§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the average number of pupils per class in primary, junior and secondary schools in the Northumberland education area;
(2) what is the average number of pupils per class in the Northumberland education area;
405W(3) how many classes in the Northumberland education area have above 30 pupils and above 40 pupils, respectively; and what proportion these constitute of the total.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe information for the Northumberland education authority's area is as follows: in January, 1971, per registered class, 31.2 pupils in all primary schools and 33.2 pupils in junior schools; and, per teaching group, 24.3 pupils in secondary schools. Because methods of measurement differ, no figure of overall average is available. In the primary schools there were 1,037 registered classes with more than 30 pupils and 34 with more than 40 pupils, representing 63.9 per cent. and 2.1 per cent. respectively of all primary classes.
For classes as taught in secondary schools the figures were 388 and 27 representing 26.2 per cent. and 1.8 per cent. of all secondary classes.