Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

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Published 25 June 2020

Last updated 25 June 2020

Class size information for state-funded primary and secondary schools including information on lawful and unlawful large class sizes.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2019/20
• Number of rows: 34,237
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Average class size
  • ExceptionAPupils
  • ExceptionBPupils
  • ExceptionCPupils
  • ExceptionDPupils
  • ExceptionEPupils
  • ExceptionFPupils
  • ExceptionGPupils
  • ExceptionHPupils
  • LargeClassActivity
  • LargeClassActivityPupils
  • LargeExcludingExceptedClasses
  • LargeExcludingExceptedPupils
  • LawfulClasses
  • LawfulClassesPupils
  • Number of classes
  • Number of pupils
  • UnlawfulClasses
  • UnlawfulClassesPupils
• Filters:
  • Key stage of class
  • Phase of school
  • Primary or secondary class
  • Size of class
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	URN	Estab	school_name	LAEstab	open_date	sex_of_school_description	phase-type_grouping	type_of_establishment	middle_school	all_through_school	hospital_school	denomination	admissions_policy	district_administrative_code	district_administrative_name	parl_con_code	parl_con_name	ward_code	ward_name	urban_rural	school_postcode	ClassType	KeyStage	Size	Number_of_classes	Number_of_pupils	Average_class_size	ExceptionAPupils	ExceptionBPupils	ExceptionCPupils	ExceptionDPupils	ExceptionEPupils	ExceptionFPupils	ExceptionGPupils	ExceptionHPupils	LargeExcludingExceptedClasses	LargeExcludingExceptedPupils	LawfulClasses	LawfulClassesPupils	UnlawfulClasses	UnlawfulClassesPupils	LargeClassActivity	LargeClassActivityPupils
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead							State-funded primary and secondary total															Primary	Total	1 to 30	536	13292	24.79850746
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead							State-funded primary and secondary total															Primary	Total	31 to 35	41	1294	31.56097561
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead							State-funded primary and secondary total															Primary	Total	36 plus	2	74	37
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead							State-funded primary and secondary total															Primary	Total	Total	579	14660	25.31951641
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000020	Gateshead							State-funded primary and secondary total															Secondary	Total	1 to 30	492	8901	18.09146341

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 23 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Average_class_size	Average class size
ClassType	Primary or secondary class - Type of class (primary, secondary, all)
ExceptionAPupils	ExceptionAPupils
ExceptionBPupils	ExceptionBPupils
ExceptionCPupils	ExceptionCPupils
ExceptionDPupils	ExceptionDPupils
ExceptionEPupils	ExceptionEPupils
ExceptionFPupils	ExceptionFPupils
ExceptionGPupils	ExceptionGPupils
ExceptionHPupils	ExceptionHPupils
KeyStage	Key stage of class - KS1 or KS2
LargeClassActivity	LargeClassActivity
LargeClassActivityPupils	LargeClassActivityPupils
LargeExcludingExceptedClasses	LargeExcludingExceptedClasses
LargeExcludingExceptedPupils	LargeExcludingExceptedPupils
LawfulClasses	LawfulClasses
LawfulClassesPupils	LawfulClassesPupils
Number_of_classes	Number of classes
Number_of_pupils	Number of pupils
phase-type_grouping	Phase of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU)
Size	Size of class - Class size (1 to 30, 31 to 35, 36 plus)
UnlawfulClasses	UnlawfulClasses
UnlawfulClassesPupils	UnlawfulClassesPupils

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