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Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Class Sizes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the (i) Banbridge, (ii) Lurgan and (iii) Portadown area in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The requested information is as follows:

Schools in
Banbridge Portadown Lurgan
1995–96 24.6 23.6 24.9
1996–97 25.9 23.6 25.2
1997–98 25.9 23.4 24.9
1998–99 25.4 23.2 24.8
1999–2000 25.5 23.0 24.6
2000–01 255 23.8 243
2001–02 24.7 24.1 24.4
2002–03 25.1 24.2 23.8
2003–04 26.7 23.3 23.7
2004–05 26.5 23.3 24.1
Note: 1. The average class size quoted refers to year 1 to year 7 pupils in composite and non-composite classes. 2. Data refers to schools located within the specified towns. Schools that are no longer open have not been included (except in the case of amalgamations).

The requested information in respect of secondary schools was not collected at the time, and any attempt to do so retrospectively would be problematic and could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36317; 440 c1735W;440 c1735W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Class sizes Northern Ireland Primary education Portadown Banbridge Lurgan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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