Written question asked by David Chaytor (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2007. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 29 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Secondary Education: Class Sizes

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of year 7 pupils in each English local authority area in each of the next 10 years.

Answer

Estimate for the number of year 7 pupils in each English local authority over the next 10 years are not available centrally. The following table shows the estimated number of year 7 pupils in full-time education in schools in England:

Projected numbers of year 7 pupils (thousand)¹ in maintained schools, academies and city technologies
At January aged 11 at previous 31 August	All year 7 pupils
2008	566
2009	576
2010	561
2011	555
¹ Full-time equivalents, counting each part-time pupil as 0.5. The numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
Notes:
1. Pupil numbers in maintained schools includes those in middle, secondary, maintained special schools and maintained Pupil Referral Units.
2. Projections are based on a target of 200 academies by 2011.
3. Projections use 2006 School Census Data and are being updated in November 2007.

Projections are not shown beyond 2011 because of the increasing degree of uncertainty over time.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 160093; 465 c852-3W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Class sizes Secondary education
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Secondary Education: Class Sizes

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