Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Pupil characteristics - Age and Gender

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Published 17 June 2021

Last updated 17 June 2021

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools by age and gender

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Full time equivalent
  • Full time pupils
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Pupil age
  • Pupil gender
  • 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_name	region_code	old_la_code	la_name	new_la_code	Phase-type_grouping	gender	age	full_time	part_time	headcount	fte
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004				State-funded primary	Boys	4	26521	289	26810	26665.5
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	South East	E12000008				State-funded primary	Boys	6	51016	0	51016	51016
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	London	E12000007				Independent school	Total	Total	144168	2733	146901	145534.5
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	West Midlands	E12000005				State-funded special school	Boys	12	1230	0	1230	1230
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	South West	E12000009				State-funded special school	Boys	16	291	0	291	291

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Pupil age - Age at start of academic year (31st Aug)
fte	Full time equivalent
full_time	Full time pupils
gender	Pupil gender - Pupil gender (Boys/girls)
headcount	Headcount

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