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Primary Schools

Volume 447: debated on Friday 16 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many primary schools there are in England with fewer than 100 pupils; (76844)

(2) how many primary schools there are with fewer than 100 pupils in each local education authority area.

[holding answer 15 June 2006]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

Maintained primary schools1, 2 : number of schools with less than 100 pupils3 as at January 20064

Local authority area

England

2,540

201

City of London

0

202

Camden

1

203

Greenwich

0

204

Hackney

0

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

206

Islington

0

207

Kensington and Chelsea

0

208

Lambeth

0

209

Lewisham

0

210

Southwark

0

211

Tower Hamlets

0

212

Wandsworth

0

213

Westminster

0

301

Barking and Dagenham

0

302

Barnet

1

303

Bexley

0

304

Brent

1

305

Bromley

6

306

Croydon

0

307

Ealing

0

308

Enfield

1

309

Haringey

0

310

Harrow

0

311

Havering

0

312

Hillingdon

0

313

Hounslow

0

314

Kingston upon Thames

0

315

Merton

0

316

Newham

0

317

Redbridge

0

318

Richmond upon Thames

0

319

Sutton

0

320

Waltham Forest

0

330

Birmingham

2

331

Coventry

0

332

Dudley

0

333

Sandwell

0

334

Solihull

0

335

Walsall

1

336

Wolverhampton

1

340

Knowsley

3

341

Liverpool

3

342

St. Helens

1

343

Sefton

1

344

Wirral

3

350

Bolton

2

351

Bury

3

352

Manchester

1

353

Oldham

2

354

Rochdale

1

355

Salford

1

356

Stockport

0

357

Tameside

2

358

Trafford

0

359

Wigan

2

370

Barnsley

4

371

Doncaster

2

372

Rotherham

1

373

Sheffield

2

380

Bradford

4

381

Calderdale

8

382

Kirklees

18

383

Leeds

5

384

Wakefield

6

390

Gateshead

5

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

2

392

North Tyneside

0

393

South Tyneside

2

394

Sunderland

0

420

Isles of Scilly

0

800

Bath and North East Somerset

10

801

Bristol, City of

6

802

North Somerset

9

803

South Gloucestershire

10

805

Hartlepool

1

806

Middlesbrough

0

807

Redcar and Cleveland

1

808

Stockton-on-Tees

2

810

Kingston Upon Hull, City of

3

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

37

812

North East Lincolnshire

1

813

North Lincolnshire

13

815

North Yorkshire

164

816

York

3

820

Bedfordshire

46

821

Luton

1

825

Buckinghamshire

42

826

Milton Keynes

15

830

Derbyshire

109

831

Derby

1

835

Dorset

31

836

Poole

0

837

Bournemouth

0

840

Durham

59

841

Darlington

1

845

East Sussex

26

846

Brighton and Hove

0

850

Hampshire

42

851

Portsmouth

2

852

Southampton

4

855

Leicestershire

57

856

Leicester

0

857

Rutland

4

860

Staffordshire

64

861

Stoke-on-Trent

1

865

Wiltshire

58

866

Swindon

1

867

Bracknell Forest

0

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

5

869

West Berkshire

15

870

Reading

1

871

Slough

0

872

Wokingham

2

873

Cambridgeshire

23

874

Peterborough

0

875

Cheshire

43

876

Halton

3

877

Warrington

2

878

Devon

125

879

Plymouth

1

880

Torbay

1

881

Essex

51

882

Southend-on-Sea

0

883

Thurrock

1

884

Herefordshire

40

885

Worcestershire

52

886

Kent

55

887

Medway

2

888

Lancashire

96

889

Blackburn with Darwen

2

890

Blackpool

0

891

Nottinghamshire

44

892

Nottingham

3

893

Shropshire

55

894

Telford and Wrekin

2

908

Cornwall

93

909

Cumbria

120

916

Gloucestershire

66

919

Hertfordshire

34

921

Isle of Wight

14

925

Lincolnshire

91

926

Norfolk

137

928

Northamptonshire

52

929

Northumberland

67

931

Oxfordshire

61

933

Somerset

76

935

Suffolk

85

936

Surrey

44

937

Warwickshire

17

938

West Sussex

37

1 Includes middle schools as deemed.

2 Provisional data—returns from six primary schools are known to be outstanding. No estimate has been made for missing data.

3 Based on the full-time equivalent number of pupils. Part-time pupils are counted as 0.5.

4 Provisional

Source:

Schools’ Census