Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: North West

Class Sizes

Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools

	Primary			Secondary
	1997	2007	Difference	1997	2007	Difference
Altrincham and Sale West Constituency	29.5	27.6	-1.9	22.1	22.1	0.0
Ashton under Lyne Constituency	29.5	26.9	-2.6	23	22.5	-0.5
Barrow and Furness Constituency	26.7	25.8	-0.9	23.8	22.9	-0.9
Birkenhead Constituency	25.2	24.2	-1.0	20.5	20.2	-0.3
Blackburn Constituency	28.8	27.1	-1.7	22.5	21.5	-1.0
Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency	29.9	27	-2.9	22.5	22.8	0.3
Blackpool South Constituency	29.9	27.2	-2.7	22.3	21.4	-0.9
Bolton North East Constituency	28.4	27.3	-1.1	21.4	19.6	-1.8
Bolton South East Constituency	29.8	27.4	-2.4	22.6	22	-0.6
Bolton West Constituency	28.3	27.9	-0.4	22.9	21.2	-1.7
Bootle Constituency	25.7	23.2	-2.5	21.5	20.7	-0.8
Burnley Constituency	27	26.8	-0.2	21.9	19.3	-2.6
Bury North Constituency	28.1	26.6	-1.5	23.3	22.6	-0.7
Bury South Constituency	28.5	25.6	-2.9	22.8	21.6	-1.2
Carlisle Constituency	27.4	26	-1.4	20.7	21.4	0.7
Cheadle Constituency	28.4	26.2	-2.2	23.4	23	-0.4
Chorley Constituency	29.1	26.7	-2.4	22.8	22.3	-0.5
City of Chester Constituency	26.6	25.1	-1.5	19.6	19.8	0.2
Congleton Constituency	27.4	26.4	-1.0	20.8	19.9	-0.9
Copeland Constituency	26.2	24.3	-1.9	21.2	20.5	-0.7
Crewe and Nantwich Constituency	28.3	26.3	-2.0	22.2	21.6	-0.6
Crosby Constituency	29	26.1	-2.9	20.8	19.9	-0.9
Denton and Reddish Constituency	29.1	25.2	-3.9	22.9	22.8	-0.1
Eccles Constituency	28.2	26.2	-2.0	22.8	22.9	0.1
Eddisbury Constituency	26.2	25.7	-0.5	20.8	20.7	-0.1
Ellesmere Port and Neston Constituency	28	25.4	-2.6	20.7	19	-1.7
Fylde Constituency	30	26.3	-3.7	22.5	21.1	-1.4
Halton Constituency	27	24.7	-2.3	21.5	21.8	0.3
Hazel Grove Constituency	27.3	25.7	-1.6	22.3	22.9	0.6
Heywood and Middleton Constituency	29.7	27	-2.7	23.7	22.7	-1.0
Hyndburn Constituency	29.2	26.5	-2.7	23.6	22.6	-1.0
Knowsley North and Sefton East Constituency	27.8	26	-1.8	21.3	19.9	-1.4
Knowsley South Constituency	27.6	26.4	-1.2	21.3	21	-0.3
Lancaster and Wyre Constituency	27.9	26.6	-1.3	21.8	21.4	-0.4
Leigh Constituency	29	26.9	-2.1	21.6	21.3	-0.3
Liverpool, Garston Constituency	27	24.8	-2.2	20.7	20.3	-0.4
Liverpool, Riverside Constituency	25.1	23.3	-1.8	21.8	21	-0.8
Liverpool, Walton Constituency	26.7	25.2	-1.5	22.7	19.2	-3.5
Liverpool, Wavertree Constituency	28.1	24.6	-3.5	20.7	19.5	-1.2
Liverpool, West Derby Constituency	27.1	26.2	-0.9	20.5	20.6	0.1
Macclesfield Constituency	27.9	24.9	-3.0	21	21	0.0
Makerfield Constituency	28	26.8	-1.2	22.1	22.1	0.0
Manchester, Blackley Constituency	27	26.3	-0.7	23	21.7	-1.3
Manchester, Central Constituency	26.4	26	-0.4	22.1	22.6	0.5
Manchester, Gorton Constituency	28	28.5	0.5	20.9	22.8	1.9
Manchester, Withington Constituency	27.8	28	0.2	22.1	20.8	-1.3
Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency	29.3	27	-2.3	21	19	-2.0
Oldham East and Saddleworth Constituency	29.6	26.7	-2.9	21.4	20.8	-0.6
Oldham West and Royton Constituency	29.1	28.1	-1.0	22.5	21.1	-1.4
Pendle Constituency	28.4	26.7	-1.7	23.2	22.4	-0.8
Penrith and The Border Constituency	24.5	22.8	-1.7	20.3	20.3	0.0
Preston Constituency	28.4	26	-2.4	21.7	20.1	-1.6
Ribble Valley Constituency	29.1	27	-2.1	22.3	22	-0.3
Rochdale Constituency	29.5	27	-2.5	22.1	22	-0.1
Rossendale and Darwen Constituency	29.3	25.4	-3.9	22.9	21.9	-1.0
Salford Constituency	26	24.7	-1.3	21.4	20	-1.4
South Ribble Constituency	30.1	27.1	-3.0	23.1	22.1	-1.0
Southport Constituency	29.2	26.5	-2.7	22.4	21.4	-1.0
St. Helens North Constituency	28.1	27	-1.1	19.3	20.5	1.2
St. Helens South Constituency	27.4	27.5	0.1	20.7	20.2	-0.5
Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency	29.1	25.8	-3.3	23.7	22.4	-1.3
Stockport Constituency	27.2	26	-1.2	23.2	23.9	0.7
Stretford and Urmston Constituency	28.2	26.5	-1.7	21.3	19.6	-1.7
Tatton Constituency	26.9	25.7	-1.2	21.1	21.8	0.7
Wallasey Constituency	26.5	25.6	-0.9	20.3	18.6	-1.7
Warrington North Constituency	27.9	24.9	-3.0	22.4	19.9	-2.5
Warrington South Constituency	28.8	26.3	-2.5	21.9	21.2	-0.7
Weaver Vale Constituency	27.2	24.3	-2.9	22.1	21.3	-0.8
West Lancashire Constituency	26.3	24.5	-1.8	22.4	21.9	-0.5
Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency	27.2	23.7	-3.5	20.7	19.5	-1.2
Wigan Constituency	28.6	26.6	-2.0	20.8	20.9	0.1
Wirral South Constituency	26.7	26.1	-0.6	20.9	19.8	-1.1
Wirral West Constituency	27.2	25.9	-1.3	20.5	20.9	0.4
Workington Constituency	25.9	23.8	-2.1	20.8	19.9	-0.9
Worsley Constituency	28.1	26.3	-1.8	21.4	20.9	-0.5
Wythenshawe and Sale East Constituency	28.1	26.8	-1.3	22.9	22.4	-0.5

North West Region	27.9	26.1	-1.8	21.8	21.1	-0.7

England	27.5	26.2	-1.3	21.7	21.2	-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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