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Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Dorset
England > South West Region > Dorset LA
Class Sizes
Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Christchurch Constituency | 28.4 | 27.2 | -1.2 | 22.1 | 21.5 | -0.6 |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole Constituency | 28.7 | 26.8 | -1.9 | 21 | 21 | 0.0 |
| North Dorset Constituency | 26.8 | 24.1 | -2.7 | 22.3 | 20.9 | -1.4 |
| South Dorset Constituency | 27.8 | 25.6 | -2.2 | 24.9 | 23.4 | -1.5 |
| West Dorset Constituency | 26.1 | 23.5 | -2.6 | 21.2 | 19.7 | -1.5 |
| Dorset LA | 28.2 | 25.1 | -3.1 | 21.8 | 21 | -0.8 |
| South West Region | 27.5 | 26.1 | -1.4 | 21.7 | 21.4 | -0.3 |
| England | 27.5 | 26.2 | -1.3 | 21.7 | 21.2 | -0.5 |
National Summary
The average size of classes taught by one teacher in Maintained Primary Schools in 2007 was 26.2 down from 27.5 in 1997.
In Maintained Secondary Schools the average size of classes taught by one teacher in 2007 21.2 down from 21.7 in 1997.
