Poor use of staff increases class size

24th May 2002, 1:00am
Large class sizes

Ten LEAs whose school class sizes should be smaller given their pupil-teacher ratio (primary):

Kensington and Chelsea

Camden

East Sussex

Enfield

Lambeth

Lewisham

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Wandsworth

Islington

Small class sizes

Ten LEAs whose class sizes are small despite their pupil-teacher ratio (primary):

Slough

Walsall

Stoke on Trent

Derbyshire

Staffordshire

Northumberland

Norfolk

Bedfordshire

Hillingdon

Lincolnshire