School funding crisis blamed for 'catastrophic' rise in supersized classes

Number of pupils in classes of 31 or more has risen by 30% since 2010, NEU data shows

Almost 1 million school pupils are in classes of 31 or more, a surge of nearly 30% since 2010, according to a report.

Data from the National Education Union (NEU) also shows that nearly 20,000 more pupils were in supersized classes of more than 36 in 2018-19, compared with eight years ago.

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