Pupils
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This file contains information on the number of pupils in the UK, by age, sex and school type.
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Data set details
- Theme
- UK education and training statistics
- Publication
- Education and training statistics for the UK
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of pupils
- Filters
- Age
- Gender
- School type
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2023/24
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 | 285063 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained mainstream | Total | Male | 301884 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained mainstream | Total | Total | 586947 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery | Total | Female | 20800 | ||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Nursery | Total | Male | 22929 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
---|---|
age | Age |
gender | Gender |
phase | School type |
t_pupils | Number of pupils |
Footnotes
- Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
- In England, special schools include alternative provision schools.
- In Scotland, nursery figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and Childcare, except childminders.
- Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
- Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.
- Independent schools includes non-maintained special schools.
- In Scotland, Early Learning and Childcare pupil numbers by sex are unavailable.
- In Northern Ireland, independent school pupil numbers by sex are unavailable.
- In Northern Ireland, figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
- Northern Ireland's pupil data collection in 2023/24 was affected by Action Short of a Strike, leading to lower than expected figures which are not comparable to other years.
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