HC Deb 24 April 1987 vol 114 cc706-9W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report a table grouping local education authorities into those controlled on 1 January 1986 by the Conservative party, those controlled by the Labour party, those controlled by the alliance parties and those with no overall control, showing for each authority, the average for each group and the overall average (a) the average primary school class size for January 1985 and January 1986, (b) the average secondary school class size for pupils under 14 in January 1985 and January 1986 and (c) the average secondary school class size for pupils over 14 in January 1985 and January 1986.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his reply, 10 April 1987, c. 427]: The information requested for each local education authority in England for the years 1985 and 1986 is given in the following table. Authorities are grouped by the political control as at 1 January 1986. The analyses relate to classes taught by one teacher on a selected period within the day of the census count in January of each year and may not be representative of pattern of classes over the academic year as a whole.

January 1985 January 1986
LEA Average Class Size Primary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils under 14 in Secondary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils 14 and over in Secondary Schools Average Class Size Primary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils under 14 in Secondary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils 14 and over in Secondary Schools
Havering 25.6 23.9 16.9 25.8 23.2 16.3
Hereford and Worcester 25.9 24.5 17.1 25.9 24.0 17.6
Hillingdon 25.5 23.2 16.7 25.7 24.1 17.7
Kent 27.0 24.6 17.8 27.1 24.1 18.0
Kingston Upon Thames 24.6 24.9 16.1 25.1 24.8 14.6
Lincolnshire 26.5 24.2 17.9 27.0 23.7 18.2
Merton 24.1 24.1 17.3 25.4 24.7 17.6
Norfolk 24.0 23.2 18.7 24.8 23.1 18.5
Northamptonshire 24.5 23.5 16.6 25.2 23.0 16.9
Redbridge 25.9 22.6 16.8 27.0 24.3 17.6
Sefton 25.9 24.3 17.8 26.5 24.6 18.0
Solihull 25.7 23.1 18.8 26.0 23.4 18.6
Suffolk 23.9 23.1 18.4 24.6 23.4 18.4
Surrey 25.0 24.8 17.7 25.2 24.2 17.7
Sutton 26.9 25.4 16.5 27.7 25.5 17.5
Trafford 25.6 23.1 18.7 26.3 23.1 18.7
West Sussex 26.1 25.0 17.9 26.2 24.0 17.8
Wirral 26.4 24.1 16.7 26.9 24.1 17.7
Overall Conservative 25.5 24.0 17.4 26.0 23.9 17.6
Labour
Barking 23.7 22.2 16.8 23.9 23.0 16.9
Barnsley 23.8 23.1 17.5 24.5 22.8 17.3
Birmingham 25.9 24.4 18.7 26.6 24.7 18.8
Bolton 26.6 24.4 17.2 27.5 23.3 17.6
Cleveland 24.5 23.9 17.4 25.4 23.6 17.6
Coventry 25.6 24.6 17.8 25.6 23.4 18.6
Derbyshire 25.0 24.3 18.2 25.3 23.4 18.4
Doncaster 23.7 24.2 18.0 24.6 24.2 18.3
Durham 25.1 24.4 18.0 25.7 24.4 17.8
Gateshead 21.6 23.1 16.8 22.7 23.7 17.0
Haringey 22.0 21.5 15.7 22.0 20.4 15.7
Hounslow 22.7 22.7 16.9 24.3 22.4 17.4
Inner London 20.6 21.1 16.2 21.8 21.5 16.2
Kirklees 24.4 23.8 17.2 25.2 23.3 17.2
Knowsley 24.8 21.6 17.0 25.0 22.4 16.4
Leeds 25.2 23.9 16.6 25.5 23.4 17.0
Liverpool 23.7 24.0 17.4 23.8 22.8 17.9
Manchester 24.7 22.9 16.6 25.2 22.7 16.5
Newcastle Upon Tyne 22.5 21.6 16.3 23.9 21.9 15.9
Newham 23.5 22.5 16.8 24.0 21.6 16.8
North Tyneside 21.1 20.2 15.9 20.6 20.3 15.5
Nottinghamshire 23.7 23.1 17.2 24.6 22.7 16.9
Oldham 25.5 23.8 17.9 27.0 23.6 17.6
Rotherham 24.5 23.6 18.1 24.6 23.9 17.1
Salford 24.0 22.2 16.9 24.4 22.7 17.2
Sandwell 24.2 22.4 17.0 24.8 22.2 16.8
Sheffield 22.8 23.6 17.5 23.8 23.3 17.8
South Tyneside 23.4 22.7 15.0 23.4 22.7 16.0
St. Helens 24.7 23.7 16.7 25.8 22.9 16.6
Staffordshire 24.2 23.6 17.5 25.3 23.8 17.9
Sunderland 24.3 22.9 16.7 24.4 22.9 16.4
Tameside 25.6 23.7 16.8 26.6 23.0 16.9
Wakefield 24.4 23.2 18.3 25.2 22.5 18.0
Wigan 24.8 23.0 17.4 25.5 22.9 17.3
Wolverhampton 21.3 23.1 16.1 22.8 22.4 17.0
Overall Labour 23.8 23.2 17.2 24.5 23.0 17.3
Alliance
Isle of Wight 26.3 24.1 17.3 27.2 24.7 17.7
Overall Alliance 26.3 24.1 17.3 27.2 24.7 17.7
Independent
Isles of Scilly 12.3 17.0 10.4 12.3 14.8 11.2
Overall Independent 12.3 17.0 10.4 12.3 14.8 11.2

