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Class Size & Interaction

8.6 / 10 ▼ falling

Ranked #1 of 6 in Social Experience · domain mean 7.8

Based on 1,636 responses from 4 institutions in the last 12 months. That is a narrow base for a cross-sector figure, so read this topic as indicative rather than representative.

Distribution of responses

18%

78%

Struggling (0-4) Neutral (>4-<8) Thriving (8-10)

How institutions vary

This topic 8.6

Domain mean 7.8

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What we ask

Topic-level question

“In class, I have meaningful interactions with my teachers and peers.”

See all 3 questions and their adaptive follow-ups in the Question Library →

What students say, and why

Where it scores lowest

Teachers leaving mid-lesson, and gossip and unrest in the room.

"Teachers disappear from the lesson, so you can’t ask questions."

Where it scores highest

Small classes where teachers and classmates are always reachable.

"It’s quite small, so there’s always help from teachers and students."

One comment from each end. Representative, de-identified, translated where needed.

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The full set of de-identified student comments from the lowest- and highest-scoring responses on this topic.

Related insights

Behind the average

What makes students speak up isn't class size. It's whether it's safe to be wrong.

Teacher interaction is the highest-rated experience students report: 9.1 out of 10, with 89% in the top band.

How we measure it

This is the topic-level average across its subtopics, on a 0-10 scale (higher is better), so an individual subtopic can score higher or lower than the topic shown here. Figures are scored responses from the last 12 months, mapped to the 2026 framework via the canonical question mapping. Movement compares the most recent six months with the prior six. Distribution bands: 0-4, >4-<8, 8-10. Cross-institution aggregate; no single institution identified; minimum group size applied.

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