HC Deb 07 October 2003 vol 411 c165W
Mr. Ruffley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size is in Suffolk schools for(a) 5, (b) 6, (c) 7, (d) 8, (e) 9, (f) 10 and (g) 11-year-olds in each year since 1997. [131836]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

Average class size by national curriculum year group (first collected in 1998) is shown in the table.

Maintained primary schools': average class size taught by one teacher by year group2 Position in January each year—Suffolk Local Education Authority
National curriculum year group
1 2 3 4 5 6
1998 26.1 26.5 27.3 27.1 26.2 25.7
1999 26.6 26.1 26.5 26.9 26.6 27.4
2000 26.0 26.4 27.0 27.0 26.5 26.2
2001 25.4 25.8 26.6 26.8 27.3 26.0
2002 24.9 25.4 26.5 26.7 27.4 26.7
2003 25.8 25.4 26.7 26.8 26.3 26.1
1Includes middle deemed primary schools.
2Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.