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[liana]

Can anybody help me I would like to know Challoners class sizes.

[147]

Can anybody help me I would like to know Challoners class sizes.

Hope they are smaller than they were in the 70's. When I was there we had 40 to a class for the first 2 years.

[roob_the_doob]

Can anybody help me I would like to know Challoners class sizes.

Whatever they are now, I think we can expect them to be much bigger in a couple of years' time, once the Tory axe gets into full swing.

[Milton]

Whatever they are now, I think we can expect them to be much bigger in a couple of years' time, once the Tory axe gets into full swing.

Might be easier said than done. Bigger classes would need bigger rooms, and I doubt there'll be money to rebuild schools to accommodate the larger classes.....

[Fran]

Can anybody help me I would like to know Challoners class sizes.

The short answer is up to 30.

They admit six classes of 30 boys in year 7. Once GCSE courses start, they split them into eight groups for maths and science so that the lower sets can be taught in even smaller groups. In the sixth form class sizes will vary more widely, depending how many boys take a subject, but I doubt any are more than 30, if only because of the physical constraints that Milton mentioned (and I expect most are far smaller).

[147]

It hasn't changed much then, we had an intake of about 170 split into four classes, when we started our GCE's that 170 was split into 5 classes with subject sets ranging from 35 for English Language and Literature down to 17-18 for the more practical subjects.

[Zoom]

It hasn't changed much then, we had an intake of about 170 split into four classes, when we started our GCE's that 170 was split into 5 classes with subject sets ranging from 35 for English Language and Literature down to 17-18 for the more practical subjects.

LOL.... you didn't take Maths then ?

180 = 6 x 30 is quite a lot different to 170 = 4 x 42/43

In other words the classes are 1/4 smaller than they were.


I'm pretty sure that the class sizes at Challoners are pretty much on a par with what you would find in any state secondary school... although there are stories of some other schools bending the legal limits by holding 'lectures' (by a teacher) with break-out sessions (with an assistant or prefect instead of a qualified teacher) and then averaging the two to stay within the legal/reporting limits.

[147]

LOL.... you didn't take Maths then ?

180 = 6 x 30 is quite a lot different to 170 = 4 x 42/43

In other words the classes are 1/4 smaller than they were.


I'm pretty sure that the class sizes at Challoners are pretty much on a par with what you would find in any state secondary school... although there are stories of some other schools bending the legal limits by holding 'lectures' (by a teacher) with break-out sessions (with an assistant or prefect instead of a qualified teacher) and then averaging the two to stay within the legal/reporting limits.

What I meant was the intake was very similar, it hasn't grown over the last 35 years. And yes I A* at maths although only got a C for my English Language.

[Zoom]

Just joshing

To be honest I think the school is about as large as it could be without compromising its character and jamming the site.