Class Sizes (Hansard, 14 February 1995)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will amend the parents charter on maximum pupil numbers per class.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
No.

§ Ms Estelle Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the research carried out by her Department into the effect of class sizes on pupil progress and attainment levels.

§ Mr. Forth
As I said in reply to the hon. Member for Dagenham (Ms Church) on 24 January,Official Report, column 166, the Department has not undertaken such research itself, but monitors work generally in this field.

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will state by school the classroom sizes in schools designated as seriously below standard in the report from Her Majesty's inspector of schools for 1993–94 on standards in schools.

§ Mr. Forth
This is a matter for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, who heads the independent Office for Standards in Education. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Member.