§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what was the average size of single teacher classes in primary schools in January 1999(a) in each local education authority and (b) in total; and what were the corresponding figures in January 1998; [80681]
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Average class size of single teacher classes in maintained primary and secondary schools Local Education Authority areas, January 1998 and 1999 Primary Secondary 1998 19991 19981 19991 England 27.2 27.5 21.7 21.8 North East 27.3 26.7 22.2 22.3 Hartlepool 28.0 27.1 22.9 22.9 Middlesbrough 27.2 26.9 21.5 22.4 Redcar and Cleveland 27.1 26.6 22.5 22.5 Stockton-on-Tees 27.4 26.7 22.1 22.8 Darlington 29.3 27.2 23.0 22.6 Durham 28.1 29.9 22.3 22.9 Northumberland 27.3 26.4 23.0 23.0 Gateshead 26.0 26.2 21.6 21.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 27.6 26.7 21.8 21.7 North Tyneside 27.5 27.1 21.8 22.2 South Tyneside 26.9 26.2 22.5 22.8 Sunderland 25.9 25.7 21.5 21.7 North West and Merseyside 28.0 27.6 21.8 21.8 North West 28.2 27.8 22.1 22.1 Cheshire2 27.2 — 21.4 — Cheshire3 — 27.4 — 21.3 Halton — 26.3 — 20.4 Warrington — 27.9 — 21.8 Cumbria 26.2 25.8 21.1 20.9 Bolton 29.0 29.0 22.0 21.7 Bury 29.2 27.4 23.5 23.6 Manchester 27.7 27.6 22.4 22.7 Oldham 29.6 29.0 22.2 22.2 Rochdale 29.5 29.1 22.7 22.4 Salford 27.3 27.3 22.3 22.1 Stockport 28.3 28.0 23.9 23.7 Tameside 29.5 28.3 23.2 23.3 Trafford 28.7 28.4 21.1 21.1 Wigan 28.2 27.3 21.8 21.7 Lancashire2 28.9 — 22.5 — Lancashire3 — 28.2 — 22.4 Blackburn and Darwen — 29.0 — 22.2 Blackpool — 30.0 — 24.1 Merseyside 27.2 27.0 20.9 21.0 Knowsley 28.1 27.7 22.6 21.7 Liverpool 27.0 26.6 20.9 21.4 St. Helens 27.6 27.6 20.1 20.0 Sefton 27.9 27.8 21.1 21.4 Wirral 26.4 26.2 20.7 20.6 Yorkshire and Humber 28.2 27.7 22.1 22.2 East Riding of Yorkshire 28.7 28.3 21.6 22.1 City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 29.4 28.8 24.7 24.7 North East Lincolnshire 29.3 28.5 23.5 23.6 North Lincolnshire 28.6 26.5 23.3 23.0 York 27.8 26.9 21.2 21.1 North Yorkshire 26.8 26.6 21.0 21.2 Barnsley 29.1 28.6 23.4 23.8 Doncaster 28.2 28.1 21.5 21.6 Rotherham 27.9 27.2 21.9 22.0 Sheffield 26.9 26.5 23.0 22.8 Bradford 28.7 27.8 23.2 23.1 Calderdale 28.0 27.5 21.1 20.4 Kirklees 29.3 28.5 22.3 22.8 Leeds 28.2 27.9 20.7 20.7 Wakefield 28.7 28.3 22.5 23.1 (2) what was the average size of single teacher classes in secondary schools in January 1999 (a) in each local education authority and (b) in total; and what were the corresponding figures in January 1998. [80682]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table.
