Claim: Hundreds of thousands of children are in overcrowded classrooms.
Fact-check: Primary class sizes in England and Wales - Full Fact
Verdict: hundreds of thousands of children were in classes of more than 30 last year. that's been true for at least the last decade, although it's become more common to have large primary school classes recently.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-04-21T00:00:00