§ Dan NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children aged five to seven years in(a) Bath and North-East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire were in classes of more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88217]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information is shown in the following table.
The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no 5, 6 or 7-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.
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Number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire January 1996 1,100 3,361 January 1997 952 3,752
Number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire January 1998 1,211 3,391 January 1999(provisional) 1,019 1,402
§ Dan NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in(a) Bath and North-East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire had more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88218]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information is shown in the table.
The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no 5, 6 or 7-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.
59W
Number of key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire January 1996 34 103 January 1997 29 114 January 1998 37 103 January 1999(provisional) 31 43
§ Dan NorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in(a) South Gloucestershire and (b) Bath and North-East Somerset had 30 or fewer pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88213]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information is shown in the following table.
The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no five, six or seven-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.
Number of key stage 1 classes with 30 or fewer pupils taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire January 1996 146 211 January 1997 161 205 January 1998 166 226 January 1999(provisional) 165 308