To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children aged (a) five, (b) six and (c) seven were in class sizes of over 30 in each year since 1996–97 to 2002–03. [125231]
The available information is shown in the following table.
Maintained Primary Schools: Key Stage 1 Classes taught by One Teacher Position in January each year: 1997 to 2003 (provisional) England Key Stage 1 Classes1
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1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003 2,3,4
| |
| Number of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils | 476,822 | 485,311 | 356,586 | 176,962 | 35,813 | 10,263 | 16,399 |
| Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils | 29.0 | 29.3 | 21.9 | 11.0 | 23 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Number of classes with 31 or more pupils | 14,584 | 14,826 | 10,960 | 5,487 | 1124 | 325 | 515 |
| Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils | 23.9 | 24.2 | 17.8 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1 Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. | |||||||
2 Includes reception classes due to an underlying change in the data collection. | |||||||
3 Only 88 of the 515 large classes had no e excepted pupils or were engaged in ordinary teaching sessions which meant they did not comply with Class Size regulations, | |||||||
4 provisional | |||||||
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class sizes were in (a) primary and (b) middle schools in Leicestershire Local Education Authority since 1991–92. [125250]
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Maintained Primary Schools and Middle Schools: Average Size of Classes Taught by one Teacher1 Position in January each year: 1992 to 2003 (Provisional) | ||
| Leicestershire LEA | ||
| Primary | Middle2 | |
| 19923 | 25.8 | 24.3 |
| 19933 | 26.1 | 24.5 |
| 19943 | 25.8 | 24.6 |
| 19953 | 26.5 | 23.8 |
| 19963 | 26.7 | 25.4 |
| 19973 | 26.7 | 25.0 |
| 1998 | 26.9 | 25.1 |
| 19994 | 26.7 | 25.7 |
| 20004 | 26.7 | 26.1 |
| 20014 | 26.3 | 26.6 |
| 20024 | 25.9 | 25.7 |
| 20034,5 | 26.4 | 25.6 |
| 1 Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. | ||
| 2 Middle deemed secondary schools only as there are no middle deemed primary schools in Leicestershire LEA. | ||
| 3 Before local government reorganisation, Leicestershire LEA also incorporated Leicester City, Rutland and rest of Leicestershire | ||
| 4 After local government reorganisation | ||
| 5 Provisional | ||
Source:
Annual Schools' Census