HC Deb 23 October 1995 vol 264 cc488-99W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils were in classes of 36 or more in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was the actual and percentage change in numbers from January 1994 in each local education authority and in total. [38727]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 36 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 11994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995 provisional change
Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2
Westminster 76 1.1 39 0.6 -3.7 -48.7
Barking 232 1.6 323 2.1 91 39.2
Barnet 115 0.6 112 0.5 -3 -2.6
Bexley 72 0.4 73 0.4 1 1.4
Brent 338 1.8 346 1.8 8 2.4
Bromley 146 0.7 291 1.3 145 99.3
Croydon 229 1.0 110 0.4 -119 -52.0
Ealing 145 0.7 78 0.4 -67 -46.2
Enfeild 36 0.2 36 0.2 0 0.0
Haringey 75 0.4 39 0.2 -36 -48.0
Harrow 72 0.5 72 0.4 0 0.0
Havering 146 0.8 37 0.2 -109 -74.7
Hillingdon 474 2.7 513 2.8 39 8.2
Hounslow 749 4.7 828 5.0 79 10.5
Kingston upon Thames 185 2.0 256 2.6 71 38.4
Merton 331 2.7 361 2.9 30 9.1
Newham 116 0.5 76 0.3 -4.0 -34.5
Redbridge 402 2.5 435 2.7 33 8.2
Richmond upon Thames 265 2.7 60 0.6 -205 -77.4
Sutton 144 1.2 114 0.9 -30 -20.8
Waltham Forest 112 0.6 0 0.0 -112 -100.0
Birmingham 1,434 1.5 1,187 1.2 -247 -17.2
Coventry 601 2.4 859 3.2 258 42.9
Dudley 973 4.0 1,429 5.9 456 46.9
Sandwell 1,312 4.8 913 3.3 -399 -30.4
Solihull 511 2.8 917 4.9 406 79.5
Walsall 511 2.3 553 2.4 42 8.2
Wolverhampton 381 1.8 626 2.9 245 64.3
Knowsley 644 3.8 951 5.2 207 47.7
Liverpool 960 2.0 1,253 2.7 293 30.5
St. Helens 851 5.9 1,011 6.9 160 18.8
Sefton 516 2.1 1,018 4.1 502 97.3
Wirral 518 1.8 627 2.1 109 21.0
Bolton 2,036 9.2 2.176 9.6 140 6.9
Bury 1,152 7.4 801 5.1 -35.1 -30.5
Manchester 1,173 2.9 1,185 2.8 12 1.0
Oldham 871 4.2 970 4.5 99 11.4
Rochdale 720 3.9 560 2.9 -160 -22.2
Salford 1,214 5.5 847 3.7 -367 -30.2
Stockport 1,366 5.6 896 3.6 -470 -34.4
Tameside 1,136 5.3 738 3.4 -398 -35.0
Trafford 1,422 7.7 1.234 6.5 -188 -13.2
Wigan 2,424 9.3 2,434 9.1 9 0.4
Barnsley 471 2.4 576 2.9 105 22.3
Doncaster 1,252 4.7 1,646 6.3 394 31.5
Rotherham 235 1.1 308 1.4 73 31.1
Sheffield 1,460 3.9 1,652 4.2 192 13.2
Bradford 567 1.8 1,207 3.7 640 112.9
Calderdale 326 1.9 108 0.6 -218 -66.9
Kirkless 981 3.1 1,824 5.7 843 85.9
Leeds 2,719 4.6 2,694 4.5 -25 -0.9
Wakefield 1,258 4.7 2,124 7.6 866 68.8
Gateshead 76 0.5 153 0.9 77 101.3
Newcastle upon Tyne 760 3.7 890 4.4 130 17.1
North Tyneside 497 3.3 463 3.1 -3.4 -6.8
