HC Deb 14 June 2004 vol 422 cc772-3W
Mr. Lepper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were in classes of 31 or more in infant schools and infant classes in primary schools in Brighton and Hove in each year since 1996–97. [176574]

Margaret Hodge

The available data is shown in the table.

Maintained primary schools1: number of pupils in key stage 1

classes of 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher.

1998–2004 (provisional): position in January each year. Brighton

and Hove Local Education Authority2
Number of pupils in classes of

31 or more
Total pupils in

all classes

 Number of

pupils

 Percentage of pupils3
1998 7,080 3,422 48.3
1999 6,988 2,811 40.2
2000 6,709 2,262 33.7
2001 6,517 408 6.3
2002 6,432 0 0.0
2003 6,353 32 0.5
20044 6,795 31 0.5
1 Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 Brighton and Hove became a unitary authority in April 1997 as a result of local government reorganisation.
3 Percentage of pupils in those classes expressed as a percentage of pupils in all classes taught by one teacher.
4 Provisional.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census.

Final 2004 figures will be published in September.