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Class Sizes

Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools Metadata

PrimarySecondary
19972007Difference19972007Difference
Barking and Dagenham LA2726.8-0.220.820.90.1
Barnet LA26.227.21.019.819.80.0
Barnsley LA28.926.6-2.323.222.6-0.6
Bath and North East Somerset LA2726.2-0.820.721.10.4
Bedfordshire LA27.424.7-2.722.521.4-1.1
Bexley LA28.827.6-1.221.822.10.3
Birmingham LA27.726.9-0.821.820.7-1.1
Blackburn with Darwen LA..26.9....21.7..
Blackpool LA..27.4....22.1..
Bolton LA28.927.5-1.422.120.6-1.5
Bournemouth LA..27.3....22.1..
Bracknell Forest LA..26.3....21.6..
Bradford LA28.327.6-0.723.221.2-2.0
Brent LA26.527.40.920.520.60.1
Brighton and Hove LA..27.9....22.7..
Bristol LA27.226.3-0.921.121.80.7
Bromley LA28.527.1-1.420.420.50.1
Buckinghamshire LA27.925.6-2.321.321.1-0.2
Bury LA28.326.1-2.223.122.2-0.9
Calderdale LA2825.6-2.420.920.7-0.2
Cambridgeshire LA28.226.8-1.422.122.60.5
Camden LA27.126.9-0.220.320.1-0.2
Cheshire LA27.525.5-2.021.320.6-0.7
City of London LA2622.2-3.80..
Cornwall LA27.326.2-1.12221.3-0.7
Coventry LA27.626.1-1.522.621.1-1.5
Croydon LA28.327.5-0.822.221.8-0.4
Cumbria LA26.324.3-2.021.220.7-0.5
Darlington LA..27.4....21.6..
Derby LA..26.8....21..
Derbyshire LA29.326.3-3.022.221.7-0.5
Devon LA27.425.5-1.921.421.40.0
Doncaster LA28.126-2.121.520.6-0.9
Dorset LA28.225.1-3.121.821-0.8
Dudley LA26.525.7-0.823.122.4-0.7
Durham LA28.525.3-3.222.520.8-1.7
Ealing LA27.127.50.422.421.7-0.7
East Riding of Yorkshire LA28.325.5-2.821210.0
East Sussex LA28.227.3-0.921.422.10.7
Enfield LA29.128.3-0.820.720.70.0
Essex LA27.326.5-0.821.721.4-0.3
Gateshead LA25.824.6-1.220.420.3-0.1
Gloucestershire LA27.425.8-1.621.520.7-0.8
Greenwich LA2626.20.222.520.5-2.0
Hackney LA26.126.30.222.321.5-0.8
Halton LA..24.5....21.4..
Hammersmith and Fulham LA25.326.20.922.621.4-1.2
Hampshire LA27.927.1-0.822.222.60.4
Haringey LA26.927.50.621.620.8-0.8
Harrow LA27.526.3-1.222.922.4-0.5
Hartlepool LA2825.4-2.62221.8-0.2
Havering LA27.926.8-1.121.821.6-0.2
Herefordshire LA..24.4....21..
Hertfordshire LA27.126.6-0.520.320.30.0
Hillingdon LA27.226.6-0.621.119.6-1.5
Hounslow LA26.8270.221.120.7-0.4
Isle of Wight LA25.924.6-1.322.322.40.1
Isles of Scilly LA17.314.4-2.921..
Islington LA26.625.7-0.92422.3-1.7
Kensington and Chelsea LA25.326.20.920.222.22.0
Kent LA2826.8-1.220.320.70.4
Kingston upon Hull LA28.825.9-2.924.322.7-1.6
Kingston upon Thames LA29.427.1-2.320.221.21.0
Kirklees LA2926.6-2.422.522-0.5
Knowsley LA27.726.1-1.622.120.5-1.6
Lambeth LA25.225.90.721.921.7-0.2
Lancashire LA28.826.3-2.522.521.5-1.0
Leeds LA28.326.6-1.720.720.1-0.6
Leicester LA..25.7....22.8..
Leicestershire LA26.726.1-0.622.322.1-0.2
Lewisham LA26.125.8-0.320.721.91.2
Lincolnshire LA26.926-0.920.220.80.6
Liverpool LA26.824.8-2.021.120-1.1
Luton LA..27.6....22.7..
Manchester LA27.227-0.222.421.9-0.5
