Data set from Schools, pupils and their characteristics

FSM eligibility by ethnicity or national curriculum year group

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Published 5 June 2025

Last updated 5 June 2025

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 2024/25
• Number of rows: 504,632
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils
  • Percentage
  • Total headcount
• Filters:
  • Characteristics
  • FSM Eligibility
  • School type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2024/25

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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
202425	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
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Asian - Chinese	Known to be eligible for free school meals	1	1	100
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Asian - Pakistani	Known to be eligible for free school meals	1	1	100
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East Midlands	E12000004	830	Derbyshire	E10000007	State-funded AP school	Ethnicity Minor	Black - Black African	Not known to be eligible for free school meals	1	1	100
202425	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

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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 nor general hospital schools. This is because independent and hospital schools submit an aggregate school level census that does not include characteristics breakdowns such as ethnicity, age and language. 

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