§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the average number of pupils per class in the maintained sector in each of the last 10 years; and what has been the pupil-teacher ratio for each of those years.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information requested for maintained primary and secondary schools in England is as follows:
Primary Secondary† Average size of class Average size of class as taught As registered* As taught† Pupil/teacher ratio† Pupil/teacher ratio January 1973 31.1 na 25.5 22.5 17.1 1974 30.5 na 24.9 23.0 17.5 1975 29.8 na 24.2 22.7 17.2 1976 29.4 na 24.0 22.6 17.0 1977 29.0 27.5 23.9 22.4 17.0 1978 28.5 26.9 23.6 22.1 16.9 1979 na 26.3 23.1 21.8 16.7 1980 na 25.7 22.7 21.6 16.6 1981 na 25.5 22.6 21.5 16.6 1982 na 25.4 22.5 21.3 16.6 *Excluding middle deemed primary schools. †Including middle schools as deemed.