ethnicity

language

phase_type_grouping

headcount

percent_of_pupils

Academic year 2021/22

Table showing the number of pupils in other local authority funded alternative provision from 2017/18 to 2021/22, by gender

Alternative provision - by gender - 2017/18 to 2021/22

Location of pupil residence (local authority) by location of school (local authority) for pupils in years reception to year 11 or year X attending state-funded primary and secondary schools or special schools. 

Cross border movements - National, by school type (non-boarders), 2021/22

Percentage of pupils who spoke English as an additional language in 2021/22 by region and local authority for pupils in state-funded nursery, state-funded primary, state-funded secondary, state-funded and non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units

English spoken as an additional language by local authority and region

Table showing the number and percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be English, or known or believed not to be English, by school type, 2020/21 to 2021/22

First language, number and percentage of pupils by school type, 2020/21 to 2021/22

Includes the number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals in England, by school type, 2015/16 to 2021/22



Free School Meals - Number and percentage of pupil, by school type, 2015/16 to 2021/22

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals by region, England, 2015/16 and 2021/22

Free school meals, by region, 2015/16 to 2021/22

Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals in 2021/22 by region and local authority, including state-funded nursery, state-funded primary, state-funded secondary, state-funded and non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units

FSM eligibility by region and local authority 2021/22

Table showing the number and percentage of pupils by ethnicity for schools in England, 2019/20 to 2021/22

Number and percentage of pupils by ethnicity, 2019/20 to 2021/22

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

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

Number of schools and pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2020/22, includes state-funded schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools

Number of schools and pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2021/22

Table shows headcount for all pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2021/22. Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, special, non-maintained special, pupil referral units and independent schools

Time series - Number of pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2021/22

Number of pupils in alternative provision, by age, gender, ethnicity and free school meal status

Alternative provision - gender, age, free school meals and ethnicity

Class size information for state-funded primary and secondary schools

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

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

Cross border movement

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools by age and gender

Pupil characteristics - Age and Gender

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by language and ethnicity.

Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility including the number of pupils newly eligible for free school meals since March 23rd 2020 (first national lockdown)

Pupil characteristics - Free school meals

Number of 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 and year group

Pupil characteristics - FSM eligibility by ethnicity or national curriculum year group

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools by national curriculum year and gender.

Pupil characteristics - Year group and Gender

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

School characteristics - Phase and type, admissions, denomination, urban-rural, gender

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

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

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

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

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Education exports

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

	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
	Headcount			Percent
Total	8,312,552	8,342,004	8,418,013	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any other ethnic group	168,758	173,423	185,355	2.0	2.1	2.2
Asian - Any other Asian background	158,756	161,435	170,572	1.9	1.9	2.0
Asian - Bangladeshi	148,290	149,202	151,613	1.8	1.8	1.8
Asian - Chinese	37,732	37,943	48,396	0.5	0.5	0.6
Asian - Indian	268,318	275,106	289,179	3.2	3.3	3.4
Asian - Pakistani	372,699	374,031	380,781	4.5	4.5	4.5
Black - Any other Black background	64,153	64,655	65,501	0.8	0.8	0.8
Black - Black African	323,874	326,365	338,614	3.9	3.9	4.0
Black - Black Caribbean	86,543	83,712	82,402	1.0	1.0	1.0
Mixed - Any other Mixed background	192,731	200,996	213,597	2.3	2.4	2.5
Mixed - White and Asian	123,153	128,850	134,821	1.5	1.5	1.6
Mixed - White and Black African	70,403	73,202	76,262	0.8	0.9	0.9
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	128,774	130,569	133,504	1.5	1.6	1.6
Unclassified	119,388	132,439	136,371	1.4	1.6	1.6
White - Any other White background	558,877	565,893	575,540	6.7	6.8	6.8
White - Gypsy/Roma	28,091	26,045	27,359	0.3	0.3	0.3
White - Irish	22,443	21,898	21,495	0.3	0.3	0.3
White - Traveller of Irish heritage	6,578	6,197	6,903	0.1	0.1	0.1
White - White British	5,432,991	5,410,043	5,379,748	65.4	64.9	63.9

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