Medway LA..26.2....20.1..
Merton LA27.326.4-0.922.7241.3
Middlesbrough LA26.523.6-2.92219.5-2.5
Milton Keynes LA..25.6....22..
Newcastle upon Tyne LA27.625.8-1.821.520.3-1.2
Newham LA27.926.7-1.224.523.4-1.1
Norfolk LA25.925.3-0.620.221.31.1
North East Lincolnshire LA28.124.8-3.323.221.8-1.4
North Lincolnshire LA27.727.1-0.622.522.1-0.4
North Somerset LA27.827.3-0.520.422.31.9
North Tyneside LA27.125.3-1.821.920.5-1.4
North Yorkshire LA26.324.3-2.020.620.4-0.2
Northamptonshire LA2726-1.02120.5-0.5
Northumberland LA2724.1-2.922.622.1-0.5
Nottingham LA..25.3....20.5..
Nottinghamshire LA28.726.4-2.321.721.2-0.5
Oldham LA29.327.4-1.922.220.9-1.3
Oxfordshire LA27.225.8-1.422.220.9-1.3
Peterborough LA..27....20.7..
Plymouth LA..26.5....21..
Poole LA..26.7....19.8..
Portsmouth LA..26.5....23..
Reading LA..26....19.6..
Redbridge LA28.4290.62120.5-0.5
Redcar and Cleveland LA27.424.3-3.122.221.5-0.7
Richmond upon Thames LA27.226.8-0.42423.2-0.8
Rochdale LA29.627-2.622.822.4-0.4
Rotherham LA27.726.7-1.021.720.1-1.6
Rutland LA..24.8....23.6..
Salford LA27.325.8-1.522.122-0.1
Sandwell LA28.926.6-2.321.721-0.7
Sefton LA27.625.4-2.221.120.5-0.6
Sheffield LA26.927.60.722.722.3-0.4
Shropshire LA27.426.5-0.921.921.8-0.1
Slough LA..27.7....20.6..
Solihull LA27.925.9-2.021.921.90.0
Somerset LA27.625.8-1.823.222.7-0.5
South Gloucestershire LA28.526.9-1.621.520.7-0.8
South Tyneside LA2725.3-1.722.720.2-2.5
Southampton LA..27.1....21.7..
Southend on Sea LA..27.2....20.8..
Southwark LA26.424.9-1.524.421.1-3.3
St Helens LA27.827.2-0.619.920.40.5
Staffordshire LA27.525.6-1.922.321.1-1.2
Stockport LA27.825.8-2.023.123.10.0
Stockton-on-Tees LA26.825-1.822.221.7-0.5
Stoke-on-Trent LA..26.5....22.2..
Suffolk LA2524.4-0.621.121.40.3
Sunderland LA2624.7-1.321.320.3-1.0
Surrey LA26.226.60.421.722.30.6
Sutton LA28.127.7-0.420.720.5-0.2
Swindon LA..26.9....23.6..
Tameside LA29.326.1-3.22322.7-0.3
Telford and Wrekin LA..27.2....21.9..
Thurrock LA..26.6....23.4..
Torbay LA..27....20..
Tower Hamlets LA26.226.30.12421.3-2.7
Trafford LA28.927.1-1.821.721.3-0.4
Wakefield LA28.226.3-1.922.221.9-0.3
Walsall LA26.225.7-0.520.719.4-1.3
Waltham Forest LA26.627.40.823.622.3-1.3
Wandsworth LA25.825.6-0.22221.5-0.5
Warrington LA..25.6....20.7..
Warwickshire LA28.526.3-2.222.221.3-0.9
West Berkshire LA..25.2....19.7..
West Sussex LA26.826.6-0.221.621.5-0.1
Westminster LA24.225.51.321.520.8-0.7
Wigan LA28.526.6-1.921.521.2-0.3
Wiltshire LA27.225.8-1.421.721-0.7
Windsor and Maidenhead LA..26....20.2..
Wirral LA26.325.4-0.920.519.9-0.6
Wokingham LA..25.8....20..
Wolverhampton LA26.925.4-1.52119.4-1.6
Worcestershire LA..25.3....21.3..
York LA27.626.1-1.521.620.7-0.9
England27.526.2-1.321.721.2-0.5

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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.


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