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[13 APR 00] COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL NEWS
Coventry Class Sizes Fall
BY ANTONY HOPKER

The majority of class sizes in Coventry schools are lower that the national average, according to government figures.

Figures released today by the Department for Education and Employment show that primary schools are better than the national average, while secondary schools are slightly higher.

At Key Stage One the number of pupils in classes of 31 or more in Coventry is 680 – just 6.4 per cent of the 10,550 pupils. The national average is 11 per cent.

Classes taught by one teacher in the city have an average of 25.4 pupils, compared with a national figure of 25.8 pupils.

The figure for youngsters at Key Stage Two in classes of 31 or more is 4,590. This is 32.9 per cent of the total 13,970 in this age range. The national average is 38 per cent.

Class sizes are 28.2 pupils per one teacher class – just below the 28.3 national average.

Overall in primary schools in Coventry class sizes average 26.8 pupils, 0.3 below the national norm, while 22 per cent of city youngsters are in classes of 31 or more. Nationally, this figure is 26 per cent.

In Coventry’s secondary schools the average class size in 22.5 pupils, compared to a national average of 22.

The percentage of pupils in classes of 31 or more in Coventry is 11.8, which 2,170 of the 18,390 pupils – slightly above the national average of 11.3 per cent.

Cllr George Duggins, chairman of the Education and Cultural Affairs Policy Co-ordinating Committee, said:

“One of the keys to rising educational standards must be smaller class sizes.

“I am delighted that we are making progress in this direction at all key stage levels.

“Naturally there is a concern that these advantages are not lost at subsequent stages in a pupil’s school career, and Coventry is progressing in this area also.”
   
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