Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attended (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five and (e) 10 primary schools in the most recent year for which figures are available. (307264)

The available information, based on pupil registrations at primary schools in 2007/08, is shown in the table.

*Primary schools*¹*, number of pupils registered at a number of different primary schools*^{2, 3}*, England, 2007/08*
Total number of (different) primary school registrations¹	Number of pupils^{2, 3}
1	3,184,050
2	106,190
3	4,680
4	300
5	40
10	0
¹Includes middle schools as deemed. ²Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who were aged between five and 15 as at 31 August 2007, excluding boarders. ³Includes sole and dually registered pupils. Pupils may register at a particular school but decide to attend a different school, and it is possible for this to lead to two registrations being reported. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.

Volume 503: debated on Monday 11 January 2010