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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 October 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 October 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Class Sizes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size for each primary school in Romford was in each of the past 10 years.
Answer

The available information relating to the average for all primary school classes is shown in the table. Parliamentary constituency data are not available prior to 1997.

Maintained primary schools: Average class size taught by one teacher—position as at January each year: 1997 to 2005—Romford parliamentary constituency(3)
LEA Estab. School name 1997 1998 1999 2000
England 27.5 27.7 27.5 27.1
Romford parliamentary constituency 27.7 27.6 27.8 27.6
311 2007 Ardleigh Green Infant School 28.8 29.0 29.6 29.6
311 2006 Ardleigh Green Junior School 28.2 30.0 30.0 30.2
311 2038 Clockhouse Infant School 26.9 28.4 29.3 30.1
311 2037 Clockhouse Junior School 28.7 27.9 28.2 27.7
311 2040 Crowlands Infant School 26.1 27.4 26.8 26.4
311 2039 Crowlands Junior School 24.0 26.1 24.1 23.8
311 2042 Crownfield Infant School 27.1 24.9 26.3 26.4
311 2041 Crownfield Junior School 27.4 30.1 24.8 28.0
311 3000 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School n/a n/a n/a n/a
311 2069 Gidea Park Primary School 28.8 28.0 27.6 28.5
311 2045 Gobions Primary School 28.5 30.4 27.0 25.8
311 2005 Harold Wood Primary School 27.2 27.2 29.1 26.8
311 2063 The Manor Primary School 26.4 28.1 27.0 27.3
311 2052 Mawney Infants' School 26.8 25.6 n/a n/a
311 2051 Mawney Junior School 25.1 26.0 n/a n/a
311 2092 The Mawney School n/a n/a 28.3 27.6
311 2086 Nelmes Primary School 23.3 23.3 27.7 23.6
311 2056 Parklands Infant School 28.7 28.3 29.3 30.7
311 2055 Parklands Junior School 27.4 28.2 28.9 29.4
311 2091 Pinewood Primary School 26.9 24.1 26.9 24.8
311 2060 Rise Park Infant School 30.8 30.3 30.2 30.2
311 2059 Rise Park Junior School 33.1 24.0 25.3 25.7
311 2062 Squirrels Heath Infant School 27.4 27.8 28.1 29.9
311 2061 Squirrels Heath Junior School 28.8 28.7 28.5 25.6
311 3301 St. Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 29.6 29.2 27.9 28.1
311 3503 St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School 28.0 28.5 28.5 28.6
311 3507 St. Peter's Catholic Primary School 30.0 30.1 30.0 29.9
LEA Estab. School name 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
England 26.7 26.3 26.3 26.2 26.2
Romford Parliamentary Constituency 27.4 27.2 26.9 28.0 26.5
311 2007 Ardleigh Green Infant School 29.0 29.8 29.7 29.7 29.9
311 2006 Ardleigh Green Junior School 30.1 29.9 29.9 29.4 29.7
311 2038 Clockhouse Infant School 30.8 31.1 29.4 30.9 29.2
311 2037 Clockhouse Junior School 28.3 25.9 30.0 29.5 29.1
311 2040 Crowlands Infant School 26.5 27.9 28.1 28.8 27.9
311 2039 Crowlands Junior School 25.9 21.8 24.3 29.1 22.6
311 2042 Crownfield Infant School 25.6 25.1 26.2 28.6 26.1
311 2041 Crownfield Junior School 29.0 28.0 29.3 25.3 24.9
311 3000 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School n/a 25.3 26.0 25.3 26.5
311 2069 Gidea Park Primary School 29.0 22.8 21.0 28.4 20.7
311 2045 Gobions Primary School 20.6 8.7 n/a n/a n/a
311 2005 Harold Wood Primary School 26.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a
311 2063 The Manor Primary School 22.8 26.9 27.5 27.0 25.4
311 2052 Mawney Infants' School n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
311 2051 Mawney Junior School n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
311 2092 The Mawney School 24.1 25.5 21.4 27.6 24.2
311 2086 Nelmes Primary School 24.5 26.1 23.0 25.4 24.5
311 2056 Parklands Infant School 29.5 29.8 29.8 29.7 29.4
311 2055 Parklands Junior School 29.3 29.6 29.6 30.3 29.8
311 2091 Pinewood Primary School 25.7 30.0 25.6 23.4 26.1
311 2060 Rise Park Infant School 29.7 29.7 29.7 29.8 27.8
311 2059 Rise Park Junior School 28.4 23.3 24.3 31.9 24.8
311 2062 Squirrels Heath Infant School 29.0 27.7 27.0 27.1 25.4
311 2061 Squirrels Heath Junior School 25.8 27.9 27.5 27.1 25.2
311 3301 St. Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 29.2 29.0 26.8 27.1 27.3
311 3503 St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School 28.9 28.4 28.5 27.7 27.6
311 3507 St. Peter's Catholic Primary School 29.1 28.7 29.1 28.7 28.3
n/a = not applicable.
Source: Annual Schools' Census.
(3) Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20796; 438 c210-2W;438 c210-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Class sizes Primary education Romford
Contains statistics
Yes