Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

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Published 8 June 2023

Last updated 8 June 2023

Number of pupils and classes and average class sizes for state-funded primary and secondary schools, including infant and key stage 2 class sizes

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Average class size
  • Number of classes
  • Number of pupils
• Filters:
  • Size of class
  • Type of class
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	classtype	size	number_of_classes	number_of_pupils	average_class_size
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	1 to 30	220	5632	25.6
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	31 to 35	9	279	31
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	36 plus	0	0	z
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	Total	229	5911	25.81222707
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead	KS2	1 to 30	262	6513	24.85877863

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
average_class_size	Average class size
classtype	Type of class - Type of class (Infant (Reception plus KS1), KS2, Primary or Secondary)
number_of_classes	Number of classes
number_of_pupils	Number of pupils
size	Size of class - Class size (1 to 30, 31 to 35, 36 plus)

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Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, alternative provision (AP) schools and special schools, and non-maintained special schools. Does not include independent schools

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