Class sizes in primary schools an issue in United Kingdom

Class sizes in primary schools in the United Kingdom (UK) 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. Read the article at The Independent website.