Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 2 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 July 2007. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 July 2007 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Class Sizes: Secondary Education

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size was in (a) comprehensive, (b) grammar and (c) independent schools in (i) the Ribble Valley and (ii) England in each of the last five years.

Answer

[holding answer 5 July 2007]: The available information is shown in the table. Information on class sizes is not collected from independent schools.

Maintained secondary schools¹: Average class size²—2003-07 position in January each year—Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency
	Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency	England
	Grammar schools³	Other secondary schools	All maintained secondary schools	Grammar schools³	Other secondary schools	All maintained secondary schools
2003	20.3	22.8	22.3	20.7	21.9	21.9
2004	20.9	23.2	22.9	20.4	21.9	21.8
2005	20.3	23.2	22.8	20.4	21.7	21.7
2006	19.3	23.0	22.4	20.2	21.5	21.5
20074	20.9	22.2	22.0	20.1	21.3	21.2
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period on the day of the census.
³ School type as reported by schools. There is currently one grammar school in Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.
4 Provisional data.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information