HC Deb 20 January 1997 vol 288 cc468-71W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list average class sizes in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools and total primary pupil numbers and total secondary pupil numbers in each of the past three years in each local education authority. [11426]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is shown in the following tables.

Average size of single teacher classes and pupils on register in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994–1996
Position in January each year
Primary schools Secondary schools
Total pupils on register Average class size Total pupils on register Average class size
1994 1995 1996 1994 1995 1996 1994 1995 1996 1994 1995 1996
Wolverhampton 25,608 25,867 26,283 25.9 26.2 26.5 16,001 16,093 15,930 20.5 21.6 21.2
Knowsley 19,000 20,122 20,117 27.7 28.0 27.6 9,096 9,449 9,494 22.1 22.4 21.6
Liverpool 51,616 50,364 50,374 26.9 27.1 26.8 30,556 31,138 31,510 20.4 20.7 20.8
St. Helens 17,635 17,698 17,829 26.8 27.0 27.5 11,759 11,873 11,789 19.7 20.3 20.0
Sefton 27,399 27,867 28,198 27.2 27.6 27.5 19,030 19,453 19,497 20.9 21.9 21.3
Wirral 31,632 31,741 32,126 25.9 26.1 26.4 21,159 21.424 22,753 20.9 20.5 20.9
Bolton 27,638 28,085 28,435 28.1 28.7 28.5 17,031 17,324 17,491 21.1 21.3 21.8
Bury 176,248 17,542 17,952 27.5 27.8 28.3 10,332 10,689 10.853 22.7 23.0 23.6
Manchester 46,923 47,056 46,856 26.5 26.9 27.0 21,693 22,126 22,019 22.4 22.3 22.3
Oldham 24,774 24,961 25,114 28.6 28.5 28.6 16,331 16,607 16,693 22.5 22.8 21.8
Rochdale 21,658 21,830 22,287 29.5 29.2 29.2 12,942 13,204 13,177 22.8 23.3 23.0
Salford 23,265 23,734 23,919 27.1 27.3 27.4 11,639 11,949 11,977 22.3 21.9 22.4
Stockport 25,595 25,925 26,449 27.7 27.5 27.7 16,019 16,273 15,655 21.6 21.9 22.5
Thameside 23,296 23,678 23,907 29.6 29.5 29.3 13,372 13,781 14,058 23.7 23.8 23.5
Trafford 20,565 21,134 21,502 29.0 29.0 28.7 11,947 12,461 12,882 21.6 21.8 22.0
Wigan 29,963 29,932 30,272 27.9 28.0 28.2 19,523 19,923 19,898 21.4 21.6 21.6
Barnsley 21,502 21.703 21,910 27.4 27.5 28.2 12,730 12,976 12,988 22.9 22.8 23.2
Doncaster 29,459 28,916 30,614 27.5 28.1 28.2 21,868 22,978 21,515 21.1 21.4 21.7
Rotherham 24,954 25,215 25,645 25.1 25.8 26.9 18,187 18,771 18,953 20.5 21.4 21.7
Sheffield 44,563 45,225 45,850 26.3 26.8 26.8 26,981 27,359 27,503 22.4 22.6 23.1
Bradford 41,229 41,547 42,190 27.3 27.8 27.9 4.6,297 46,584 46,072 22.5 22.8 22.7
Calderdale 19,881 20,316 20,487 27.9 27.5 27.7 13,390 13,657 13,810 20.2 21.0 20.9
Kirklees 37,719 38,189 38,501 27.2 28.2 28.7 24,875 25,225 25,363 21.4 20.9 21.7
Leeds 69,428 70,583 71,135 27.9 28.2 28.1 43,627 44,282 44,274 20.5 20.5 21.1
Wakefield 30,708 31,180 31,840 27.5 27.9 28.0 20,084 20,708 20,428 21.8 21.7 21.8
Gateshead 18,366 18,564 18,684 25.8 26.0 25.9 11,751 11,780 11,853 20.7 20.4 20.6
Newcastle upon
Tyne 22,441 22,460 22,389 27.3 27.6 27.7 16,902 17,285 17,288 21.5 21.3 21.6
North Tyneside 16,615 16,952 17,015 26.5 26.9 27.0 14,342 14,440 14,316 21.9 22.1 21.9
South Tyneside 16,023 16,233 16,398 26.3 26.3 26.8 9,570 9,755 9,650 22.5 22.6 22.4
Sunderland 30,057 29,942 30,324 25.6 25.4 25.6 19,436 19,586 19,311 20.9 21.0 21.2
Isles of Scilly 169 157 152 18.7 17.3 13.7 122 126 113 24.0 26.0 15.0
Avon 80,700 82,079 83,196 27.7 27.8 27.7 54,418 54,667 54,720 21.2 21.1 21.4
Bedfordshire 43,511 44,045 44,604 26.3 26.8 27.1 44,711 45,476 45,966 22.0 21.9 22.5
Berkshire 62,455 63,732 65,313 27.1 27.0 27.3 47,005 47,620 47,834 20.1 20.3 20.4
