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School characteristics

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Published 6 June 2024

Last updated 6 June 2024

Number of schools in England, by type, phase, denomination, admission policy, sex, urban/rural and academy status including headcounts and full-time equivalent, language, free school meals, age and national curriculum year breakdowns

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• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • female boarders
  • First language is known or believed to be English
  • First language is known or believed to be other than English
• Filters:
  • Academy indicator
  • Denomination
  • School admissions policy
• 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	new_la_code	la_name	sex_of_school_description	phase_type_grouping	type_of_establishment	denomination	admissions_policy	urban_rural	academy_flag	number_of_schools	headcount_of_pupils	part_time_female_aged_0	part_time_female_aged_1	part_time_female_aged_2	part_time_female_aged_3	part_time_female_aged_4	part_time_female_aged_5	part_time_female_aged_6	part_time_female_aged_7	part_time_female_aged_8	part_time_female_aged_9	part_time_female_aged_10	part_time_female_aged_11	part_time_female_aged_12	part_time_female_aged_13	part_time_female_aged_14	part_time_female_aged_15	part_time_female_aged_16	part_time_female_aged_17	part_time_female_aged_18	part_time_female_aged_19	full_time_female_aged_0	full_time_female_aged_1	full_time_female_aged_2	full_time_female_aged_3	full_time_female_aged_4	full_time_female_aged_5	full_time_female_aged_6	full_time_female_aged_7	full_time_female_aged_8	full_time_female_aged_9	full_time_female_aged_10	full_time_female_aged_11	full_time_female_aged_12	full_time_female_aged_13	full_time_female_aged_14	full_time_female_aged_15	full_time_female_aged_16	full_time_female_aged_17	full_time_female_aged_18	full_time_female_aged_19	part_time_male_aged_0	part_time_male_aged_1	part_time_male_aged_2	part_time_male_aged_3	part_time_male_aged_4	part_time_male_aged_5	part_time_male_aged_6	part_time_male_aged_7	part_time_male_aged_8	part_time_male_aged_9	part_time_male_aged_10	part_time_male_aged_11	part_time_male_aged_12	part_time_male_aged_13	part_time_male_aged_14	part_time_male_aged_15	part_time_male_aged_16	part_time_male_aged_17	part_time_male_aged_18	part_time_male_aged_19	full_time_male_aged_0	full_time_male_aged_1	full_time_male_aged_2	full_time_male_aged_3	full_time_male_aged_4	full_time_male_aged_5	full_time_male_aged_6	full_time_male_aged_7	full_time_male_aged_8	full_time_male_aged_9	full_time_male_aged_10	full_time_male_aged_11	full_time_male_aged_12	full_time_male_aged_13	full_time_male_aged_14	full_time_male_aged_15	full_time_male_aged_16	full_time_male_aged_17	full_time_male_aged_18	full_time_male_aged_19	part_time_female_early_1	part_time_female_early_2	part_time_female_nursery_1	part_time_female_nursery_2	part_time_female_reception	part_time_female_year_group_1	part_time_female_year_group_2	part_time_female_year_group_3	part_time_female_year_group_4	part_time_female_year_group_5	part_time_female_year_group_6	part_time_female_year_group_7	part_time_female_year_group_8	part_time_female_year_group_9	part_time_female_year_group_10	part_time_female_year_group_11	part_time_female_year_group_12	part_time_female_year_group_13	part_time_female_year_group_14	part_time_female_year_group_not_followed	full_time_female_early_1	full_time_female_early_2	full_time_female_nursery_1	full_time_female_nursery_2	full_time_female_reception	full_time_female_year_group_1	full_time_female_year_group_2	full_time_female_year_group_3	full_time_female_year_group_4	full_time_female_year_group_5	full_time_female_year_group_6	full_time_female_year_group_7	full_time_female_year_group_8	full_time_female_year_group_9	full_time_female_year_group_10	full_time_female_year_group_11	full_time_female_year_group_12	full_time_female_year_group_13	full_time_female_year_group_14	full_time_female_year_group_not_followed	part_time_male_early_1	part_time_male_early_2	part_time_male_nursery_1	part_time_male_nursery_2	part_time_male_reception	part_time_male_year_group_1	part_time_male_year_group_2	part_time_male_year_group_3	part_time_male_year_group_4	part_time_male_year_group_5	part_time_male_year_group_6	part_time_male_year_group_7	part_time_male_year_group_8	part_time_male_year_group_9	part_time_male_year_group_10	part_time_male_year_group_11	part_time_male_year_group_12	part_time_male_year_group_13	part_time_male_year_group_14	part_time_male_year_group_not_followed	full_time_male_early_1	full_time_male_early_2	full_time_male_nursery_1	full_time_male_nursery_2	full_time_male_reception	full_time_male_year_group_1	