Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language

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Published 9 June 2022

Last updated 9 June 2022

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by language and ethnicity.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Percent
• Filters:
  • Ethnicity
  • First language
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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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	ethnicity	language	headcount	percent_of_pupils
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	Pupil referral unit	Black - Black African	Total	0	0
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	Pupil referral unit	White - Gypsy/Roma	Total	0	0
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	Pupil referral unit	Total	Known or believed to be other than English	0	0
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	Pupil referral unit	Total	Total	159	100
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded nursery	Mixed - White and Asian	Total	7	1.160862355

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
ethnicity	Ethnicity - Filter by pupil ethnicity
headcount	Headcount
language	First language - Filter by first language
percent_of_pupils	Percent
phase_type_grouping	School type - Filter by school type

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Footnotes

1. Prior to 2017/18, Ethnicity and Language data was collected for compulsory school age children only.
2. Totals include pupils in General Hospital Schools, however Ethnicity and Language data is not available for these pupils. Breakdowns may not sum to totals as a result.
3. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools

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