Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

School numbers

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Published 25 November 2021

Last updated 25 November 2021

The number of schools in the United Kingdom by phase.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Number of rows: 685
• Geographic levels: National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	phase	t_schools
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Non-maintained mainstream	2311
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Non-maintained special	66
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Nursery	406
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Primary	16778
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			Secondary	3401

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
phase	School type
t_schools	Number of schools

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Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable
3. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2018/19
4. In Scotland, figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and childcare, not only nurseries.
5. In Northern Ireland, total figures include hospital schools.
6. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.

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Email: InternationalEvidence.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
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