class sizes/number of TA in your childs class

[fairygirl3]

How many children are in you childs class,what yeAr are they and how many teaching assistants ?
DS2-reception-30 chilren-1 full time TA and one shared with other reception class.Just curious to see what is average.

[mamatomany]

The teachers should be able to cope with 30 and then a TA should be a bonus.
My children have a maximum class size of 20 but it's costs an arm and a leg.

[NoahAndTheWhale]

DS - year 2 - 17 children. Think their TA is part time

DD - reception - 11 children (will be about 27 after Christmas). Generally have a TA but not always. Not sure what will happen after Christmas

[Clary]

Hah! DD is in yr 5, 31 DC I think, no TA.

DS2 is in yr 3, 27 DC, no TA.

Not as good as some on this thread, but then we are in a posh middle class area so the children don't need lots of money spending on them

[Flowergarden1]

DS reception - 21 children, 1 teacher, 1 fulltime TA, one P/T TA

[pooka]

DS1 - reception

Currently 2 ft teachers, 2 ft TAs and a student teacher.

32 children.

In January however the newbies start and there will be 2 classes of 30, 1 teacher and 1 TA.

DD - Year 3

29 children currently. 1 teacher and 1 TA.

[pooka]

That should read 1 teacher and 1 TA per class in reception.

[CardyMow]

DS1 - Y4, 32 dc, one teacher, no TA

DS2 - Y2, 29 dc, one teacher, one PT TA as both DS2 and one other in class have significant SEN.

Only 3 classes in the school have TA's, one is FT 2 are PT. And ths is a school with 14 classes.

[asdx2]

It's a revelation as to how much difference there is between schools. Each class at dd's school has a ft class TA and at least one SEN TA.Ten classes and a foundation unit.

[ruddynorah]

30 in reception, 1teacher plus 1ft ta. Also there is always a student teacher in, and a parent helper each afternoon.

[mumtotwoplustwo]

36 children in the school and 5 teachers plus additional PE, music and French teachers.

[Hulababy]

I work in a Y1 class. There are 30 children and 2 PT TAs (I am level 3 and work mornings; the other TA is level 1 and wrks afternoons.)

The other two Y1 classes have 30 children. Each have 1 TA teacher and 1 FT level 3 TA.

All the classes in the infant school have 30 children and 1 teacher and 1 TA (may be two PTers for teacher or TAs though).


DD is Y4 and there are 15 in her class. One FT teacher. In Reception there was a FT TA too.

[theQuibbler]

28 children in Reception. 1 teacher, 2 full time TA's, 2 part time TA's (one each morning, one each afternoon).

[chestadraws]

Year 7 in a private special school - 3 pupils, 1 teacher and 1 TA. It's almost like having a private tutor.

[Beamur]

DD in nursery, combined with reception - about 10/12 kids (depending on day of the week) with a TA and also at least one more TA in the school who works between the classes as needed.
LA school - not private, just small class size.

[sims2fan]

I taught a Nursery class not long ago, and had 26 children with myself and 1 TA. That may not sound too bad, but every day one of us had to (told by higher up staff) do a written observation on a child (consisting of 10 minutes spent doing nothing but writing down everything the child said/did plus at least 10 minutes then writing which learning objectives the child had met) meaning the other person had to effectively watch 25 other children. Therefore that person couldn't do a planned activity with a group of children, as she needed to be available to help with buttoning trousers, putting on painting aprons, writing names on pictures, etc. I felt like I spent most of the year watching the children rather than teaching them! I could definitely have done with at least one other person to help each day, and suggested having a rota of parent helpers, but was told this was 'unworkable.' As far as I know, 26 is the maximum number of children in a nursery class with 1 teacher and 1 TA (in England). The ratio is 1:13 as long as one of the adults is a teacher (or has equivalent Early Years degree). If no adult is a teacher, the ratio is 1:8. But then jump to Reception and the ratio is suddenly 1:30, with no need to have a TA, although pretty much every school I know has one. I have known schools to not use TAs past Reception though.

[domesticsluttery]

AFAIK all of the schools in my LEA meet the Foundation Phase ratio requirements, which is 1:8 for nursery and reception and 1:15 for Years 1&2.

When DS2 was in Reception there was one teacher plus two TAs as there were 17 in the class. There was also a SEN 1:1. It was wonderful!

[WowOoo]

DS1 30 children. One teacher, one teaching assistant. Another TA shared between classes in reception and yr 1, I think.

[princessparty]

mixed R/Y1/Y2 class 16 children 1 teacher +1 TA and use of a floating TA

Y5/6 15 children 1 teacher and 1TA mornings only

[cockles]

Reception, class of 30, 1 teacher, 1 TA shared with other class. (Inner London!)

[bobblehat]

DS1 year 4 28 children, 1 teacher, 1 ft TA

DS2 year 1/2 class 24 children 1 teacher 1 pt TA