State School Classes Are Big Now – And Only Going To Get Bigger

PH219168 • 26 September 2024

One of the biggest problems that concerns our children’s teaching today is that many classes have more than the statutory limit of 30 children per class. The latest figures from the School Census in England for 2021/2022 found that there are some 1,800 Reception and Key Stage 1 classes above this limit. At Key Stage 2, more than 16% of pupils are in classes of 31 pupils or more, and more than 13% of secondary pupils are taught in 13,500 such classes. 

Of course, those figures are only the ones over the limit. There are many more who are at the limit or only just under it.

 

If you think about this, it is hardly surprising that teachers are struggling to achieve their targets. But, of course, this is having a detrimental effect on many of those pupils who are having difficulty with the subject in hand but cannot get the answers they need from the teacher because there is just insufficient time.

 

 

Extra Tuition Is Needed

 

If you want your child to succeed and get the right start in life, then some extra tuition outside school hours is what is needed, and this is what we provide at Smart Kids Tutoring. Our Oldham Tuition Centre is perfectly positioned for parents in and around Manchester, Rochdale, and the Pennines who want the best for their child and understand that this is really the only way to get it.

 

In the last 20 years we have had over 9,000 students and achieved a 100% pass rate for SATS and GCSEs in grades 9 - 4. We are specialists in GCSE maths tuition, combined with English and Science, and we are certified by Ofsted.

 

We are happy to provide all parents with a free consultation and assessment of your child. Our tutors will then produce a personalised programme for your child designed to cover his or her weak spots and bring them up to scratch. What this mean is that your child is getting the individual attention that is needed and yet cannot be provided in the state school classroom.

 

If you think about it, the situation in schools is only going to get worse, as many parents who have had their child in a private school are now unable to afford the fees going forward with the added 20% VAT on top that the government has ruled. This means that even more children will be going to state schools, increasing the class numbers even further.

 

Make an appointment to bring your child to our Oldham Tuition Centre and let us answer al your questions.

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