Class sizes for September 2025 and children placed outside of catchment areas across primary schools Class sizes for September 2025 and children placed outside of catchment areas across primary schools
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19 June 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
​Request 716626042
1. Please could you provide a breakdown of class sizes for September 2025 across all primary schools.
2. Please add details of how many children have been placed out of catchment starting in Reception 2025.
3. Please provide details of the square foot of each Reception Classroom (not including whole school corridors) and outside provision that is available only for the children in Reception class.
4. Please inform how square foot per child in a school is calculated
Is it only classrooms counted?
Do whole school corridors count?
What square foot is allocated per child in a building?
Response
1. The department do not yet hold the information for September 2025 class sizes. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
The source of class sizes will be the pupil census which will be ready for October half term 2025.
The link below provides information on class sizes, which may be useful
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Education/P%20Admissions%20to%20Non%20Fee%20Paying%20Primary%20Schools%20Policy%2020160727%20PH.pdf​
2. The department do not yet hold the information for those placed in out of catchment areas starting in September 2025. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
3. Please find below a table for Primary Schools where we have room data such as floor area (sq.m) available. It should be noted that these figures and the room references are accurate for the current academic year (2024-2025). There is the possibility that the location of the reception classes could move from September 2025.
The department do not hold information on the sizes/areas of the outside provision for Reception children only. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
School | Room Ref | Area Sq.m | Area Sq. Ft (converted from sq. m) |
Les Landes
| G.26 | 58.6 | 630.8 |
Bel Royal | G.69 | 54.25 | 583.9 |
First Tower | G.26 | 66.6 | 716.9 |
St Clements | G.29 | 64.5 | 694.3 |
St Saviours | G.42 | 94.2 | 1014 |
Grands Vaux | G.42 | 63.5 | 683.5 |
Trinity | G.17 | 64.5 | 694.3 |
Janvrin | G.47 | 61.8 | 665.2 |
Janvrin | G.60 | 61.2 | 658.8 |
D'Auvergne | G.43 | 60.8 | 654.4 |
D'Auvergne | G.47 | 60 | 645.8 |
Plat Douet | G.18 | 65.5 | 705 |
Plat Douet | G.19 | 43.3 | 466.1 |
Plat Douet | G.21 | 63.7 | 685.7 |
Springfield | G.15 | 64.3 | 692.1 |
Samares | G.51 | 74.4 | 800.8 |
Samares | G.55 | 82.6 | 889.1 |
La Moye | G.13 | 70.7 | 761.0 |
St Mary's | G.34 | 63.53 | 683.8 |
St John | G.40 | 66.3 | 713.6 |
Mont Nicolle | G.18 | 73 | 785.8 |
St Lawrence | G.28 | 66.7 | 718 |
Grouville | G.17 | 67.5 | 726.6 |
Grouville | G.19
| 68.4 | 736.3
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Information on Early Years Guidance on minimum indoor space requirements can be found at https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Caring%20and%20support/ID%20Early%20Years%20Statutory%20Requirements%2020191204.pdf
4. CYPES do not have published guidance beyond the Early Years requirements as detailed above. Therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applied.
However, British Standard classroom size guidance would be taken into consideration. Further information can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f23ec238fa8f57acac33720/BB103_Area_Guidelines_for_Mainstream_Schools.pdf ​
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