HC Deb 25 February 1975 vol 887 cc89-90W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new school places, primary or secondary, became available as a result of new construction in Bournemouth in each year between 1960 and 1974.

Mr. Armstrong

The numbers of new school places which became available are listed in the following table:

Year taken into use Primary Secondary Totals
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1960 810 810
1961 280 280
1962 420 420
1963
1964 160 160
1965
1966
1967 40 180 220
1968 680 680
1969 280 280
1970 200 600 800
1971 40 40
1972 440 330 770
1973 115 180 295
1974 40 750 790
Totals 2,275 3,270 5,545

The figures include places provided in permanent or temporary construction, and a small number, not separately identifiable in some years, of replacement or remodelled places.

Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools and secondary schools in Bournemouth on some convenient date in each of the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and at the latest convenient date for which figures are available.

Mr. Armstrong

The information is as follows:

PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS IN MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BOURNEMOUTH
January 1960
Primary schools 31.8
Secondary schools 24.2
January 1965
Primary schools 28.8
Secondary schools 22.5
January 1970
Primary schools 28.6
Secondary schools 17.1
January 1974
Primary schools 25.0
Secondary schools 17.2

NOTE:

i. The primary school figure for 1960 is based on full time teaching staff only; the figures for later years are based on numbers that include an allowance for the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers.

ii. For 1974 the ratios relate pupil numbers only to the qualified teachers.

Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools, primary and secondary, there were in use in Bournemouth on some convenient date in each of the following years 1960, 1965, 1970 and at the latest convenient date for which figures are available; and how many pupils there were at those schools on each of those dates.

Mr. Armstrong

The information is as follows:

MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BOURNEMOUTH
Number of schools Number of full-time pupils
January 1960—
Primary schools 32 9,032
Secondary schools 13 7,748
January 1965—
Primary schools 31 9,560
Secondary schools 13 7,067
January 1970—
Primary schools 32 10,506
Secondary schools 12 7,259
January 1974—
Primary schools 32 10,763
Secondary schools 12 8,471

Note: Part-time pupils in primary school numbered 26 in January 1970 and 248 in January 1974. No corresponding figures are available for the earlier years.