§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage and how many(a) primary school pupils and (b) high school pupils were in classes of over 30 in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in numbers compared with January 1994 in each local education authority in total. [41666]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThe latest information available is set out in the table. Information from the September 1995 census is currently being processed.
Education authority primary schools Pupils in classes of over 30 at September 19931,2 Education authority Number Percentage Scotland 74,894 17.1 Borders 544 6.3 Central 3,972 17.1 Dumfries and Galloway 2,052 15.9 Fife 5,435 17.5 Grampian 6,556 14.6 Highland 1,996 10.4 Lothian 11,885 20.7 Strathclyde 34,642 17.2 Tayside 7,558 23.1 Orkney 64 3.5 Shetland — 0.0 Western Isles 190 7.2 Strathclyde divisions: Argyll and Bute 287 5.3 Ayr 6,478 19.2 Dunbarton 5,138 17.5 Glasgow 8,068 14.3 Lanark 6,717 14.8 Renfrew 7,954 25.2 1 All classes running in School Census Week. 2 Excludes pupils with learning difficulties, who are taught in separate classes. 1004W
Education authority secondary schools Pupils in subject classes of average size over 30 at September 19931 2 Education authority Number Percentage Scotland 88,151 2.5 Borders 342 0.5 Central 535 0.3 Dumfries and Galloway 615 0.6 Fife 2,218 0.9 Grampian 4,189 1.2 Highland 3,616 2.0 Lothian 8,996 2.1 Strathclyde 61,517 3.8 Tayside 6,123 2.4 Orkney — 0.0 Shetland — 0.0 Western Isles — 0.0 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute 155 0.3 Ayr 2,715 1.0 Dunbarton 13,822 5.3 Glasgow 14,918 4.0 Lanark 8,862 2.2 Renfrew 21,045 7.9 1 All subject classes running in school census week; pupils are counted once for each subject taken. 2 These figures exclude two schools for which information is not available.