§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, by local authority,(a) the number of pupils in classes of more than 30, (b) the percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more,
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Number and percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more taught by one teacher and pupils on roll in maintained primary and secondary schools by Local Education Authority area in England January 1997 Primary schools Pupils in class Secondary schools Pupils in class Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 England 1,344,231 33 27.5 4,429,043 245,420 9 21.7 3,041,584 North East 68,173 30 27.2 248,434 14,665 9 22.0 177,905 Hartlepool 2,833 30 28.0 10.538 413 7 22.0 6,176 Middlesbrough 3,700 24 26.5 17,267 349 4 22.0 8,608 Redcar and Cleveland 4,576 31 27.4 16,680 549 6 22.2 10,161 Stockton-on-Tees 4,507 24 26.8 20,531 415 3 22.2 12,517 Durham 21,429 41 28.5 57,442 3,398 10 22.5 37,976 Northumberland 8,314 43 27.0 21,839 3,959 15 22.6 30,052 Gateshead 2,112 13 25.8 18,566 662 6 20.4 11,745 Newcastle upon Tyne 6,904 34 27.6 22,220 1,569 10 21.5 17,378 North Tyneside 4,779 31 27.1 17.027 1,419 11 21.9 14,369 South Tyneside 3,996 28 27.0 16,175 758 8 22.7 9,724 Sunderland 5,023 18 26.0 30.149 1,174 7 21.3 19,199 North West and Merseyside 242,764 39 27.9 686,676 42,673 10 21.8 437,763 North West 201,712 41 28.1 539,526 34,935 11 22.0 341,745 Cheshire 33,630 39 27.5 92,808 7,140 12 21.3 65,767 Cumbria 11,984 29 26.3 44,895 3,406 11 21.2 32,372 Bolton 11,422 49 28.9 28,512 2,324 14 22.1 17,798 Bury 7,178 44 28.3 18,095 1,510 14 23.1 11,100 Manchester 10,615 25 27.2 46,356 1,801 9 22.4 22,233 Oldham 10,645 48 29.3 25,111 1,048 7 22.2 16,676 Rochdale 9,004 45 29.6 22,354 1,325 11 22.8 13,168 Salford 7,043 31 27.3 23,828 501 4 22.1 12,078 Stockport 9,446 37 27.8 26,941 947 6 23.1 15,677 Tameside 11,566 53 29.3 23,830 1,195 9 23.0 14,220 Trafford 9,693 50 28.9 21,462 609 5 21.7 13,225 Wigan 11,098 42 28.5 30,276 1,311 7 21.5 19,984 Lancashire 58,388 47 28.8 135,058 11,818 14 22.5 87,447 Merseyside 41,052 31 27.1 147,150 7,738 9 20.9 96,018 Knowsley 5,820 33 27.7 19,788 579 6 22.1 9,670 Liverpool 12,581 27 26.8 49,345 2,936 10 21.1 31,767 St. Helens 6,270 41 27.8 18,027 1,265 11 19.9 11,873 Sefton 9,634 38 27.6 28,115 1,269 7 21.1 19,630 Wirral 6,747 23 26.3 31,875 1,689 8 20.5 23,078 Yorkshire and Humberside 159,744 37 27.9 482,447 27,167 9 21.9 334,065 East Riding of Yorkshire 10,254 40 28.3 27,126 1,148 6 21.0 20,789 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 10,164 39 28.8 28,446 1,345 9 24.3 15,082 North East Lincolnshire 6,228 40 28.1 17,265 1,445 14 23.2 11,185 North Lincolnshire 4,932 36 27.7 14,972 1,281 13 22.5 10,398 York 4,961 35 27.6 14,905 670 8 21.6 9,320 North Yorkshire 15,129 34 26.3 47.927 2,174 6 20.6 37,039 Barnsley 9,082 44 28.9 22,216 726 6 23.2 12,932 Doncaster 10,052 35 28.1 31,343 979 5 21.5 20,734 Rotherham 8,094 34 27.7 25,822 1,276 8 21.6 19,150 