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Department for Education · 5 July 2024 – present

Average secondary class size during the Labour 2024– government

2022/23 academic year → 2025/26 academic year · 3 periods

↑ 1.1%+0.2 pupils

Average secondary class size rose by 1.1% over the period, from 22.4 pupils (2022/23 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 22.6 (2025/26 academic year, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2022/23 academic year: 22.4
  2. Latest 2025/26 academic year: 22.6
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Average secondary class size: 2015/16 academic year to 2025/26 academic yearConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010202016201820202022202420262015/16 academic year: 20.4 pupils · published 4 August 20262016/17 academic year: 20.8 pupils · published 4 August 20262017/18 academic year: 21.2 pupils · published 4 August 20262018/19 academic year: 21.7 pupils · published 4 August 20262019/20 academic year: 22 pupils · published 4 August 20262020/21 academic year: 22.3 pupils · published 4 August 20262021/22 academic year: 22.3 pupils · published 4 August 20262022/23 academic year: 22.4 pupils · published 4 August 20262023/24 academic year: 22.4 pupils · published 4 August 20262024/25 academic year: 22.5 pupils · published 4 August 20262025/26 academic year: 22.6 pupils · published 4 August 2026
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Definition and caveats

The average number of pupils per class in state-funded secondary schools in England at the January census.

Doesn’t measure: Sixth-form or vocational group sizes, which are counted differently.