HC Deb 16 December 1998 vol 322 cc550-5W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by local education authority how many Key Stage One and Key Stage Two pupils in maintained schools were being educated in the same class in January(a) 1997 and (b) 1998. [63515]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 14 December]: The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of pupils in mixed year group classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January 1998

Schools Amount
Hartlepool 3,218
Middlesbrough 4,337
Redcar and Cleveland 5,388
Stockton-on-Tees 3,828
Darlington 2,146
Durham 15,901
Northumberland 6,741
Gateshead 4,442
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4,753
North Tyneside 2,023
South Tyneside 1,582
Sunderland 3,490
Number of pupils in mixed year group classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January 1998

Schools Amount
Cheshire 32,527
Cumbria 16,125
Bolton 3,948
Bury 3,221
Manchester 6,380
Oldham 4,995
Rochdale 4,934
Salford 3,909
Stockport 5,799
Tameside 4,723
Trafford 3,532
Wigan 3,567
Lancashire 32,263
Knowsley 2,643
Liverpool 4,063
St. Helens 1,066
Sefton 3,995
Wirral 7,091
East Riding of Yorkshire 9,407
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 7,227
North East Lincolnshire 3,603
North Lincolnshire 3,712
York 5,691
North Yorkshire 23,472
Barnsley 6,753
Doncaster 5,729
Rotherham 6,928
Sheffield 8,231
Bradford 10,614
Calderdale 7,685
Kirklees 12,318
Leeds 13,885
Wakefield 6,984
Derby 7,375
Derbyshire 27,527
Leicester city 7,785
Rutland 1,534
Leicestershire 19,379
Lincolnshire 24,491
Northamptonshire 16,926
Nottinghamshire 44,327
Hereford and Worcester 16,829
Shropshire 18,502
Stoke 2,902
Staffordshire 17,319
Warwickshire 10,677
Birmingham 5,917
Coventry 6,589
Dudley 3,129
Sandwell 3,712
Solihull 1,766
Walsall 4,366
Wolverhampton 2,570
Luton 1,783
Bedfordshire 6,811
Cambridgeshire 23,463
Essex 41,080
Hertfordshire 22,708
Norfolk 20,500
Suffolk 16,988
City of London 0
Camden 664
Hackney 1,818
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,210
Haringey 1,709
Number of pupils in mixed year group classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January 1998

Schools Amount
Islington 2,731
Kensington and Chelsea 589
Lambeth 2,388
Lewisham 2,642
Newham 3,716
Southwark 4,778
Tower Hamlets 4,223
Wandsworth 3,056
Westminster 1,015
Barking and Dagenham 1,033
Barnet 2,562
Bexley 2,041
Brent 1,124
Bromley 3,346
Croydon 1,531
Ealing 2,087
Enfield 1,016
Greenwich 3,768
Harrow 632
Havering 3,086
Hillingdon 2,175
Hounslow 964
Kingston-upon-Thames 463
Merton 802
Redbridge 1,173
Richmond-upon-Thames 385
Sutton 1,222
Waltham Forest 1,917
Berkshire 21,018
Milton Keynes 5,209
Buckinghamshire 9,661
Brighton & Hove 2,536
East Sussex 11,244
Portsmouth 1,328
Southampton 1,661
Hampshire 25,923
Isle of Wight 1,768
Kent 33,634
Oxfordshire 26,067
Surrey 9,900
West Sussex 14,948
Bath and NE Somerset 4,143
City of Bristol 8,094
North Somerset 5,512
South Gloucestershire 7,603
Cornwall 17,001
Isles of Scilly 139
Devon 35,446
Bournemouth 555
Poole 610
Dorset 8,782
Gloucestershire 7,603
Somerset 16,805
Swindon 6,318
Wiltshire 19,168
England 1,088,354

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by local education authority how many primary school pupils in maintained schools were educated in classes with children from more than one year group in January(a) 1997 and (b) 1998. [63516]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 14 December 1998]: The information requested is not available for January 1997. Figures for January 1998 are shown in the following table:

Number of pupils in mixed keystage classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January of each year

