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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of pupils at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2, (c) Key Stage 3, (d) Key Stage 4 and (e) in school sixth forms were in classes of 31 or more in (i) January 1997 and (ii) January 2000; and what estimate he has made of the percentage in each case who will be in classes of 31 or more in September 2000. [131678] Ms Estelle Morris: The information is not available in the form requested. The available information is shown in the tables. Estimates of class sizes in September for older children are not available. Percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in England 1997 and 2000 (provisional) Position as at January _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key stage Year 1 2 3 Mixed Total primary 2000 11.0 38.2 21.2 26.0 26.5 1997 29.0 37.9 27.4 29.8 33.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in England 1997 and 2000 (provisional) Position as at January _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Mainly under 14 Mainly 14 and 15 16 or older Overall 2000 14.9 7.1 0.9 11.3 1997 11.2 5.7 1.0 8.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

354 c561W; 131678

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Class sizes Primary education Secondary education Sixth form education

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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