HC Deb 26 October 1995 vol 264 cc797-803W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage and how many primary school pupils are currently in classes of

Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes of size in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 to 1995
Position in January each year
31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1
1994
City 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camden 542 6.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenwich 2,301 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hackney 499 3.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hammersmith 795 11.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Islington 892 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kensington and Chelsea 418 8.3 36 0.7 0 0.0
Lambeth 816 5.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lewisham 1,318 7.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
South wark 2,331 12.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 601 4.6 37 0.3 0 0.0
Wandsworth 1,471 10.5 150 1.1 45 0.3
Westminster 352 4.9 76 1.1 0 0.0
Barking 1,183 8.3 232 1.6 0 0.0
Barnet 2,319 11.1 115 0.6 0 0.0
Bexley 5,838 31.6 72 0.4 0 0.0
Brent 1,819 9.6 338 1.8 0 0.0
Bromley 10,239 46.8 146 0.7 0 0.0
Croydon 4,667 19.6 229 1.0 0 0.0
Ealing 4,001 19.6 145 0.7 0 0.0
Enfield 7,201 35.2 36 0.2 0 0.0
Haringey 657 3.9 75 0.4 0 0.0
Harrow 3,472 22.2 72 0.5 0 0.0
Havering 4,030 21.3 146 0.8 0 0.0
Hillingdon 4,422 24.9 431 2.4 43 0.2
Hounslow 4,570 28.7 749 4.7 0 0.0
Kingston upon Thames 5,299 56.0 185 2.0 0 0.0
Merton 2,783 22.6 268 2.2 63 0.5
Newham 1,201 5.4 116 0.5 0 0.0
Redbridge 8,054 50.3 402 2.5 0 0.0
Richmond upon Thames 869 8.8 112 1.1 153 1.5

(a) 31 to 35, (b) 36 to 40 and (c) 40-plus in each local education authority and in total; and what were the equivalent figures in January 1994. [39380]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes of size in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 to 1995
Position in January each year
31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1
Sutton 4,552 38.8 144 1.2 0 0.0
Waltham Forest 3,088 17.8 112 0.6 0 0.0
Birmingham 25,730 26.9 1,373 1.4 61 0.1
Coventry 4,940 19.5 601 2.4 0 0.0
Dudley 6,524 27.1 369 1.5 604 2.5
Sand well 8,863 32.7 1,312 4.8 0 0.0
Solihull 6,200 34.1 511 2.8 0 0.0
Walsall 5,066 22.8 511 2.3 0 0.0
Wolverhampton 4,774 22.3 381 1.8 0 0.0
Knowsley 5,271 31.0 644 3.8 0 0.0
Liverpool 11,660 24.5 918 1.9 42 0.1
St. Helens 4,586 31.6 851 5.9 0 0.0
Sefton 7,742 31.6 475 1.9 41 0.2
Wirral 5,410 18.8 474 1.6 44 0.2
Bolton 7,010 31.8 1,608 7.3 428 1.9
Bury 5,087 32.6 1,024 6.6 128 0.8
Manchester 8,446 20.5 1,173 2.9 0 0.0
Oldham 7,746 36.9 779 3.7 92 0.4
Rochdale 7,300 39.8 552 3.0 168 0.9
Salford 5,603 25.2 1,127 5.1 87 0.4
Stockport 6,813 28.2 1,265 5.2 101 0.4
Tameside 10,943 51.1 1,136 5.3 0 0.0
Trafford 7,729 41.9 1,340 7.3 82 0.4
Wigan 7,572 29.0 2,380 9.1 45 0.2
Barnsley 5,185 26.0 376 1.9 95 0.5
Doncaster 6,296 23.7 1,252 4.7 0 0.0
Rotherham 2,334 10.4 235 1.1 0 0.0
Sheffield 6,821 18.1 1,460 3.9 0 0.0
Bradford 8,214 25.6 567 1.8 0 0.0
Calderdale 4,942 28.3 326 1.9 0 0.0
Kirklees 8,391 26.8 981 3.1 0 0.0
Leeds 16,686 28.2 2,719 4.6 0 0.0
Wakefield 8,738 32.3 1,258 4.7 0 0.0
