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Class Sizes

Answer

Class size information for 2009 can be found at:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000843/index.shtml"The latest available information can be found in the following table. Class size legislation allows for classes of up to 30. Our usual measure of large classes is 31 or more pupils.

Classes as Taught¹: Number of classes with 30 pupils² or more by local authority area, position in January 2008 (Final), England
	Key Stage 1 classes³	Maintained primary school4 classes	State-funded secondary school4, 5 classes
England	14,170	42,180	18,250
City of London	x	x	0
Camden	50	110	10
Greenwich	60	170	70
Hackney	70	130	40
Hammersmith and Fulham	60	100	40
Islington	40	90	50
Kensington and Chelsea	20	50	20
Lambeth	90	190	40
Lewisham	100	180	40
Southwark	60	130	40
Tower Hamlets	110	220	50
Wandsworth	80	150	60
Westminster	40	70	20
Barking and Dagenham	50	140	50
Barnet	160	370	80
Bexley	110	310	160
Brent	160	350	80
Bromley	150	380	130
Croydon	190	430	100
Ealing	180	350	90
Enfield	200	460	100
Haringey	120	250	10
Harrow	100	230	30
Havering	80	260	90
Hillingdon	90	230	80
Hounslow	110	220	90
Kingston upon Thames	80	170	60
Merton	70	130	40
Newham	100	220	110
Redbridge	200	490	130
Richmond upon Thames	100	160	30
Sutton	90	250	100
Waltham Forest	130	280	80
Birmingham	570	1,360	300
Coventry	110	270	100
Dudley	60	200	120
Sandwell	120	310	100
Solihull	80	230	90
Walsall	100	260	70
Wolverhampton	50	170	60
Knowsley	50	140	30
Liverpool	80	230	130
St Helens	50	170	70
Sefton	80	240	130
Wirral	40	180	80
Bolton	110	330	90
Bury	30	150	70
Manchester	140	390	100
Oldham	90	290	70
Rochdale	60	210	80
Salford	50	170	40
Stockport	60	230	80
Tameside	70	190	90
Trafford	80	270	80
Wigan	90	290	100
Barnsley	30	160	70
Doncaster	50	190	90
Rotherham	50	200	70
Sheffield	160	500	180
Bradford	310	650	150
Calderdale	60	170	100
Kirklees	100	340	120
Leeds	180	550	240
Wakefield	50	240	180
Gateshead	30	110	70
Newcastle upon Tyne	90	200	110
North Tyneside	40	120	90
South Tyneside	30	100	30
Sunderland	40	130	70
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0
Bath and North East Somerset	40	130	100
Bristol, City of	130	280	60
North Somerset	70	220	100
South Gloucestershire	60	210	120
Hartlepool	10	70	30
Middlesbrough	10	60	20
Redcar and Cleveland	20	70	40
Stockton-on-Tees	30	130	60
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	50	190	90
East Riding of Yorkshire	40	190	150
North East Lincolnshire	20	100	70
North Lincolnshire	30	130	80
North Yorkshire	60	290	180
York	30	100	50
Bedfordshire	70	140	210
Luton	110	240	70
Buckinghamshire	150	410	250
Milton Keynes	60	180	100
Derbyshire	140	580	310
Derby	60	220	70
Dorset	90	270	190
Poole	60	150	40
Bournemouth	70	170	60
Durham	50	300	180
Darlington	40	120	50
East Sussex	130	500	170
Brighton and Hove	130	300	80
Hampshire	380	1,180	420
Portsmouth	60	170	40
Southampton	70	200	40
Leicestershire	110	420	250
Leicester	70	210	120
Rutland	10	20	10
Staffordshire	150	510	330
Stoke-on-Trent	70	170	80
Wiltshire	80	320	160
Swindon	60	160	90
Bracknell Forest	30	90	40
Windsor and Maidenhead	20	100	50
West Berkshire	40	120	50
Reading	40	100	30
Slough	90	180	50
Wokingham	40	150	50
Cambridgeshire	130	490	230
Peterborough	70	170	60
Cheshire	120	470	270
Halton	20	60	30
Warrington	60	180	110
Devon	110	500	260
Plymouth	70	240	120
Torbay	40	130	50
Essex	350	1,140	600
Southend-on-Sea	60	180	70
Thurrock	40	140	80
Herefordshire	20	80	80
Worcestershire	110	300	260
Kent	500	1,380	570
Medway	50	200	60
Lancashire	210	920	480
Blackburn with Darwen	50	160	70
Blackpool	50	170	50
Nottinghamshire	160	580	310
Nottingham	50	180	40
Shropshire	40	220	100
Telford and Wrekin	40	170	60
Cornwall	80	410	180
Cumbria	70	280	230
Gloucestershire	140	470	260
Hertfordshire	420	1,140	490
Isle of Wight	10	40	70
Lincolnshire	100	500	260
Norfolk	100	480	250
Northamptonshire	170	520	210
Northumberland	40	110	220
Oxfordshire	110	380	180
Somerset	90	360	240
Suffolk	70	260	200
Surrey	420	1,030	500
Warwickshire	130	470	210
West Sussex	220	710	270
¹ Includes CTCS and Academies.
² This table is based on classes of 30 pupils or more, the normal measure is 31 pupils or more.
³ One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
4 Includes middle schools as deemed.
5 Includes children in reception and key stage 1 classes.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

497 c1100-4W; 277513

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Class sizes

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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