Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Schools, pupils and their characteristics
- API data set ID
- 019e7401-70d1-73ca-9855-bd7258e5a1ca
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- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 45,552
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
- Indicators
- Average class size
- Number of classes
- Number of pupils
- Filters
- Size of class
- Type of class
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2025/26
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | pcon_name | pcon_code | class_type | class_size | class_count | pupil_count | class_size_average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201516 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 390 | E08000020 | Gateshead | Infant (Reception plus KS1) | 1 to 30 | 220 | 5632 | 25.600000000000000 | ||
| 201516 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 390 | E08000020 | Gateshead | Infant (Reception plus KS1) | 31 to 35 | 9 | 279 | 31.000000000000000 | ||
| 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 | 25.812227074235807 | ||
| 201516 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 390 | E08000020 | Gateshead | KS2 | 1 to 30 | 262 | 6513 | 24.858778625954198 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| class_count | Number of classes |
| class_size | Size of class - Class size (1 to 30, 31 to 35, 36 plus) |
| class_size_average | Average class size |
| class_type | Type of class - Type of class (Infant (Reception plus KS1), KS2, Primary or Secondary) |
| pupil_count | Number of pupils |
Footnotes
- Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, alternative provision (AP) schools and special schools, and non-maintained special schools. Does not include independent schools nor general hospital schools. This is because independent and hospital schools submit an aggregate school level census that does not include characteristics breakdowns such as ethnicity, age and language.
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- API data set ID
- 019e7401-70d1-73ca-9855-bd7258e5a1ca
- API data set version
- 1.0
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Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Schools and Pupils Statistics Team