Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size in primary schools was in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley, (c) Greater London and (d) England on 4 July 2022.
The department does not hold figures on class sizes for dates throughout the year. Class size is recorded annually on the January school census day and is regarded as a representative sample of class size. The figures are published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.
The table below shows the average primary and secondary class sizes for the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, the London Borough of Bexley, Greater London and England and for the 2021/22 academic year.
Location | Class Type | Average class size in the 2021/22 academic year |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | Primary | 27.9 |
| Secondary | 24.4 |
London Borough of Bexley | Primary | 27.5 |
| Secondary | 22.3 |
Greater London | Primary | 26.4 |
| Secondary | 22.1 |
England | Primary | 26.6 |
| Secondary | 23.4 |