Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

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Published 17 June 2021

Last updated 17 June 2021

Class size information for state-funded primary and secondary schools

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Average class size
  • Number of classes
  • Number of pupils
• Filters:
  • Key stage of class
  • Phase of school
  • Primary or secondary class
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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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	phase-type_grouping	ClassType	KeyStage	Size	Number_of_classes	Number_of_pupils	Average_class_size
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	815	E10000023	North Yorkshire	State-funded primary and secondary total	Secondary	Total	31 to 35	103	3255	31.60194175
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	815	E10000023	North Yorkshire	State-funded primary and secondary total	Secondary	Total	36 plus	4	148	37
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	815	E10000023	North Yorkshire	State-funded primary and secondary total	Secondary	Total	Total	1685	33581	19.92937685
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	815	E10000023	North Yorkshire	State-funded primary and secondary total	Total	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	1 to 30	520	12769	24.55576923
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	815	E10000023	North Yorkshire	State-funded primary and secondary total	Total	Infant (Reception plus KS1)	31 to 35	25	788	31.52

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Average_class_size	Average class size
ClassType	Primary or secondary class - Type of class (primary, secondary, all)
KeyStage	Key stage of class - KS1 or KS2 or all
Number_of_classes	Number of classes
Number_of_pupils	Number of pupils

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