Class Sizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary class sizes in the 20 local authority areas of (i) highest and (ii) lowest deprivation in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (262821)

The requested information is shown in the table.

Average class sizes1 as at January 2008 in England, by local authorityKey stage1,2Maintained primary3State-funded secondary3,4England25.726.220.920 Local authority areas with the highest level of deprivation5Liverpool24.324.619.2Hackney26.525.820.9Tower Hamlets27.726.321.1Manchester26.126.621.3Knowsley24.825.720.5Newham27.126.823.1Islington25.125.522.1Middlesbrough22.523.519.3Birmingham27.126.820.5Kingston Upon Hull, City of25.225.722.0Blackpool27.127.822.0Nottingham24.725.719.4Sandwell26.526.720.6Salford25.026.020.9Stoke-on-Trent26.026.521.4Blackburn with Darwen26.427.121.4Haringey27.827.519.4Lambeth27.325.920.4Leicester24.824.922.5Barking and Dagenham27.026.919.920 Local Authority Areas with the lowest level of deprivation5West Sussex26.126.621.2Kingston upon Thames28.227.120.4City of London30.024.8n/aBedfordshire24.324.521.4Hertfordshire26.626.720.0Cambridgeshire26.327.022.0Bath and North East Somerset26.026.020.2Oxfordshire24.625.620.5Leicestershire25.125.922.1Hampshire26.327.022.1Wiltshire24.925.720.7South Gloucestershire25.426.520.1Richmond upon Thames28.026.523.5Buckinghamshire25.125.620.6Bracknell Forest26.826.821.2Windsor and Maidenhead24.025.520.0West Berkshire25.025.219.1Surrey26.827.021.7Rutland25.325.223.8Wokingham24.826.319.7 n/a=. Not Applicable1 Classes taught by 1 teacher.2 Includes reception classes.3 Includes middle schools as deemed.4 Includes Academies and City Technology Colleges.5 Ranked according to the indices of multiple deprivation.Source: School Census

Volume 492: debated on Friday 15 May 2009