§ Mr. Don FosterTo 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:
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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 552W
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 FosterTo 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]
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§ 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:
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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 555W
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