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Written question asked by Colleen Fletcher (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 June 2022. It was answered by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 June 2022 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Class Sizes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the average class size in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England in each of the last five years.

Answer

The department publishes annual figures on average class sizes in state-funded schools in England. The data is from the January school census and is published in ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.

The attachment gives averages for primary and secondary class sizes for schools in Coventry North East from the 2017/18 academic year to the 2021/22 academic year. The department has calculated the figures from the published school level underlying data. The following link is for a table showing comparable figures for Coventry, the West Midlands and England over the same period: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e65ecbc6-9bbd-419e-8641-0abc370c7508.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17957
Session
2022-23
Attachment
17957_class_size_2018_to_2022
Subjects
Class sizes
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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