§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the number of classes and of pupils in classes in each local education authority with 30 and under, 31 to 35, 36 to 40 and over 40 pupils per class for primary and secondary schools in 1979, 1981 and 1984 respectively.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 29 April 1985, c. 5]: The information for 1979 was set out in my reply of 6 July 1984 to my hon. Friend the member for Nuneaton (Mr. Stevens) at columns 315–28. The information for both 1981 and 1984 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The latest information for January 1984, however, is set out in the following table.
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Size of class taught by one teacher 0–30 31–35 36–40 41 and over Classes Pupils classes Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Birmingham 2,519 58,339 844 27,693 38 1,420 1 51 Coventry 728 16,375 227 7,373 27 991 0 0 Dudley 834 19,009 194 6,262 9 340 2 112 Sandwell 870 19,703 187 6,057 11 412 2 236 Solihull 500 11,512 140 4,588 12 440 1 91 Walsall 906 18,960 79 2,553 7 256 2 83 Wolverhampton 918 18,704 52 1,673 4 150 2 84 Knowsley 501 11,533 92 2,994 9 327 2 99 Liverpool 1,514 33,982 199 6,421 19 704 2 83 St. Helens 514 11,565 125 4,082 25 945 3 125 Sefton 744 17,536 183 5,945 8 289 0 0 Wirral 862 20,181 206 6,701 20 737 0 0 Bolton 596 13,796 218 7,098 41 1,540 8 405 Bury 422 9,504 119 3,880 14 513 0 0 Manchester 1,173 27,385 220 7,144 24 895 3 139 Oldham 560 12,542 187 6,133 27 997 5 213 Rochdale 559 13,014 110 3,571 7 259 1 41 Salford 760 17,372 69 2,225 6 224 3 149 Stockport 697 17,197 155 5,040 15 551 0 0 Tameside 552 12,993 159 5,171 19 713 2 85 Trafford 465 10,588 126 4,110 12 438 2 94 Wigan 854 19,234 153 4,967 37 1,388 2 137 Barnsley 696 16,091 59 1,874 3 110 0 0 Doncaster 951 21,355 64 2,044 7 271 0 0 Rotherham 779 18,257 99 3,196 9 351 0 0 Sheffield 1,645 36,818 83 2,666 14 525 3 124 Bradford 1,119 25,593 99 3,155 7 263 0 0 Calderdale 625 14,040 98 3,176 4 148 0 0 Kirklees 966 21,741 257 8,366 37 1,369 2 186 Leeds 1,423 33,227 283 9,154 48 1,814 9 417 Wakefield 740 17,162 120 3,844 13 486 1 41 Gateshead 762 16,168 18 568 2 77 2 96 Newcastle upon Tyne 792 16,113 38 1,204 2 72 2 83 North Tyneside 610 12,183 34 1,085 3 114 0 0 South Tyneside 507 11,336 34 1,095 2 73 0 0 Sunderland 948 21,862 133 4,325 3 109 1 97 Isles of Scilly 9 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 1,690 39,919 825 26,857 75 2,750 1 42 Bedfordshire 984 22,773 270 8,754 33 1,236 3 173 Berkshire 1,551 36,555 431 14,011 50 1,831 2 87 Buckinghamshire 1,480 34,871 549 17,852 80 2,957 6 279 Cambridgeshire 1,436 34,479 414 13,425 37 1,361 0 0 Cheshire 2,232 51,377 642 20,862 91 3,371 9 393 Cleveland 1,811 42,382 189 6,115 32 1,224 1 42 Cornwall 963 21,857 327 10,633 40 1,484 2 84 Cumbria 1,442 31,372 176 5,645 11 400 0 0 Derbyshire 2,271 51,273 511 16,629 71 2,625 3 132 Devon 1,999 46,083 520 16,949 113 4,206 0 0 Dorset 898 20,334 338 11,047 80 