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Secondary Education

Volume 485: debated on Monday 8 December 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many secondary schools have had (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils in each of the last 10 years. (240642)

The requested information is given in the table.

State-funded secondary schools1: Number of schools and pupils by size of school2—position as at January each year 1997 to 2008—England

Total number of schools

Number of schools with 1,000 to 1,499 pupils

Number of pupils in schools with 1,000 to 1,499 pupils

Number of schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils

Number of pupils in schools with 1,500 to 1,999 pupils

Number of schools with over 2,000 pupils

Number of pupils in schools with 2,000 and over pupils

1997

3,584

1,019

1,215,690

132

218,010

6

12,650

1996

3,582

1,028

1,230,220

146

241,110

6

12,670

1999

3,575

1,084

1,295,450

169

278,210

6

12,790

2000

3,565

1,149

1,379,020

188

311,740

7

14,900

2001

3,496

1,202

1,448,720

215

358,840

8

17,120

2002

3,471

1,236

1,491,860

227

377,980

13

27,990

2003

3,454

1,259

1,522,740

257

427,470

14

30,260

2004

3,435

1,291

1,569,260

251

418,520

21

44,610

2005

3,416

1,300

1,575,830

262

436,920

20

43,240

2006

3,405

1,297

1,574,770

260

435,140

21

45,090

2007

3,399

1,272

1,540,980

267

445,980

22

47,540

2008

3,383

1,229

1,488,770

263

439,520

25

53,600

1 Includes city technology colleges and academies.

2 Excludes dually registered pupils.

Note:

Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

School Census