HC Deb 02 April 1979 vol 965 cc526-7W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish, respectively, and separately, the average national class size for (a) primary and (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