South Tyneside 541 3.7 850 5.8 309 57.1
Sunderland 22 0,8 191 0.7 -3.1 -14.0
Isle of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 1,058 1.4 1,369 1.8 311 29.4
Bedfordshire 1,750 4.7 2,040 5.3 290 16.6
Berkshire 1,070 1.9 913 1.6 -157 -14.7
Buckinghamshire 2,402 4.2 3,614 6.1 1,212 50.5
Cambridgeshire 1,100 2.0 735 1.3 -365 -33.2
Cheshire 3,006 3.6 3,409 4.0 403 13.4
Cleveland 2,523 4.4 2,527 4.3 4 0.2
Cornwall 1,032 2.7 1,126 2.9 94 9.1
Cumbria 817 2.1 1,078 2.7 261 31.9
Derbyshire 4,369 5.8 5,888 7.6 1,519 34.8
Devon 1,847 2.4 1,815 2.3 -32 -1.7
Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 36 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 11994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995 provisional change
Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2
Dorset 580 1.4 980 2.3 400 69.0
Durham 1,283 2.5 1,240 2.4 -43 -3.4
East Sussex 435 0.9 470 1.0 35 8.0
Essex 768 0.6 1,209 1.0 441 57.4
Gloucestershire 479 1.1 551 1.3 72 15.0
Hampshire 3,484 2.7 2,013 1.6 -1471 -42.2
Hereford and Worcester 478 1.0 522 1.1 44 9.2
Hertfordshire 686 0.9 734 0.9 48 7.0
Humberside 4,110 5.3 4,838 6.1 728 17.7
Isle of Wight 190 2.7 11 1.6 -79 -41.6
Kent 697 0.6 1,007 0.8 310 44.5
Lancashire 6,008 5.1 6,542 5.4 534 8.9
Leicestershire 673 0.9 1,837 2.5 1,164 173.0
Lincolnshire 667 1.4 1,037 2.1 370 55.5
Norfolk 591 1.0 273 0.5 -318 -53.8
North Yorkshire 1,049 1.9 1,648 2.9 599 57.1
Northamptonshire 188 0.4 332 0.7 144 76.6
Northumberland 1,600 8.4 1,310 6.8 -290 -18.1
Nottinghamshire 2,822 3.4 3,729 4.5 907 32.1
Oxfordshire 608 1.6 482 1.2 -126 -20.7
Shropshire 555 1.7 668 1.9 113 204.4
Somerset 402 1.2 636 1.8 234 58.2
Staffordshire 6,500 7.5 5,226 5.9 -1,274 -19.6
Suffolk 222 0.5 254 0.6 32 14.4
Surrey 677 1.0 736 1.1 59 8.7
Warwickshire 756 1.8 1,074 2.5 318 42.1
West Sussex 475 0.9 660 1.2 185 38.9
Wiltshire 401 0.9 696 1.5 295 73.6
England 97,178 2.5 107,985 2.8 10,807 11.1
1 Pupils in single teacher classes of 36 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.
2 Change in the number of pupils in classes of 36 or more pupils taught by one teacher between 1994 and 1995 expressed as a percentage of pupils in classes of 36 or more pupils taught by one teacher in 1994.
3 no pupils in classes of 36 or more taught by one teacher in 1994.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average class size for primary schools in January in each local education authority and what was the actual and

