Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Class Sizes: Sussex

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex in (A) 1997 and (B) 2009.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

LA maintained primary and state funded secondary¹ schools: Average class size²
	Lewes	East Sussex³
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
1997	27.8	21.3	28.2	21.4
2009	26.9	23.5	27.2	21.6
¹ Includes city technology colleges and academies. 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.
³ East Sussex in 1997 in pre local government reorganisation and therefore includes schools in Brighton and Hove.
Source:
School census

Secondary information