Primary Education: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils attended primary schools with more than (a) 400, (b) 500, (c) 600, (d) 750 and (e) 1,000 pupils in the most recent year for which figures are available. (316182)

The requested information is in the table.

*Maintained primary schools*¹*: number of pupils by size of school*²*, as at January 2009 in England*
	Number³	Percentage
Total number of pupils	4,074,890	100.0
Pupils attending schools with >400 pupils	1,091,840	26.8
Pupils attending schools with >500 pupils	307,850	7.6
Pupils attending schools with >600 pupils	170,340	4.2
Pupils attending schools with >750 pupils	24,990	0.6
Pupils attending schools with >1,000 pupils	0	0.0
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Includes solely registered pupils. ³ Pupils included in schools with more than 500 pupils are also included in schools with more than 400 pupils, and so on. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census

Volume 506: debated on Wednesday 24 February 2010