Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

FSM eligibility by ethnicity or national curriculum year group

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Published 6 June 2024

Last updated 6 June 2024

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility and ethnicity or year group

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils
  • Percentage
  • Total headcount
• Filters:
  • Characteristics
  • FSM Eligibility
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2023/24

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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	characteristic_group	characteristic	fsm_eligibility	number_of_pupils	denominator	percent_of_pupils
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Any other ethnic group	Known to be eligible for free school meals	1	1	100
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Asian - Any other Asian background	Known to be eligible for free school meals	2	2	100
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Black - Black Caribbean	Not known to be eligible for free school meals	1	1	100
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Mixed - Any other Mixed background	Known to be eligible for free school meals	4	6	66.67
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Mixed - Any other Mixed background	Not known to be eligible for free school meals	2	6	33.33

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristics - Select required groups
denominator	Total headcount
fsm_eligibility	FSM Eligibility - Select required groups
number_of_pupils	Number of pupils
percent_of_pupils	Percentage

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Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, alternative provision (AP) schools and special schools, and non-maintained special schools. Does not include independent schools

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