'Pupil characteristics - free school meals, ethnicity and language' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'
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| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Headcount | 1,106,633 | 1,270,941 | 1,440,788 |
| Percent | 13.6 | 15.4 | 17.3 | |
| Barking and Dagenham | Headcount | 6,442 | 7,141 | 8,291 |
| Percent | 14.9 | 16.3 | 18.7 | |
| Barnet | Headcount | 6,633 | 7,577 | 8,674 |
| Percent | 11.3 | 12.7 | 14.4 | |
| Barnsley | Headcount | 6,102 | 6,989 | 7,783 |
| Percent | 18.0 | 20.4 | 22.5 | |
| Bath and North East Somerset | Headcount | 2,807 | 3,184 | 3,541 |
| Percent | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.0 | |
| Bedford | Headcount | 3,069 | 3,780 | 4,329 |
| Percent | 10.7 | 12.9 | 14.6 | |
| Bexley | Headcount | 4,801 | 5,352 | 5,774 |
| Percent | 11.0 | 12.2 | 13.1 | |
| Birmingham | Headcount | 49,714 | 55,871 | 61,733 |
| Percent | 24.4 | 27.2 | 29.9 | |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Headcount | 4,138 | 4,649 | 5,346 |
| Percent | 15.2 | 16.9 | 19.3 | |
| Blackpool | Headcount | 4,848 | 5,517 | 6,367 |
| Percent | 25.5 | 28.4 | 32.4 | |
| Bolton | Headcount | 8,055 | 9,292 | 10,609 |
| Percent | 15.9 | 18.1 | 20.3 | |
| Bournemouth | Headcount | 2,522 | 3,039 | no data |
| Percent | 10.7 | 12.7 | no data | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | Headcount | no data | no data | 7,122 |
| Percent | no data | no data | 13.9 | |
| Bracknell Forest | Headcount | 1,194 | 1,465 | 1,614 |
| Percent | 6.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | |
| Bradford | Headcount | 17,767 | 18,482 | 20,938 |
| Percent | 17.7 | 18.3 | 20.7 | |
| Brent | Headcount | 5,327 | 5,959 | 6,520 |
| Percent | 11.0 | 12.3 | 13.4 | |
| Brighton and Hove | Headcount | 4,217 | 4,955 | 5,547 |
| Percent | 13.0 | 15.3 | 17.2 | |
| Bristol City of | Headcount | 10,835 | 12,304 | 14,188 |
| Percent | 17.9 | 19.9 | 22.7 | |
| Bromley | Headcount | 4,441 | 5,206 | 5,858 |
| Percent | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 | |
| Buckinghamshire | Headcount | 4,939 | 6,236 | 7,449 |
| Percent | 5.8 | 7.3 | 8.6 | |
| Bury | Headcount | 4,388 | 4,796 | 5,281 |
| Percent | 14.8 | 16.1 | 17.8 | |
| Calderdale | Headcount | 5,245 | 6,161 | 7,014 |
| Percent | 14.4 | 16.8 | 19.1 | |
| Cambridgeshire (Local Authority) | Headcount | 0 | 10,476 | 12,235 |
| Percent | 12.1 | 13.9 | ||
| Headcount | 0 | 10,476 | 12,235 | |
| Percent | 12.1 | 13.9 | ||
| Camden | Headcount | 5,691 | 6,433 | 7,060 |
| Percent | 25.3 | 28.5 | 31.6 | |
| Central Bedfordshire | Headcount | 3,035 | 3,641 | 4,163 |
| Percent | 6.8 | 8.1 | 9.1 | |
| Cheshire East | Headcount | 4,471 | 5,312 | 6,173 |
| Percent | 8.4 | 9.8 | 11.3 | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Headcount | 5,734 | 6,678 | 7,532 |
| Percent | 11.6 | 13.3 | 14.8 | |
| City of London | Headcount | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Percent | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.1 | |
| Cornwall | Headcount | 7,857 | 9,635 | 11,320 |
| Percent | 10.8 | 13.1 | 15.3 | |
| Coventry | Headcount | 8,858 | 9,893 | 11,017 |
| Percent | 15.8 | 17.4 | 19.1 | |
| Croydon | Headcount | 11,483 | 12,575 | 13,426 |
| Percent | 19.8 | 21.5 | 23.0 | |
| Cumbria | Headcount | 6,873 | 7,820 | 8,892 |
