§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is(a) the total number of pupils, (b) the number in grant-maintained schools and (c) the percentage in grant-maintained schools within (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each local education authority area.
§ Mr Robin Squire[holding answer 21 October 1993]: The number of pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools and the number and percentage of pupils in schools currently operating as self-governing (GM) in each local education authority in England is shown in the table. However, pupil numbers shown relate to January 1992, the latest date for which final information is available. Pupils in sixth form colleges have been excluded from the secondary totals.
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LEA Pupils in Primary Schools Pupils in Secondary Schools2 All schools Self-Governing Schools3 All schools Self-Governing Schools3 Number Percentage Number Percentage Tameside 22,414 0 0 12,655 2,309 18 Trafford 19,634 0 0 11,028 2,822 26 Wigan 29,619 0 0 18,823 0 0 Barnsley 21,261 0 0 12,091 0 0 Doncaster 29,364 0 0 20,670 0 0 Rotherham 24,360 0 0 17,256 0 0 Sheffield 45,763 255 1 23,871 1,802 8 Bradford 39,598 293 1 44,877 4,876 11 Calderdale 19,311 76 0 12,806 3,095 24 Kirklees 35,563 0 0 24,804 1,192 5 Leeds 56,027 44 0 51,082 1,138 2 Wakefield 28,719 0 0 20,238 0 0 Gateshead 18,090 0 0 11,558 0 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 22,291 0 0 16,498 0 0 North Tyneside 16,160 0 0 14,187 0 0 South Tyneside 15,433 0 0 9,052 0 0 Sunderland 29,598 0 0 18,568 0 0 Isles of Scilly 173 0 0 112 0 0 Avon 77,726 0 0 52,833 1,455 3 Befordshire 40,969 666 2 43,043 8,178 19 Berkshire 59,999 2,093 3 45,144 7,280 16 Buckinghamshire 60,985 2,259 4 34,556 8,468 25 Cambridgeshire 57,696 1,868 3 39,357 14,781 38 Cheshire 87,769 73 0 61,760 2,314 4 Cleveland 64,699 0 0 35,226 0 0 Cornwall 39,336 0 0 28,397 0 0 Clumbria 42,304 1,087 3 30,194 7,860 26 Derbyshire 82,860 1,564 2 56,326 13,893 25 Devon 77,342 0 0 56,161 3,687 7 Dorset 43,963 391 1 39,103 8,364 21 Durham 55,446 0 0 36,227 0 0 East Sussex 49,084 0 0 31,851 0 0 Essex 120,648 7,518 6 93,421 50,443 54 Gloucestershire 42,010 1,330 3 31,849 18,032 57 Hampshire 127,473 2,974 2 74,056 12,398 17 Hereford and Worcester 47,442 0 0 46,168 3,448 7 Hertfordshire 81,379 860 1 65,907 15,807 24 Humberside 82,367 76 0 54,603 0 0 Isle of Wight 7,066 0 0 10,194 0 0 Kent 123,557 3,467 3 98,781 42,991 44 Lancashire 126,477 270 0 81,133 5,825 7 Leicestershire 78,840 0 0 57,712 3,088 5 Lincolnshire 47,909 3,731 8 36,014 15,242 42 Norfolk 61,337 2,268 4 39,257 8,338 21 North Yorkshire 56,951 0 0 41,931 0 0 Northamptonshire 49,369 2,758 6 43,906 9,001 21 Northumberland 21,019 0 0 28,656 597 2 Nottinghamshire 89,724 0 0 61,423 1,814 3 Oxfordshire 39,423 75 0 33,274 0 0 Shropshire 34,552 284 1 24,482 3,430 14 Somerset 34,620 221 1 27,114 391 1 Staffordshire 91,015 26 0 66,767 4,191 6 Suffolk 42,666 0 0 46,845 0 0 Surrey 75,157 1,524 2 38,035 8,669 23 Warwickshire 45,156 0 0 24,049 4,526 19 West Sussex 50,685 0 0 37,866 0 0 Wiltshire 44,964 987 2 32,931 6,150 19 England 4,089,536 49,061 I 2,818,993 424,985 15 1 Pupil numbers in schools in January 1992. Pupils in schools which are now self-governing appear in the self-governing columns of the table. 2 Including pupils in schools operating as self-governing in October 1993. 3 Excluding Sixth Form Colleges.