ethnicity_minor

language

phase_type_grouping

headcount

percent_of_pupils

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

	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
	Headcount			Percent
Total	8,342,004	8,418,013	8,481,287	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any other ethnic group	173,423	185,355	195,998	2.1	2.2	2.3
Asian - Any other Asian background	161,435	170,572	179,066	1.9	2.0	2.1
Asian - Bangladeshi	149,202	151,613	151,644	1.8	1.8	1.8
Asian - Chinese	37,943	48,396	58,731	0.5	0.6	0.7
Asian - Indian	275,106	289,179	311,012	3.3	3.4	3.7
Asian - Pakistani	374,031	380,781	383,457	4.5	4.5	4.5
Black - Any other Black background	64,655	65,501	65,855	0.8	0.8	0.8
Black - Black African	326,365	338,614	362,477	3.9	4.0	4.3
Black - Black Caribbean	83,712	82,402	80,353	1.0	1.0	0.9
Mixed - Any other Mixed background	200,996	213,597	225,855	2.4	2.5	2.7
Mixed - White and Asian	128,850	134,821	139,682	1.5	1.6	1.6
Mixed - White and Black African	73,202	76,262	78,375	0.9	0.9	0.9
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	130,569	133,504	134,456	1.6	1.6	1.6
Unclassified	132,439	136,371	140,373	1.6	1.6	1.7
White - Any other White background	565,893	575,540	608,170	6.8	6.8	7.2
White - Gypsy/Roma	26,045	27,359	28,340	0.3	0.3	0.3
White - Irish	21,898	21,495	21,124	0.3	0.3	0.2
White - Traveller of Irish heritage	6,197	6,903	6,891	0.1	0.1	0.1
White - White British	5,410,043	5,379,748	5,309,428	64.9	63.9	62.6

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