Average size of single teacher classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995
Average class size Actual change 1994–95 Percentage change 1994–95
City 27.0 26.8 -0.3 -0.9
Camden 27.1 27.3 0.2 0.9
Greenwich 26.1 26.4 0.3 1.2
Hackney 25.7 26.1 0.5 1.8
Hammersmith 25.2 25.6 0.5 1.8
Islington 25.9 26.6 0.7 2.6
Kensington and Chelsea 24.9 25.1 0.2 0.8
Lambeth 24.2 24.6 0.5 2.0
Lewisham 26.0 25.4 -0.5 -2.0
Southwark 26.9 26.9 0.0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 26.4 26.7 0.3 1.1
Wandsworth 25.0 25.2 0.2 0.9
Westminster 24.0 25.3 1.4 5.6
Barking 26.1 26.7 0.6 2.4
Barnet 26.4 26.5 0.1 0.4
Bexley 27.5 28.6 1.1 4.0
Brent 27.0 26.9 0.0 -0.1
Bromley 28.1 28.4 0.4 1.3
Croydon 27.6 28.1 0.4 1.5
Ealing 26.6 26.6 0.0 0.1
Enfield 27.8 28.4 0.6 2.0

percentage change from January 1994 in each local education authority. [38725]

Mr. Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Average size of single teacher classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995
Average class size Actual change 1994–95 Percentage change 1994–95
Haringey 26.7 27.2 0.5 1.9
Harrow 26.8 27.1 0.3 1.0
Havering 27.5 27.4 -0.1 -0.5
Hillingdon 27.1 26.8 -0.3 -1.2
Hounslow 26.2 27.4 1.1 4.3
Kingston upon Thames 28.9 29.5 0.6 2.0
Merton 27.2 27.0 -0.2 -0.7
Newham 27.5 27.5 0.0 0.1
Redbridge 29.3 29.2 0.0 -0.1
Richmond upon Thames 25.7 26.1 0.4 1.5
Sutton 28.3 28.0 -0.3 -1.1
Waltham Forest 26.8 26.5 -0.3 -1.0
Birmingham 28.2 28.2 0.0 0.0
Coventry 27.1 27.8 0.7 2.6
Dudley 27.1 27.3 0.3 1.2
Sandwell 27.9 28.2 0.3 1.2
Solihull 27.3 27.6 0.3 1.1
Walsall 25.7 26.0 0.4 1.5
Wolverhampton 25.9 26.2 0.2 0.9
Knowsley 27.7 28.0 0.3 1.0
Liverpool 26.9 27.1 0.2 0.9
St. Helens 26.8 27.1 0.2 0.7
Sefton 27.2 27.6 0.4 1.6
Wirral 25.9 26.1 0.2 0.8
Bolton 28.1 28.7 0.6 2.3
Bury 27.5 27.8 0.3 1.1
Manchester 26.5 26.9 0.3 1.2
Oldham 28.6 28.5 0.0 -0.2
Rochdale 29.5 29.2 -0.3 -0.9
Salford 27.1 27.3 0.1 0.5
Stockport 27.7 27.5 -0.2 -0.7
Tameside 29.6 29.5 -0.1 -0.4
Trafford 29 29 0.0 -0.1
Wigan 27.9 28.0 0.1 0.5
Barnsley 27.4 27.5 0.1 0.3
Doncaster 27.5 28.1 0.6 2.1
Rotherham 25.1 25.8 0.7 2.8
Sheffield 26.3 26.8 0.5 2.0
Bradford 27.3 27.8 0.5 1.8
Calderdale 27.9 27.5 -0.4 -1.3
Kirklees 27.2 28.2 1.0 3.8
Leeds 27.9 28.2 0.3 1.0
Wakefield 27.5 27.9 0.3 1.2
Gateshead 25.8 26.0 0.1 0.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 27.3 27.6 0.2 0.8
North Tyneside 26.5 26.9 0.4 1.5
South Tyneside 26.3 26.3 0.1 0.2
Sunderland 25.6 25.4 -0.3 -1.1
Isles of Scilly 18.7 17.3 -1.3 -7.1
Avon 27.7 27.8 0.1 0.4
Bedfordshire 26.3 26.8 0.4 1.7
Berkshire 27.1 27 -0.1 -0.5
Buckinghamshire 27.2 27.3 0.2 0.7
Cambridgeshire 27.4 27.3 0.0 -0.2
Cheshire 27.4 27.3 -0.1 -0.4
Cleveland 26.8 26.9 0.1 0.4
Cornwall 26.8 27.0 0.2 0.6
Cumbria 25.7 26.2 0.5 2.0
Derbyshire 27.3 27.9 0.6 2.3
Devon 26.4 26.7 0.3 1.3
Dorset 27.5 27.6 0.1 0.4
Durham 27.5 27.7 0.2 0.8
East Sussex 27.4 27.5 0.2 0.6
Essex 26.9 26.9 0.0 0.1
Gloucestershire 26.4 26.7 0.3 1.1
Hampshire 27.4 27.7 0.3 1.1
Hereford and Worcester 25.1 25.5 0.5 1.8
Hertfordshire 26.4 26.5 0.0 0.1
Average size of single teacher classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995
Average class size Actual change 1994–95 Percentage change 1994–95
Humberside 27.5 27.7 0.2 0.6
Isle of Wight 26.0 26.3 0.3 1.1
Kent 27.6 27.7 0.1 0.3
Lancashire 27.7 27.9 0.2 0.6
Leicestershire 25.8 26.5 0.7 2.7
Lincolnshire 26.5 26.8 0.4 1.3
Norfolk 25.1 25.4 0.2 0.8
North Yorkshire 25.7 26.2 0.5 2.0
Northamptonshire 26.4 26.7 0.3 1.1
Northumberland 27.0 27.2 0.1 0.5
Nottinghamshire 27.0 27.4 0.4 1.5
Oxfordshire 25.6 25.9 0.3 1.3
Shropshire 26.4 26.6 0.1 0.5
Somerset 26.9 27.0 0.1 0.4
Staffordshire 27.7 27.6 -0.1 -0.5
Suffolk 24.8 24.9 0.0 0.1
Surrey 25.5 25.6 0.1 0.5
Warwickshire 26.5 26.9 0.4 1.5
West Sussex 26.2 26.5 0.4 1.4
Wiltshire 26.6 26.9 0.3 1.0
England 26.9 27.1 0.2 0.8

