§ 40. Mr. Trippierasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils were undertaking full-time primary and secondary education at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Dr. BoysonIn January 1980 there were 8,736,500 full-time pupils attending maintained and non-maintained schools in England. The distribution of these pupils between the various types of school is given below:
Full-time pupils Maintained schools Nursery 14,185 Primary 4,210,328 Secondary 3,866,102 Special schools (maintained and non-maintained) 128,848 Non-maintained schools (excluding special schools) 517,037
§ 42. Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest estimate of the average number of pupils per class in primary and secondary schools, respectively, in England; and how these figures compare with five years before.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information available in respect of maintained primary and secondary schools in England is as follows:
Average numbers of pupils in classes as taught pupils Primary schools January 1977* 27.5 January 1980 25.7 Secondary schools January 1975 21.7 January 1980 21.6 * Information about classes as taught was not collected from primary schools before 1977.