Gateshead 1,786 10.8 76 0.5 0 0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 5,083 24.8 760 3.7 0 0.0
North Tyneside 3,408 22.7 447 3.0 50 0.3
South Tyneside 2,915 20.1 489 3.4 52 0.4
Sunderland 4,022 15.4 222 0.8 0 0.0
Isles of Scilly 31 18.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 25,695 34.1 1,058 1.4 0 0.0
Bedfordshire 7,314 19.7 1,701 4.6 49 0.1
Berkshire 15,220 27.0 1,070 1.9 0 0.0
Buckinghamshire 16,670 29.1 2,310 4.0 92 0.2
Cambridgeshire 13,979 25.2 1,100 2.0 0 0.0
Cheshire 27,187 32.6 2,922 3.5 84 0.1
Cleveland 10,863 18.8 2,523 4.4 0 0.0
Cornwall 12,409 32.4 1,032 2.7 0 0.0
Cumbria 8,568 22.1 732 1.9 85 0.2
Derbyshire 25,613 34.1 4,055 5.4 314 0.4
Devon 19,328 24.9 1,847 2.4 0 0.0
Dorset 17,562 42.6 580 1.4 0 0.0
Durham 13,729 26.5 1,283 2.5 0 0.0
East Sussex 18,862 39.8 435 0.9 0 0.0
Essex 29,961 25.2 768 0.6 0 0.0
Gloucestershire 10,644 25.4 479 1.1 0 0.0
Hampshire 40,820 31.5 3,484 2.7 0 0.0
Hereford and Worcester 9,432 20.1 478 1.0 0 0.0
Hertfordshire 20,658 26.8 600 0.8 86 0.1
Humberside 21.804 28.1 3,973 5.1 137 0.2
Isle of Wight 1,672 23.9 190 2.7 0 0.0
Kent 40,873 33.0 697 0.6 0 0.0
Lancashire 39,104 33.4 5,884 5.0 124 0.1
Leicestershire 13,760 19.2 673 0.9 0 0.0
Lincolnshire 11,975 25.2 667 1.4 0 0.0
Norfolk 10,584 18.5 445 0.8 146 0.3
North Yorkshire 12,653 22.9 965 1.7 84 0.2
Northamptonshire 9,402 20.2 188 0.4 0 0.0
Northumberland 6,301 33.0 1,559 8.2 41 0.2
Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes of size in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 to 1995
Position in January each year
31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1
Nottinghamshire 17,125 20.8 2,658 3.2 164 0.2
Oxfordshire 5,242 13.7 563 1.5 45 0.1
Shropshire 8,530 25.5 555 1.7 0 0.0
Somerset 10,074 28.9 402 1.2 0 0.0
Staffordshire 24,238 27.8 5,720 6.6 780 0.9
Suffolk 5,386 13.2 222 0.5 0 0.0
Surrey 13,064 19.2 635 0.9 42 0.1
Warwickshire 11,984 28.8 756 1.8 0 0.0
West Sussex 10,459 20.6 475 0.9 0 0.0
Wiltshire 11,784 25.7 401 0.9 0 0.0
England 978,995 25.7 92,481 2.4 4,697 0.1
1995 (provisional)
City 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camden 569 6.3 36 0.4 0 0.0
Greenwich 2,433 13.8 72 0.4 50 0.3
Hackney 569 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hammersmith 1,294 16.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Islington 1,055 8.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kensington and Chelsea 221 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lambeth 540 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lewisham 1,072 5.8 73 0.4 47 0.3
South wark 2,446 12.5 37 0.2 0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 728 4.8 0 0.0 50 0.3
Wandsworth 1,238 8.7 221 1.6 0 0.0
Westminster 607 8.8 39 0.6 0 0.0
Barking 994 6.6 271 1.8 52 0.3
Barnet 2,179 10.4 112 0.5 0 0.0
Bexley 7,761 38.9 73 0.4 0 0.0
Brent 2,098 11.2 158 0.8 188 l.0
Bromley 11,305 50.5 291 1.3 0 0.0
Croydon 5,863 23.2 110 0.4 0 0.0
Ealing 4,059 18.9 78 0.4 0 0.0
Enfield 8,156 39.5 36 0.2 0 0.0
Haringey 1,006 5.8 39 0.2 0 0.0
Harrow 4,080 25.0 72 0.4 0 0.0
Havering 4,625 23.9 37 0.2 0 0.0
Hillingdon 4,320 23.6 427 2.3 86 0.5
Hounslow 4,863 29.1 787 4.7 41 0.2
Kingston upon Thames 5,960 61.4 256 2.6 0 0.0
Merton 2,938 23.3 223 1.8 138 1.1
Newham 2,604 11.0 76 0.3 0 0.0
Redbridge 7,902 48.8 435 2.7 0 0.0
Richmond upon Thames 1,980 19.8 0 0.0 60 0.6
