how many children are in your child's reception class?

[FuriousGeorge]

DD1 started school last week & seems to love it,thank goodness.It is a village school,so not huge,but there are only 9 of them in reception.I wondered how many children are in the average reception class?

[mankyscotslass]

28 were in my eldests reception class last year.

[Isababel]

10-11 in mine, but I don't think that is near the average.

[tiredemma]

in ds1 - 25

in ds2 ( starting next week) 16

[brimfull]

ds started yesterday with 7 children.He was gutted ,thought there would be loads more,but thankfully they are all starting in dribs and drabs according to age,so by next week there will be 30 ,20 of them boys!

[suwoo]

It was last year and was 24.

[NotAnOtter]

26

[TheDuchessOfNorksBride]

30. Only 9 in at the moment, spring-born start tomorrow and the rest on Monday. It sounds a lot but in fact the classrooms are big with smaller 'studies' off them and there are 2 teaching assistants.

[LadyVictoriaOfCake]

dd2 class currently have 14children. after xmas they wil lhave 30children.

[startouchedtrinity]

14, also in a village school, but one that is oversubscribed.

[DaisyMOO]

34, but with 2 full time teachers and 2 TAs - it's a reception base rather than a class as such.

[unknownrebelbang]

My boys are long past reception stage, but there is usually 15 in reception at their school.

[lucykate]

30 in reception class, but overall intake is 40, oldest 10 go into a mixed class with 20 year ones

[daisyandbabybootoo]

Two classes of 30 with two full time TAs, one part time TA and a student TA who float between the classes.

[RosaLuxembourg]

Two classes of 30 in our school. DD1 is in Yr 6 and there are 33 in her class.

[lupy]

one class of 30 in our school. It never goes below this number.

[pirategirl]

its about 23 no more than 26.

[hellish]

15, no TAs

[Gingerbear]

last year, DD's class was similar to ggirl's DS's.
30 and 20 boys.

This year the intake is down - so in order not to lose a teacher, the school has had to split classes. So DD is in a yr1/yr2 mixed class and half her friends from reception are in another class.

[Alambil]

I think there is 30 bang on and a virtual 50/50 split with girls and boys

[fakeblonde]

7 in dss. <br /> Had to change schools at the last minute because he was going to be the only person in his entire year at the primary we sent our dds too !

[Joash]

7 full time, 5 part time

[huffpuff]

27 in dd's class - 10 of those are full time including my dd and just one other girl!

[CountessDracula]

31 apparently
30 + 1 SN child with a full-time carer

[MrsWeasley]

this time of year we start with between 24-27 but always end up with 30 within a few months