phase_type_grouping

percent_of_pupils

headcount

Academic year 2022/23

Table showing the number of pupils in other local authority funded alternative provision from 2017/18 to 2022/23, by gender

Alternative provision - by gender - 2017/18 to 2022/23

First language of pupils by school type, 2021/22 and 2022/23

FSM eligibility by ethnicity 2015/16 to 2022/23

FSM Eligibility by National Curriculum Year Group 2015/16 to 2022/23

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

FSM eligibility by region, England, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals by school type

FSM eligibility by school type, England, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Average size of infant classes, infant constituted of reception plus KS1

Infant average class sizes, England, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Number of infant (reception plus KS1) classes and pupils by size band of class

Infant classes by size of class, England, 2020/21 to 2022/23

Average number of pupils per class in Key Stage 2

KS2 average class sizes, England, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Number of classes and pupils by size band of class

KS2 classes by size of class, England, 2020/21 and 2022/23

Includes pupil headcount and number of schools

Number of schools and number of pupils attending by type of school (Academy/Local Authority maintained/Independent), 2015/16 to 2021/22

Headcount of pupils and number of schools - includes state-funded schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools

Number of schools and pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Primary and secondary average class sizes 2015/16 to 2022/23

Pupil ethnicity, 2020/21 to 2022/23

Number of infant (reception plus key stage 1) pupils taking a free school meal on census day, by whether or not they were FSM eligible under the income criteria

Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM) uptake by FSM Eligibility 2015/16 to 2022/23

Number of pupils recorded as young carers by schools, first included in school census January 2023

Young carers, 2022/23

Non-boarding pupils at primary, secondary and special schools by whether they go to school inside or outside their LA of residence

Cross border movements - National by school type (non-boarders), 2022/23

Number of schools in England, by type, phase, denomination, admission policy, gender, urban/rural and academy status including headcounts and fte, language, fsm, age and national curriculum year breakdowns

School characteristics

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by age and gender

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by national curriculum year group and gender

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by FSM eligibility

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by fsm eligibility

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by ethnicity and language

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by ethnicity and language

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

Pupil characteristics - FSM eligible pupils by ethnicity or national curriculum year group

Information on pupils who are known to have been eligible for free school meals at any time during the previous six years, including by ethnicity and National Curriculum year group.&nbsp;

Pupil characteristics - Eligibility for FSM at any time during past 6 years

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units who have been identified as a young carer

Young carers by national curriculum year group

Number of pupils and classes and average class sizes for state-funded primary and secondary schools, including infant and key stage 2 class sizes

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

Information on the take up of Universal Infant Free School Meals, including by FSM eligibility.

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

Number of pupils in school arranged alternative provision, by pupil characteristics

School arranged alternative provision - by characteristics

Number of pupils in school arranged alternative provision, by reason for placement

School arranged alternative provision - by placement reason

Number of pupils in local authority funded alternative provision

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - pupil counts

Number of placements in local authority funded alternative provision

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - placement counts

Includes data on cross border movements (comparing where pupils live and where they attend school), by year group and boarder status.

Cross border movement

School level data on school characteristics including for example school phase type grouping, academies, religious denomination, size band, location

School level characteristics

School level data file showing characteristics of pupils including free school meals, ethnicity, language and dual registration

School level high level pupil counts

Number of placements in local authority funded alternative provision by placement reason and setting type

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - setting type and placement reason

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Children in need and child protection

Children looked after

Children's social work workforce

Outcomes for children in social care

Secure children's homes

Serious incident notifications

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Attendance

CO2 monitors

Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

Devices

Testing

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

NEET and participation

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Childcare and early years

Early years foundation stage profile

Early years surveys

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

Student loan forecasts

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Further education and skills

Further education outcomes

Further education workforce

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Education exports

Foundation years

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

Higher level learners in England

Participation measures in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

Academy transfers

Admission appeals

Elective home education and children missing education

Exclusions

Parental responsibility measures

Pupil absence

Pupil projections

School and pupil numbers

School applications

School capacity

Special educational needs (SEN)

Young offenders

School and college outcomes and performance

16 to 19 attainment

GCSEs (key stage 4)

Key stage 1

Key stage 2

Multi-academy trust performance measures

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

School workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

		2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Total	FSM - Percentage of pupils	14.3	14.0	13.6	15.4	17.3	20.8	22.5	23.8
Total	Headcount	1,142,043	1,128,403	1,106,633	1,270,941	1,440,788	1,737,598	1,897,449	2,019,509
State-funded nursery	FSM - Percentage of pupils	8.0	7.5	6.5	6.6	6.7	8.4	8.6	8.3
State-funded nursery	Headcount	3,520	3,272	2,771	2,806	2,837	3,199	3,267	3,102
State-funded primary	FSM - Percentage of pupils	14.6	14.1	13.8	15.8	17.7	21.6	23.1	24.0
State-funded primary	Headcount	672,295	663,436	649,147	745,453	835,776	1,008,164	1,075,994	1,115,284
State-funded secondary	FSM - Percentage of pupils	13.2	12.9	12.4	14.1	15.9	18.9	20.9	22.7
State-funded secondary	Headcount	420,516	414,308	405,483	468,779	543,187	660,476	747,143	823,749
State-funded special school	FSM - Percentage of pupils	36.6	36.5	36.2	38.0	39.8	43.2	44.7	46.0
State-funded special school	Headcount	38,604	40,043	41,715	46,210	50,959	57,925	63,474	68,566
Non-maintained special school	FSM - Percentage of pupils	23.8	25.3	22.9	22.8	22.7	26.8	29.9	29.1
Non-maintained special school	Headcount	907	951	832	838	861	1,050	1,186	1,185
State-funded AP school	FSM - Percentage of pupils	41.3	40.8	40.0	42.5	46.6	53.1	54.6	57.8
State-funded AP school	Headcount	6,201	6,393	6,685	6,855	7,168	6,784	6,385	7,623

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