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The collection took place in March 2020 when school operations were severely impacted by COVID-19, so the department did not follow up potential errors in class size or class structure with numerous schools.\r\n\r\n* The 2024 class size factsheet with state level aggregate data has been published and is available here:  https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-education-average-government-primary-school-class-sizes-by-school-size\r\n\r\n* Multi-age classes are often designed to match the organisation of the syllabus, which is based on \u2018stages\u2019 running over two years.\r\n\r\n* From 2017, school size is based on primary enrolment rather than school classification.\r\n\r\n* Historical data displays the data that was correct in that year.\r\n\r\nResearch suggests that:\r\n\r\n* Class organisation \"...will not determine either educational advantage or disadvantage...\" (NSW DET 1997).\r\n\r\n* The most important factors in determining student success are the quality of the teacher and his or her teaching. 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