§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are(a) the average and (b) the maximum numbers of children in primary school classes in Stoke on Trent, North; and how many are educated in class sizes of over 30 pupils. [7328]
§ Mr. ByersThe available information is shown in the following tables.
The information in Table 2 puts into context the information on maximum class sizes in Table 1.
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Table 1: Average and maximum class size and number of pupils in classes of 31 or more pupils for classes taught by one teacher in
maintained primary schools in the Stoke on Trent, North
Parliamentary Contstituency in January 1997
1Average class size Maximum size class Pupils in classes of 31 or more Stoke on Trent, North 28.3 37 2,496 1 Provisional estimates.
Table 2: Numbers of classes and pupils by class size for classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in the Stoke
on Trent North Parliamentary Constituency in January 1997
(Provisional Estimates)
Size of class Number of classes Number of pupils 1–20 10 167 21–30 161 4,300 31–35 65 2,135 36–40 10 361 41 or more 0 0 Total 246 6,963