| Percent | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.7 | |
| Darlington | Headcount | 2,717 | 3,252 | 3,457 |
| Percent | 16.6 | 19.8 | 21.3 | |
| Derby | Headcount | 6,869 | 8,234 | 9,334 |
| Percent | 15.9 | 18.8 | 21.3 | |
| Derbyshire | Headcount | 13,731 | 16,788 | 19,829 |
| Percent | 12.8 | 15.6 | 18.3 | |
| Devon | Headcount | 9,517 | 10,851 | 12,643 |
| Percent | 9.6 | 10.9 | 12.6 | |
| Doncaster | Headcount | 7,283 | 8,456 | 9,618 |
| Percent | 15.3 | 17.9 | 20.4 | |
| Dorset (E06000059) | Headcount | no data | no data | 7,476 |
| Percent | no data | no data | 15.4 | |
| Dorset (E10000009) | Headcount | 7,159 | 7,876 | no data |
| Percent | 12.8 | 14.1 | no data | |
| Dudley | Headcount | 6,912 | 7,963 | 8,917 |
| Percent | 14.6 | 16.6 | 18.6 | |
| Durham | Headcount | 13,208 | 15,331 | 17,543 |
| Percent | 18.1 | 20.9 | 23.7 | |
| Ealing | Headcount | 7,227 | 8,084 | 9,224 |
| Percent | 13.3 | 14.8 | 16.8 | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Headcount | 5,388 | 6,092 | 6,740 |
| Percent | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 | |
| East Sussex | Headcount | 8,497 | 9,861 | 11,446 |
| Percent | 12.7 | 14.6 | 16.9 | |
| Enfield | Headcount | 8,864 | 9,627 | 11,180 |
| Percent | 15.2 | 16.6 | 19.4 | |
| Essex | Headcount | 20,670 | 24,298 | 28,130 |
| Percent | 9.9 | 11.5 | 13.1 | |
| Gateshead | Headcount | 4,554 | 5,366 | 6,135 |
| Percent | 15.9 | 18.7 | 21.3 | |
| Gloucestershire | Headcount | 8,170 | 9,711 | 10,967 |
| Percent | 9.4 | 11.0 | 12.4 | |
| Greenwich | Headcount | 7,044 | 7,851 | 8,919 |
| Percent | 16.1 | 17.8 | 20.0 | |
| Hackney | Headcount | 9,633 | 10,606 | 11,287 |
| Percent | 27.7 | 30.3 | 32.2 | |
| Halton | Headcount | 5,075 | 5,439 | 6,040 |
| Percent | 26.1 | 27.9 | 31.1 | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Headcount | 4,367 | 4,544 | 4,725 |
| Percent | 20.9 | 21.8 | 22.6 | |
| Hampshire | Headcount | 14,846 | 18,578 | 22,212 |
| Percent | 8.4 | 10.4 | 12.3 | |
| Haringey | Headcount | 6,635 | 7,072 | 7,661 |
| Percent | 17.2 | 18.2 | 19.6 | |
| Harrow | Headcount | 3,089 | 3,695 | 4,331 |
| Percent | 8.5 | 9.9 | 11.4 | |
| Hartlepool | Headcount | 3,924 | 4,449 | 4,738 |
| Percent | 25.8 | 29.0 | 30.9 | |
| Havering | Headcount | 4,229 | 4,886 | 5,697 |
| Percent | 10.8 | 12.4 | 14.2 | |
| Herefordshire | Headcount | 1,947 | 2,353 | 2,770 |
| Percent | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | |
| Hertfordshire | Headcount | 14,274 | 16,941 | 19,820 |
| Percent | 7.4 | 8.7 | 10.0 | |
| Hillingdon | Headcount | 6,489 | 7,082 | 7,951 |
| Percent | 12.4 | 13.5 | 15.0 | |
| Hounslow | Headcount | 6,374 | 7,077 | 7,674 |
| Percent | 14.7 | 15.9 | 17.1 | |
| Isle of Wight | Headcount | 2,192 | 2,614 | 2,945 |
| Percent | 13.1 | 15.6 | 17.4 | |
| Isles Of Scilly | Headcount | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Percent | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | |
| Islington | Headcount | 7,010 | 7,412 | 7,938 |
| Percent | 28.1 | 30.1 | 32.3 | |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Headcount | 2,539 | 2,968 | 3,293 |
| Percent | 19.3 | 22.2 | 24.5 | |
| Kent | Headcount | 25,599 | 30,854 | 36,077 |
| Percent | 11.0 | 13.1 | 15.1 | |
| Kingston upon Hull City of | Headcount | 9,148 | 9,682 | 10,804 |
| Percent | 22.5 | 23.3 | 25.6 | |
| Kingston upon Thames | Headcount | 1,824 | 2,257 | 2,571 |
