Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 5: 2014 Edition

This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, early learning and childcare data and school estates data.


Legislation was introduced in November 2010 to limit class sizes for P1 pupils to 25. Table 3.3 shows the number of P1 pupils by class size. Some P1 pupils may be in classes of over 25 due to the inclusion of one or more "excepted pupil" (see background note 3.3). In 2014 the number of pupils in classes of 26 or more was 451, lower than in previous years.

Table 3.3: Number of P1 pupils by class size, 2006 to 2014

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011(1)

2012

2013

2014

1 - 18

8,164

11,062

11,653

11,796

16,156

16,208

15,713

11,968

11,558

19 - 20

5,416

8,253

8,066

7,967

5,967

8,025

8,459

8,554

8,822

21 - 25

20,822

30,311

30,681

29,794

24,568

30,351

32,009

36,310

36,722

26 or more

16,845

965

1,706

3,611

6,896

609

503

560

451

(1) Pupil numbers were corrected on 01 February 2012 to adjust for a two teacher class in P1 which had been treated as a large class.

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