Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language

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Published 17 June 2021

Last updated 17 June 2021

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 2020/21
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Percent
• Filters:
  • Ethnicity
  • First language
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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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
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	307	Ealing	E09000009	State-funded primary	Asian - Indian	Total	5096	16.26711782
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	307	Ealing	E09000009	State-funded primary	Asian - Pakistani	Total	1898	6.058671434
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	307	Ealing	E09000009	State-funded primary	Black - Any other Black background	Total	314	1.002330258
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	307	Ealing	E09000009	State-funded primary	Black - Black African	Total	2680	8.554920675
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	307	Ealing	E09000009	State-funded primary	Black - Black Caribbean	Total	841	2.684585182

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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. 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.
2. Prior to 2017/18, Ethnicity and Language data was collected for compulsory school age children only.
3. From 2020/21, Arab ethnic group includes pupils recorded as 'Other Arab'. This was previously included within 'Any other ethnic group' in prior years
4. 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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