| Percent | 7.1 | 8.6 | 9.6 | |
| Kirklees | Headcount | 12,828 | 13,532 | 14,215 |
| Percent | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | |
| Knowsley | Headcount | 5,897 | 6,441 | 7,066 |
| Percent | 29.1 | 31.4 | 34.1 | |
| Lambeth | Headcount | 8,489 | 9,604 | 10,343 |
| Percent | 22.3 | 25.3 | 27.3 | |
| Lancashire | Headcount | 23,395 | 26,875 | 30,354 |
| Percent | 13.5 | 15.3 | 17.2 | |
| Leeds | Headcount | 19,176 | 22,755 | 25,488 |
| Percent | 15.6 | 18.2 | 20.1 | |
| Leicester | Headcount | 8,746 | 9,973 | 11,215 |
| Percent | 15.6 | 17.4 | 19.4 | |
| Leicestershire | Headcount | 7,358 | 8,861 | 10,433 |
| Percent | 7.6 | 9.0 | 10.6 | |
| Lewisham | Headcount | 6,578 | 6,954 | 7,466 |
| Percent | 16.1 | 17.2 | 18.7 | |
| Lincolnshire | Headcount | 13,275 | 15,146 | 17,537 |
| Percent | 12.5 | 14.2 | 16.4 | |
| Liverpool | Headcount | 17,370 | 18,692 | 20,096 |
| Percent | 24.0 | 25.5 | 26.9 | |
| Luton | Headcount | 5,597 | 6,404 | 7,288 |
| Percent | 14.4 | 16.3 | 18.4 | |
| Manchester | Headcount | 21,259 | 24,591 | 28,281 |
| Percent | 24.8 | 28.1 | 31.6 | |
| Medway | Headcount | 5,432 | 6,388 | 7,476 |
| Percent | 11.9 | 13.8 | 15.9 | |
| Merton | Headcount | 4,199 | 4,487 | 5,001 |
| Percent | 14.6 | 15.6 | 17.5 | |
| Middlesbrough | Headcount | 5,867 | 6,646 | 7,574 |
| Percent | 24.2 | 26.9 | 30.3 | |
| Milton Keynes | Headcount | 4,810 | 6,109 | 7,251 |
| Percent | 10.2 | 12.8 | 15.0 | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Headcount | 10,344 | 12,151 | 13,123 |
| Percent | 25.6 | 29.8 | 31.8 | |
| Newham | Headcount | 8,463 | 11,082 | 12,654 |
| Percent | 13.6 | 17.4 | 19.6 | |
| Norfolk | Headcount | 14,528 | 16,457 | 18,843 |
| Percent | 12.7 | 14.3 | 16.2 | |
| North East Lincolnshire | Headcount | 3,783 | 4,605 | 5,452 |
| Percent | 15.9 | 19.3 | 22.6 | |
| North Lincolnshire | Headcount | 3,347 | 4,079 | 4,894 |
| Percent | 13.7 | 16.5 | 19.6 | |
| North Somerset | Headcount | 2,460 | 2,992 | 3,595 |
| Percent | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.6 | |
| North Tyneside | Headcount | 3,881 | 4,684 | 5,682 |
| Percent | 12.6 | 15.1 | 18.2 | |
| North Yorkshire | Headcount | 6,728 | 8,162 | 9,441 |
| Percent | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.4 | |
| Northamptonshire | Headcount | 10,756 | 12,300 | 14,351 |
| Percent | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.0 | |
| Northumberland | Headcount | 5,579 | 6,471 | 7,526 |
| Percent | 12.3 | 14.3 | 16.5 | |
| Nottingham | Headcount | 10,597 | 12,057 | 13,229 |
| Percent | 23.1 | 25.7 | 27.9 | |
| Nottinghamshire | Headcount | 13,692 | 15,985 | 18,453 |
| Percent | 11.4 | 13.1 | 15.0 | |
| Oldham | Headcount | 7,714 | 8,677 | 9,544 |
| Percent | 17.6 | 19.6 | 21.3 | |
| Oxfordshire | Headcount | 7,506 | 8,754 | 10,127 |
| Percent | 8.0 | 9.2 | 10.5 | |
| Peterborough | Headcount | 5,132 | 6,398 | 7,635 |
| Percent | 13.8 | 16.8 | 19.7 | |
| Plymouth | Headcount | 5,890 | 6,807 | 7,712 |
| Percent | 15.1 | 17.4 | 19.7 | |
| Poole | Headcount | 1,931 | 2,313 | no data |
| Percent | 9.9 | 11.8 | no data | |
| Portsmouth | Headcount | 4,834 | 5,616 | 6,580 |
| Percent | 18.6 | 21.4 | 24.7 | |
| Reading | Headcount | 2,900 | 3,266 | 3,688 |
| Percent | 12.8 | 14.3 | 15.8 | |
| Redbridge | Headcount | 6,911 | 7,178 | 7,596 |
| Percent | 12.2 | 12.4 | 13.0 | |
