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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools had more than 30 pupils in each of the last five years. [119416] Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the table. Number of classes with more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in England: 1996-2000--position as at January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 30 pupils All classes 2000{1} 10,466 134,457 1999 9,790 132,283 1998 8,842 130,859 1997 7,695 129,663 1996 7,351 127,719 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional In respect of classes with more than 35 pupils taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools, provisional national estimates (published on 12 April) found reductions between January 1999 and January 2000 in the numbers of pupils in such classes. Overall, only 0.2 per cent. of pupils in maintained secondary schools in England were in classes of over 35 pupils. For 14 and 15-year-old pupils, only 0.1 per cent. of pupils are in classes over 35, representing a fall of nearly one half between January 1999 and 2000. Similarly, within the same time period, the number of pupils aged 16 or more in classes over 35 also fell to only 775 pupils, a reduction in the number of pupils of about one third. These figures were published in a Statistical First Release "Class sizes in maintained schools in England: January 2000 (15/2000)".

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

119416; 348 c353W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Class sizes Secondary education

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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