Our supersize classes: Britain has the worst record in Europe on pupil ratio [dailymail.co.uk]
- Published: 26 October 2011
Primary school classes in Britain are the most crowded in Europe and have the highest ratio of pupils to teachers, figures show.
The damning research reflects the struggle faced by schools coping with an influx of pupils fuelled by an immigrant baby boom and an exodus from private schools in the recession.
It reveals that the investment made by Labour in education appears to have had little impact.
Applications for primary school places have soared 23 per cent since 2008 in some areas and it is estimated that by 2015 an additional 350,000 places will need to be found.
Britain’s primary schools have an average of 19.9 pupils per teacher compared to the European average of 14.5, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
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