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Mr. Hepburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what average classroom sizes
| Maintained primary and secondary schools1: average size of one teacher classes2Position in January each year. | ||||||||
| Jarrow | South Tyneside | North East | England | |||||
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | |
| 1997 | 26.4 | 22.7 | 27.0 | 22.7 | 27.2 | 22.0 | 27.5 | 21.7 |
| 1998 | 26.2 | 22.0 | 26.9 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 22.2 | 27.7 | 21.7 |
| 1999 | 25.9 | 22.4 | 26.2 | 22.8 | 26.7 | 22.3 | 27.5 | 21.9 |
| 2000 | 25.4 | 22.1 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 22.1 | 27.1 | 22.0 |
| 2001 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 25.8 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 26.7 | 22.0 |
| 2002 | 24.8 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 21.8 | 26.3 | 21.9 |
| 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. | ||||||||
| 2 Classes as taught during the one selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. | ||||||||
Source:
Annual Schools Census