Class Sizes

Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) England in each year since 1997. (313492)

The requested information is shown in the following table.

*Primary*¹ *and secondary*² *schools: Classes as taught*³*—Years 1997-2009, coverage Jarrow parliamentary constituency, South Tyneside local authority and England*
	Jarrow parliamentary constituency	South Tyneside local authority	England
	LA maintained primary¹	State funded secondary²	LA maintained primary¹	State funded secondary²	LA maintained primary¹	State funded secondary²
1997	26.4	22.7	27.0	22.7	27.5	21.6
1998	26.2	22.0	26.9	22.5	27.7	21.7
1999	25.9	22.4	26.2	22.8	27.5	21.8
2000	25.4	22.1	25.8	22.7	27.1	22.0
2001	25.5	21.7	25.8	22.4	26.7	22.0
2002	25.0	21.8	25.2	22.0	26.3	21.9
2003	25.0	21.4	24.9	21.8	26.3	21.9
2004	25.0	22.0	25.2	21.9	26.2	21.8
2005	25.2	21.8	25.3	22.0	26.2	21.6
2006	25.8	21.1	25.4	21.1	26.3	21.5
2007	25.9	19.8	25.3	20.2	26.2	21.2
2008	25.6	19.0	25.1	20.2	26.2	20.9
2009	25.5	19.4	25.5	20.2	26.2	20.6
1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes city technology colleges and academies. Includes middle schools as deemed. 3 One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. Source: School Census

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the ratio of teachers to pupils is at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Suffolk, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England. (313860)

The information requested is published in table 27 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) “School Workforce in England (including local authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)” published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000874/Tables19to27v2.xls

Volume 505: debated on Wednesday 10 February 2010