Class Sizes (Hansard, 22 July 1996)

§ Mr. Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was(a) the average class size and (b)the pupil-teacher ratio in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in North Yorkshire in 1978–79, 1992–93 and 1995–96. [38872]

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The available information is shown in the table:

Average class size¹ and pupil-teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools in North Yorkshire local education authority area: 1979, 1993 and 1995

Position in January each year

Pupil-teacher ratios Average class sizes¹

Primary Secondary Primary Secondary

1979 22.5 17.1 24.6 20.8

1993 22.6 15.8 25.4 20.3

1995 23.3 16.3 26.2 20.7

¹ Average size of single teacher classes as taught during a single selected period on the census day.

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the number and percentage of primary school children in classes of 31 or more, per local education authority and nationally, in(a) maintained schools, (b) grant-maintained schools(c)independent schools and (d)in total for the maintained sector. [38864]

§ Mr. Squire
The latest available information for all maintained and GM schools is shown in the table. Information on class sizes in independent schools is not collected centrally. Information for LEA-maintained schools is not given to avoid disclosure of information for individual GM schools, through deduction.

Authority area in Number and percentage

All maintained Of which

Pupils Percentage¹ Pupils Percentage¹

Corporation of London ²— ²— n/a n/a

Camden 605 6.7 n/a n/a

Greenwich 2,555 14.5 ²— ²—

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Authority area in Number and percentage