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils were in classes of 40 or more in January in each local education authority and in total; and what was

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 40 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995 (provisional) Change
Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2
City 0> 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camden 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenwich 0 0.0 50 0.3 50 3—
Hackney 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hammersmith 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Islington 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kensington and Chelsea 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lambeth 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lewisham 0 0.0 47 0.3 47 3—
Southwark 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 0 0.0 50 0.3 50 3—
Wandsworth 45 0.3 0 0.0 -45 -100.0
Westminster 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Barking 40 0.3 52 0.3 12 30.0
Barnet 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bexley 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Brent 40 0.2 308 1.6 268 670.0
Bromley 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Croydon 80 0.3 0 0.0 -80 -100.0
Ealing 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Enfield 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Haringey 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Harrow 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Havering 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hillingdon 323 1.8 326 1.8 3 0.9
Hounslow 120 0.8 41 0.2 -79 65.8
Kingston Upon Thames 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Merton 63 0.5 178 1.4 115 182.5
Newham 40 0.2 0 0.0 -40 -100.0
Redbridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Richmond Upon Thames 153 1.5 60 0.6 -93 -60.8
Sutton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

the actual and percentage change in numbers compared with January 1994 and in each local education authority and in total. [38726]

Mr. Squire

The information requested is shown in the table.

