§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to ensure that schools have sufficient accommodation to meet the pressures on class sizes when the cohorts of children currently benefiting from the class size reduction initiative turn eight years old. [116736]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department's guidance to LEAs on drawing up infant class size implementation plans made clear that the criteria for plan approval included the need to ensure no adverse impact upon the size of junior classes.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the impact of the class size reduction initiative on smaller schools where site constraints limit expansion and published admission numbers are reduced as a result. [116737]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department issues regular monitoring questionnaires, to all LEAs, which seek information on the implementation of the infant class size initiative. We have no evidence to suggest that the initiative has had an adverse impact on smaller schools which have reduced their admission numbers in order to comply with the infant class size limit.