Sheffield 11,261 28 26.9 46,380 2,054 8 22.7 27,447 Bradford 13,443 39 28.3 42,327 5,771 14 23.2 46,179 Calderdale 6,185 33 28.0 20.605 884 7 20.9 14,067 Kirklees 15,730 48 29.0 38,649 2,504 11 22.5 25,564 Leeds 22,031 35 28.3 71,508 2,819 7 20.7 44,423 Wakefield 12,198 41 28.2 32,956 2,091 11 22.2 19,756 East Midlands 133,725 39 27.8 377,257 18,359 7 21.6 272,020 Derbyshire 44,864 55 29.3 89,507 6,067 11 22.2 58,890 Leicestershire 22,862 30 26.7 83,027 3,489 6 22.3 61,800 Lincolnshire 14,644 29 26.9 53,619 1,525 4 20.2 39,997 Northamptonshire 13,015 26 27.0 54,701 2,034 5 21.0 45,934 (c) the average class size and (d) the total number of pupils in maintained (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in January 1997. [86975]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information is shown in the following table:
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Number and percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more taught by one teacher and pupils on roll in maintained primary and secondary schools by Local Education Authority area in England January 1997 Primary schools Pupils in class Secondary schools Pupils in class Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 Nottinghamshire 38,340 44 28.7 96,403 5,244 9 21.7 65,399 West Midlands 152,230 33 27.4 511,667 37,160 11 22.0 350,644 Hereford and Worcester 12,527 25 26.0 52,887 6,286 14 22.0 47,636 Shropshire 13,545 38 27.4 38,067 2,778 12 21.9 26,109 Staffordshire 31,492 35 27.5 96,437 9,818 15 22.2 71,712 Warwickshire 17,493 43 28.5 43,662 2,397 9 22.2 30,280 Birmingham 24,848 26 27.7 109,673 7,776 13 21.8 66,867 Coventry 8,641 31 27.6 30,478 1,846 10 22.6 19,738 Dudley 6,904 27 26.5 30,884 671 4 23.1 18,912 Sandwell 12,606 44 28.9 32,962 1,343 7 21.7 19,087 Solihull 8,478 43 27.9 21,581 1,141 8 21.9 14,387 Walsall 7,527 32 26.2 28,743 1,813 10 20.7 20,078 Wolverhampton 8,169 38 26.9 26,293 1,291 9 21.0 15,838 Eastern 121,738 29 26.9 448,359 22,874 7 21.3 348,217 Bedfordshire 12,890 33 27.4 44,748 3,330 8 22.5 46,378 Cambridgeshire 20,831 36 28.2 60,924 3,793 10 22.1 42,018 Essex 38,831 30 27.3 136,385 8,263 9 21.7 97,649 Hertfordshire 27,264 33 27.1 92,397 5,291 8 20.3 70,982 Norfolk 13,402 22 25.9 66,666 919 2 20.2 41,583 Suffolk 8,520 19 25.0 47,239 1,278 3 21.1 49,607 London 117,578 22 27.1 624,655 22,096 7 21.7 375,145 Inner London 15,393 8 26.3 226,370 3,992 4 22.4 117,536 City of London 0 0 26.0 208 4— 4— 4— 4— Camden 698 8 27.1 11,294 188 2 20.3 10,932 Hackney 824 6 26.1 18,141 312 5 22.3 7,347 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,106 14 25.3 9,465 511 10 22.6 6,040 Haringey 851 5 26.9 21,610 290 3 21.6 10,069 Islington 702 5 26.6 16,232 270 4 24.0 7,580 Kensington and Chelsea 219 4 25.3 6,568 161 6 20.2 3,313 Lambeth 1,192 8 25.2 19,193 252 4 21.9 6,589 Lewisham 1,207 7 26.1 21,984 0 0 20.7 10,857 Newham 3,021 13 27.9 28,543 313 2 24.5 15,655 Southwark 1,748 9 26.4 23,182 639 8 24.4 9,157 Tower Hamlets 1,047 6 26.2 22,472 197 