Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 28 September 2016.
There’s also a consensus amongst parents and, indeed, teachers, that class sizes makes a real difference. Indeed, in the most recent industrial action that we’ve seen from teachers across the border in England, growth in class sizes was their largest concern. Now, I recognise that class sizes alone is not the only thing we that we need to address to raise educational standards in Welsh schools, but it is one part of an improvement agenda that I and this Welsh Government are committed to.