1997 1998
Hartlepool 185 42
Middlesborough 105 99
Redcar and Cleveland 233 291
Stockton-on-Tees 148 385
Durham1 1,584 3
Darlington 3 260
Durham2 3 1,774
Northumberland 1,781 1,292
Gateshead 157 377
Newcastle upon Tyne 642 602
North Tyneside 367 179
South Tyneside 48 79
Sunderland 331 318
Cheshire 3,001 2,171
Cumbria 3,415 1,905
Bolton 728 95
Bury 593 262
Manchester 370 709
Oldham 395 239
Rochdale 668 701
Salford 156 379
Stockport 364 498
Tameside 187 397
Trafford 107 116
Wigan 172 164
Lancashire 2,843 2,578
Knowsley 239 224
Liverpool 352 440
St. Helens 51 0
Sefton 108 110
Wirral 678 249
East Riding of Yorkshire 832 856
City of Kingston-upon-Hull 222 491
North East Lincolnshire 263 582
North Lincolnshire 165 129
York 258 122
North Yorkshire 3,121 2,419
Barnsley 313 1,034
Doncaster 669 201
Rotherham 564 748
Sheffield 1,234 86
Bradford 1,509 1,075
Calderdale 821 374
Kirklees 2,222 745
Leeds 573 979
Wakefield 856 747
Derbyshire1 5,705 3
Derby 3 124
Derbyshire2 3 1,686
Leicestershire1 3,387 3
Leicester City 3 571
Rutland 3 158
Leicestershire2 3 1,253
Lincolnshire 2,725 2,095
Northamptonshire 1,318 1,451
Nottinghamshire 3,607 2,859
Hereford and Worcester 2,027 1,508
Shropshire 1,212 1,744
Staffordshire1 2,242 3
Stoke 3 146
Staffordshire2 3 2,084
Warwickshire 1,069 1,107
Birmingham 281 211
Coventry 42 714
Dudley 193 53
Number of pupils in mixed keystage classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January of each year

1997 1998
Sandwell 39 543
Solihull 62 0
Walsall 291 376
Wolverhampton 408 32
Bedfordshire1 1,361 3
Luton 3 16
Bedfordshire2 3 822
Cambridgeshire 1,698 1,118
Essex 2,732 3,131
Hertfordshire 3,078 1,651
Norfolk 4,387 4,246
Suffolk 1,650 1,022
City of London 3 3
Camden 30 25
Hackney 167 121
Hammersmith and Fulham 118 62
Haringey 0 24
Islington 601 83
Kensington and Chelsea 160 80
Lambeth 238 172
Lewisham 150 171
Newham 233 432
Southwark 90 82
Tower Hamlets 55 378
Wandsworth 172 202
Westminster 0 66
Barking and Dagenham 271 0
Barnet 519 11
Bexley 137 9
Brent 61 251
Bromley 423 445
Croydon 86 113
Ealing 0 28
Enfield 239 84
Greenwich 268 126
Harrow 142 153
Havering 34 152
Hillingdon 31 198
Hounslow 189 5
Kingston-upon-Thames 279 0
Merton 434 262
Redbridge 389 70
Richmond-upon-Thames 46 39
Sutton 74 78
Waltham Forest 316 317
Berkshire1 1,007 3
Milton Keynes 3 941
Berkshire2 3 1,779
Buckinghamshire 4,157 2,322
East Sussex1 1,289 3
Brighton & Hove 3 160
East Sussex2 3 925
Hampshire1 1,477 3
Portsmouth 3 131
Southampton 3 119
Hampshire2 3 2,190
Isle of Wight 324 390
Kent 4,490 3,130
Oxfordshire 2,096 2,561
Surrey 1,543 654
West Sussex 2,121 2,106
Bath and NE Somerset 575 588
City of Bristol 1,098 420
North Somerset 188 144
South Gloucestershire 736 686
Cornwall 1,830 2,767
Isles of Scilly 10 9
Devon1 1,613 3
Bournemouth 3 0
Poole 3 43
Devon2 3 3,306
Number of pupils in mixed keystage classes.

Maintained primary schools by Local Education Authority area,

England—January of each year

1997 1998
Dorset 1,643 640
Gloucestershire 2,095 2,634
Somerset 1,323 2,264
Wiltshire1 2,139 3
Swindon 3 410
Wiltshire2 3 2,149
England 110,850 95,951
1 Before local government reorganisation
2 After local government reorganisation
3 Not applicable

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