§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish, respectively, and separately, the average national class size for (a) primary and 527W (b) secondary schools in England and Wales, and indicate the respective average class sizes in Cornwall; and if she will publish the national average teacher-pupil ratio in primary and secondary schools, together with the comparable ratios for Cornwall.
Primary Secondary England Cornwall England Cornwall Ratio of pupils per qualified teacher within schools 23.6 24.6 16.9 17.1 Average size of class as taught 26.9 26.8 22.1 21.3