Written question asked by David Kidney (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 June 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 9 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Class Sizes

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary school pupils were educated in class sizes of between (a) 20 and 25 and (b) 26 and 30 pupils in the latest year for which figures are available.

Answer

The requested information is shown in the following table:

Maintained primary schools¹: classes as taught², as at January 2009 (provisional) in England
	Number of classes	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils
All classes	142,660	3,739,990	100.0
20-25 pupils	37,690	865,870	23.2
26-30 pupils	77,320	2,209,100	59.1
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
Note:
Pupil and class numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information