§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial Report figures showing the percentage of pupils in primary and secondary schools in classes of 30 and over for each local education authority in England in rank order.
§ Mr. Butcher[holding answer 30 January 1989]: The percentage of pupils in classes of 30 and over in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1988 ranked in order was as follows. The analyses relate to classes taught by one teacher during a selected period on the day of the schools census and do not necessarily represent the pattern of classes over the academic year as a whole.
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Percentage of pupils in primary and secondary schools in classes of 30 and over in rank order—January 1988 Per cent. Primary Isles of Scilly 0.0 Barking 7.7 Haringey 8.4 North Tyneside 9.1 Inner London 10.2 South Tyneside 11.0 Sheffield 13.5 Gateshead 14.3 Newham 14.7 Rotherham 14.9 Barnsley 15.4 Brent 17.5 Salford 17.6 Wolverhampton 17.9 Ealing 18.1 Wirral 18.5 Nottinghamshire 18.9 Doncaster 19.7 Knowsley 20.1 Suffolk 21.3 Waltham Forest 21.3 Walsall 22.2 Hillingdon 22.7 Bradford 23.0 Sunderland 23.4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 24.2 Cleveland 24.2 Barnet 24.3 Liverpool 24.9 Cumbria 25.5 Shropshire 25.6 Humberside 27.0 Surrey 27.0 Richmond upon Thames 27.1 Croydon 27.6 Wiltshire 28.0 Manchester 28.7 Hounslow 29.0 Coventry 29.3 North Yorkshire 29.5 Durham 29.6 Leicestershire 29.9 Norfolk 29.9 Wakefield 30.5 Staffordshire 31.1 Havering 31.4 Isle of Wight 31.4 Hertfordshire 31.5 Bedfordshire 31.7 Kirklees 32.1 178W
Per cent. Oxfordshire 32.3 St. Helens 32.4 Bexley 32.6 Calderdale 33.4 Enfield 33.4 Bromley 33.6 Leeds 34.5 Northamptonshire 34.7 Sandwell 35.2 Derbyshire 35.2 Warwickshire 35.5 West Sussex 35.8 Sefton 36.0 Berkshire 36.3 Essex 36.6 Dudley 36.4 Bury 37.0 Stockport 37.3 Wigan 37.6 Devon 38.0 Sutton 38.1 Hereford and Worcester 38.7 Cambridgeshire 39.0 Hampshire 39.6 Rochdale 39.8 Tameside 40.0 Gloucestershire 40.1 Merton 40.1 Lincolnshire 41.6 Kingston upon Thames 42.2 East Sussex 42.7 Trafford 43.4 Cornwall 43.5 Solihull 43.6 Somerset 43.9 Harrow 44.7 Buckinghamshire 45.2 Lancashire 45.4 Bolton 45.7 Kent 46.2 Dorset 46.9 Northumberland 48.5 Oldham 48.6 Birmingham 49.3 Avon 49.8 Cheshire 50.3 Redbridge 56.4 England 32.9 Secondary Haringey 0.0 Isles of Stilly 0.0 Brent 2.7 Salford 3.8 Trafford 4.5 Inner London 5.0 North Tyneside 5.2 Wigan 5.4 Waltham Forest 5.6 Wolverhampton 6.2 Barking 6.5 Newham 6.6 Leicestershire 6.7 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7.0 Dudley 7.0 Cleveland l.1 Knowsley 7.2 Ealing 7.6 Rochdale 7.6 Norfolk 8.4 Sheffield 8.4 Shropshire 8.6 Nottinghamshire 8.7 Sandwell 9.0 South Tyneside 9.3 Suffolk 9.8 Wakefield 9.8
Percent. Barnsley 10.1 Walsall 10.1 Kirklees 10.3 Manchester 10.3 Doncaster 10.8 Richmond upon Thames 10.9 Cumbria 10.9 Northamptonshire 11.8 Harrow 11.9 St. Helens 12.4 Hampshire 12.4 Humberside 12.6 Wiltshire 12.7 Derbyshire 13.1 Bolton 13.1 Leeds 13.1 Bradford 13.3 Buckinghamshire 13.4 Rotherham 13.6 Northumberland 13.8 Stockport 13.8 Warwickshire 13.8 Wirral 13.9 Surrey 14.3 Bedfordshire 14.3 Hounslow 14.4 Merton 14.4 Kent 14.4 Somerset 14.8 Cambridgeshire 15.0 Hertfordshire 15.0 Lincolnshire 15.2 Isle of Wight 15.2 Coventry 15.4 North Yorkshire 15.4 East Sussex 15.5 Oxfordshire 15.7 Hillingdon 15.7 Berkshire 16.0 Calderdale 16.0 Kingston upon Thames 16.1 Lancashire 16.8 Staffordshire 16.8 Solihull 16.8 Tameside 16.9 Bury 17.0 Croydon 17.1 Redbridge 17.2 Essex 17.2 Durham 17.3 Oldham 17.3 Barnet 17.4 Cheshire 17.8 Avon 18.1 Havering 18.1 Liverpool 18.2 Dorset 18.2 Sunderland 18.3 Devon 18.4 Sutton 18.5 Bromley 18.6 Cornwall 18.9 West Sussex 19.1 Sefton 19.6 Gloucestershire 19.6 Hereford and Worcester 19.7 Birmingham 20.7 Gateshead 21.3 Bexley 22.2 Enfield 24.5 ENGLAND 13.7
§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial 179W Report figures showing the percentage of pupils in primary and secondary schools in classes of 35 and over for each local education authority in England in rank order.
