Instead of viewing them as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, parents should focus on the quality of teaching and overall mindset of the school community
as students move through school. For example, in NSW classes are smaller in the first year of schooling, with a maximum of 20 students to one teacher. This teacher-student ratio decreases from year 1. From year 3 on, there can be a maximum of 30 students to one teacher.
on multi-age learning in small schools found “there is much disagreement in relation to academic outcomes”: But teachers also said there were challenges and composite classes could end up being more work. This included more time spent lesson planning, designing assessment and reporting.
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