Buckinghamshire 62,365 63,960 65,156 27.2 27.3 27.8 37,166 37,739 37,999 21.1 20.6 21.4
Cambridgeshire 59,127 59,686 60,492 27.4 27.3 27.8 40,904 41,702 41,762 22.3 21.8 22.3
Cheshire 89,944 90,598 92,088 27.4 27.3 27.4 63,583 64,707 64,942 21.1 21.3 21.3
Cleveland 65,102 65,169 65,607 26.8 26.9 26.9 36,437 37,128 37,240 22.1 22.1 22.1
Cornwall 40,531 41,055 41.667 26.8 27.0 27.3 28,977 29,387 29,515 22.2 22.2 22.4
Cumbria 42,840 43,140 43,969 25.7 26.2 26.0 31,215 31,711 32,076 20.6 21.0 21.0
Derbyshire 85,418 86,478 88,613 27.3 27.9 28.9 57,548 58,397 58,514 21.4 21.7 22.3
Devon 80,633 82,430 83,698 26.4 26.7 27.2 58,826 60,429 61,351 21.1 21.3 21.3
Dorset 45,803 47,042 48,075 27.5 27.6 27.7 41,286 42,201 42,828 21.9 21.8 22.0
Durham 56,334 56,549 57,246 27.5 27.7 28.4 37,708 38,265 37,976 21.6 21.9 22.5
East Sussex 51,981 53,190 54,875 27.4 27.5 27.7 34,349 35,407 35,690 21.0 21.3 21.1
Essex 123,997 128,567 132,554 26.9 26.9 26.9 95,893 96,325 96,681 21.9 21.9 21.8
Gloucestershire 43,597 44,764 45,679 26.4 26.7 27.2 33,389 34,001 34,394 21.5 21.6 22.1
Hampshire 137,313 135,389 137,986 27.4 27.7 27.8 79,199 84,415 85,427 22.2 22.3 22.4
Hereford and
Worcester 49,251 50,662 51,430 25.1 25.5 25.9 47,472 48,173 47,796 21.7 21.9 21.8
Hertfordshire 84,825 87,464 89,738 26.4 26.5 26.7 68,347 69,532 70,371 20.1 20.0 20.2
Humberside 85,409 86,432 87,757 27.5 27.7 27.9 56,111 56,877 57,075 22.6 22.8 22.3
Isle of Wight 7,214 7,279 7,435 26.0 26.3 26.9 10,498 10,648 10,805 22.2 22.1 22.4
Kent 129,234 133,025 135,598 27.6 27.7 27.7 102,229 102,764 103,769 20.9 20.7 20.6
Lancashire 130,576 132,402 133,891 27.7 27.9 28.4 84,257 86,116 86,918 21.4 21.6 22.4
Leicestershire 80,448 81,429 82,493 25.8 26.5 26.7 59,963 60,973 61,552 21.5 22.2 22.2
Lincolnshire 49,844 51,488 52,763 26.5 26.8 26.7 37,841 38,605 39,221 19.9 20.0 20.2
Norfolk 62,631 63,972 64,844 25.1 25.4 26.0 41,078 41,410 41,441 20.2 20.0 20.1
North Yorkshire 59,240 60,605 61,850 25.7 26.2 26.3 44.013 45,065 45,638 20.8 20.7 20.8
Northamptonshire 51,265 52,446 53,649 26.4 26.7 26.5 44,910 45,270 45,659 20.6 20.8 21.3
Northumberland 21,692 21,621 21,737 27.0 27.2 27.1 29,329 29,758 29,804 22.0 22.7 22.6
Nottinghamshire 92,884 94,094 95,703 27.0 27.4 28.3 63,768 64,998 65,414 20.5 20.6 21.2
Oxfordshire 41,313 42,765 43,912 25.6 25.9 26.8 35,127 35,888 36,281 21.0 21.1 21.9
Shropshire 35,991 36,764 37,664 26.4 26.6 27.3 25,223 25,820 25,780 21.1 21.5 21.6
Somerset 36,453 37,237 37,849 26.9 27.0 27.3 28,038 28,545 28,845 22.1 22.5 23.2
Staffordshire 93,514 94,651 96,188 27.7 27.6 27.7 69,487 70,645 71,093 22.1 22.0 22.3
Suffolk 44,355 45,582 46,696 24.8 24.9 25.1 48,024 48,798 49,040 20.7 20.9 21.0
Surrey 73,325 74,600 77,049 25.5 25.6 25.8 45,405 50,534 50,777 21.6 21.6 21.6
Warwickshire 46,446 46,650 47,209 26.5 26.9 27.9 25,087 26,005 26,260 20.3 20.6 21.3
West Sussex 53,158 54,995 56,516 26.2 26.5 26.8 39,952 40,415 40,426 21.6 21.9 21.7
Wiltshire 48,205 49,351 50,861 26.6 26.9 27.1 34,487 35,294 35,776 21.3 21.4 21.3
England 4.241,750 4,312,200 4,389,364 26.9 27.1 27.3 2,933,598 2,993,256 3,011,284 21.4 21.5 21.6
1 Not applicable.

Mr. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she expects the form 7 figures to have been processed in order to provide class size information as at January 1997; and if she will make a statement. [11360]

Mr. Squire

[holding reply 17 January 1996]: Provisional figures on class sizes in maintained primary and secondary schools as at January 1997 are expected to be published in a statistical press notice at the end of June.