§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money is spent by each of the outer London boroughs on in-service training of teachers.
§ Mr. OakesI regret that this information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the proposal in the recently published Green Paper to achieve an all graduate entry to the teaching profession by phasing out the non-graduate Certificate of Education course is to be put into effect.
§ Mr. OakesAfter consultation with the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers, my right hon. Friend has decided that, with the exception mentioned below, the last entry to non-graduate Certificate of Education courses, of whatever length, should be in the academic year 1979–80. An entry to
AVERAGE CLASS SIZES IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS At January 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 England and Wales: Primary schools* … … 31.8 31.3 30.8 30.3 29.6 29.2 Middle schools† … … 29.4 29.1 28.8 29.0 28.0 27.9 Secondary schools† … … 22.8 22.6 22.3 22.7 22.4 22.3 Bedfordshire: Primary schools* … … 31.1 30.6 29.7 29.0 27.8 26.8 Middle schools† … … — 27.5 26.0 25.6 25.3 25.6 Secondary schools† … … 23.6 23.0 21.9 22.5 22.7 22.5 * Classes as registered. † Classes as taught. The figures for Bedfordshire for 1971 to 1974 include schools then administered by the Luton country borough.