HC Deb 14 November 1991 vol 198 cc624-5W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the number of infant schools with(a) fewer than 50 pupils,(b) 50 to 100 pupils and(c) more than 100 pupils, respectively;

(2) if he will list the number of primary schools with(a) fewer than 50 pupils,(b) 50 to 100 pupils,(c) 100 to 150 pupils,(d) 150 to 200 pupils and(e) more than 200 pupils, respectively.

Mr. Eggar

Provisional information for January 1991 on the number of maintained infant and primary schools in England, by size of school, is given in the table. The primary school figures include infant schools and middle-deemed-primary schools.

England
Infant schools
Up to 50 full-time pupils 53
51 to 100 237
more than 100 2,368
Total 2,658
Primary schools
Up to 50 full-time pupils 1,294

England
51 to 100 2,344
100 to 150 2,667
151 to 200 3,948
more than 200 8,792
Total 19,045