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Education (Greater London)

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools was in each year since 1997 in (i) Greater London and (ii) each Greater London borough. [163728]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the table.

Information on class sizes will be updated with provisional 2004 data at the end of April.

Maintained primary and secondary schools: average class size⁽²⁰⁾ 1997–2000Position in January each year

	1997		1998		1999		2000
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
London	27.1	21.7	27.2	21.7	27.3	21.8	27.3	22.0
Inner London	26.3	22.4	26.5	22.3	26.7	22.6	26.9	22.3
City of London	26.0	0.0	24.8	0.0	24.7	0.0	26.3	0.0
Camden	27.1	20.3	27.0	19.5	26.8	20.2	27.1	19.8
Hackney	26.1	22.3	25.7	23.6	26.4	23.5	26.6	23.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	25.3	22.6	25.9	22.8	26.1	22.4	26.3	23.0
Haringey	26.9	21.6	27.3	21.6	27.3	21.3	27.7	21.3
Islington	26.6	24.0	27.1	23.9	26.9	23.6	27.1	23.1
Kensington and Chelsea	25.3	20.2	25.5	21.0	25.8	21.5	26.2	21.1
Lambeth	25.2	21.9	25.9	22.4	26.0	22.3	26.2	21.5
Lewisham	26.1	20.7	26.1	20.6	26.4	21.6	26.8	21.1
Newham	27.9	24.5	28.3	24.5	28.3	24.4	28.4	24.0
Southwark	26.4	24.4	26.6	22.4	26.8	23.2	26.7	23.4
Tower Hamlets	26.2	24.0	26.6	24.0	26.7	23.5	26.8	23.4
Wandsworth	25.8	22.0	25.6	22.2	26.0	22.8	26.1	22.4
Westminster	24.2	21.5	24.5	21.6	25.4	22.3	25.6	22.2
Outer London	27.5	21.4	27.6	21.4	27.5	21.5	27.4	21.8
Barking and Dagenham	27.0	20.8	27.0	21.9	27.2	21.9	27.0	21.7
Barnet	26.2	19.8	26.7	20.5	26.9	20.2	27.1	20.2
Bexley	28.8	21.8	29.1	21.9	28.3	21.4	28.3	22.2
Brent	26.5	20.5	26.5	20.2	27.2	20.0	27.4	20.5
Bromley	28.5	20.4	28.6	20.6	27.9	21.1	27.7	20.8
Croydon	28.3	22.2	28.2	22.0	28.0	22.6	27.8	22.9
Ealing	27.1	22.4	27.3	22.2	27.1	22.4	26.9	22.1
Enfield	29.1	20.7	29.0	20.6	28.9	20.9	28.7	21.3
Greenwich	26.0	22.5	25.8	21.6	26.2	21.8	25.9	22.8
Harrow	27.5	22.9	27.5	23.5	27.3	23.4	27.4	23.7
Havering	27.9	21.8	28.0	21.7	28.2	22.7	27.9	22.1
Hillingdon	27.2	21.1	27.3	20.3	26.7	20.7	26.4	20.7
Hounslow	26.8	21.1	26.9	21.6	27.0	21.6	27.1	21.5
Kingston-upon-Thames	29.4	20.2	29.0	21.0	29.3	21.0	28.1	20.9
Merton	27.3	22.7	27.8	22.9	27.2	22.4	26.7	24.1
Redbridge	28.4	21.0	28.6	20.9	28.5	20.9	28.5	21.4
Richmond-upon-Thames	27.2	24.0	27.0	24.1	27.3	23.4	26.7	24.6
Sutton	28.1	20.7	27.8	20.7	27.9	21.2	27.4	21.6
Waltham Forest	26.6	23.6	26.8	22.9	27.0	23.5	27.0	23.4

⁽²⁰⁾ One teacher classes

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Maintained primary and secondary schools: average class size⁽²¹⁾2001–03Position in January each year

