PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Class Sizes (13 October 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Mr James Frith (Labour)
Answer
Average class size figures for state-funded schools in England are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.
A national summary of average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the link to national tables, tables 6a and 6b respectively.
A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for Key Stages 1 and 2 and is in the link to local authority and regional tables, table 11.
Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2, where appropriate, and overall is available via the link to underlying tables for each year then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase, local authority and parliamentary constituency.
A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.
Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
23 October 2017
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