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Written Question · S2W-19344 · Session 2

What percentage of S1 and S2 classes in (a) English and (b) mathematics have more than 20 pupils, broken down by local authority area.

Answered Asked by Dennis Canavan Ind Lodged 20 Sep 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S1 and S2 classes in (a) English and (b) mathematics have more than 20 pupils, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 Sep 2005 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is provided in the following tables, which show that around 8,000 S1-S2 English and Maths classes operated at more than 20 pupils in September 2003 the latest year for which figures are available.
Maths S1 and S2. Number and percentage of classes with 20 or fewer pupils and 20 or more pupils by local authority as at September 2003:

| Total Number of Classes
| Number of Classes With 20 or Fewer Pupils
| Percentage of Classes With 20 or Fewer Pupils
| Number of Classes With More Than 20 Pupils
| Percentage of Classes With More Than 20 Pupils

Aberdeen City
| 176
| 56
| 32
| 120
| 68

Aberdeenshire
| 240
| 33
| 14
| 207
| 86

Angus
| 106
| 9
| 8
| 97
| 92

Argyll and Bute
| 92
| 20
| 22
| 72
| 78

Clackmannanshire
| 55
| 34
| 62
| 21
| 38

Dumfries and Galloway
| 149
| 35
| 23
| 114
| 77

Dundee City
| 145
| 42
| 29
| 103
| 71

East Ayrshire
| 123
| 14
| 11
| 109
| 89

East Dunbartonshire
| 113
| 7
| 6
| 106
| 94

East Lothian
| 91
| 17
| 19
| 74
| 81

East Renfrewshire
| 97
| 7
| 7
| 90
| 93

Edinburgh, City of
| 325
| 84
| 26
| 241
| 74

Eilean Siar
| 46
| 42
| 91
| 4

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