HC Deb 15 October 1976 vol 917 cc214-5W
Mr. Macfarlane

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the average number of pupils in comprehensive schools in each of the education authorities.

Miss Margaret Jackson

In January 1976 the average number of pupils per comprehensive school in each of the local education authorities in England was as follows:

Local Education Authority and Average number of pupils per comprehensive school
Barking 1,187
Barnet 885
Bexley 1,217
Brent 1,081
Bromley 725
Croydon 768
Ealing 984
Enfield 913
Haringey 1,085
Harrow 784
Havering 1,018
Hillingdon 1,012
Hounslow 1,171
Kingston-upon-Thames
Merton 686
Newham 1,161
Redbridge 1,018
Richmond-upon-Thames 703
Sutton 890
Waltham Forest 599
ILEA 1,118
Birmingham 847
Coventry 1,345
Dudley 686
Sandwell 974
Solihull 956
Walsall 1,254
Wolverhampton 1,211
Knowsley 1,036
Liverpool 1,087
St. Helens 852
Sefton 1,066
Wirral 840
Bolton 1,284

Local Education Authority and Average number of pupils per comprehensive school
Bury 538
Manchester 1,042
Oldham 947
Rochdale 850
Salford 852
Stockport 1,218
Tameside 1,180
Trafford 1,046
Wigan 956
Barnsley 896
Doncaster 1,047
Rotherham 1,056
Sheffield 1,106
Bradford 885
Calderdale 1,252
Kirklees 944
Leeds 875
Wakefield 1,079
Gateshead 974
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,387
North Tyneside 803
South Tyneside 974
Sunderland 1,203
Isles of Scilly 141
Avon 1,134
Bedfordshire 869
Berkshire 989
Buckinghamshire 944
Cambridgeshire 862
Cheshire 1,191
Cleveland 915
Cornwall 979
Cumbria 708
Derbyshire 921
Devon 1,056
Dorset 852
Durham 1,023
East Sussex 999
Essex 1,135
Gloucestershire 1,003
Hampshire 962
Hereford and Worcester 769
Hertfordshire 765
Humberside 1,023
Isle of Wight 1,177
Kent 836
Lancashire 893
Leicestershire 850
Lincolnshire 786
Norfolk 1,150
North Yorkshire 891
Northamptonshire 870
Northumberland 902
Nottinghamshire 1,038
Oxfordshire 904
Salop 786
Somerset 923
Staffordshire 893
Suffolk 853
Surrey 828
Warwickshire 737
West Sussex 1,132
Wiltshire 928