Bigger classes? Yes, but pupils have got bigger too, say UK teachers

Union delegates say walking into class is like entering the land of the giants

Schools are cramped not just because of bigger class sizes but because pupils themselves have got bigger, according to teachers who say they feel as if they've entered the land of the giants" when they walk into class.

Children are crammed" into chairs and desks that are too small, and have to put their feet in the aisles, delegates at the annual conference of the NASUWT teachers' union were told on Sunday during a debate on class sizes.