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 40 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995 (provisional) Change
Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2
Waltham Forest 40 0.2 0 0 -40 -100
Birmingham 221 0.2 267 0.3 46 20.8
Coventry 120 0.5 115 0.4 -5 -4.2
Dudley 644 2.7 1,027 4.2 383 59.5
Sandwell 240 0.9 362 1.3 122 50.8
Solihull 0 0 40 0.2 40 3—
Walsall 0 0 42 0.2 42 3—
Wolverhampton 120 0.6 80 0.4 -40 -33.3
Knowsley 80 0.5 92 0.5 12 15
Liverpool 122 0.3 230 0.5 108 88.5
St. Helens 120 0.8 160 1.1 40 33.3
Sefton 41 0.2 40 0.2 -1 -2.4
Wirral 44 0.2 40 0.1 -4 -9.1
Bolton 628 2.8 394 1.7 -234 -37.3
Bury 128 0.8 0 0.0 -128 -100.0
Manchester 280 0.7 297 0.7 17 6.1
Oldham 252 1.2 308 1.4 56 22.2
Rochdale 208 1.1 87 0.4 -121 -58.2
Salford 167 0.8 254 1.1 87 52.1
Stockport 221 0.9 47 0.2 -174 -78.7
Tameside 80 0.4 40 0.2 -40 -50.0
Trafford 162 0.9 81 0.4 -81 -50.0
Wigan 85 0.3 87 0.3 2 2.4
Barnsley 175 0.9 233 1.2 58 33.1
Doncaster 480 1.8 601 2.3 121 25.2
Rotherham 160 0.7 200 0.9 40 25.0
Sheffield 80 0.2 244 0.6 164 205.0
Bradford 120 0.4 80 0.2 -40 -33.3
Calderdale 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kirklees 320 1.0 491 1.5 171 53.4
Leeds 120 0.2 266 0.4 146 121.7
Wakefield 120 0.4 214 0.8 94 78.3
Gateshead 40 0.2 80 0.5 40 100.0
Newcastle Upon Tyne 80 0.4 174 0.9 94 117.5
North Tyneside 90 0.6 90 0.6 0 0.0
South Tyneside 52 0.4 103 0.7 51 98.1
Sunderland 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 0 0.0 132 0.2 132 3—
Bedfordshire 169 0.5 829 2.1 660 390.5
Berkshire 40 0.1 165 0.3 125 312.5
Buckinghamshire 212 0.4 830 1.4 618 291.5
Cambridgeshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cheshire 324 0.4 293 0.3 -31 -9.6
Cleveland 0 0.0 40 0.1 40 3—
Cornwall 40 0.1 87 0.2 47 117.5
Cumbria 85 0.2 230 0.6 145 170.6
Derbyshire 594 0.8 834 1.1 240 40.4
Devon 40 0.1 45 0.1 5 12.5
Dorset 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Durham 200 0.4 40 0.1 -160 -80.0
East Sussex 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Essex 0 0.0 230 0.2 230 3—
Gloucestershire 40 0.1 80 0.2 40 100.0
Hampshire 240 0.2 166 0.1 -74 -30.8
Hereford and Worcester 0 0.0 41 0.1 41 3—
Hertfordshire 166 0.2 82 0.1 -84 -50.6
Humberside 377 0.5 605 0.8 228 60.5
Isle of Wight 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kent 80 0.1 285 0.2 205 256.3
Lancashire 324 0.3 284 0.2 -40 -12.3
Leicestershire 80 0.1 584 0.8 504 630.0
Lincolnshire 0 0.0 82 0.2 82 3—
Norfolk 186 0.3 55 0.1 -131 -70.4
North Yorkshire 244 0.4 90 0.2 -154 -63.1
Northamptonshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northumberland 81 0.4 161 0.8 80 98.8
Nottinghamshire 1,724 2.1 1,943 2.3 219 12.7
Oxfordshire 85 0.2 98 0.3 13 15.3
Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 40 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England: 1994 and 1995 (provisional)
Position in January each year
1994 1995 (provisional) Change
Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2
Shropshire 40 0.1 120 0.3 80 200.0
Somerset 0 0.0 53 0.1 53 1—
Staffordshire 1,540 1.8 1,137 1.3 -403 -26.2
Suffolk 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Surrey 162 0.2 249 0.4 87 53.7
Warwickshire 240 0.6 375 0.9 135 56.3
West Sussex 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wiltshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
England 14,057 0.4 18,223 0.5 4,166 29.6
1 Pupils in single teacher classes of 40 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.
2 Change in the number of pupils in classes of 40 or more pupils taught by one teacher between 1994 and 1995 expressed as a percentage of pupils in classes of 40 or more pupils taught by one teacher in 1994.
3 No pupils in classes of 40 or more taught by one teacher in 1994.