	2001		2002		2003
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
London	27.0	22.1	26.9	22.1	26.9	21.9
Inner London	26.8	22.4	26.6	22.5	26.6	22.6
City of London	27.6	0.0	n/a	9.9	24.5	0.0
Camden	27.2	20.1	26.9	19.8	26.6	20.0
Hackney	26.2	23.7	26.5	23.4	26.8	22.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	25.9	22.9	25.3	22.5	25.6	22.6
Haringey	27.8	22.1	27.7	22.3	27.7	22.0
Islington	26.6	23.3	26.6	23.3	26.3	23.8
Kensington and Chelsea	26.3	21.2	26.1	21.2	26.0	21.4
Lambeth	26.1	21.7	26.3	20.9	26.1	21.8
Lewisham	26.8	21.6	26.8	21.9	26.6	22.2
Newham	28.3	23.8	28.0	24.0	27.9	23.8
Southwark	26.7	23.7	26.1	23.9	26.0	24.0
Tower Hamlets	26.6	22.9	26.3	23.5	26.8	23.7
Wandsworth	26.0	21.8	25.7	23.0	26.0	22.2
Westminster	25.5	22.0	24.5	21.9	25.5	21.3
Outer London	27.1	21.9	27.0	21.9	27.0	21.7
Barking and Dagenham	26.6	21.5	26.4	21.9	26.3	21.7
Barnet	27.0	20.4	27.1	20.7	27.1	20.0
Bexley	28.0	22.9	27.6	22.5	27.7	22.7
Brent	27.3	22.2	27.1	21.5	27.6	21.3
Bromley	27.4	21.6	27.7	21.3	27.3	21.5
Croydon	27.6	23.0	27.4	23.3	27.1	22.7
Ealing	26.8	22.3	26.6	22.8	26.5	21.9
Enfield	28.4	21.0	28.2	21.5	28.0	21.1
Greenwich	25.7	21.9	25.6	22.4	26.0	22.1
Harrow	26.9	24.1	26.8	23.7	26.4	22.9
Havering	27.3	22.3	27.1	21.8	27.1	21.7
Hillingdon	26.7	21.2	26.8	21.2	26.7	21.0
Hounslow	26.3	21.6	26.9	21.1	26.7	21.3
Kingston-upon-Thames	28.1	20.9	28.1	21.8	28.0	21.8
Merton	26.2	23.7	25.4	22.7	25.4	23.5
Redbridge	28.2	21.6	28.3	20.6	28.0	21.0
Richmond-upon-Thames	26.7	24.6	26.5	23.9	26.5	24.1
Sutton	27.1	21.3	27.2	22.1	27.7	21.0
Waltham Forest	26.8	22.2	26.4	22.6	26.6	22.7

⁽²¹⁾ One teacher classes

n/a = not available

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers there were per pupil of the relevant age group in Greater London, broken

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down by local education authority, in each year since 1997. [163731]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is given in the table.

Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽²²⁾ pupil:teacher ratios⁽²³⁾—Greater London 1997 to 2000 position in January each year

	1997		1998		1999		2000
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
London	21.9	15.9	22.2	16.0	22.3	16.1	22.3	16.5
Inner London	20.8	15.3	21.2	15.5	21.3	15.8	21.5	15.9
City of London	13.9	0.0	14.3	0.0	14.1	0.0	14.3	0.0
Camden	20.0	14.3	20.2	14.6	20.5	15.2	21.0	15.6
Hackney	19.5	14.9	19.6	14.5	19.7	15.7	20.1	15.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	20.5	17.4	21.0	17.5	21.4	17.5	21.1	18.1
Haringey	21.1	14.6	21.8	14.7	21.5	15.4	22.5	15.5
Islington	21.1	15.7	22.3	16.0	21.6	16.0	21.4	15.9
Kensington and Chelsea	17.7	12.9	18.4	13.4	19.1	14.3	19.4	14.0
Lambeth	19.8	15.0	20.4	14.7	20.5	15.5	20.4	15.2
Lewisham	20.6	15.2	20.7	15.6	20.9	15.7	21.5	15.6
Newham	24.3	16.3	24.4	16.3	25.4	16.4	24.7	16.6
Southwark	21.8	15.8	22.0	15.9	22.0	15.8	22.5	16.2
Tower Hamlets	20.7	15.9	20.8	15.8	20.7	16.0	21.0	16.3
Wandsworth	20.5	15.5	21.2	15.7	21.1	16.1	21.1	16.1
Westminster	18.6	14.9	19.0	15.2	18.6	15.0	18.9	15.1
Outer London	22.5	16.1	22.8	16.2	22.9	16.3	22.8	16.7
Barking and Dagenham	22.7	15.7	23.1	15.8	23.2	16.0	22.9	16.3
Barnet	21.3	14.8	21.4	15.2	21.5	15.3	21.3	15.4
Bexley	24.8	17.4	25.3	17.4	24.5	17.2	24.6	17.6
Brent	21.9	15.2	21.5	15.0	21.9	15.0	22.0	15.8
Bromley	24.4	16.3	24.8	16.4	24.3	16.6	24.2	17.2
Croydon	23.0	16.2	23.3	16.4	23.5	16.4	23.2	16.9
Ealing	22.5	16.4	22.8	16.9	22.9	16.7	22.8	17.1
Enfield	23.2	15.9	22.8	15.8	23.2	15.9	22.7	16.3
Greenwich	21.1	16.0	21.4	16.3	21.9	16.3	21.4	16.6
Harrow	20.7	15.5	21.5	15.9	21.6	15.9	22.3	16.8
Havering	23.8	16.3	24.2	16.4	24.4	16.6	24.2	16.6
Hillingdon	22.6	16.2	23.4	15.8	23.2	16.3	23.1	16.4
Hounslow	21.5	15.8	21.8	16.2	22.0	16.5	21.9	17.2
Kingston upon Thames	23.9	16.6	24.1	16.4	24.3	16.7	24.1	17.1
Merton	21.7	17.2	22.0	17.0	22.6	17.6	22.1	17.8
Redbridge	22.9	16.5	23.0	16.7	23.0	16.7	23.3	16.8
Richmond upon Thames	21.7	17.0	22.2	16.6	22.4	16.2	22.5	17.9
Sutton	23.9	16.8	23.8	17.0	23.5	17.0	23.1	17.6
Waltham Forest	21.7	15.6	22.4	15.6	22.8	15.7	22.5	16.0

