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Class organisation, pupil–teacher ratios and the staff available to teach.
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Average primary class size: 2021: 22.14, 2022: 22.8, 2023: 23.22
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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Average primary class size: 2021: 19, 2022: 19.3, 2023: 19.2, 2024: 19.7
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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Average primary class size: 2021: 25.51, 2022: 25.46, 2023: 25.46
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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The council said that it had not reduced teacher numbers since 1 January 2023 and therefore held no impact assessments, reviews or reports on effects of reductions.
Information-not-held response; attributed statement only.
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The response says a proposal to reduce teacher numbers by 32.7 full-time-equivalent posts was approved as part of the 2024/25 revenue budget, with anticipated annual savings of around £2 million.
Anticipated savings are not measured realised savings.
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A council correspondence attachment records that the 2024 North Ayrshire estimate was 1,386 FTE teachers, 36 lower than the prior year’s 1,422 FTE.
Council correspondence estimate; not a full independent census release.
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Aberdeenshire Council · pupils per class · primary schools
Average primary class size as stated in the authority response.
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Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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Dumfries and Galloway Council · pupils per class · primary schools
Average primary class size as stated in the authority response.
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Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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Fife Council · pupils per class · primary schools
Average primary class size as stated in the authority response.
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Focus a point to read its value.
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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