2,964 2 82 Durham 1,697 39,932 275 8,910 14 514 2 131 East Sussex 1,411 32,413 274 8,879 12 440 1 41 Essex 3,254 79,952 1,127 36,105 19 691 2 98 Gloucestershire 1,105 25,121 380 12,356 32 1,171 2 87 Hampshire 3,035 73,028 1,280 41,773 106 3,899 2 85 Hereford and Worcester 1,065 25,205 474 15,484 54 1,987 0 0 Hertfordshire 2,352 54,226 538 17,453 42 1,544 4 171 Humberside 2,447 54,519 237 7,603 17 635 7 307 Isle of Wight 186 4,629 27 869 7 254 0 0 Kent 2,763 66,521 1,212 39,497 112 4,117 2 104 Lancashire 3,166 73,902 934 30,512 154 5,701 9 405 Leicestershire 2,447 55,849 349 11,271 17 645 7 343 Lincolnshire 1,214 28,062 416 13,603 61 2,251 1 42 Norfolk 2,002 45,335 372 12,077 13 472 1 41 North Yorkshire 1,635 35,670 330 10,734 44 1,634 1 41 Northamptonshire 1,492 34,068 243 7,839 22 822 1 42 Northumberland 489 10,821 214 7,007 5 186 0 0 Nottinghamshire 2,833 63,834 280 8,959 34 1,311 3 159 Oxfordshire 950 23,095 313 10,152 12 440 1 46 Shropshire 1,117 24,715 144 4,677 14 515 1 44 Somerset 772 18,171 345 11,259 29 1,053 0 0 Staffordshire 2,709 61,514 339 10,967 56 2,069 5 255 Suffolk 1,425 32,418 174 5,617 8 294 2 98 Surrey 2,289 53,052 531 17,235 36 1,327 2 83 Warwickshire 1,281 29,064 359 11,781 28 1,030 1 42
Size of class taught by one teacher 0–30 31–35 36–40 41 and over Classes Pupils Classe Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils West Sussex 1,293 30,404 429 13,955 28 1,027 0 0 Wiltshire 1,202 28,562 378 12,155 10 366 0 0 England 114,379 2,606,929 24,525 796,447 2,359 87,368 159 7,747
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Secondary Schools Size of class taught by one teacher 0–30 31–35 36–40 41 and over Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Barking 535 10,538 6 187 0 0 0 0 Barnet 894 15,744 41 1,309 0 0 0 0 Bexley 781 15,856 31 978 0 0 1 57 Brent 770 13,286 16 503 0 0 0 0 Bromley 898 16,903 56 1,805 0 0 0 0 Croydon 986 18,831 67 2,123 2 72 0 0 Ealing 688 12,850 22 691 0 0 0 0 Enfield 871 15,787 85 2,750 5 184 0 0 Haringey 604 11,018 14 443 0 0 0 0 Harrow 497 8,952 23 736 0 0 0 o Havering 887 16,461 60 1,908 2 78 0 0 Hillingdon 742 14,268 32 1,021 0 0 0 0 Hounslow 682 12,559 28 889 0 0 0 Cl Kingston upon Thames 367 6,860 40 1,272 0 0 0 0 Merton 543 10,905 77 2,470 0 0 0 0 Newham 747 14,401 13 411 0 0 0 0 Redbridge 677 12,896 40 1,286 2 73 0 0 Richmond upon Thames 298 6,180 17 538 0 0 0 0 Sutton 443 8,317 83 2648 0 0 0 0 Waltham Forest 772 13,703 17 544 0 0 1 49 Inner London 6,280 112,385 193 6,114 8 301 1 41 Birmingham 3,280 65,784 350 11,172 9 330 2 160 Coventry 1,012 20,644 104 3,272 2 73 0 0 Dudley 984 19,109 55 1,750 0 0 0 0 Sandwell 1,171 22,788 64 2,034 0 0 0 0 Solihull 764 15,543 67 2,142 4 147 0 0 Walsall 1,240 22,769 51 1,604 0 0 0 0 Wolverhampton 981 18,847 32 1,017 1 36 0 0 Knowsley 646 12,612 28 905 0 0 2 93 Liverpool 1,674 32,353 161 5,110 2 73 1 44 St Helens 676 12,854 71 2,276 0 0 0 0 Sefton 1,041 20,328 91 2,935 0 0 0 0 Wirral 1,142 22,256 84 2,675 1 36 0 0 Bolton 914 18,197 88 2,820 1 