diff --git a/code/controllers/CMSSiteTreeFilter.php b/code/controllers/CMSSiteTreeFilter.php
index 16944856..54423f3b 100644
--- a/code/controllers/CMSSiteTreeFilter.php
+++ b/code/controllers/CMSSiteTreeFilter.php
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ abstract class CMSSiteTreeFilter extends Object {
 	 * @var String 
 	 */
 	protected $childrenMethod = null;
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $numChildrenMethod = 'numChildren';
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns a sorted array of all implementators of CMSSiteTreeFilter, suitable for use in a dropdown.
 	 * 
@@ -71,13 +76,21 @@ abstract class CMSSiteTreeFilter extends Object {
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * @return String Method on {@link Hierarchy} objects
-	 * which is used to traverse into children relationships.
+	 * Method on {@link Hierarchy} objects which is used to traverse into children relationships.
+	 *
+	 * @return String
 	 */
 	public function getChildrenMethod() {
 		return $this->childrenMethod;
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * Method on {@link Hierarchy} objects which is used find the number of children for a parent page
+	 */
+	public function getNumChildrenMethod() {
+		return $this->numChildrenMethod;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return Array Map of Page IDs to their respective ParentID values.
 	 */
@@ -101,17 +114,13 @@ abstract class CMSSiteTreeFilter extends Object {
 			}
 
 			while(!empty($parents)) {
-				$q = new SQLQuery();
-				$q->setSelect(array('"ID"','"ParentID"'))
-					->setFrom('"SiteTree"')
-					->setWhere('"ID" in ('.implode(',',array_keys($parents)).')');
-
+				$q = Versioned::get_including_deleted('SiteTree', '"RecordID" in ('.implode(',',array_keys($parents)).')');
+				$list = $q->map('ID', 'ParentID');
 				$parents = array();
-
-				foreach($q->execute() as $row) {
-					if ($row['ParentID']) $parents[$row['ParentID']] = true;
-					$this->_cache_ids[$row['ID']] = true;
-					$this->_cache_expanded[$row['ID']] = true;
+				foreach($list as $id => $parentID) {
+					if ($parentID) $parents[$parentID] = true;
+					$this->_cache_ids[$id] = true;
+					$this->_cache_expanded[$id] = true;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -202,8 +211,16 @@ abstract class CMSSiteTreeFilter extends Object {
  * @subpackage content
  */
 class CMSSiteTreeFilter_DeletedPages extends CMSSiteTreeFilter {
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
 	protected $childrenMethod = "AllHistoricalChildren";
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $numChildrenMethod = 'numHistoricalChildren';
 	
 	static public function title() {
 		return _t('CMSSiteTreeFilter_DeletedPages.Title', "All pages, including deleted");
@@ -302,8 +319,16 @@ class CMSSiteTreeFilter_StatusDraftPages extends CMSSiteTreeFilter {
  * @subpackage content
  */
 class CMSSiteTreeFilter_StatusDeletedPages extends CMSSiteTreeFilter {
-	
-	protected $childrenMethod = "AllHistoricalChildren";	
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $childrenMethod = "AllHistoricalChildren";
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $numChildrenMethod = 'numHistoricalChildren';
 	
 	static public function title() {
 		return _t('CMSSiteTreeFilter_StatusDeletedPages.Title', 'Deleted pages');
@@ -318,6 +343,7 @@ class CMSSiteTreeFilter_StatusDeletedPages extends CMSSiteTreeFilter {
 	public function pagesIncluded() {
 		$pages = Versioned::get_including_deleted('SiteTree');
 		$pages = $this->applyDefaultFilters($pages);
+
 		$pages = $pages->filterByCallback(function($page) {
 			// Doesn't exist on either stage or live
 			return $page->IsDeletedFromStage && !$page->ExistsOnLive;
diff --git a/code/model/SiteTree.php b/code/model/SiteTree.php
index 02c4f0c2..45eabc12 100644
--- a/code/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -2732,13 +2732,14 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 
 		return isset($stack[$level-1]) ? $stack[$level-1] : null;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the CSS classes to apply to this node in the CMS tree
 	 *
+	 * @param string $numChildrenMethod
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function CMSTreeClasses() {
+	public function CMSTreeClasses($numChildrenMethod="numChildren") {
 		$classes = sprintf('class-%s', $this->class);
 		if($this->HasBrokenFile || $this->HasBrokenLink) {
 			$classes .= " BrokenLink";
@@ -2765,7 +2766,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 		if($this->hasExtension('Translatable') && $controller->Locale != Translatable::default_locale() && !$this->isTranslation())
 			$classes .= " untranslated ";
 		*/
-		$classes .= $this->markingClasses();
+		$classes .= $this->markingClasses($numChildrenMethod);
 
 		return $classes;
 	}
diff --git a/code/model/VirtualPage.php b/code/model/VirtualPage.php
index e71627b7..460e66f9 100644
--- a/code/model/VirtualPage.php
+++ b/code/model/VirtualPage.php
@@ -387,8 +387,12 @@ class VirtualPage extends Page {
 		$this->ImageTracking()->setByIdList($this->CopyContentFrom()->ImageTracking()->column('ID'));
 	}
 
-	public function CMSTreeClasses() {
-		return parent::CMSTreeClasses() . ' VirtualPage-' . $this->CopyContentFrom()->ClassName;
+	/**
+	 * @param string $numChildrenMethod
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function CMSTreeClasses($numChildrenMethod="numChildren") {
+		return parent::CMSTreeClasses($numChildrenMethod) . ' VirtualPage-' . $this->CopyContentFrom()->ClassName;
 	}
 	
 	/**