For each States primary school what is the intended maximum pupil capacity for the building design and for each States secondary school

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORT AND CULTURE BY DEPUTY D.W. MEZBOURIAN OF ST. LAWRENCE

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2008

Will the Minister please provide the following  information on  the pupil  capacity in all States schools? Question

1. F o r each States primaryschool, the intendedmaximumpupil capacity  for the building design, this to include any building alterations.

Answer

T h e p lanned maximum pupil capacity for each school is listed on the table below.

Planned capacity

Year Group

Bel Royal 175 d'Auvergne 350 First Tower 350 Grands Vaux 175 Grouville 350 Janvrin 350 La Moye 350 Les Landes 175 Mont Nicolle 175 Plat Douet 350 Rouge Bouillon 525 Samares 350 Springfield 175 St.Clement 175 St.John 175 St.Lawrence 175 St.Luke 175 St.Martin 175 St.Mary 175 St.Peter 175 St.Saviour 175 Trinity 175

The capacity for Samares and Rouge Bouillon is recorded as the planned maximum for the respective buildings. Due to demographic movement and to a diminishing roll, the number of classes in Samares has been reduced from 14 classes to 10 classes and at Rouge Bouillon from 21 classes to 17. The capacity in real terms, since there is no teacher employed where there is no class, is 250 at Samares and 425 at Rouge Bouillon.

Question

2. F o r eachStatessecondary school, the intendedmaximumpupil capacity  for the building design, this to include any building alterations.

Answer

The planned maximum pupil capacity for each of the secondary schools is as follows:

School Planned capacity

Haute Vallee 750 Grainville 750 Le Rocquier 940 Les Quennevais 750 Hautlieu 750

Question

3. F o r  each primary school,  the  current number of pupils in  each year  group, including the  nursery class  whereappropriate.

Answer

The number of pupils in each year group is indicated in the following table. Some nursery classes contain a small number of children who attend for mornings only or afternoons only as well as the vast majority of children who attend on a full time basis. The full time equivalent is the figure reported.

School

Year Group Nursery R 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total*

* T o ta l excludes nursery classes.

Question

4. F o r each secondary school,the current numberofpupilsineachyeargroup. Answer

The number of pupils in each year group is indicated in the following table.

Question

5. F o r each primary school, which year group, if any, is over subscribed, and, if so,by how many,including the nurseryclasswhereappropriate.

Answer

The year groups that are over capacity are indicated in the following table, with the number displayed being the amount of overcapacity in the year groups.

In general, each primary class has a planned maximum of 25 pupils but it may be increased to 26 if circumstances  demand  it.  A  class  containing  26  pupils  is  not  considered  as  being  oversubscribed. Similarly, a nursery has a planned maximum of 30 FTE places but is not considered overcapacity with 31 children.

Overcapacity

Question

6. F o r each secondary school,whichyeargroup, if any,  is over subscribed, and byhow many? Answer

The year groups that are over capacity are indicated in the following table, with the number displayed being the amount of overcapacity in that year groups:

The current year 8 total in Les Quennevais was agreed with the headteacher in order to accommodate a particularly large year group for one year only.

Oversubscribed