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Average class size of single teacher classes in maintained primary and secondary schools Local Education Authority areas, January 1998 and 1999 Primary Secondary 1998 19991 1998 19991 East Midlands 28.0 27.6 21.7 21.8 Derby 29.8 28.1 21.8 21.9 Derbyshire 29.4 28.2 22.2 22.4 Leicester City 27.4 26.6 23.1 22.7 Rutland 25.6 25.8 23.8 23.3 Leicestershire 26.9 26.7 22.3 22.4 Lincolnshire 27.0 27.3 20.3 20.6 Nottinghamshire 27.3 27.3 21.4 21.5 Nottinghamshire2 28.8 — 21.7 — Nottinghamshire3 — 28.4 — 21.8 City of Nottingham — 27.6 — 21.8 West Midlands 27.4 27.0 22.0 21.9 Hereford and Worcester 26.7 — 22.1 — Herefordshire — 25.4 — 25.1 Worcestershire — 27.0 — 22.3 Shropshire2 27.3 — 22.0 — Shropshire3 — 26.9 — 21.6 Telford and Wrekin — 28.1 — 21.9 Stoke 27.1 26.9 22.9 23.2 Staffordshire 27.1 26.7 22.3 22.3 Warwickshire 28.5 27.6 21.9 21.6 Birmingham 27.6 27.4 21.6 21.5 Coventry 27.8 26.6 22.1 22.2 Dudley 26.7 26.6 22.8 22.5 Sandwell 28.5 27.5 21.6 21.4 Solihull 28.3 27.3 22.8 22.9 Walsall 26.6 26.1 21.4 21.2 Wolverhampton 27.1 27.3 20.9 21.1 Eastern 27.1 27.0 21.2 21.4 Luton 27.8 27.7 23.7 23.4 Bedfordshire 26.9 26.7 22.4 22.3 Cambridgeshire2 28.5 — 22.0 — Cambridgeshire3 — 28.7 — 22.8 City of Peterborough — 28.3 — 20.8 Essex2 27.6 — 21.7 — Essex3 — 27.7 — 21.6 Southend — 28.4 — 20.9 Thurrock — 27.5 — 23.7 Hertfordshire 27.2 27.1 20.2 20.6 Norfolk 26.4 25.9 20.2 20.5 Suffolk 25.0 24.9 20.8 20.9 London 27.2 27.3 21.7 21.8 Inner London 26.5 26.7 22.3 22.5 City of London 24.8 24.7 0 0.0 Camden 27.0 26.8 19.5 20.2 Hackney 25.7 26.4 23.6 23.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 25.9 26.1 22.8 22.4 Haringey 27.3 27.3 21.6 21.0 Islington 27.1 26.9 23.9 23.6 Kensington and Chelsea 25.5 25.8 21.0 21.5 Lambeth 25.9 26.0 22.4 22.3 Lewisham 26.1 26.4 20.6 21.6 Newham 28.3 28.3 24.5 24.4 Southwark 26.6 26.8 22.4 23.2 Tower Hamlets 26.6 26.7 24.0 24.1 Wandsworth 25.6 26.0 22.4 23.2 Westminster 24.5 25.4 21.6 22.3 Outer London 27.6 27.5 21.4 21.5 Barking and Degenham 27.0 27.2 21.9 21.9 Barnet 26.7 26.9 20.5 20.2 Baxley 29.1 28.3 21.9 21.4 Brent 26.5 27.1 20.2 20.0 Bromely 28.6 27.8 20.6 21.1
Average class size of single teacher classes in maintained primary and secondary schools Local Education Authority areas, January 1998 and 1999 Primary Secondary 1998 19991 1998 19991 Croydon 28.2 28.0 22.0 22.6 Ealing 27.3 27.1 22.2 22.4 Enfield 29.0 28.9 20.6 20.9 Greenwich 25.8 26.2 21.6 21.8 Harrow 27.5 27.3 23.5 23.4 Havering 28.0 28.2 21.7 22.7 Hillingdon 27.3 26.7 20.3 20.7 Hounslow 26.9 27.0 21.6 21.6 Kingston-upon-Thames 29.0 29.3 21.0 21.0 Merton 27.8 27.2 22.9 22.4 Redbridge 28.6 28.5 20.9 20.9 Richmond-upon-Thames 27.0 27.3 24.1 23.4 Sutton 27.8 27.9 20.7 21.2 Waltham Forest 26.8 27.0 22.9 23.5 South East 27.8 27.7 21.4 21.7 Berkshire 27.6 — 20.4 — Bracknell Forest — 27.8 — 20.7 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead — 26.6 — 21.3 West Berkshire — 26.1 — 20.2 Reading — 27.1 — 20.1 Slough — 27.9 — 21.0 Wokingham — 28.0 — 20.9 Milton Keynes 27.7 27.5 22.2 22.6 Buckinghamshire 28.1 27.9 21.0 