§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average size of primary school classes in the Inner London Education Authority, and in each of the metropolitan districts in Merseyside, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, West Midlands and Strathclyde.
§ Miss Joan LestorIn January 1975 the average size of registered classes in maintained primary schools for the respective areas in England was as follows:
Local Education Authority Average size of class (as registered) Inner London 28.5 Knowsley 30.9 Liverpool 27.7 St. Helens 31.4 Sefton 31.1 Wirral 30.4 Bradford 28.1 Calderdale 29.8 Kirklees 29.8 Leeds 31.4 Wakefield 29.9 Bolton 33.4 Bury 32.1 Manchester 28.6 Oldham 31.3 Rochdale 31.5 Salford 32.2 Stockport 31.9 Tameside 31.3 Trafford 31.1 Wigan 31.7 Birmingham 31.6 Coventry 31.1 Dudley 32.3 Sandwell 32.7
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Great Britain England and Wales Polytechnic and other Further Education colleges Great Britain 1st Year Students Graduates University entrants External degree CNAA degree Universities* CNAA Engineering and Technology: 1969–70 … … … 10,006 453 2,523 7,933 1,299 1970–71 … … … 10,106 288 2,762 8,233 1,821 1971–72 … … … 10,183 152 3,226 8,115 2,037 1972–73 … … … 9,683 9 3,486 8,005 2,157 1973–74 … … … 9,210 — 3,506 8,125 2,073† Production Engineering (included above): 1969–70 … … … 228 — 29 208 22 1970–71 … … … 169 — 52 200 31 1971–72 … … … 179 — 39 193 29 1972–73 … … … 157 — 32 196 53 1973–74 … … … 168 — 54 187 90† * Includes external degrees. † Provisional.
Solihull 31.8 Walsall 31.7 Wolverhampton 31.9 Primary education in Scotland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.