§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will visit Thamesmead to meet teachers and parents to discuss primary school provision in the area.
§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average size of primary school, including both infant and junior, and how many one-form entry primary schools exist, by education authority and nationally.
§ Mr. ForthThe average size of maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England in January 1992 is given in the table. Information on the number of maintained primary schools which operate a one-form entry system is not collected centrally.
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Average Size of Maintained Primary Schools in each LEA in England
January 1992
LEA Average size (Number of pupils) City 221 Camden 256 Greenwich 269 Hackney 233 Hammersmith 227 Islington 255 Kensington and Chelsea 229 Lambeth 240 Lewisham 271 Southwark 265 Tower Hamlets 272 Wandsworth 242 Westminster 215 Barking 285 Barnet 263 Bexley 270 Brent 335 Bromley 254 Croydon 256 Ealing 299 Enfield 327 Haringey 242 Harrow 357 Havering 261 Hillingdon 269 Hounslow 305 Kingston upon Thames 286 Merton 302 Newham 359 Redbridge 327 Richmond upon Thames 259 Sutton 301 Waltham Forest 315 Birmingham 318 Coventry 267 Dudley 332 Sandwell 281 Solihull 272 Walsall 262 Wolverhampton 234 Knowsley 287 Liverpool 271 St. Helens 240 Sefton 286 Wirral 292 Bolton 251 Bury 229 Manchester 265 Oldham 239 Rochdale 276
LEA Average size (Number of pupils) Salford 255 Stockport 223 Tameside 270 Trafford 252 Wigan 239 Barnsley 217 Doncaster 231 Rotherham 210 Sheffield 253 Bradford 240 Calderdale 205 Kirklees 221 Leeds 250 Wakefield 219 Gateshead 213 Newcastle upon Tyne 262 North Tyneside 261 South Tyneside 253 Sunderland 279 Isles of Scilly 43 Avon 211 Bedfordshire 188 Berkshire 218 Buckinghamshire 212 Cambridgeshire 219 Cheshire 191 Cleveland 320 Cornwall 157 Cumbria 136 Derbyshire 184 Devon 174 Dorset 221 Durham 187 East Sussex 225 Essex 208 Gloucestershire 159 Hampshire 219 Herefordshire and Worcester 165 Hertfordshire 185 Humberside 233 Isle of Wight 154 Kent 215 Lancashire 210 Leicestershire 238 Lincolnshire 164 Norfolk 154 North Yorkshire 144 Northamtonshire 183 Northumberland 147 Nottinghamshire 212 Oxfordshire 164 Shropshire 160 Somerset 149 Staffordshire 221 Suffolk 167 Surrey 201 Warwickshire 185 West Sussex 208 Wiltshire 152 England 216
§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average size of primary school and the number of primary schools with one year entry in the private sector.
§ Mr. ForthIn January 1992 there were on average 153 pupils in each independent school in England attended mainly by pupils of primary school age. Information on the numbers of such schools which operate a one-form entry system is not collected centrally.