§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the(a) average and (b) maximum numbers of children in primary school classes in (i) Bolton West, (ii) Bolton North-east and (iii) Bolton South-east; and how many are educated in class sizes of over 30 pupils.[13081]
§ Mr. ByersThe available information is shown in the following table.
The information in table 2 puts into context the information on maximum class sizes in table 1.
Table 2: Numbers of classes and pupils by class size for classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in the Bolton Parliamentary constituencies in January 1996 Size of class 1–20 21–30 31–35 36–40 41 or more Total Number of classes Number of pupils Number of classes Number of pupils Number of classes Number of pupils Number of classes Number of pupils Number of classes Number of pupils Number of classes Number of pupils Bolton West 27 412 115 2,996 75 2,465 16 590 2 82 235 6,545 Bolton North-east 22 361 150 3,917 95 3,133 17 641 5 259 289 8,311 Bolton South-east 31 506 141 3,680 100 3,326 28 1,029 4 194 304 8,735