§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary and secondary schools there are in each of the regions of England; what is the total school population per group in each region; and what is the ratio of both primary and secondary schools to the school population.
§ Dr. BoysonIn January 1979, the latest date for which information is available, the figures were as follows:
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Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Region Number of schools Number of pupils Primary Average size of school primary secondary Full-time Part-time* Secondary Full time Primary† Secondary North 1,661 362 302,306 14,081 283,501 186 783 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,300 612 466,636 23,168 455,209 208 744 North-West 3,129 657 670,958 18,642 558,101 217 849 East Midlands 1,950 409 373,418 15,407 328,808 195 804 West Midlands 2,393 544 536,404 15,619 450,924 227 829 East Anglia 1,046 198 169,494 5,219 146,370 165 739 South East Greater London 2,283 580 555,606 29,062 513,164 250 885 Other South-East 4,358 939 920,472 20,395 801,994 214 854 South-West 2,189 393 375,507 5,880 333,965 173 850 Total England 21,309 4,694 4,370,801 147,473 3,872,036 209 825 * Pupils aged 2 to 4. † Counting each part-time pupil as 0.5.