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Education and Skills in Your Area - Local Authority: Essex
England > East of England Region > Essex LA
Class Sizes
Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Basildon Constituency | 27.7 | 26.3 | -1.4 | 23 | 22.8 | -0.2 |
| Billericay Constituency | 28.3 | 26.4 | -1.9 | 22.1 | 21.8 | -0.3 |
| Braintree Constituency | 27 | 26.2 | -0.8 | 21.9 | 22.2 | 0.3 |
| Brentwood and Ongar Constituency | 26.8 | 26.4 | -0.4 | 21.1 | 20 | -1.1 |
| Castle Point Constituency | 27.8 | 27.5 | -0.3 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 0.2 |
| Colchester Constituency | 27.7 | 26.3 | -1.4 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 0.1 |
| Epping Forest Constituency | 27.4 | 26.2 | -1.2 | 21.6 | 21.4 | -0.2 |
| Harlow Constituency | 26.9 | 26.7 | -0.2 | 23 | 22.6 | -0.4 |
| Harwich Constituency | 27.7 | 26.6 | -1.1 | 20.6 | 19.8 | -0.8 |
| Maldon and East Chelmsford Constituency | 27.6 | 27.1 | -0.5 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 0.6 |
| North Essex Constituency | 26.4 | 26.4 | 0.0 | 22.3 | 21 | -1.3 |
| Rayleigh Constituency | 27 | 26.8 | -0.2 | 22 | 21.2 | -0.8 |
| Rochford and Southend East Constituency | 27.6 | 26.6 | -1.0 | 21.3 | 20.6 | -0.7 |
| Saffron Walden Constituency | 26.9 | 25.3 | -1.6 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| West Chelmsford Constituency | 27.1 | 26.6 | -0.5 | 20.8 | 20.7 | -0.1 |
| Essex LA | 27.3 | 26.5 | -0.8 | 21.7 | 21.4 | -0.3 |
| East of England Region | 26.9 | 26.1 | -0.8 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| 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.
