Class Sizes (Hansard, 9 April 2003)

HC Deb 09 April 2003 vol 403 cc289-90W 289W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on average class sizes in secondary schools in Buckinghamshire LEA in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [107780]

§ Mr. Stephen Twigg
Provisional data for 2003 are not yet available. Therefore, information for the two most recent years is shown in the table.
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Maintained secondary schools¹ in Buckinghamshire LEA:
Average size of one teacher classes²

Position in January each year Average class size

2001 21.6

2002 22.1

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

Maintained secondary schools¹ in Buckinghamshire LEA: Average size of one teacher classes²
Position in January each year	Average class size
2001	21.6
2002	22.1
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.