HC Deb 10 July 1996 vol 281 cc213-4W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the average class size for schools in(a) Crewe and Nantwich and (b) Cheshire for each of the last five years; and what was the national average. [36501]

Mr. Robin Squire

The available information is shown in the following table:

Average class size in classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary and secondary schools
Position in January each year
Cheshire LEA Area England
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
1991 28.1 20.6 26.3 20.6
1992 27.6 20.7 26.4 20.9
1993 27.6 21.2 26.6 21.2
1994 27.4 21.1 26.9 21.4
1995 27.3 21.3 27.1 21.5
1996 1n/a 1n/a 27.3 21.6
1 Not available.