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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: West Midlands
England > West Midlands Region
Class Sizes
Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2009 | Difference | 1997 | 2009 | Difference | |
| Birmingham LA | 27.7 | 27 | -0.7 | 21.8 | 20.2 | -1.6 |
| Coventry LA | 27.6 | 26.6 | -1 | 22.6 | 20.1 | -2.5 |
| Dudley LA | 26.5 | 25.6 | -0.9 | 23.1 | 22 | -1.1 |
| Sandwell LA | 28.9 | 26.7 | -2.2 | 21.7 | 20.4 | -1.3 |
| Solihull LA | 27.9 | 26.5 | -1.4 | 21.9 | 20.9 | -1 |
| Walsall LA | 26.2 | 25.8 | -0.4 | 20.7 | 19 | -1.7 |
| Wolverhampton LA | 26.9 | 25.7 | -1.2 | 21 | 18.9 | -2.1 |
| Staffordshire LA | 27.5 | 25.6 | -1.9 | 22.3 | 20.2 | -2.1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent LA | .. | 27.6 | .. | .. | 21.3 | .. |
| Herefordshire LA | .. | 24.6 | .. | .. | 20.4 | .. |
| Worcestershire LA | .. | 25.4 | .. | .. | 20.7 | .. |
| Shropshire LA | 27.4 | 25.6 | -1.8 | 21.9 | 21.4 | -0.5 |
| Telford and Wrekin LA | .. | 27.1 | .. | .. | 21.4 | .. |
| Warwickshire LA | 28.5 | 26.2 | -2.3 | 22.2 | 21.2 | -1 |
| West Midlands Region | 27.4 | 26.2 | -1.2 | 22 | 20.5 | -1.5 |
| England | 27.5 | 26.2 | -1.3 | 21.7 | 20.6 | -1.1 |
National Summary
The average size of classes taught by one teacher in Maintained Primary Schools in 2009 was 26.2 down from 27.5 in 1997.
In Maintained Secondary Schools the average size of classes taught by one teacher in 2009 20.6 down from 21.7 in 1997.
