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Dept for Education and Employment

Supplementary on falling primary and rising secondary class sizes in Devon. - Includes figures.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

26 October 2000

Reference

355 c376

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the pupil teacher ratio in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) all maintained schools in (i) January 1997 and (ii) according to the most recent figure available - Inc table.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

354 c1051-2W; 131690

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the percentage change was between January 1997 and January 2000 in the number of pupils in classes taught by one teacher with 31 or more pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. - Inc figures.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

354 c1051W; 131679

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the change is for each year from 2000-01 to 2003-04 in (a) the education SSA and (b) the education SSA plus direct grant from Government to schools, adjusted using the GDP deflator in both cases. - Inc table.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 July 2000

For answer on

27 July 2000

Answered on

27 July 2000

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the change is for each year from 2000-01 to 2003-04 in (a) the education SSA and (b) the education SSA plus direct grant from Government to schools, adjusted using the GDP deflator in both cases. [132407] Ms Estelle Morris: In addition to SSA and direct grant increases, funding for schools through the Standards Fund and specific grants, including class size grant, and for schools capital will be increased as a result of the Spending Review. Full details of the extra resources we are making available to schools for these aspects will be announced in due course. On SSA and direct grant, the information requested is set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Real terms year-on-year Percentage increase Real terms year-on-year Percentage increase increase in education increase in education SSA (£ million) SSA plus direct grants to schools (£ million) 2001-02 525 2.4 760 3.5 2002-03 749 3.4 751 3.3 2003-04 744 3.3 745 3.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. We have already announced that headteachers in England will be given £540 million in direct grants next year, and that this will be sustained with 2.75 per cent. increases over the following two years. This is part of an increase in education spending in the UK of nearly £12 billion from 2000-01 to 2003-04. The Year 2000 Spending Review means a real terms increase of some £370 per pupil over the three years bringing the total to almost £700 per pupil in real terms between 1997-98 and 2003-04.

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c851W; 132407

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

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)...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 July 2000

For answer on

25 July 2000

Answered on

25 July 2000

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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

25 July 2000

Reference

354 c561W; 131678

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Supplementary on class sizes.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

6 July 2000

Reference

353 c416-7

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May, Official Report, column 92W, what was the pupil teacher ratio in (a) former grant maintained primary schools and (b) former grant maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years. - Inc...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 May 2000

For answer on

9 May 2000

Answered on

9 May 2000

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 2 May 2000, Official Report, column 92W, what was the pupil teacher ratio in (a) former grant-maintained primary schools and (b) former grant-maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years. [121270] Ms Estelle Morris: The available information on pupil:teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools is shown in the following table. The Department is currently collecting information on pupil:teacher ratios in all schools for January 2000. Provisional national estimates for maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools were published in Statistical First Release "Pupil: Teacher ratios in maintained schools in England (14/2000)" on 12 April 2000, a copy of which is available from the Library. Final data will be published in a statistical volume in September. Pupil:teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools: 1995-99--Position as at January England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of schools Full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent Pupil Teacher ratio {4} pupils {2} qualified teachers {3} All maintained primary schools {1} 1999 18,234 4,300,563 182,646 23.5 1998 18,312 4,300,388 181,394 23.7 1997 18,392 4,271,131 182,442 23.4 1996 18,480 4,232,514 182,626 23.2 1995 18,551 4,159,021 181,910 22.9 All maintained secondary schools {1} 1999 3,560 3,121,901 183,578 17.0 1998 3,567 3,072,822 181,853 16.9 1997 3,569 3,041,584 181,692 16.7 1996 3,594 3,010,416 180,868 16.6 1995 3,614 2,992,857 181,445 16.5 Grant-maintained primary schools 1999 511 142,478 6,056 23.5 1998 508 139,619 5,947 23.5 1997 483 131,712 5,656 23.3 1996 448 120,319 5,214 23.1 1995 410 107,803 4,731 22.8 Grant maintained secondary schools 1999 668 641,774 38,514 16.7 1998 667 625,781 38,030 16.5 1997 652 602,936 36,838 16.4 1996 642 579,924 35,493 16.3 1997 622 553,007 34,154 16.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes local education authority (LEA) maintained and grant-maintained schools. {2} Includes all full-time pupils and full-time equivalent of part time pupils (each part-time pupil is treated as 0.5 full-time equivalents). {3} Includes all full-time qualified teachers and full-time equivalent of part time qualified teachers (the directed hours of part-time teachers are converted to full-time equivalent teacher numbers by dividing by 32.5) {4} The Pupil: Teacher ratio relates the full-time equivalent number of pupils to the full-time equivalent number of qualified teachers.

