Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many secondary schools with more than (a) 500, (b) 1,000, (c) 1,500, (d) 2,000 and (e) 2,500 pupils there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. (295289)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*State funded secondary schools: number of schools by size*^{1, 2, 3, 4}*, January 1997 and 2009, England*
Schools of size	1997	2009
More than 500 pupils	3,016	3,002
More than 1,000 pupils	1,155	1,494
More than 1,500 pupils	136	294
More than 2,000 pupils	6	26
More than 2,500 pupils	0	3
All state funded secondary schools	3,584	3,361
¹ Based on headcount of pupils, excludes dual registrations. ²Includes middle schools as deemed. ³Includes CTCs and academies. ⁴Schools are counted against each relevant row e.g. those in ‘more than 1,000’ are also in ‘more than 500’. Source: School Census.

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 29 October 2009