2 24.0 13,060 Wandsworth 2,299 15 25.8 17,874 691 9 22.0 9,280 Westminster 479 7 24.2 9,604 168 3 21.5 7,657 Outer London 102,185 30 27.5 398,285 18,104 8 21.4 257,609 Barking and Dagenham 2,022 13 27.0 17,883 840 9 20.8 10,143 Barnet 2,456 11 26.2 25,981 689 4 19.8 19,783 Bexley 9,314 45 28.8 22,223 1,982 14 21.8 15,317 Brent 2,383 13 26.5 22,478 353 3 20.5 13,565 Bromley 13,110 55 28.5 24,292 1,844 11 20.4 18,648 Croydon 7,042 26 28.3 30,432 1,339 9 22.2 15,481 Ealing 5,258 22 27.1 27,213 894 7 22.4 14,182 Enfield 9,965 46 29.1 26,028 1,751 10 20.7 18,959 Greenwich 2,126 12 26.0 21,608 469 4 22.5 13,644 Harrow 3,663 22 27.5 19,971 98 1 22.9 8,304 Havering 5,763 29 27.9 21,001 981 7 21.7 14,703 Hillingdon 5,212 28 27.2 22,440 1,457 10 21.1 15,010 Hounslow 4,907 29 26.8 19,828 1,052 8 21.0 15,286 Kingston-upon-Thames 6,682 66 29.4 11,530 912 12 20.2 8,184 Merton 3,676 29 27.3 16,159 542 8 22.7 7,619 Redbridge 8,074 46 28.4 21,103 1,415 10 21.0 16,842 Richmond-upon-Thames 2,671 25 27.2 12,074 194 3 24.0 7,688 Sutton 5,222 40 28.1 14,630 791 7 20.7 12,416 Waltham Forest 2,639 15 26.6 21,411 501 5 23.6 11,835 South East 205,178 33 27.5 653,419 32,106 8 21.3 454,813 Berkshire 18,680 32 27.5 64,851 3,846 8 20.7 49,652 Buckinghamshire 23,085 38 27.9 66,291 3,453 10 21.3 38,312 East Sussex 23,330 46 28.2 55,821 2,093 6 21.4 36,281 Hampshire 47,671 36 27.9 139,425 5,211 6 22.2 86,211 Isle of Wight 1,639 23 25.9 7,387 853 8 22.3 10,969 Kent 47,339 36 28.0 137,962 4,523 5 20.3 104,812 Oxfordshire 13,090 31 27.2 44,733 3,975 12 22.2 36,531 Surrey 15,007 20 26.2 78,781 4,846 10 21.7 51,703 West Sussex 15,337 27 26.8 58,168 3,306 9 21.6 40,342
Number and percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more taught by one teacher and pupils on roll in maintained primary and secondary schools by Local Education Authority area in England January 1997 Primary schools Pupils in class Secondary schools Pupils in class Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 Pupils in classes of 31 or more (%)1 Average size of class2 Pupils on roll3 South West 143,101 38 27.5 396,129 28,320 10 21.7 291,012 Bath and NE Somerset 3,579 29 27.0 13,111 766 7 20.7 11,483 City of Bristol 9,905 32 27.2 33,642 672 4 21.1 16,518 North Somerset 4,675 33 27.8 14,775 816 8 20.4 11,882 South Gloucestershire 9,563 45 28.5 22,596 1,599 12 21.5 15,216 Cornwall 16,082 40 27.3 41,862 2,756 10 22.0 29,815 Isles of Scilly 33 21 17.3 160 0 0 21.0 108 Devon 31,181 38 27.4 84,938 6,039 11 21.4 62,047 Dorset 22,462 50 28.2 48,479 4,544 11 21.8 43,583 Gloucestershire 15,280 34 27.4 46,248 3,677 11 21.5 34,961 Somerset 14,096 38 27.6 38,509 3,840 14 23.2 28,854 Wiltshire 16,245 32 27.2 51,809 3,611 11 21.7 36,545 1 Pupils in classes of size 31 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in classes taught by one teacher 2 All classes taught by one teacher 3 Includes pupils in classes taught by more than one teacher and pupils not in class 4 Not applicable (no schools of this type)