38 0 0 Bury 563 10,782 59 1,875 0 0 0 0 Manchester 1,532 28,915 89 2,835 4 149 1 43 Oldham 706 14,192 70 2,254 5 186 0 0 Rochdale 834 15,604 32 1,025 0 0 0 0 Salford 902 17,649 18 575 0 0 0 0 Stockport 1,020 20,298 64 2,055 1 36 0 0 Tameside 786 14,865 49 1,569 1 38 0 0 Trafford 708 14,302 19 596 0 0 0 0 Wigan 1,325 26,106 61 1,932 1 39 1 42 Barnsley 885 18,070 13 406 1 40 0 0 Doncaster 1,111 22,302 73 2,308 3 110 0 0 Rotherham 968 19,044 80 2,564 4 145 0 0 Sheffield 1,658 33,002 67 2,122 2 76 0 0 Bradford 1,913 38,643 179 5,775 14 510 4 192 Calderdale 675 13,315 66 2,109 3 108 0 0 Kirklees 1,396 27,507 130 4,194 7 263 0 0 Leeds 2,646 50,583 324 10,538 15 556 2 91 Wakefield 1,143 22,756 112 3,598 6 219 0 0 Gateshead 692 13,084 42 1,322 0 0 0 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,034 19,195 23 731 0 0 0 0 North Tyneside 888 15,829 29 930 1 37 0 0 South Tyneside 570 10,875 23 719 0 0 1 44 Sunderland 1,069 20,979 80 2,530 0 0 0 0 Isles of Scilly 10 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avon 2,739 54,443 222 7,121 9 339 0 0 Bedfordshire 2,045 42,187 135 4,291 1 37 2 100 Berkshire 2,251 42,298 230 7,360 9 332 0 0 Buckinghamshire 1,607 30,715 96 3,036 5 182 1 42 Cambridgeshire 1,760 34,928 145 4,649 4 145 2 141 Cheshire 3,206 62,310 326 10,502 15 549 2 106 Cleveland 2,155 42,743 84 2,662 1 37 1 42 Cornwall 1,346 26,778 130 4,169 4 147 1 59
Secondary Schools Size of class taught by one teacher 0–30 31–35 36–40 41 and over Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Classes Pupils Cumbria 1,799 34,213 75 2,373 2 72 0 0 Derbyshire 2,967 58,980 285 9,149 7 257 0 0 Devon 2,598 52,601 287 9,204 5 181 0 0 Dorset 1,735 34,417 188 6,036 6 220 3 139 Durham 1,906 37,894 206 6,600 5 182 2 183 East Sussex 1,548 30,926 152 4,834 4 146 1 44 Essex 4,906 99,027 378 12,014 11 403 1 43 Gloucestershire 1,569 30,692 183 5,859 7 259 0 0 Hampshire 4,304 87,554 345 11,050 9 328 4 180 Hereford and Worcester 2,187 42,855 300 9,658 10 367 0 0 Hertfordsire 3,518 65,416 220 7,006 1 36 1 46 Humberside 3,588 68,799 236 7,592 12 451 1 42 Isle of Wight 458 9,093 47 1,525 1 36 0 0 Kent 5,154 103,852 320 10,123 4 153 2 211 Lancashire 4,368 85,959 391 12,528 18 658 2 93 Leicestershire 3,010 60,274 128 4,074 2 76 3 152 Lincolnshire 1,775 34,826 107 3,437 6 228 1 41 Norfolk 2,047 40,929 102 3,255 4 154 1 64 North Yorkshire 2,210 42,188 216 6,934 7 256 2 126 Northamptonshire 2,154 42,061 137 4,393 3 112 0 0 Northumberland 1,199 23,585 137 4,433 15 548 1 41 Nottinghamshire 3,685 71,591 156 4,961 3 109 3 133 Oxfordshire 1,654 33,254 108 3,455 2 74 1 57 Shropshire 1,383 26,389 96 3,070 4 149 0 0 Somerset 1,226 25,310 154 4,960 5 190 0 0 Staffordshire 3,783 73,676 354 11,414 6 221 1 45 Suffolk 2,214 44,341 145 4,607 8 291 2 98 Surrey 2,355 44,335 167 5,340 6 219 1 45 Warwickshire 1,379 27,512 108 3,435 2 74 0 0 West Sussex 1,874 36,031 239 7,667 14 516 2 87 Wiltshire 1,701 33,988 126 4,028 3 108 0 0 ENGLAND 153,884 2,999,803 11,370 363,704 347 12,795 61 3,216