of achievement by Session 1974–75. The effect of applying the standards that I am now proposing to a traditionally organised school would be to produce an average class size of at most 30, compared with 35 under the standards whose adoption I announced in December, 1970 (Circular 773).