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Primary Education

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many primary schools with fewer than 150 pupils there are in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Essex, (d) Norfolk, (e) Suffolk, (f) Buckinghamshire, (g) Berkshire, (h) East Sussex, (i) West Sussex, (j) Hampshire, (k) Hertfordshire, (l) the Isle of Wight, (m) Oxfordshire, (n) Kent and (o) Surrey; (183337)

(2) how many primary schools with fewer than 150 pupils there are in (a) Cornwall, (b) Devon, (c) Dorset, (d) Somerset and (e) Wiltshire;

(3) how many primary schools with fewer than 150 pupils there are in (a) Gloucestershire, (b) Herefordshire, (c) Shropshire, (d) Staffordshire, (e) Warwickshire, (f) West Midlands, (g) Worcestershire, (h) Derbyshire (i) Leicestershire, (j) Lincolnshire, (k) Northamptonshire, (l) Rutland and (m) Nottinghamshire;

(4) how many primary schools with fewer than 150 pupils there are in (a) Lancashire, (b) Cheshire, (c) Merseyside, (d) Cumbria, (e) Greater Manchester, (f) County Durham, (g) Northumberland, (h) Tyne and Wear, (i) East Yorkshire, (j) South Yorkshire and (k) West Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on average were on the roll of schools providing education to children between the ages of five and 11-years-old in England in 2007; and what this figure was in each of the 10 (a) most and (b) least deprived local authorities. (186830)

The available information is shown in the following table.

Maintained primary schools1: number of schools with fewer than 150 full-time equivalent pupils2,3, January 2007

Each local authority area

Fewer than 150 pupils

150 pupils or more

Total

England

4,721

12,640

17,361

201

City of London

0

1

1

202

Camden

2

39

41

203

Greenwich

0

64

64

204

Hackney

1

52

53

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

35

35

206

Islington

0

45

45

207

Kensington and Chelsea

0

26

26

208

Lambeth

1

59

60

209

Lewisham

0

69

69

210

Southwark

0

71

71

211

Tower Hamlets

1

68

69

212

Wandsworth

0

56

56

213

Westminster

2

38

40

301

Barking and Dagenham

0

49

49

302

Barnet

3

84

87

303

Bexley

0

59

59

304

Brent

0

59

59

305

Bromley

9

68

77

306

Croydon

5

86

91

307

Ealing

0

64

64

308

Enfield

1

65

66

309

Haringey

0

63

63

310

Harrow

0

54

54

311

Havering

3

62

65

312

Hillingdon

0

65

65

313

Hounslow

1

59

60

314

Kingston upon Thames

0

36

36

315

Merton

0

43

43

316

Newham

0

66

66

317

Redbridge

0

50

50

318

Richmond upon Thames

2

39

41

319

Sutton

0

41

41

320

Waltham Forest

0

57

57

330

Birmingham

8

291

299

331

Coventry

3

82

85

332

Dudley

0

78

78

333

Sandwell

3

93

96

334

Solihull

4

63

67

335

Walsall

1

85

86

336

Wolverhampton

6

74

80

340

Knowsley

4

51

55

341

Liverpool

11

124

135

342

St. Helens

1

53

54

343

Sefton

8

70

78

344

Wirral

15

83

98

350

Bolton

8

90

98

351

Bury

8

55

63

352

Manchester

4

129

133

353

Oldham

10

84

94

354

Rochdale

7

64

71

355

Salford

10

73

83

356

Stockport

10

82

92

357

Tameside

9

66

75

358

Trafford

4

68

72

359

Wigan

13

92

105

370

Barnsley

12

70

82

371

Doncaster

13

90

103

372

Rotherham

18

85

103

373

Sheffield

7

129

136

380

Bradford

15

143

158

381

Calderdale

29

56

85

382

Kirklees

46

105

151

383

Leeds

26

196

222

384

Wakefield

33

91

124

390

Gateshead

21

52

73

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

6

66

72

392

North Tyneside

6

50

56

393

South Tyneside

8

43

51

394

Sunderland

6

77

83

420

Isles of Scilly

0

1

1

800

Bath and North East Somerset

26

37

63

801

Bristol, City of

15

96

111

802

North Somerset

23

43

66

803

South Gloucestershire

21

75

96

805

Hartlepool

5

25

30

806

Middlesbrough

2

40

42

807

Redcar and Cleveland

4

41

45

808

Stockton-on-Tees

7

55

62

810

Kingston Upon Hull, City of

3

68

71

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

61

71

132

812

North East Lincolnshire

10

49

59

813

North Lincolnshire

22

44

66

815

North Yorkshire

208

118

326

816

York

12

42

54

820

Bedfordshire

81

65

146

821

Luton

0

54

54

825

Buckinghamshire

60

124

184

826

Milton Keynes

25

65

90

830

Derbyshire

178

180

358

831

Derby

5

73

78

835

Dorset

69

67

136

836

Poole

2

26

28

837

Bournemouth

1

26

27

840

Durham

114

122

236

841

Darlington

2

28

30

845

East Sussex

58

98

156

846

Brighton and Hove

3

53

56

850

Hampshire

113

317

430

851

Portsmouth

5

48

53

852

Southampton

6

55

61

855

Leicestershire

82

143

225

856

Leicester

5

79

84

857

Rutland

10

7

17

860

Staffordshire

104

197

301

861

Stoke-on-Trent

2

69

71

865

Wiltshire

104

104

208

866

Swindon

7

60

67

867

Bracknell Forest

0

30

30

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

17

28

45

869

West Berkshire

29

37

66

870

Reading

4

33

37

871

Slough

1

26

27

872

Wokingham

14

37

51

873

Cambridgeshire

63

138

201

874

Peterborough

6

52

58

875

Cheshire

97

178

275

876

Halton

16

36

52

877

Warrington

7

64

71

878

Devon

182

136

318

879

Plymouth

14

62

76

880

Torbay

4

28

32

881

Essex

129

344

473

882

Southend-on-Sea

1

36

37

883

Thurrock

2

41

43

884

Herefordshire

50

32

82

885

Worcestershire

83

106

189

886

Kent

133

333

466

887

Medway

9

76

85

888

Lancashire

176

310

486

889

Blackburn with Darwen

4

52

56

890

Blackpool

1

28

29

891

Nottinghamshire

87

205

292

892

Nottingham

17

75

92

893

Shropshire

85

57

142

894

Telford and Wrekin

12

45

57

908

Cornwall

129

109

238

909

Cumbria

168

111

279

916

Gloucestershire

121

129

250

919

Hertfordshire

85

322

407

921

Isle of Wight

28

18

46

925

Lincolnshire

135

150

285

926

Norfolk

202

182

384

928

Northamptonshire

97

168

265

929

Northumberland

91

47

138

931

Oxfordshire

94

139

233

933

Somerset

114

109

223

935

Suffolk

131

125

256

936

Surrey

72

242

314

937

Warwickshire

60

136

196

938

West Sussex

72

168

240

1 Includes maintained schools.

2 Excludes dually registered pupils.

3 Part-time pupils are counted as 0.5 full-time equivalents.

Source:

School Census