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Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the class sizes of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Kirklees in each of the last five years. [93788]
Mr. Miliband
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Maintained primary and secondary schools1, average class size2, | ||
| Kirklees local education authority | ||
| Position in January each year | Primary | Secondary |
| 1998 | 29.3 | 22.3 |
| 1999 | 28.5 | 22.8 |
| 2000 | 27.6 | 23.0 |
| 2001 | 26.8 | 22.6 |
| 2002 | 27.0 | 22.9 |
| 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. | ||
| 2 Classes as taught during the one selected period in each school on the day of the census. | ||
Source:
Annual School's Census.