Department for Education · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Average primary class size during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
2015/16 academic year → 2018/19 academic year · 3 periods
↓ 0.0%−0 pupils
Average primary class size fell by 0.0% over the period, from 27.1 pupils (2015/16 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 27.1 (2018/19 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2015/16 academic year: 27.1
Level when it left 2018/19 academic year: 27.1
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The average number of pupils per class in state-funded primary schools in England at the January census.
Doesn’t measure: Teaching assistants, or how much attention any pupil receives.