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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: East of England
England > East of England Region
Class Sizes
Average Size of One Teacher Classes, Maintained Schools 
| Primary | Secondary | |||||
| 1997 | 2007 | Difference | 1997 | 2007 | Difference | |
| Bedfordshire LA | 27.4 | 24.7 | -2.7 | 22.5 | 21.4 | -1.1 |
| Cambridgeshire LA | 28.2 | 26.8 | -1.4 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 0.5 |
| Essex LA | 27.3 | 26.5 | -0.8 | 21.7 | 21.4 | -0.3 |
| Hertfordshire LA | 27.1 | 26.6 | -0.5 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| Luton LA | .. | 27.6 | .. | .. | 22.7 | .. |
| Norfolk LA | 25.9 | 25.3 | -0.6 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 1.1 |
| Peterborough LA | .. | 27 | .. | .. | 20.7 | .. |
| Southend on Sea LA | .. | 27.2 | .. | .. | 20.8 | .. |
| Suffolk LA | 25 | 24.4 | -0.6 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 0.3 |
| Thurrock LA | .. | 26.6 | .. | .. | 23.4 | .. |
| East of England Region | 26.9 | 26.1 | -0.8 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| England | 27.5 | 26.2 | -1.3 | 21.7 | 21.2 | -0.5 |
National Summary
The average size of classes taught by one teacher in Maintained Primary Schools in 2007 was 26.2 down from 27.5 in 1997.
In Maintained Secondary Schools the average size of classes taught by one teacher in 2007 21.2 down from 21.7 in 1997.