full_time_male_year_group_2	full_time_male_year_group_3	full_time_male_year_group_4	full_time_male_year_group_5	full_time_male_year_group_6	full_time_male_year_group_7	full_time_male_year_group_8	full_time_male_year_group_9	full_time_male_year_group_10	full_time_male_year_group_11	full_time_male_year_group_12	full_time_male_year_group_13	full_time_male_year_group_14	full_time_male_year_group_not_followed	number_of_early_year_pupils_years_e1_and_e2	number_of_nursery_pupils_years_n1_and_n2	number_of_reception_pupils_year_r	number_of_key_stage_1_pupils_years_1_and_2	number_of_key_stage_2_pupils_years_3_to_6	number_of_key_stage_3_pupils_years_7_to_9	number_of_key_stage_4_pupils_years_10_and_11	number_of_key_stage_5_pupils_years_12_to_14	number_of_pupils_not_reception_or_key_stage_1_to_5	headcount_total_female	headcount_total_male	full_time_pupils	part_time_pupils	fte_pupils	male_boarders	female_boarders	total_boarders	number_of_pupils_of_compulsory_school_age_and_above	number_of_fsm_eligible_pupils_taking_a_free_school_meal_on_census_day	number_of_pupils_known_to_be_eligible_for_free_school_meals	number_of_pupils_used_for_fsm_calculation_in_performance_tables	number_of_pupils_known_to_be_eligible_for_free_school_meals_performance_tables	infants_taken_a_free_school_meal_on_census_day	number_of_pupils_whose_first_language_is_known_or_believed_to_be_english	number_of_pupils_whose_first_language_is_known_or_believed_to_be_other_than_english	number_of_pupils_whose_first_language_is_unclassified
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	831	E06000015	Derby	Mixed	Independent school	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	7	1254	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	33	33	31	33	48	44	43	59	63	66	51	61	44	40	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	22	34	40	51	37	39	49	43	56	46	49	40	24	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	671	583	1240	14	1247	6	1	5	1155	0	0	1101	0	0	0	0	0
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	831	E06000015	Derby	Mixed	Non-maintained special school	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	4	5	4	1	4	5	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	2	4	2	6	8	3	5	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	4	5	3	2	3	7	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	2	5	1	7	7	4	5	3	7	0	0	0	0	5	21	23	21	26	0	45	51	96	0	96	7	4	10	96	52	52	68	34	2	14	82	0
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	831	E06000015	Derby	Mixed	State-funded AP school	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	3	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	6	6	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	3	9	12	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	6	6	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	3	9	12	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	28	64	0	0	46	55	101	0	101	0	0	0	101	0	55	101	55	0	82	19	0
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	831	E06000015	Derby	Mixed	State-funded nursery	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	7	520	0	7	81	155	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	79	135	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	67	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	63	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	472	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	264	256	50	470	285	0	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	328	192	0
202324	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	831	E06000015	Derby	Mixed	State-funded primary	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	74	24877	0	11	133	389	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	38	212	1533	1573	1596	1650	1634	1740	1753	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	140	451	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	31	231	1533	1596	1634	1733	1775	1695	1742	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	144	372	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	48	201	1535	1572	1601	1649	1629	1749	1748	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	152	437	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60	202	1551	1589	1635	1727	1775	1696	1741	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1616	3115	6397	13714	0	0	0	0	12285	12592	23712	1165	24294.5	0	0	0	20131	7075	8474	23712	8346	8502	16236	8581	60

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Variable name	Variable description
academy_flag	Academy indicator - Academy or otherwise
admissions_policy	School admissions policy - Selective or otherwise
denomination	Denomination - Religious denomination
female_boarders	female boarders
fte_pupils	FTE pupils

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