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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Pupil numbers

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • United Kingdom

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number of pupils
   • Age:
     • Total
   • Gender:
     • Total
   • School type:
     • Total
     • Middle
     • Non-maintained mainstream
     • Non-maintained special
     • Nursery

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   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   Number of pupils for 'Pupil numbers' for Middle, Non-maintained mainstream, Non-maintained special, Nursery, Primary and 3 other filters in United Kingdom between 2015/16 and 2020/21

   	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
   Nursery	147,914	147,477	145,389	145,267	144,992	134,550
   Primary	5,461,496	5,544,597	5,577,104	5,586,408	5,568,599	5,509,638
   Middle	5,371	9,163	12,153	17,661	20,746	22,308
   Secondary	3,795,138	3,819,297	3,853,207	3,926,638	4,017,696	4,117,511
   Special	136,964	142,325	149,267	155,636	162,001	165,870
   Total maintained	9,546,883	9,662,859	9,737,120	9,831,610	9,914,034	9,949,877
   Non-maintained mainstream	592,671	593,163	592,233	591,173	577,478	579,812
   Non-maintained special	3,814	3,756	3,639	3,671	3,787	3,924
   Total	10,143,368	10,259,778	10,332,992	10,426,454	10,495,299	10,533,613

   Footnotes

   1. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
   2. In Scotland, figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and childcare, not only nurseries.

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   • Release type:
   • Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK, Reporting year 2023

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