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Step 1 Choose a publication
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- Schools, pupils and their characteristics
Step 2 Select a data set or featured table
- Data set
- School characteristics
Step 3 Choose locations
- National
- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2022/23
Step 5 Choose your filters
- 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
Step 6 (current) Explore data
This is the latest data'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 2022/23 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Total Headcount - Total 8,559,540 8,669,080 8,735,098 8,819,289 8,890,345 8,911,887 9,000,031 9,073,832 Number of schools 24,288 24,281 24,316 24,323 24,360 24,413 24,454 24,442 State-funded nursery Headcount - Total 43,729 43,786 42,844 42,207 42,110 37,865 38,036 37,496 Number of schools 406 402 399 391 389 388 385 383 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 Number of schools 16,778 16,786 16,766 16,769 16,784 16,791 16,786 16,783 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 Number of schools 3,401 3,408 3,436 3,448 3,456 3,458 3,473 3,444 State-funded special school Headcount - Total 105,363 109,854 115,315 121,738 128,146 134,176 142,028 149,099 Number of schools 973 973 984 986 993 1,005 1,022 1,035 Non-maintained special school Headcount - Total 3,814 3,756 3,639 3,671 3,787 3,924 3,965 4,070 Number of schools 66 64 59 58 58 57 56 54 State-funded AP school Headcount - Total 15,015 15,669 16,732 16,134 15,396 12,785 11,684 13,191 Number of schools 353 351 352 352 349 348 338 335 Independent school Headcount - Total 583,029 583,268 581,873 580,480 576,857 569,366 581,427 591,954 Number of schools 2,311 2,297 2,320 2,319 2,331 2,366 2,394 2,408 Save table
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- Publication: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2022/23
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