Education news: Teachers dwarfed by students with teenagers now 3 stone HEAVIER than 70s

Teachers are dwarfed by students. The average weight of 14-year-old-male students has ballooned from 5st 10lb in 1970 to 8.5st now. They have also increased their height from 4ft 10in to 5ft 8in in the last 50 years.

Teachers' union claims that the average size of schoolchildren has increased since the Seventies. The weight of 14-year-old-male students has ballooned from 5st 10lb in 1970 to 8.5st now. Elaine Paling, an official from the NASUWT, said the height of students in the past 50 years has also increased.

Teachers are dwarfed by students with teenagers now 3 stone heavier than 70s.

Teachers are dwarfed by students. The number of secondary pupils in classes of at least 31 has increased from one in 10 in 2010 to almost one of seven pupils. Children in the UK are getting taller due to better nutrition.