All maintained Of which

Pupils Percentage¹ Pupils Percentage¹

Hackney 569 4.0 ²— ²—

Hammersmith and Fulham 1,294 16.6 n/a n/a

Islington 1,055 8.1 n/a n/a

Kensington and Chelsea 221 4.5 ²— ²—

Lambeth 540 3.4 190 10.9

Lewisham 1,192 6.4 ²— ²—

Southwark 2,483 12.7 221 14.3

Tower Hamlets 778 5.1 n/a n/a

Wandsworth 1,459 10.3 ²— ²—

Westminster 646 9.4 n/a n/a

Barking 1,317 8.7 n/a n/a

Barnet 2,291 10.9 ²— ²—

Bexley 7,834 39.2 434 63.9

Brent 2,444 13.0 164 22.5

Bromley 11,596 51.8 1,035 45.5

Croydon 5,973 23.7 611 42.5

Ealing 4,137 19.2 0 0.0

Enfield 8,192 39.7 ²— ²—

Haringey 1,045 6.0 n/a n/a

Harrow 4,152 25.5 n/a n/a

Havering 4,662 24.1 n/a n/a

Hillingdon 4,833 26.4 406 13.9

Hounslow 5,691 34.1 n/a n/a

Kingston upon Thames 6,216 64.0 ²— ²—

Merton 3,299 26.2 n/a n/a

Newham 2,680 11.3 n/a n/a

Redbridge 8,337 51.5 n/a n/a

Richmond upon Thames 2,040 20.4 n/a n/a

Sutton 4,328 35.7 392 51.8

Waltham Forest 3,330 18.8 n/a n/a

Birmingham 28,251 29.2 923 53.9

Coventry 7,875 29.4 n/a n/a

Dudley 6,935 28.5 ²— ²—

Sandwell 10,815 39.1 n/a n/a

Solihull 7,506 40.3 ²— ²—

Walsall 6,428 27.9 ²— ²—

Wolverhampton 5,846 26.8 n/a n/a

Knowsley 6,300 34.7 n/a n/a

Liverpool 12,541 27.0 n/a n/a

St. Helens 5,507 37.4 n/a n/a

Sefton 8,793 35.1 n/a n/a

Wirral 6,076 20.7 n/a n/a

Bolton 10,366 45.9 ²— ²—

Bury 6,434 41.1 ²— ²—

Manchester 10,211 24.2 n/a n/a

Oldham 8,823 41.0 n/a n/a

Rochdale 8,102 41.8 924 56.9

Salford 6,975 30.8 n/a n/a

Stockport 7,858 31.8 n/a n/a

Tameside 11,291 51.8 n/a n/a

Trafford 9,689 51.1 n/a n/a

Wigan 11,375 42.7 n/a n/a

Barnsley 6,201 30.9 n/a n/a

Doncaster 8,338 31.7 n/a n/a

Rotherham 3,269 14.4 n/a n/a

Sheffield 11,119 28.3 317 23.5

Bradford 10,707 32.4 448 28.9

Calderdale 5,666 30.9 393 32.1

Kirklees 12,290 38.2 n/a n/a

Leeds 21,245 35.1 ²— ²—

Wakefield 10,544 37.8 n/a n/a

Gateshead 2,237 13.2 n/a n/a

Newcastle upon Tyne 6,744 33.1 n/a n/a

North Tyneside 4,930 32.7 n/a n/a

South Tyneside 3,618 24.7 n/a n/a

Sunderland 3,601 13.5 n/a n/a

Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 n/a n/a

Avon 26,919 34.5 n/a n/a

Bedfordshire 10,328 26.7 276 42.1

Berkshire 15,605 26.8 299 13.7

Buckinghamshire 21,248 35.6 785 30.4

Cambridgeshire 14,946 26.8 31 1.6

Cheshire 30,315 35.5 201 39.1

Cleveland 13,859 23.7 n/a n/a

Cornwall 14,004 35.6 n/a n/a

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Authority area in Number and percentage

All maintained Of which

Pupils Percentage¹ Pupils Percentage¹

Cumbria 11,452 29.0 814 28.0

Derbyshire 32,959 42.7 757 36.5

Devon 23,659 29.8 ²— ²—

Dorset 18,038 42.8 ²— ²—

Durham 15,455 29.5 n/a n/a

East Sussex 19,691 40.8 n/a n/a

Essex 31,875 25.8 7,213 35.6

Gloucestershire 11,595 26.7 1,073 23.2

Hampshire 43,976 33.9 963 25.3

Hereford and Worcester 10,533 21.8 n/a n/a

Hertfordshire 23,054 29.0 831 37.2

Humberside 26,842 33.8 39 10.7

Isle of Wight 1,860 26.4 n/a n/a

Kent 44,208 34.4 2,350 35.0

Lancashire 48,832 40.4 474 59.0

Leicestershire 17,567 23.6 n/a n/a

Lincolnshire 14,632 29.8 1,547 20.3

Norfolk 12,066 20.5 312 9.3

North Yorkshire 17,758 31.3 ²— ²—

Northamptonshire 10,576 21.9 348 10.8

Northumberland 8,030 41.8 n/a n/a

Nottinghamshire 23,142 27.8 n/a n/a

Oxfordshire 6,422 16.4 ²— ²—

Shropshire 9,972 29.0 65 8.5

Somerset 10,776 30.1 136 26.7

Staffordshire 31,147 35.3 0 0.0

Suffolk 6,396 15.1 n/a n/a

Surrey 12,118 17.7 765 18.1

Warwickshire 13,980 32.9 n/a n/a

West Sussex 12,879 24.2 ²— ²—

Wiltshire 14,703 31.0 1,093 29.7

England 1,155,715 29.6 28,293 27.9

¹ Number of pupils in.

² Figures suppressed.

n/a = not applicable.

Average class size¹ and pupil-teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools in North Yorkshire local education authority area: 1979, 1993 and 1995
Position in January each year
	Pupil-teacher ratios	Average class sizes¹
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
1979	22.5	17.1	24.6	20.8
1993	22.6	15.8	25.4	20.3
1995	23.3	16.3	26.2	20.7
¹ Average size of single teacher classes as taught during a single selected period on the census day.

Authority area in	Number and percentage
	All maintained	Of which
	Pupils	Percentage¹	Pupils	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	²—	²—	n/a	n/a
Camden	605	6.7	n/a	n/a
Greenwich	2,555	14.5	²—	²—