HC Deb 31 March 2004 vol 419 cc1526-31W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools was in each year since 1997 in (i) Greater London and (ii) each Greater London borough. [163728]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The information requested is shown in the table.

Information on class sizes will be updated with provisional 2004 data at the end of April.

Maintained primary and secondary schools: average class size 12001–03
Position in January each year
2001 2002 2003
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
London 27.0 22.1 26.9 22.1 26.9 21.9
Inner London 26.8 22.4 26.6 22.5 26.6 22.6
City of London 27.6 0.0 n/a 9.9 24.5 0.0
Camden 27.2 20.1 26.9 19.8 26.6 20.0
Hackney 26.2 23.7 26.5 23.4 26.8 22.7
Hammersmith and Fulham 25.9 22.9 25.3 22.5 25.6 22.6
Haringey 27.8 22.1 27.7 22.3 27.7 22.0
Islington 26.6 23.3 26.6 23.3 26.3 23.8
Kensington and Chelsea 26.3 21.2 26.1 21.2 26.0 21.4
Lambeth 26.1 21.7 26.3 20.9 26.1 21.8
Lewisham 26.8 21.6 26.8 21.9 26.6 22.2
Newham 28.3 23.8 28.0 24.0 27.9 23.8
Southwark 26.7 23.7 26.1 23.9 26.0 24.0
Tower Hamlets 26.6 22.9 26.3 23.5 26.8 23.7
Wandsworth 26.0 21.8 25.7 23.0 26.0 22.2
Westminster 25.5 22.0 24.5 21.9 25.5 21.3
Outer London 27.1 21.9 27.0 21.9 27.0 21.7
Barking and Dagenham 26.6 21.5 26.4 21.9 26.3 21.7
Barnet 27.0 20.4 27.1 20.7 27.1 20.0
Bexley 28.0 22.9 27.6 22.5 27.7 22.7
Brent 27.3 22.2 27.1 21.5 27.6 21.3
Bromley 27.4 21.6 27.7 21.3 27.3 21.5
Croydon 27.6 23.0 27.4 23.3 27.1 22.7
Ealing 26.8 22.3 26.6 22.8 26.5 21.9
Enfield 28.4 21.0 28.2 21.5 28.0 21.1
Greenwich 25.7 21.9 25.6 22.4 26.0 22.1
Harrow 26.9 24.1 26.8 23.7 26.4 22.9
Havering 27.3 22.3 27.1 21.8 27.1 21.7
Hillingdon 26.7 21.2 26.8 21.2 26.7 21.0
Hounslow 26.3 21.6 26.9 21.1 26.7 21.3
Kingston-upon-Thames 28.1 20.9 28.1 21.8 28.0 21.8
Merton 26.2 23.7 25.4 22.7 25.4 23.5
Redbridge 28.2 21.6 28.3 20.6 28.0 21.0
Richmond-upon-Thames 26.7 24.6 26.5 23.9 26.5 24.1
Sutton 27.1 21.3 27.2 22.1 27.7 21.0
Waltham Forest 26.8 22.2 26.4 22.6 26.6 22.7
1One teacher classes
n/a = not available

Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers there were per pupil of the relevant age group in Greater London, broken

Maintained primary and secondary schools1 pupil: teacher ratios2—Greater London 1997 to 2000 position in January each year
1997 1998 1999 2000
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
London 21.9 15.9 22.2 16.0 22.3 16.1 22.3 16.5
Inner London 20.8 15.3 21.2 15.5 21.3 15.8 21.5 15.9
City of London 13.9 0.0 14.3 0.0 14.1 0.0 14.3 0.0
Camden 20.0 14.3 20.2 14.6 20.5 15.2 21.0 15.6
Hackney 19.5 14.9 19.6 14.5 19.7 15.7 20.1 15.5
Hammersmith and Fulham 20.5 17.4 21.0 17.5 21.4 17.5 21.1 18.1
Haringey 21.1 14.6 21.8 14.7 21.5 15.4 22.5 15.5
Islington 21.1 15.7 22.3 16.0 21.6 16.0 21.4 15.9
Kensington and Chelsea 17.7 12.9 18.4 13.4 19.1 14.3 19.4 14.0
Lambeth 19.8 15.0 20.4 14.7 20.5 15.5 20.4 15.2
Lewisham 20.6 15.2 20.7 15.6 20.9 15.7 21.5 15.6
Newham 24.3 16.3 24.4 16.3 25.4 16.4 24.7 16.6
Southwark 21.8 15.8 22.0 15.9 22.0 15.8 22.5 16.2
Tower Hamlets 20.7 15.9 20.8 15.8 20.7 16.0 21.0 16.3
Wandsworth 20.5 15.5 21.2 15.7 21.1 16.1 21.1 16.1
Westminster 18.6 14.9 19.0 15.2 18.6 15.0 18.9 15.1
Outer London 22.5 16.1 22.8 16.2 22.9 16.3 22.8 16.7
Barking and Dagenham 22.7 15.7 23.1 15.8 23.2 16.0 22.9 16.3
Barnet 21.3 14.8 21.4 15.2 21.5 15.3 21.3 15.4
Bexley 24.8 17.4 25.3 17.4 24.5 17.2 24.6 17.6

down by local education authority, in each year since 1997. [163731]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested is given in the table.

