§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans the Government has to set lower statutory number limits for(a) infant, (b) junior and (c) nursery classes. [189276]
§ Mr. MilibandWe have no plans to introduce statutory class size limits for nursery or junior classes, nor do we plan to change the current statutory limit of 30 for infant classes. We introduced the infant class limit because research indicates that restricting infant class sizes to 30 allows teachers to spend more time with individual pupils, and may benefit them in those early years of school when they need to acquire basic skills.