§ Mr. Butcher[holding answer 30 January 1989]: The percentage of pupils in classes of 35 and over in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1988 ranked in order was as follows. The analyses relate to classes taught by one teacher during a selected period on the day of the schools census and do not necessarily represent the pattern of classes over the academic year as a whole.
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Percentage of pupils in primary and secondary schools in classes of 35 and over in rank order January 1988 Per cent. Primary Isles of Scilly 0.0 Inner London 0.2 North Tyneside 0.3 Newham 0.3 Havering 0.4 Bradford 0.5 Ealing 0.5 Bromley 0.6 Suffolk 0.6 Haringey 0.6 Essex 0.8 Calderdale 0.9 Waltham Forest 0.9 Rotherham 0.9 Barking 0.9 Gateshead 0.9 Barent 1.0 Wiltshire 1.0 Barnsley 1.1 South Tyneside 1.2 Wirral 1.4 Sunderland 1.5 Brent 1.7 Richmond upon Thames 1.7 Walsall 2.0 Enfield 2.0 Sheffield 2.0 Norfolk 2.0 Gloucestershire 2.1 Croydon 2.2 Newcastle. upon.Tyne 2.2 Bexley 2.3 Shropshire 2.3 Leicestershire 2.4 Isle of Wight 2.4 Liverpool 2.4 Hertfordshire 2.4 Tameside 2.5 Northamptonshire 2.6 Cumbria 2.6 Wolverhampton 2.7 Surrey 2.8 Oxfordshire 2.8 North Yorkshire 2.8 Doncaster 2.9 Hampshire 2.9 Coventry 3.0 Knowsley 3.0 Salford 3.0 Durham 3.2 Cambridgeshire 3.2 Dudley 3.2 Kent 3.2 Hereford and Worcester 3.3 West Sussex 3.3 Warwickshire 3.4 Berkshire 3.5 Nottinghamshire 3.6 Hillingdon 3.6 Humberside 3.7 Kirklees 3.8 181W
Per cent. Merton 4.0 Sandwell 4.0 Derbyshire 4.5 Cleveland 4.6 Manchester 4.6 Somerset 4.6 East Sussex 4.8 Wakefield 5.0 Staffordshire 5.1 Hounslow 5.2 Bedfordshire 5.2 Sefton 5.3 Birmingham 5.4 St. Helens 5.5 Stockport 5.6 Bury 5.9 Buckinghamshire 5.9 Avon 6.1 Leeds 6.2 Solihull 6.7 Cornwall 6.8 Devon 7.0 Sutton 7.1 Rochdale 7.1 Northumberland 7.1 Harrow 7.3 Kingston upon Thames 8.2 Wigan 9.3 Oldham 9.3 Lincolnshire 9.5 Dorset 9.8 Lancashire 10.0 Cheshire 10.8 Trafford 11.3 Redbridge 11.8 Bolton 12.3 England 3.9 Secondary Barnet 0.0 Bamsley 0.0 Bexley 0.0 Brent 0.0 Croydon 0.0 Cumbria 0.0 Doncaster 0.0 Dudley 0.0 Ealing 0.0 Gateshead 0.0 Haringey 0.0 Harrow 0.0 Hillingdon 0.0 Isles of Scilly 0.0 Merton 0.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.0 Newham 0.0 North Tyneside 0.0 Redbridge 0.0 Richmond upon Thames 0.0 Rochdale 0.0 Salford 0.0 Sheffield 0.0 South Tyneside 0.0 St. Helens 0.0 Suffolk 0.0 Sunderland 0.0 Sutton 0.0 Trafford 0.0 Walsall 0.0 Wigan 0.0 Wolverhampton 0.0 Kent 0.1 Inner London 0.1 Cleveland 0.1 Hertfordshire 0.1 Leicestershire 0.1 Gloucestershire 0.1
Per cent. Wakefield 0.2 Sandwell 0.2 Cambridgeshire 0.2 Havering 0.2 Bromley 0.2 Nottinghamshire 0.2 Durham 0.2 Somerset 0.3 Northamptonshire 0.3 Oldham 0.3 Shropshire 0.3 Kirklees 0.3 Warwickshire 0.3 Tameside 0.3 Norfolk 0.3 North Yorkshire 0.3 Northumberland 0.3 Lincolnshire 0.3 Hounslow 0.3 Coventry 0.3 Manchester 0.3 Buckinghamshire 0.3 Essex 0.4 Bury 0.4 Knowsley 0.4 Sefton 0.4 Hampshire 0.4 Birmingham 0.4 Isle of Wight 0.4 Waltham Forest 0.4 Humberside 0.4 Bolton 0.4 Oxfordshire 0.4 Barking 0.5 Enfield 0.5 Wirral 0.5 Devon 0.5 East Sussex 0.6 Berkshire 0.6 Kingston upon Thames 0.6 Surrey 0.6 Calderdale 0.6 Rotherham 0.6 Derbyshire 0.6 Lancashire 0.7 Bedfordshire 0.7 Bradford 0.7 Solihull 0.8 Cheshire 0.8 Staffordshire 0.9 Stockport 1.0 Hereford and Worcester 1.0 Dorset 1.0 Liverpool 1.2 Avon 1.2 West Sussex 1.2 Leeds 1.4 Cornwall 1.4 Wiltshire 1.4 England 0.4