Class Sizes Mr. Sanders To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of secondary school students were in classes containing more than 30 pupils in (a) Torbay and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available. Jim Knight The requested information is given in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Classes taught by one teacher| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Classes with 1 to 30 pupils |Classes with 31 or more pupils|All classes| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of pupils |Percentage of pupils|Number of pupils|Percentage of pupils|Number of pupils|Percentage of pupils| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |2,746,070 |88.6|351,960|11.4|3,098,030|100.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torbay local authority area |7,960 |93.3|570|6.7|8,530|100.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. 2 Includes middle schools as deemed. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. Source: Schools Census| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------