Smaller classes could boost reading

Class sizes should be cut to a maximum of 25 to help young children who struggle with reading, a report on primary education has said.

The study by London University academics suggested that 12-year-olds in the first year of secondary school could also potentially benefit from small class sizes.

But despite evidence that smaller groups yield results, there has been an increase in "whole class" teaching, which was traditionally associated with children learning by "rote", the report said.

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