Class at Sheffield school is ‘one of largest in land’ Children at a Sheffield primary school are being taught in one of the biggest classes in the country – with just one teacher for 78 pupils, according to new official figures. Research carried out by the Labour Party into Department for Education statistics has found sharply rising class sizes in primary schools across the country. But the Sheffield data refers to the off-site nursery unit at Southey Green Primary, which also has two fully qualified teaching assistants in support of the main member of staff. The school’s business manager John Dean said the three staff members meant the unit was well within official guidelines. “The official figures are taken from the latest school census, which are technically accurate,” he said. “But local authority guidelines are there should be no more than 31 children in a class with a single teacher, so we are well within those parameters.” The school is currently creating a new nursery inside the main school building. When it is operational it will have one teacher and three qualified teaching assistants. The last Labour government made it illegal to have infant age children taught in classes any larger than 30. But the Coalition scrapped the rule, resulting [...] sheffieldinnews/class-at-sheffield-school-is-one-of-largest-in-land-2/
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:02:22 +0000
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