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Written question asked by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 23 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Class Sizes: Greater London

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the ratio of pupils to teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough has been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The information requested for January 2009 is published in table 27 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce In England (including local authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)" published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000874/Tables19to27v2.xls"The information requested for January 2008 is published in table 27 of Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including local authority level figures), January 2008 (Revised)" published on 25 September 2008. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000813/SFR262008_Tables_LA20081021-2.xls"The information requested for January 2007 is published in table 25 of Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and pupil: adult ratios), January 2007 (Revised)" published on 27 September 2007. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000743/SFR29_2007_FinalTables18-25.xls"The information requested for January 2006 is published in table 25 of Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and pupil: adult ratios), January 2006 (Revised)" published on 28 September 2006. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000681/addition2v2.xls"The information requested for January 2005 is published in table 21 of Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including pupil: teacher ratios and Pupil: adult ratios), January 2005 (Revised)" published on 28 September 2005. The SFR is available at the following web link:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000603/WebTables15-21v2.xls"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c365W; 319064
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Class sizes Greater London
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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