21.6 Brighton and Hove 28.6 28.5 22.3 22.0 East Sussex 28.3 28.7 21.4 22.0 Portsmouth 27.9 28.2 22.8 23.2 Southampton 27.9 27.6 22.0 22.6 Hampshire 28.3 28.2 22.4 22.7 Isle of Wight 26.5 25.6 22.4 22.4 Kent2 28.2 — 20.4 — Kent3 — 28.1 — 20.8 Medway — 28.1 — 21.0 Oxfordshire 27.5 27.1 22.0 22.1 Surrey 26.7 26.9 21.6 22.2 West Sussex 27.0 27.2 21.6 21.4 South West 27.9 27.7 22.0 22.0 Bath and North East Somerset 26.8 27.4 20.8 21.0 City of Bristol 27.8 27.7 21.3 21.8 North Somerset 28.4 28.5 21.7 21.9 South Gloucestershire 28.7 28.0 21.7 21.5 Cornwall 27.6 27.9 22.4 22.3 Isles of Scilly 17.6 17.3 14.0 20.0 Devon2 28.0 — 21.7 — Devon3 — 26.7 — 21.9 City of Plymouth — 27.6 — 21.9 Torbay — 28.6 — 21.2 Bournemouth 29.7 29.3 22.5 22.1 Poole 28.7 29.4 20.5 20.5 Dorset 27.5 27.0 22.5 22.0 Gloucestershire 27.5 27.5 21.7 21.2 Somerset 27.8 27.9 23.9 23.9 Swindon 29.4 28.9 23.6 23.6 Wiltshire 27.2 27.3 21.3 22.0 1Provisional 2Before Local Government re-organisation of April 1998 3After Local Government re-organisation of April 1998
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average size of single teacher reception classes in primary schools in January 1999(a) in each local education authority and 350W (b) in total; and what were the corresponding figures in January 1998. [80683]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table.
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Size of reception classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area in England, January 1998 and 1999 1998 1999(provisional) Pupils Classes Average class size Pupils Classes Average class size England 484,530 18,763 25.8 485,925 19,096 25.4 North East 29,623 1,151 25.7 28,202 1,126 25.0 Hartlepool 868 35 24.8 938 39 24.1 Middlesbrough 2,015 79 25.5 1,952 74 26.4 Redcar and Cleveland 1,738 69 25.2 1,784 68 26.2 Stockton-on-Tees 2,522 94 26.8 1,918 78 24.6 Darlington 1,070 39 27.4 1,231 43 28.6 Durham 5,185 203 25.5 5,467 218 25.1 Northumberland 2,971 113 26.3 2,624 107 24.5 Gateshead 2,457 98 25.1 2,298 94 24.4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3,042 112 27.2 2,615 105 24.9 North Tyneside 2,315 90 25.7 2,138 84 25.5 South Tyneside 1,787 67 26.7 1,792 71 25.2 Sunderland 3,653 152 24.0 3,445 145 23.8 North West and Merseyside 78,305 2,933 26.7 75,598 2,934 25.8 North West 60,892 2,259 27.0 59,136 2,279 25.9 Cheshire1 9,814 385 25.5 — — — Cheshire2 — — — 6,073 236 25.7 Halton — — — 1,461 60 24.4 Warrington — — — 2,346 91 25.8 Cumbria 4,153 162 25.6 4,288 174 24.6 Bolton 2,697 101 26.7 2,868 105 27.3 Bury 1,863 66 28.2 1,770 74 23.9 Manchester 5,668 217 26.1 5,791 223 26.0 Oldham 3,107 107 29.0 2,751 101 27.2 Rochdale 2,197 80 27.5 2,184 82 26.6 Salford 2,855 110 26.0 2,755 110 25.0 Stockport 3,413 127 26.9 3,312 130 25.5 Tameside 2,891 102 28.3 2,621 96 27.3 Trafford 2,745 100 27.5 2,583 99 26.1 Wigan 4,014 145 27.7 3,497 148 23.6 Lancashire1 15,475 557 27.8 — — — Lancashire2 — — — 11,369 428 26.6 Blackburn and Darwen — — — 1,845 66 28.0 Blackpool — — — 1,622 56 29.0 Merseyside 17,413 674 25.8 16,462 655 25.1 Knowsley 2,240 86 26.0 2,102 80 