Pupil characteristics - free school meals, ethnicity and language
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Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility, language and ethnicity.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Schools, pupils and their characteristics
- Release
- Academic year 2019/20
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Headcount
- Percent
- Filters
- Ethnicity
- First language
- Free School Meals
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2019/20
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_name | region_code | old_la_code | la_name | Phase-type_grouping | new_la_code | characteristic | ethnicity | FSM | Language | headcount | percent_of_pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Ethnicity | Any other ethnic group | Total | Total | 168758 | 2.030158729 | |||||
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Ethnicity | Asian - Any other Asian background | Total | Total | 158756 | 1.909834669 | |||||
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Ethnicity | Asian - Bangladeshi | Total | Total | 148290 | 1.78392869 | |||||
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Ethnicity | Asian - Indian | Total | Total | 268318 | 3.227865522 | |||||
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Ethnicity | Asian - Pakistani | Total | Total | 372699 | 4.483568945 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Please select Free School meals, Ethnicity or Language - One option must be selected |
| ethnicity | Ethnicity - Filter by pupil ethnicity |
| FSM | Free School Meals - Filter by free school meal status |
| headcount | Headcount |
| Language | First language - Filter by first language |
Footnotes
- 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.
- Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
- Prior to 2017/18, Ethnicity and Language data was collected for compulsory school age children only. As such, the total headcount and denominators used for percentages may differ from those for Free school meals.
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