Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 11 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Primary Education

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attended (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five and (e) 10 primary schools in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Answer

The available information, based on pupil registrations at primary schools in 2007/08, is shown in the table.

Primary schools¹, number of pupils registered at a number of different primary schools², ³, England, 2007/08
Total number of (different) primary school registrations¹	Number of pupils², ³
1	3,184,050
2	106,190
3	4,680
4	300
5	40
10	0
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who were aged between five and 15 as at 31 August 2007, excluding boarders.
³ Includes sole and dually registered pupils. Pupils may register at a particular school but decide to attend a different school, and it is possible for this to lead to two registrations being reported.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 503 c726-7W; 307264
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Primary Education
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Admissions Primary education
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk