§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes at KS1 in each LEA had more than 30 pupils in(a) January 1996 and (b)January 1997. [33836]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 10 March 1998]: The available information on number of classes at key stage 1 284W of more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools is shown in the table.
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Number of classes at key stage 1 of more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area January 1996 1997 England 13,502 14,584 North East 643 725 Cleveland 92 1— Hartlepool 1— 32 Middlesbrough 1— 27 Redcar and Cleveland 1— 33 Stockton-on-Tees 1— 31 Durham 181 229 Northumberland 121 112 Gateshead 22 19 Newcastle upon Tyne 79 90 North Tyneside 69 67 South Tyneside 40 40 Sunderland 39 45 North West and Merseyside 2,580 2,761 North West 2,119 2,277 Cheshire 308 329 Cumbria 138 117 Bolton 143 142 Bury 88 88 Manchester 93 105 Oldham 105 120 Rochdale 93 104 Salford 89 96 Stockport 95 129 Tameside 131 132 Trafford 95 106 Wigan 131 140 Lancashire 610 669 Merseyside 461 484 Knowsley 49 69 Liverpool 139 160 St. Helens 64 73 Sefton 137 115 Wirral 72 67 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,455 1,699 Humberside 272 1— East Riding of Yorkshire 1— 95 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 1— 107 North East Lincolnshire 1— 71 North Lincolnshire 1— 53 North Yorkshire pre April 1996 142 1— York 1— 33 North Yorkshire post April 1996 1— 148 Barnsley 70 98 Doncaster 108 118 Rotherham 45 77 Sheffield 97 92 Bradford 165 202 Calderdale 76 74 Kirklees 134 164 Leeds 264 240 Wakefield 82 127 East Midlands 1,019 1,154 Derbyshire 363 408 Leicestershire 184 215 Lincolnshire 126 126 Northamptonshire 149 160 Nottinghamshire 197 245
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Number of classes at key stage 1 of more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area January 1996 1997 West Midlands 1,778 1,763 Hereford and Worcester 137 137 Shropshire 111 109 Staffordshire 374 338 Warwickshire 214 203 Birmingham 329 342 Coventry 109 100 Dudley 88 95 Sandwell 130 134 Solihull 117 115 Walsall 73 77 Wolverhampton 96 113 Eastern 1,130 1,273 Bedfordshire 174 156 Cambridgeshire 164 223 Essex 311 332 Hertfordshire 261 352 Norfolk 127 110 Suffolk 93 100 London 1,472 1,555 Inner London 189 218 City of London 0 0 Camden 4 7 Hackney 13 17 Hammersmith and Fulham 10 17 Haringey 18 17 Islington 14 10 Kensington and Chelsea 2 3 Lambeth 12 15 Lewisham 18 15 Newham 23 40 Southwark 22 25 Tower Hamlets 11 15 Wandsworth 35 31 Westminster 7 6 Outer London 1,283 1,337 Barking and Dagenham 23 28 Barnet 23 39 Bexley 123 126 Brent 24 23 Bromley 159 187 Croydon 109 116 Ealing 78 83 Enfield 113 135 Greenwich 15 25 Harrow 60 44 Havering 76 77 Hillingdon 43 49 Hounslow 72 63 Kingston-upon-Thames 100 88 Merton 58 53 Redbridge 99 70 Richmond-upon-Thames 44 51 Sutton 32 51 Waltham Forest 32 29 South East 2,077 2,260 Berkshire 151 151 Buckinghamshire 220 228 East Sussex 277 315 Hampshire 532 586 Isle of Wight 28 23 Kent 461 524 Oxfordshire 72 87 Surrey 213 230 West Sussex 123 116
Number of classes at key stage 1 of more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area January 1996 1997 South West 1,348 1,394 Avon 312 1— Bath and NE Somerset 1— 29 City of Bristol 1— 115 North Somerset 1— 51 South Gloucestershire 1— 114 Cornwall 135 144 Isle of Scilly 0 0 Devon 233 241 Dorset 253 284 Gloucestershire 157 153 Somerset 132 152 Wiltshire 126 111 1 Not applicable.