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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics

2. Step 2

   • Data set: School characteristics

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015/16 to 2023/24

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number of schools
     • Headcount - Total
   • Academy indicator:
     • Total
   • Denomination:
     • Total
   • School admissions policy:
     • Total
   • School type:
     • Total
     • Independent school
     • Non-maintained special school
     • State-funded AP school
     • State-funded nursery
   • School type (detailed):
     • Total
   • Sex of school description:
     • Total
   • Urban or rural indicator:
     • Total

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Academic year 2024/25

   'School characteristics' for Independent school, Non-maintained special school, State-funded AP school, State-funded nursery, State-funded primary and 2 other filters in England between 2015/16 and 2023/24

   		2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
   Total	Headcount - Total	8,559,540	8,669,080	8,735,098	8,819,289	8,890,345	8,911,887	9,000,031	9,073,829	9,092,073
   	Number of schools	24,288	24,281	24,316	24,323	24,360	24,413	24,454	24,442	24,453
   State-funded nursery	Headcount - Total	43,729	43,786	42,844	42,207	42,110	37,865	38,036	37,496	36,726
   	Number of schools	406	402	399	391	389	388	385	383	381
   State-funded primary	Headcount - Total	4,615,172	4,689,658	4,716,244	4,727,089	4,714,772	4,660,264	4,655,513	4,647,851	4,614,990
   	Number of schools	16,778	16,786	16,766	16,769	16,784	16,791	16,786	16,783	16,764
   State-funded secondary	Headcount - Total	3,193,418	3,223,089	3,258,451	3,327,970	3,409,277	3,493,507	3,567,378	3,630,171	3,669,933
   	Number of schools	3,401	3,408	3,436	3,448	3,456	3,458	3,473	3,444	3,452
   State-funded special school	Headcount - Total	105,363	109,854	115,315	121,738	128,146	134,176	142,028	149,096	156,952
   	Number of schools	973	973	984	986	993	1,005	1,022	1,035	1,050
   Non-maintained special school	Headcount - Total	3,814	3,756	3,639	3,671	3,787	3,924	3,965	4,070	4,120
   	Number of schools	66	64	59	58	58	57	56	54	52
   State-funded AP school	Headcount - Total	15,015	15,669	16,732	16,134	15,396	12,785	11,684	13,191	15,866
   	Number of schools	353	351	352	352	349	348	338	335	333
   Independent school	Headcount - Total	583,029	583,268	581,873	580,480	576,857	569,366	581,427	591,954	593,486
   	Number of schools	2,311	2,297	2,320	2,319	2,331	2,366	2,394	2,408	2,421

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   • Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2024/25

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