Date

9 May 2000

Reference

121270; 349 c344-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average size of classes taught by one teacher in former grant-maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years. - Inc table and ref to 'Class sizes in maintained schools in England: January 2000 (15/2000)'.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 April 2000

For answer on

17 April 2000

Answered on

17 April 2000

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average size of classes taught by one teacher in former grant-maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years. [119417] Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the table. Class sizes in former grant-maintained secondary schools are generally smaller than those in local education authority maintained secondary schools. Average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in England: 1996-2000--position as at January _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local education authority (LEA) Grant maintained (GM) secondary Overall secondary maintained secondary schools schools 2000{1, 2} 22.2 21.4 22.0 1999 22.1 21.1 21.9 1998 22.0 20.9 21.7 1997 21.9 20.9 21.7 1996 21.8 20.9 21.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional {2} Includes schools, who under the new framework, were redefined as Community or Voluntary-Aided schools Provisional national estimates of class sizes in maintained secondary schools were recently published in Statistical First Release "Class sizes in maintained schools in England: January 2000 (15/2000)" on 12 April 2000.

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119417; 348 c353-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average size of sixth form classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years; how many pupils were taught at Key Stage 4 in classes with 30 or more pupils...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 April 2000

For answer on

17 April 2000

Answered on

17 April 2000

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what was the average size of sixth form classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years; [119409] (2) how many pupils were taught at Key Stage 4 in classes with 30 or more pupils in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years; [119412] (3) how many sixth form classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools had (a) 25 or more and (b) 30 or more pupils in each of the last five years. [119418] Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the tables. Provisional national estimates of class sizes in maintained secondary schools, which were published on 12 April, found reductions between January 1999 and 2000 in the numbers of pupils in classes of 35 or more taught by one teacher. 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 of 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)". Number of classes in maintained secondary schools for pupils aged 16{1} and over taught by one teacher, by size of class in England: 1996-2000 Position as at January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of classes with 25 or more pupils Number of classes with 30 or more pupils 2000{2} 287 86 1999 238 73 1998 260 86 1997 251 72 1996 262 80 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Ages as 31 August (start of the academic year) {2} Provisional Average size of classes for pupils aged 16 or more{1} taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in England: 1996-2000 Position as at January _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 2000{2} 10.7 1999 10.5 1998 10.7 1997 10.8 1996 10.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Ages as at 31 August (start of the academic year) {2} Provisional Number of pupils in classes of 30 or more for pupils aged 14 and 15{1} taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in England: 1996-2000 Position as at January each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 2000{2} 133,717 1999 125,077 1998 116,325 1997 105,038 1996 106,350 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Ages as at 31 August (start of the academic year) {2} Provisional

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

348 c352-3W; 119409;119412;119418

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list each local authority with pupils in classes of 36 or more taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools, indicating the number of such pupils in each such local authority. - Inc figures and ref to...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119410; 348 c355W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of large class sizes, including in sixth forms, on secondary schools; what recent representations he has received on class sizes in secondary schools; what plans he has...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 April 2000

