Primary Education Mr. Chaytor To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many year 1 pupils there were in schools in England in each of the last five years. Jim Knight The available information is provided in the table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Nursery|Primary1|Secondary1, 2|Special3|Total1, 2, 3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |20035 |0 |580,620 |40 |3,640 |584,300 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |30 |568,050 |30 |3,340 |571,440 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |10 |563,970 |160 |2,960 |567,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |10 |544,110 |210 |3,010 |547,340 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007 |10 |533,200 |270 |2,830 |536,320 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Includes middle schools as deemed.2 Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies.3 Includes maintained and non maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.4 Excludes dually registered pupils.5 Figure provided for secondary schools in 2003 excludes anomalous national curriculum year group data reported by one school.Note:Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------