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Class sizes in UK still too high, says report

By Richard Garner, Education Editor

Published: 19 September 2007

Class sizes in UK primary schools are still far higher than in most other developed countries despite millions of pounds of government cash being pumped into the sector, an international study revealed yesterday.

Figures show the UK – with an average of 25.8 pupils per class in state schools – comes 23rd out of 30 Western countries surveyed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for class sizes.

Only Korea, Chile, Japan, Turkey, Israel, Brazil and Ireland have larger class sizes. The smallest primary school classes are in the Russian Federation, where there is an average of just 15.6 pupils per class.

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