January 1985 January 1986
LEA Average Class Size Primary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils under 14 in Secondary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils 14 and over in Secondary Schools Average Class Size Primary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils under 14 in Secondary Schools Average Class Size for Pupils 14 and over in Secondary Schools
No overall control
Avon 27.3 24.2 18.0 28.0 23.7 18.7
Bedfordshire 25.3 23.6 18.1 25.5 24.9 18.1
Bradford 24.6 22.6 18.3 25.4 22.8 18.0
Brent 21.9 20.6 15.1 22.8 19.6 14.8
Calderdale 24.8 24.1 16.6 25.0 24.0 17.5
Cambridgeshire 25.9 24.3 18.2 26.4 23.9 18.0
Cheshire 25.8 24.3 17.9 26.4 24.4 18.5
Cornwall 25.4 23.7 18.3 25.7 23.2 18.3
Cumbria 23.2 22.9 17.0 23.8 22.7 16.6
Devon 25.8 24.5 18.3 26.1 24.5 18.6
Dudley 24.8 22.5 17.5 25.4 22.4 17.4
Essex 26.6 24.6 18.2 27.1 24.6 18.1
Gloucestershire 25.7 24.1 17.4 26.1 24.1 17.8
Hampshire 27.1 24.3 18.9 26.9 23.7 19.0
Hertfordshire 24.9 23.5 16.3 25.6 23.8 16.2
Humberside 23.6 23.1 17.3 24.3 22.9 17.1
Lancashire 26.5 23.7 18.3 26.9 23.6 18.1
Leicestershire 24.7 23.8 18.0 25.4 22.9 18.3
North Yorkshire 24.2 23.9 18.1 24.6 23.8 18.3
Northumberland 25.4 23.4 17.6 25.1 23.2 17.5
Oxfordshire 26.5 24.4 17.4 26.2 24.2 18.1
Richmond upon Thames 24.7 23.5 18.9 24.6 22.5 18.7
Rochdale 25.3 22.6 16.6 26.6 22.4 17.0
Shropshire 23.7 23.0 17.1 24.3 22.9 17.6
Somerset 27.2 24.5 19.6 27.1 23.9 19.6
Stockport 26.2 24.2 17.0 26.4 24.0 17.5
Walsall 21.8 22.2 16.1 22.7 21.9 16.2
Waltham Forest 24.0 20.4 16.1 25.0 21.4 16.3
Warwickshire 25.3 24.3 18.9 26.2 24.5 18.6
Wiltshire 25.8 23.5 18.6 25.6 23.8 18.9
Overall no control 25.5 23.7 17.8 25.9 23.6 17.9

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