HC Deb 20 February 1995 vol 255 cc44-7W
Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many three and four-year-old children currently attend(a) maintained nursery schools and (b) nursery classes in maintained primary schools.

Mr. Forth

In England in January 1994, there were 52,262 pupils under five years of age in maintained nursery schools and 294,331 pupils in nursery classes in maintained primary schools.

Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the current ratio of staff to children in state nursery schools.

Mr. Forth

In January 1994, the pupil—staff ratio in maintained nursery schools in England was 8.9:1.

Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of children under the age of five years has(a) a full-time and (b) part-time place in (i) reception classes in schools, (ii) nursery classes in schools and (iii) nursery schools by local education authority area.

Mr. Forth

Information on pupils aged under five being taught in maintained nursery and primary schools in each local education authority area in England in January 1994 is shown in the table.

Percentage of children under five in maintained nursery schools and primary schools in each LEA in England1January 1994
Nursery schools Primary schools
Nursery classes Infant classes
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Havering 0.0 0.0 0.2 8.3 16.8 17.7
Hillingdon 0.0 1.8 0.0 44.7 0.7 0.9
Hounslow 0.0 0.0 2.1 41.0 28.6 0.0
Kingston upon Thames 1.7 4.4 0.3 26.7 13.4 14.4
Merton 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.5 16.7 3.9
Newham 1.1 10.8 1.2 44.7 0.1 0.0
Redbridge 0.0 0.0 0.7 18.8 18.5 1.7
Richmond upon Thames 0.2 1.4 0.0 18.3 0.8 23.3
Sutton 0.0 5.2 0.0 34.6 0.8 0.0
Waltham Forest 0.6 4.2 1.6 32.8 14.7 0.2
Birmingham 2.8 4.8 6.4 20.6 31.7 —4
Coventry 0.3 2.0 0.8 22.1 32.8 —4
Dudley 0.1 0.7 1.2 34.0 33.3 0.0
Sandwell 1.3 1.3 1.7 51.6 34.1 0.1
Solihull 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.9 35.6 0.0
Walsall 1.2 9.8 0.6 47.7 33.1 —4
Wolverhampton 0.0 11.6 —4 42.0 31.1 0.0
Knowsley 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.4 32.8 0.2
Liverpool 1.7 2.9 3.8 43.3 35.7 0.0
St. Helens 0.1 1.5 —4 33.8 32.5 0.0
Sefton —4 4.0 —4 27.9 31.5 0.1
Wirral 0.1 3.4 —4 21.4 31.6 0.0
Bolton 0.3 6.4 4.6 29.1 31.6 0.0
Bury 1.1 2.0 3.3 23.7 31.1 0
Manchester 3.0 1.2 30.5 20.9 17.4 0.1
Oldham 0.0 0.0 13.7 22.9 33.5 0.0
Rochdale 0.8 13.4 1.6 17.2 31.2 —4
Salford 7.2 8.2 26.8 13.5 31.9 0.0
Stockport 1.1 11.1 0.0 13.8 31.4 —4
Tameside 0.0 5.3 0.1 33.9 33.6 0.0
Trafford 0.0 0.0 —4 38.1 30.5 —4
Wigan —4 2.2 0.0 22.8 31.8 0.3
Barnsley 0.0 3.0 0.0 46.5 16.6 0.2
Doncaster 0.0 0.0 0.8 41.3 32.3 —4
Rotherham 0.0 5.5 1.7 37.5 14.9 0.0
Sheffield 1.0 5.5 1.8 35.6 15.9 2.9
Bradford 1.3 2.2 1.2 38.3 25.6 1.6
Calderdale 0.0 0.0 5.0 29.1 33.4 0.0
Kirklees 0.0 5.3 0.0 36.0 31.1 —4
Leeds 0.0 0.5 0.6 43.7 29.9 0.2
Wakefield 0.0 5.4 0.5 47.8 17.5 1.2
Gateshead 0.1 1.1 0.1 34.7 31.8 —4
Newcastle upon Tyne 8.5 0.4 11.2 22.2 29.9 0.0
North Tyneside 0.8 3.9 1.3 48.0 33.0 0.0
South Tyneside 0.4 9.8 0.4 43.2 31.8 0.0
Sunderland 0.5 12.2 —4 28.5 32.8 0.1
Avon 2.8 4.4 1.0 13.0 31.3 —4
Bedfordshire 2.1 7.1 3.1 21.5 11.1 4.6
Berkshire 0.6 9.4 0.5 19.2 2.7 0.3
Buckinghamshire 0.0 3.1 0.0 11.9 5.5 11.5
Cambridgeshire 0.1 3.8 —4 7.9 30.6 0.4
Cheshire 0.1 3.1 0.1 17.7 31.9 —4
Cleveland 0.0 0.8 —4 56.5 32.4 —4
Cornwall2 0.2 0.8 —4 13.1 15.8 14.6
Cumbria 0.0 6.5 0.0 18.2 31.6 0.1
Derbyshire 0.6 5.6 1.4 30.9 16.2 5.7
Devon 0.2 1.0 0.6 9.2 15.9 0.4
Dorset 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 7.1 24.3
Durham 0.3 16.1 0.1 29.2 31.1 —4
East Sussex 0.0 1.7 0.0 7.5 14.6 15.3
Essex 0.0 0.7 0.2 5.3 15.7 0.4
Gloucestershire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.9 0.1
Hampshire —4 0.7 0.1 3.9 22.1 8.9
Hereford and Worcester 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.4 15.1 0.1
Hertfordshire 0.2 6.2 0.1 26.0 16.0 2.0
Humberside 0 8 4.1 2.9 31.0 22.9 0.1
Isle of Wight 0 0 0.0 0.1 6.3 32.8 0.0
Kent 0 0 0.2 0.0 4.7 23.4 7.9
Lancashire 0 2 9.1 —4 11.3 32.6 —4
Leicestershire 0.0 0.2 6.5 14.1 15.2 2.3

Percentage of children under five in maintained nursery schools and primary schools in each LEA in England1 January 1994
Nursery schools Primary schools
Nursery classes Infant classes
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Lincolnshire 0.4 1.3 0.3 7.9 32.8 —4
Norfolk —4 2.1 0.0 2.6 19.9 9.7
North Yorkshire —4 2.2 0.7 18.5 25.9 1.5
Northampton 0.0 3.6 0.2 13.6 32.6 —4
Northumberland 0.5 1.2 0.3 37.7 30.8 0.2
Nottinghamshire —4 2.2 0.8 45.7 7.2 0.7
Oxfordshire 0.3 7.2 0.4 10.9 4.6 2.2
Shropshire 0.0 1.6 0.0 16.3 16.1 2.2
Somerset 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.7 31.9 0.8
Staffordshire 2.6 4.9 5.2 11.5 31.4 0.2
Suffolk 0.0 0.5 —4 16.4 14.3 0.2
Surrey 0.3 1.3 —4 9.4 16.5 1.8
Warwickshire 0.0 5.9 0.7 10.3 32.2 —4
West Sussex 0.1 2.6 0.0 3.4 15.8 0.3
Wiltshire 0.0 0.0 —4 3.5 19.2 0.8
England2 3 0.7 3.3 2.1 20.4 22.9 2.2
1 Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January 1994.
2 Includes Isles of Scilly.
3 Includes Corporation of London
4 Less than 0.05.