HC Deb 03 April 2003 vol 402 c817W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what average classroom sizes

Maintained primary and secondary schools1: average size of one teacher classes2 Position in January each year.
Jarrow South Tyneside North East England
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
1997 26.4 22.7 27.0 22.7 27.2 22.0 27.5 21.7
1998 26.2 22.0 26.9 22.5 27.3 22.2 27.7 21.7
1999 25.9 22.4 26.2 22.8 26.7 22.3 27.5 21.9
2000 25.4 22.1 25.8 22.7 26.2 22.1 27.1 22.0
2001 25.5 21.7 25.8 22.4 25.8 22.1 26.7 22.0
2002 24.8 21.8 25.2 22.0 25.3 21.8 26.3 21.9
1 Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 Classes as taught during the one selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.

Source:

Annual Schools Census

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