Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many infant classes had over 30 pupils in(a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 in the City of Worcester. [120594]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on key stage one class sizes collected in January for the Parliamentary constituency of Worcester is shown in the following table.
Provisional national estimates of key stage one class sizes for January 2000 were recently published in a Statistical First Release 'Class sizes in maintained schools in England: January 2000 (15/2000)' on 12 April 2000. Class size information broken down by local education authority area is also available from the House of Commons Library.
293WNational figures for Infant class sizes in September 1999 were published in Statistical First Release 'Infant class sizes in England (2/2000)' on 21 January 2000.
Number of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher with more than 30 pupils in maintained primary schools in the Parliamentary constituency of Worcester: 1997–2000 Position as at January Number of key stage 1 classes with more than 30 pupils All classes Percentage 20001 12 112 10.7 1999 13 116 11.2 1998 28 111 25.2 1997 21 112 18.8 1 Provisional