Maintained primary and secondary schools1pupil:teacher ratios2—Greater London 1997 to 2000 position in January each year
1997 1998 1999 2000
Primary Secondary Primary secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
London 21.9 15.9 22.2 16.0 22.3 16.1 22.3 16.5
Inner London 20.8 15.3 21.2 15.5 21.3 15.8 21.5 15.9
Brent 21.9 15.2 21.5 15.0 21.9 15.0 22.0 15.8
Bromley 24.4 16.3 24.8 16.4 24.3 16.6 24.2 17.2
Croydon 23.0 16.2 23.3 16.4 23.5 16.4 23.2 16.9
Ealing 22.5 16.4 22.8 16.9 22.9 16.7 22.8 17.1
Enfield 23.2 15.9 22.8 15.8 23.2 15.9 22.7 16.3
Greenwich 21.1 16.0 21.4 16.3 21.9 16.3 21.4 16.6
Harrow 20.7 15.5 21.5 15.9 21.6 15.9 22.3 16.8
Havering 23.8 16.3 24.2 16.4 24.4 16.6 24.2 16.6
Hillingdon 22.6 16.2 23.4 15.8 23.2 16.3 23.1 16.4
Hounslow 21.5 15.8 21.8 16.2 22.0 16.5 21.9 17.2
Kingston upon Thames 23.9 16.6 24.1 16.4 24.3 16.7 24.1 17.1
Merton 21.7 17.2 22.0 17.0 22.6 17.6 22.1 17.8
Redbridge 22.9 16.5 23.0 16.7 23.0 16.7 23.3 16.8
Richmond upon Thames 21.7 17.0 22.2 16.6 22.4 16.2 22.5 17.9
Sutton 23.9 16.8 23.8 17.0 23.5 17.0 23.1 17.6
Waltham Forest 21.7 15.6 22.4 15.6 22.8 15.7 22.5 16.0
1Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 The within school pupil:teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total full time equivalent number of pupils on roll in schools by the total full time equivalent number of teachers with qualified teacher status regularly employed in schools.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

Maintained primary and secondary schools1pupil:teacher ratios2—Greater London 2001 to 2003, position in January each year
2001 2002 2003
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
London 22.5 16.6 22.4 16.6 23.3 16.9
Inner London 21.9 15.9 21.6 16.0 22.6 16.2
City of London 14.7 0.0 0.0 16.7 0.0
Camden 20.9 15.3 20.3 16.0 21.4 14.8
Hackney 21.8 17.1 21.3 16.9 23.5 16.3
Hammersmith and Fulham 21.1 17.5 21.8 17.0 23.2 18.0
Haringey 22.8 15.8 22.7 15.6 23.8 15.3
Islington 22.2 15.9 21.2 16.1 22.7 16.2
Kensington and Chelsea 20.6 15.2 18.9 14.9 20.8 16.9
Lambeth 20.8 15.4 20.7 15.8 21.4 16.2
Lewisham 21.3 15.8 21.3 15.9 20.6 15.4
Newham 24.5 15.8 23.8 16.5 24.9 16.7
Southwark 22.5 16.4 22.0 15.9 22.8 17.1
Tower Hamlets 21.7 16.1 21.7 16.1 22.9 16.2
Wandsworth 21.0 15.8 20.3 16.3 21.4 16.4
Westminster 20.5 15.0 21.4 15.1 22.1 15.6
Outer London 22.9 16.9 22.9 16.8 23.7 17.2
Barking and Dagenham 23.6 16.8 23.6 16.6 24.1 17.4
Barnet 22.2 15.9 22.2 15.7 22.7 15.4
Bexley 24.5 17.8 23.8 17.9 25.1 18.7
Brent 22.3 16.0 21.9 15.7 23.6 16.3
Bromley 23.6 17.1 23.4 17.3 23.7 17.6
Croydon 23.1 17.3 22.8 17.4 22.8 17.3
Ealing 23.1 17.6 23.8 17.8 24.8 17.6
Enfield 22.9 16.3 22.6 16.3 23.6 17.2
Greenwich 21.4 16.0 21.5 15.2 22.8 16.4
Harrow 21.9 17.0 22.7 16.7 23.8 17.3
Havering 23.7 17.2 23.7 17.3 24.2 17.5
Hillingdon 24.0 17.0 24.4 17.3 25.5 18.5
Hounslow 22.2 16.9 22.8 16.8 23.7 17.4
Kingston upon Thames 22.6 16.9 23.8 17.2 23.2 17.1
Merton 21.9 18.0 21.5 17.9 22.7 18.1
Redbridge 23.4 16.7 23.1 16.6 23.2 16.9
Richmond upon Thames 21.9 18.4 21.7 18.3 21.9 17.6
Button 22.9 17.6 23.4 17.7 24.7 17.7
Waltham Forest 23.0 15.8 23.0 16.7 24.5 16.8
1Includes middle schools as deemed
2 The within school pupil:teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total full-time equivalent number of pupils on roll in schools by the total full time equivalent number of teachers with qualified teacher status regularly employed in schools.
3 not available

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

The underlying pupil and teacher figures were published on 25 September 2003 in the statistical volume, "Statistics of Education, Schools in England 2003", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000417/index.shtml