HC Deb 24 June 2002 vol 387 cc670-1W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the(a) average infant class size was in each year since 1997 and (b) total number of infants in classes in each of these years was. [62855]

Mr. Miliband

The requested information is shown in the table.

Average size of infant classes1,2 in England
Number of

classes

 Number

of pupils

 Average

class size
20023 61,527 1,548,947 25.2
2001 62,480 1,575,160 25.2
2000 62,651 1,614,641 25.8
1999 61,597 1,629,716 26.5
1998 61,142 1,654,287 27.1
1997 61,107 1,646,660 26.9
1One teacher classes
2Position in January each year
3Provisional

Source:

Annual Schools Census