For answer on

17 April 2000

Answered on

17 April 2000

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of large class sizes, including in sixth forms, on secondary schools; [119413] (2) what recent representations he has received on class sizes in secondary schools; [119414] (3) what plans he has to reduce class sizes in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement; [119415] Ms Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State receives representations from time to time on various issues related to class sizes. The evidence, including from Ofsted, indicates that class size is most important at Key Stage 1. That is why we pledged to reduce the size of infant classes to 30 or below, ensuring that all children benefit, and helping to give young pupils the important start they need. We are well on track to deliver our pledge by September 2001 at the latest. The average number of pupils in secondary classes is 22--about five fewer than in primary schools. The pupil/teacher ratio in secondary schools is 17.1--more than six lower than in primary schools. Class sizes in secondary schools have been rising steadily since 1998, when the figure was 19.9. In the recent budget, secondary headteachers each received between £30,000 and £50,000. It remains for headteachers to decide how to use this money, but spend on teachers, the secondary pupil/teacher ratio could be reduced by 0.4. More generally, between 1997-98 and 2000-01, overall funding per secondary school pupil has increased in cash terms by some £580--an increase of around 20 per cent.

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

348 c354W; 119413;119414;119415

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

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. - Inc table and ref to 'Class sizes in maintained schools in England: January 2000 (15/2000)'.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 April 2000

For answer on

17 April 2000

Answered on

17 April 2000

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)".

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119416; 348 c353W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were taught (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science in classes with 30 or more pupils taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available. -...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119411; 348 c354-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Supplementary on class sizes.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2000

Reference

346 c1101-2

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Supplementary on infant class sizes and secondary school class sizes. - Inc figures.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1999

Reference

340 c420

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answers of 27th July 1999 at 336 c185W and 29th October 1999 at 336 c1009W, concerning class sizes, when he now plans to write to the honourable Member for Hertsmere. - Includes fact that copy of letter...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 1999

Reference

98237; 337 c759W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the cost was of collecting data on infant class sizes in September. - Inc figure.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 1999

Reference

97844; 337 c538W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were taught in classes of 41 or more in nursery classes (a) on 1st May 1997 and (b) according to the most recent figures available. - Including figures and table.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1999

Reference

337 c520W; 94927

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were in classes of 41 or more taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools (a) on 1st May 1997 and (b) according to the most recent available figures; how many pupils were in classes of 31...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1999

Reference

337 c520W; 94925;95328

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local education authorities with pupils in classes of 41 or more taught by one teacher (a) in maintained secondary schools and (b) in Key Stage 2 in maintained primary schools, indicating how many such pupils...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 October 1999

For answer on

9 November 1999

Answered on

9 November 1999

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the local education authorities with pupils in classes of 41 or more taught by one teacher (a) in maintained secondary schools and (b) in Key Stage 2 in maintained primary schools, indicating how many such pupils there are in each case. [94926] Ms Estelle Morris: The available information is shown in the tables. Number of pupils in maintained secondary schools of size 41 or more taught by one teacher, January 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA Number of pupils Blackpool 41 Bradford 41 Durham 41 Nottinghamshire 41 City of Bristol 42 Manchester 42 Northumberland 42 City of Plymouth 44 Lincolnshire 45 Warwickshire 45 Windsor and Maidenhead 45 Wigan 48 Redbridge 51 Bolton 56 Gloucestershire 57 Milton Keynes 57 Wolverhampton 64 Wiltshire 66 Bracknell Forest 78 Hertfordshire 78 Leicestershire 99 Herefordshire 129 Kent 153 Cumbria 175 England 1,580 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of pupils in Key Stage 2 classes of size 41 or more taught by one teacher, January 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA Number of pupils Blackburn with Darwen 41 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 41 City of Nottingham 41 Derby 41 East Riding of Yorkshire 41 Leicestershire 41 North East Lincolnshire 41 Northumberland 41 Oldham 41 Sefton 41 Staffordshire 41 Stockport 41 Cambridgeshire 42 Hertfordshire 42 Nottinghamshire 42 Wiltshire 42 Devon 43 Norfolk 43 Wirral 43 Havering 54 Bolton 83 Dorset 83 St. Helens 83 Halton 87 Lancashire 124 Derbyshire 387 England 1,690 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

9 November 1999

Reference

337 c519W; 94926

House

House of Commons

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