26.3 Liverpool 5,971 231 25.8 5,465 220 24.8 St. Helens 2,188 85 25.7 2,216 84 26.4 Sefton 3,379 130 26.0 3,495 137 25.5 Wirral 3,635 142 25.6 3,184 134 23.8 Yorkshire and Humber 46,691 1,805 25.9 45,794 1,814 25.2 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,641 97 27.2 2,523 91 27.7 City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 2,745 103 26.7 2,366 93 25.4 North East Lincolnshire 1,611 58 27.8 1,534 62 24.7 North Lincolnshire 1,441 51 28.3 1,366 60 22.8 York 1,194 52 23.0 1,497 62 24.1 North Yorkshire 3,905 154 25.4 3,722 148 25.1 Barnsley 2,110 87 24.3 1,741 75 23.2 Doncaster 3,266 120 27.2 3,311 123 26.9 Rotherham 1,915 90 21.3 2,168 99 21.9 Sheffield 3,640 160 22.8 3,765 172 21.9 Bradford 5,857 206 28.4 5,990 222 27.0 Calderdale 2,084 80 26.1 2,149 82 26.2 Kirklees 3,826 142 26.9 3,437 130 26.4 Leeds 8,216 306 26.8 7,870 294 26.8 Wakefield 2,240 99 22.6 2,355 101 23.3 East Midlands 29,491 1,190 24.8 29,964 1,244 24.1 Derby 1,789 71 25.2 1,935 85 22.8 Derbyshire 4,071 164 24.8 4,689 197 23.8 Leicester City 2,543 94 27.1 2,221 88 25.2 Rutland 145 7 20.7 150 6 25.0 Leicestershire 5,302 220 24.1 5,073 213 23.8 Lincolnshire 5,183 203 25.5 5,219 211 24.7 Northamptonshire 6,698 258 26.0 6,243 243 25.7
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Size of reception classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area in England, January 1998 and 1999 1998 1999(provisional) Pupils Classes Average class size Pupils Classes Average class size Nottinghamshire1 3,760 173 21.7 — — — Nottinghamshire2 — — — 3,352 151 22.2 City of Nottingham — — — 1,082 50 21.6 West Midlands 64,119 2,462 26.0 63,050 2,490 25.3 Hereford and Worcester 6,747 270 25.0 — — — Herefordshire — — — 1,405 58 24.2 Worcestershire — — — 5,633 222 25.4 Shropshire1 2,692 120 22.4 — — — Shropshire2 — — — 1,358 64 21.2 Telford and Wrekin — — — 1,371 60 22.9 Stoke 3,165 121 26.2 3,029 121 25.0 Staffordshire 10,425 418 24.9 10,323 437 23.6 Warwickshire 5,352 201 26.6 5,147 204 25.2 Birmingham 14,676 550 26.7 14,924 551 27.1 Coventry 3,921 150 26.1 4,085 167 24.5 Dudley 3,453 128 27.0 3,462 130 26.6 Sandwell 4,581 164 27.9 3,395 132 25.7 Solihull 2,887 99 29.2 2,709 107 25.3 Walsall 3,393 137 24.8 3,275 130 25.2 Wolverhampton 2,827 104 27.2 2,934 107 27.4 Eastern 44,328 1,808 24.5 46,996 1,916 24.5 Luton 1,291 46 28.1 1,593 48 33.2 Bedfordshire 3,269 121 27.0 2,848 111 25.7 Cambridgeshire1 6,805 255 26.7 — — — Cambridgeshire2 — — — 5,166 194 26.6 City of Peterborough — — — 1,868 72 25.9 Essex1 15,389 630 24.4 — — — Essex2 — — — 13,203 540 24.5 Southend — — — 1,935 75 25.8 Thurrock — — — 1,601 67 23.9 Hertfordshire 7,934 343 23.1 8,666 379 22.9 Norfolk 5,832 234 24.9 6,038 241 25.1 Suffolk 3,808 179 21.3 4,078 189 21.6 Greater London 67,971 2,613 26.0 72,661 2,750 26.4 Inner London 23,641 940 25.2 26,285 1,014 25.9 City of London 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Camden 1,168 43 27.2 1,283 48 26.7 Hackney 1,904 76 25.1 1,865 72 25.