HC Deb 17 June 1998 vol 314 cc227-8W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on class sizes in Wales. [45887]

Mr. Hain:

At January 1997, the average size of registered classes in primary schools was 25.9 pupils, the same as in 1996. Results from the January 1998 Schools Census are not yet available. No information is collected centrally about class sizes in secondary schools, however in 1997 the pupil-teacher ratio in secondary schools was 16.2, compared with 16.0 in 1996.