⁽²²⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.

⁽²³⁾ The within school pupil:teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total full time equivalent number of pupils on roll in schools by the total full time equivalent number of teachers with qualified teacher status regularly employed in schools.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

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Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽²⁴⁾ pupil:teacher ratios⁽²⁵⁾—Greater London 2001 to 2003, position in January each year

	2001		2002		2003
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
London	22.5	16.6	22.4	16.6	23.3	16.9
Inner London	21.9	15.9	21.6	16.0	22.6	16.2
City of London	14.7	0.0		0.0	16.7	0.0
Camden	20.9	15.3	20.3	16.0	21.4	14.8
Hackney	21.8	17.1	21.3	16.9	23.5	16.3
Hammersmith and Fulham	21.1	17.5	21.8	17.0	23.2	18.0
Haringey	22.8	15.8	22.7	15.6	23.8	15.3
Islington	22.2	15.9	21.2	16.1	22.7	16.2
Kensington and Chelsea	20.6	15.2	18.9	14.9	20.8	16.9
Lambeth	20.8	15.4	20.7	15.8	21.4	16.2
Lewisham	21.3	15.8	21.3	15.9	20.6	15.4
Newham	24.5	15.8	23.8	16.5	24.9	16.7
Southwark	22.5	16.4	22.0	15.9	22.8	17.1
Tower Hamlets	21.7	16.1	21.7	16.1	22.9	16.2
Wandsworth	21.0	15.8	20.3	16.3	21.4	16.4
Westminster	20.5	15.0	21.4	15.1	22.1	15.6
Outer London	22.9	16.9	22.9	16.8	23.7	17.2
Barking and Dagenham	23.6	16.8	23.6	16.6	24.1	17.4
Barnet	22.2	15.9	22.2	15.7	22.7	15.4
Bexley	24.5	17.8	23.8	17.9	25.1	18.7
Brent	22.3	16.0	21.9	15.7	23.6	16.3
Bromley	23.6	17.1	23.4	17.3	23.7	17.6
Croydon	23.1	17.3	22.8	17.4	22.8	17.3
Ealing	23.1	17.6	23.8	17.8	24.8	17.6
Enfield	22.9	16.3	22.6	16.3	23.6	17.2
Greenwich	21.4	16.0	21.5	15.2	22.8	16.4
Harrow	21.9	17.0	22.7	16.7	23.8	17.3
Havering	23.7	17.2	23.7	17.3	24.2	17.5
Hillingdon	24.0	17.0	24.4	17.3	25.5	18.5
Hounslow	22.2	16.9	22.8	16.8	23.7	17.4
Kingston upon Thames	22.6	16.9	23.8	17.2	23.2	17.1
Merton	21.9	18.0	21.5	17.9	22.7	18.1
Redbridge	23.4	16.7	23.1	16.6	23.2	16.9
Richmond upon Thames	21.9	18.4	21.7	18.3	21.9	17.6
Button	22.9	17.6	23.4	17.7	24.7	17.7
Waltham Forest	23.0	15.8	23.0	16.7	24.5	16.8

⁽²⁴⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed

⁽²⁵⁾ The within school pupil:teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total full-time equivalent number of pupils on roll in schools by the total full time equivalent number of teachers with qualified teacher status regularly employed in schools.

⁽²⁶⁾ not available

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

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The underlying pupil and teacher figures were published on 25 September 2003 in the statistical volume, "Statistics of Education, Schools in England 2003", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000417/index.shtml

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