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 910 39 23.3 936 41 22.8 Haringey 2,449 87 28.1 2,463 90 27.4 Islington 1,726 64 27.0 1,782 69 25.8 Kensington and Chelsea 527 24 22.0 648 28 23.1 Lambeth 2,370 90 26.3 2,408 91 26.5 Lewisham 1,554 73 21.3 2,620 104 25.2 Newham 3,138 124 25.3 4,241 155 27.4 Southwark 2,943 115 25.6 3,017 119 25.4 Tower Hamlets 1,731 69 25.1 1,716 63 27.2 Wandsworth 2,313 91 25.4 2,320 91 25.5 Westminster 908 45 20.2 986 43 22.9 Outer London 44,330 1,673 26.5 46,376 1,736 26.7 Barking and Dagenham 2,285 85 26.9 2,275 82 27.7 Barnet 2,602 98 26.6 3,147 118 26.7 Bexley 2,803 100 28.0 2,915 109 26.7 Brent 2,722 101 27.0 2,941 105 28.0 Bromley 3,405 121 28.1 3,304 118 28.0 Croydon 4,178 150 27.9 4,078 147 27.7 Ealing 3,599 131 27.5 3,937 146 27.0 Enfield 3,133 108 29.0 3,214 111 29.0 Greenwich 1,767 85 20.8 1,797 83 21.7 Harrow 2,326 85 27.4 2,236 81 27.6 Havering 2,820 104 27.1 2,895 107 27.1 Hillingdon 1,390 61 22.8 1,076 52 20.7 Hounslow 2,363 87 27.2 2,640 92 28.7 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,257 46 27.3 1,386 47 29.5 Merton 1,424 58 24.6 1,397 59 23.7 Redbridge 2,102 85 24.7 2,446 93 26.3
Size of reception classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools by local education authority area in England, January 1998 and 1999 1998 1999(provisional) Pupils Classes Average class size Pupils Classes Average class size Richmond-upon-Thames 1,412 49 28.8 1,365 48 28.4 Sutton 782 32 24.4 975 38 25.7 Waltham Forest 1,960 87 22.5 2,352 100 23.5 South East 75,423 2,926 25.8 76,059 2,951 25.8 Berkshire 4,266 180 23.7 — — — Bracknell Forest — — — 642 27 23.8 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead — — — 439 22 20.02 West Berkshire — — — 813 41 19.8 Reading — — — 529 24 22.0 Slough — — — 1,031 39 26.4 Wokingham — — — 838 37 22.6 Milton Keynes 2,439 90 27.1 2,110 84 25.1 Buckinghamshire 5,196 206 25.2 5,009 198 25.3 Brighton and Hove 2,277 81 28.1 2,547 92 27.7 East Sussex 4,353 171 25.5 4,832 185 26.1 Portsmouth 2,252 85 26.5 2,390 90 26.6 Southampton 2,844 109 26.1 2,232 87 25.7 Hampshire 13,999 516 27.1 13,616 499 27.3 Isle of Wight 1,373 57 24.1 1,308 57 22.9 Kent1 15,979 604 26.5 — — — Kent2 — — — 12,946 493 26.3 Medway — — — 3,045 113 26.9 Oxfordshire 2,829 120 23.6 2,820 127 22.2 Surrey 9,792 384 25.5 10,925 413 26.5 West Sussex 7,824 323 24.2 7,987 323 24.7 South West 48,579 1,875 25.9 47,601 1,871 25.4 Bath and North East Somerset 1,447 55 26.3 1,507 58 26.0 City of Bristol 4,004 149 26.9 4,105 152 27.0 North Somerset 1,795 69 26.0 1,758 68 25.9 South Gloucestershire 2,764 101 27.4 2,794 106 26.4 Cornwall 4,642 190 24.4 4,197 170 24.7 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Devon1 11,034 423 26.1 — — — Devon2 — — — 6,542 279 23.4 City of Plymouth — — — 3,122 123 25.4 Torbay — — — 1,247 48 26.0 Bournemouth 1,389 51 27.2 1,252 44 28.5 Poole 1,671 57 29.3 1,266 43 29.4 Dorset 2,912 123 23.7 3,033 130 23.3 Gloucestershire 5,489 213 25.8 5,821 222 26.2 Somerset 5,144 197 26.1 5,499 215 25.6 Swindon 2,094 77 27.2 2,356 87 27.1 Wiltshire 4,194 170 24.7 3,102 126 24.6 1Before Local Government re-organisation of April 1998. 2After Local Government re-organisation of April 1998.