HC Deb 11 May 1995 vol 259 cc586-90W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list for each local education authority(a) the proportion and (b) the number of pupils in grant-maintained (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. [23651]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is set out in the tables.

Primary
LEA area Number of pupils in GM primary schools Percentage of maintained primary pupils in GM schools
Avon 0 0
Barking 0 0
Barnet 758 3
Barnsley 0 0
Bedfordshire 586 1
Berkshire 2,390 4
Bexley 643 4
Birmingham 1,655 2
Bolton 380 2

primary
LEA area Number of pupils in CM primary schools Percentage of maintained primary pupils in GM schools
Bradford 1,538 4
Brent 1,522 8
Bromley 2,235 10
Buckinghamshire 2,817 5
Bury 190 1
Calderdale 1,229 7
Cambridgeshire 2,000 3
Camden 0 0
Cheshire 472 1
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Corporation of London 0 0
Coventry 0 0
Croydon 1,339 5
Cumbria 3,236 8
Derbyshire 2,175 3
Devon 283 0
Doncaster 0 0
Dorset 632 1
Dudley 385 1
Durham 0 0
Ealing 1,104 5
East Sussex 0 0
Enfield 157 1
Essex 19,866 16
Gateshead 0 0
Gloucestershire 5,412 12
Greenwich 191 1
Hackney 96 1
Hammersmith 0 0
Hampshire 3,993 3
Haringey 0 0
Harrow 0 0
Havering Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 2,157 3
Hillingdon 2,707 15
Hounslow 0 0
Humberside 336 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Isle of Scilly 0 0
Islington 0 0
Kensington and Chelsea 497 9
Kent 6,559 5
Kingston upon Thames 171 2
Kirklees 0 0
Knowsley 0 0
Lambeth 1,963 12
Lancashire 780 1
Leeds 67 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lewisham 368 2
Lincolnshire 7,530 15
Liverpool 0 0
Manchester 0 0
Merton 0 0
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0
Newham 0 0
Norfolk 3,202 5
North Tyneside 0 0
North Yorkshire 17 0
Northamptonshire 3,391 7
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oldham 0 0
Oxfordshire 81 0

Primary
LEA area Number of pupils in primary schools Percentage of maintained primary GM pupils in CM schools
Redbridge 0 0
Richmond upon Thames 0 0
Rochdale 1,612 8
Rotherham 0 0
Salford 0 0
Sandwell 0 0
Sefton 0 0
Sheffield 1,295 3
Shropshire 721 2
Solihull 499 3
Somerset 469 1
South Tyneside 0 0
Southwark 1,437 7
St. Helens 0 0
Staffordshire 102 0
Stockport 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Sunderland 0 0
Surrey 4,506 6
Sutton 821 7
Tameside 0 0
Tower Hamlets 0 0
Trafford 0 0
Wakefield 0 0
Walsall 572 2
Waltham Forest 0 0
Wandsworth 531 3
Warwickshire 40 0
West Sussex 375 1
Westminster 0 0
Wigan 0 0
Wiltshire 3,815 8
Wirral 0 0
Wolverhampton 0 0

Notes:

1. Pupil numbers are derived from the 1994 DFE schools census and include schools which are currently grant-maintained.

2. Pupil numbers and percentages include all full and part-time pupils, other than these in nursery classes.

Secondary
LEA Area Numbers of pupils in GM secondary schools Percentage of maintained secondary pupils in GM schools
Avon 1,710 3
Barking 0 0
Barnet 9,905 53
Barnsley 0 0
Bedfordshire 9,451 21
Berkshire 9,029 19
Bexley 3,655 25
Birmingham 15,177 23
Bolton 2,803 16
Bradford 5,286 11
Brent 10,975 86
Bromley 13,923 81
Buckinghamshire 10,174 27
Bury 0 0
Calderdale 7,367 55
Cambridgeshire 15,274 37
Camden 2,381 22
Cheshire 2,492 4
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Corporation of

Secondary
LEA Area Numbers of pupils in GM secondary schools Percentage of maintained secondary pupils in GM schools
London 0 0
Coventry 0 0
Croydon 7,718 52
Cumbria 10,873 35
Derbyshire 18,048 31
Devon 4,700 8
Doncaster 1,128 5
Dorset 9.947 24
Dudley 4,669 26
Durham 0 0
Ealing 6,111 45
East Sussex 0 0
Enfield 5,634 32
Essex 67,497 70
Gateshead 0 0
Gloucestershire 23,474 70
Greenwich 0 0
Hackney 0 0
Hammersmith 1,237 21
Hampshire 17,020 21
Haringey 0 0
Harrow 528 6
Havering 3,877 26
Hereford and Worcester 3,643 8
Hertfordshire 23,567 34
Hillingdon 11,988 85
Hounslow 2,123 15
Humberside 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Islington 0 0
Kensington and Chelsea 621 20
Kent 53,506 52
Kingston upon
Thames 2,901 37
Kirklees 1,267 5
Knowsley 731 8
Lambeth 3,308 52
Lancashire 6,843 8
Leeds 1,117 3
Leicestershire 3,270 5
Lewisham 0 0
Lincolnshire 17,598 47
Liverpool 3,164 10
Manchester 0 0
Merton 750 10
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0
Newham 582 4
Norfolk 9,431 23
North Tyneside 220 2
North Yorkshire 0 0
Northamptonshire 9,386 21
Northumberland 650 2
Nottinghamshire 1,837 3
Oldham 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Redbridge 1,125 7
Richmond upon Thames 0 0
Rochdale 2,058 16
Rotherham 0 0
Salford 430 4
Sandwell 1,679 9
Sefton 0 0
Sheffield 1,936 7
Shropshire 4,539 18
Solihull 0 0
Somerset 574 2

Secondary
LEA Area Numbers of pupils in CM secondary schools Percentage of maintained secondary pupils in GM schools
South Tyneside 0 0
Southwark 2,786 30
St. Helens 0 0
Staffordshire 4,442 6
Stockport 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Sunderland 0 0
Surrey 15,082 33
Sutton 6,699 59
Tameside 2,371 18
Tower Hamlets 891 7
Trafford 3,083 26
Wakefield 0 0
Walsall 7,077 36
Waltham Forest 2,099 18
Wandsworth 6,606 74
Warwickshire 4,783 19
West Sussex 0 0
Westminster 0 0
Wigan 0 0
Wiltshire 14,338 42
Wirral 2,107 10
Wolverhampton 2,404 15

Note:

1. Pupil numbers are derived for the 1994 DFE schools census and include all secondary schools which are currently grant-maintained.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the number and percentage of pupils in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) January 1980, (ii) January 1991, (iii) January 1992, (iv) January 1993, (v) January 1994 and (vi) January 1995 being taught in classes of 30-plus in maintained schools (1) in each local education authority and (2) in total. [23653]

Mr. Robin Squire

Information on pupils in classes of size 31 and over in maintained primary and secondary schools for January 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 has been placed in the Library. Information for January 1995 will not be available until the autumn.