Pupils numbers
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Number of pupils in the United Kingdom by school phase, age and gender.
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Data set details
- Theme
- UK education and training statistics
- Publication
- Education and training statistics for the UK
- Release
- Reporting year 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of pupils
- Filters
- Age
- Gender
- School type
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2021/22
Data set preview
time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | phase | age | gender | t_pupils |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained mainstream | Total | Female | 284022 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained mainstream | Total | Male | 299111 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained mainstream | Total | Total | 583133 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special | Total | Female | 1041 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special | Total | Male | 2773 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
---|---|
age | Age |
gender | Gender |
phase | School type |
t_pupils | Number of pupils |
Footnotes
- Totals include students with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
- Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
- Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
- In Scotland, nursery figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and Childcare, except childminders.
- In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
- Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.
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