Sutton Council has written to other local authorities in London asking for their views on increasing the class size limit to 32.
Legislation brought in by Tony Blair has limited class sizes to 30 since 1998.
The council says that the capital’s baby boom means that there is increasing pressure on school places, with demand expected to peak between 2012 and 2015.
Between 2001 and 2007 Sutton had a birth rate increase of 28 per cent.
The letter from the council’s chief executive asks for backing from other local authorities on raising infant class sizes to 32, a number which the council says is ‘a pragmatic compromise between educational viability and financial prudency.’
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