Sutton 4,214 34.8 114 0.9 0 0.0
Waltham Forest 3,330 18.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Birmingham 27,064 28.0 1,080 1.1 107 0.1
Coventry 7,016 26.2 784 2.9 75 0.3
Dudley 5,506 22.6 562 2.3 867 3.6
Sandwell 9,902 35.8 871 3.1 42 0.2
Solihull 6,589 35.4 917 4.9 0 0.0
Walsall 5,875 25.5 511 2.2 42 0.2
Wolverhampton 5,220 23.9 626 2.9 0 0.0
Knowsley 5,349 29.4 899 4.9 52 0.3
Liverpool 11,288 24.3 1,023 2.2 230 0.5
St. Helens 4,496 30.6 1,011 6.9 0 0.0
Sefton 7,775 31.0 1,018 4.1 0 0.0
Wirral 5,449 18.6 627 2.1 0 0.0
Bolton 8,190 36.2 1,982 8.8 194 0.9
Bury 5,633 36.0 801 5.1 0 0.0
Manchester 9,026 21.4 1,008 2.4 177 0.4
Oldham 7,853 36.5 782 3.6 188 0.9
Rochdale 7,542 39.0 473 2.4 87 0.4
Salford 6,128 27.0 753 3.3 94 0.4
Stockport 6,962 28.2 849 3.4 47 0.2
Tameside 10,553 48.4 738 3.4 0 0.0
Trafford 8,455 44.6 1,193 6.3 41 0.2
Wigan 8,941 33.6 2,347 8.8 87 0.3
Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes of size in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994 to 1995
Position in January each year
31–35 36–40 41+
Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1 Number of pupils Percentage1
Barnsley 5,625 28.0 383 1.9 193 1.0
Doncaster 6,692 25.5 1,605 6.1 41 0.2
Rotherham 2,961 13.0 308 1.4 0 0.0
Sheffield 9,467 24.1 1,408 3.6 244 0.6
Bradford 9,500 28.7 1,207 3.7 0 0.0
Calderale 5,558 30.3 108 0.6 0 0.0
Kirklees 10,466 32.5 1,733 5.4 91 0.3
Leeds 18,551 30.6 2,428 4.0 266 0.4
Wakefield 8,420 30.2 2,070 7.4 54 0.2
Gateshead 2,084 12.3 153 0.9 0 0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 5,854 28.7 756 3.7 134 0.7
North Tyneside 4,467 29.7 413 2.7 50 0.3
South Tyneside 2,766 18.9 747 5.1 103 0.7
Sunderland 3,410 12.8 191 0.7 0 0.0
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 25,550 32.8 1,277 1.6 92 0.1
Bedfordshire 8,288 21.4 1,531 4.0 509 1.3
Berkshire 14,692 25.3 828 1.4 85 0.1
Buckinghamshire 17,591 29.5 2,944 4.9 670 1.1
Cambridgeshire 14,211 25.5 735 1.3 0 0.0
Cheshire 26,906 31.5 3,196 3.7 213 0.2
Cleveland 11,332 19.4 2,527 4.3 0 0.0
Cornwall 12,878 32.8 1,039 2.6 87 0.2
Cumbria 10,374 26.2 968 2.4 110 0.3
Derbyshire 27,071 35.1 5,414 7.0 474 0.6
Devon 21,844 27.5 1,770 2.2 45 0.1
Dorset 17,058 40.4 980 2.3 0 0.0
Durham 14,215 27.2 1,240 2.4 0 0.0
East Sussex 19,221 39.8 470 1.0 0 0.0
Essex 30,666 24.8 979 0.8 230 0.2
Gloucestershire 11,044 25.4 551 1.3 0 0.0
Hampshire 41,963 32.4 1,967 1.5 46 0.0
Hereford and Worcester 10,011 20.7 481 1.0 41 0.1
Hertfordshire 22,320 28.1 692 0.9 42 0.1
Humberside 22,058 27.7 4,393 5.5 445 0.6
Isle of Wight 1,749 24.8 111 1.6 0 0.0
Kent 43,201 33.6 722 0.6 285 0.2
Lancashire 42,290 35.0 6,298 5.2 244 0.2
Leicestershire 15,730 21.1 1,413 1.9 424 0.6
Lincolnshire 13,595 27.7 955 1.9 82 0.2
Norfolk 11,793 20.0 218 0.4 55 0.1
North Yorkshire 16,110 28.4 1,598 2.8 50 0.1
Northamptonshire 10,244 21.2 332 0.7 0 0.0
Northumberland 6,720 34.9 1,269 6.6 41 0.2
Nottinghamshire 19,413 23.4 3,186 3.8 543 0.7
Oxfordshire 5,940 15.2 384 1.0 98 0.3
Shropshire 9,304 27.0 668 1.9 0 0.0
Somerset 10,140 28.3 583 1.6 53 0.1
Staffordshire 25,921 29.4 4,569 5.2 657 0.7
Suffolk 6,142 14.5 254 0.6 0 0.0
Surrey 11,382 16.6 647 0.9 89 0.1
Warwickshire 12,906 30.4 899 2.1 175 0.4
West Sussex 12,219 23.0 660 1.2 0 0.0
Wiltshire 14,007 29.5 696 1.5 0 0.0
England 1,047,741 26.8 97,882 2.5 10,103 0.3