| Redcar and Cleveland | Headcount | 3,947 | 4,426 | 5,004 |
| Percent | 18.0 | 20.1 | 22.8 | |
| Richmond upon Thames | Headcount | 2,104 | 2,424 | 2,728 |
| Percent | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.6 | |
| Rochdale | Headcount | 6,787 | 7,603 | 8,501 |
| Percent | 18.9 | 20.8 | 22.9 | |
| Rotherham | Headcount | 6,768 | 7,590 | 8,727 |
| Percent | 15.1 | 16.8 | 19.3 | |
| Rutland | Headcount | 262 | 339 | 414 |
| Percent | 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.1 | |
| Salford | Headcount | 7,737 | 8,820 | 9,940 |
| Percent | 21.6 | 24.2 | 26.9 | |
| Sandwell | Headcount | 12,198 | 12,543 | 13,966 |
| Percent | 20.5 | 20.8 | 22.9 | |
| Sefton | Headcount | 6,108 | 6,628 | 7,407 |
| Percent | 15.3 | 16.5 | 18.5 | |
| Sheffield | Headcount | 16,354 | 18,532 | 20,435 |
| Percent | 20.3 | 22.7 | 24.8 | |
| Shropshire (Local Authority) | Headcount | 0 | 0 | 4,887 |
| Percent | 12.4 | |||
| Headcount | 0 | 0 | 4,887 | |
| Percent | 12.4 | |||
| Slough | Headcount | 2,871 | 3,433 | 4,035 |
| Percent | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.4 | |
| Solihull | Headcount | 5,227 | 5,892 | 6,936 |
| Percent | 13.3 | 14.9 | 17.4 | |
| Somerset | Headcount | 8,149 | 9,457 | 10,953 |
| Percent | 11.7 | 13.4 | 15.4 | |
| South Gloucestershire | Headcount | 3,171 | 3,690 | 4,212 |
| Percent | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.6 | |
| South Tyneside | Headcount | 4,231 | 5,019 | 5,617 |
| Percent | 19.2 | 22.4 | 24.9 | |
| Southampton | Headcount | 5,939 | 7,076 | 8,109 |
| Percent | 18.7 | 21.9 | 24.7 | |
| Southend-on-Sea | Headcount | 3,436 | 4,101 | 4,676 |
| Percent | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | |
| Southwark | Headcount | 9,536 | 10,642 | 11,556 |
| Percent | 22.2 | 24.5 | 26.5 | |
| St. Helens | Headcount | 4,221 | 4,643 | 5,228 |
| Percent | 15.8 | 17.4 | 19.4 | |
| Staffordshire | Headcount | 11,279 | 12,970 | 15,236 |
| Percent | 9.5 | 10.8 | 12.7 | |
| Stockport | Headcount | 4,747 | 5,483 | 6,221 |
| Percent | 11.4 | 13.0 | 14.5 | |
| Stockton-on-Tees | Headcount | 5,171 | 5,750 | 6,520 |
| Percent | 16.4 | 18.1 | 20.3 | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Headcount | 7,964 | 9,559 | 11,053 |
| Percent | 20.1 | 23.7 | 27.1 | |
| Suffolk | Headcount | 11,054 | 13,016 | 15,294 |
| Percent | 10.8 | 12.6 | 14.8 | |
| Sunderland | Headcount | 8,654 | 9,226 | 9,986 |
| Percent | 21.0 | 22.3 | 24.2 | |
| Surrey | Headcount | 11,203 | 13,281 | 15,151 |
| Percent | 7.2 | 8.4 | 9.5 | |
| Sutton | Headcount | 4,270 | 4,605 | 4,887 |
| Percent | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 | |
| Swindon | Headcount | 4,176 | 4,847 | 5,434 |
| Percent | 12.2 | 14.0 | 15.3 | |
| Tameside | Headcount | 6,332 | 7,190 | 8,173 |
| Percent | 17.4 | 19.5 | 21.9 | |
| Telford and Wrekin | Headcount | 4,373 | 5,144 | 5,839 |
| Percent | 14.9 | 17.2 | 19.1 | |
| Thurrock | Headcount | 3,262 | 3,907 | 4,512 |
| Percent | 11.5 | 13.4 | 15.1 | |
| Torbay | Headcount | 3,081 | 3,663 | 4,243 |
| Percent | 15.5 | 18.2 | 20.7 | |
| Tower Hamlets | Headcount | 15,068 | 15,446 | 15,233 |
| Percent | 33.6 | 33.9 | 33.3 | |
| Trafford | Headcount | 3,542 | 3,841 | 4,613 |
| Percent | 8.6 | 9.2 | 10.9 | |
| Wakefield | Headcount | 6,900 | 8,077 | 9,285 |
| Percent | 13.1 | 15.1 | 17.2 | |
| Walsall | Headcount | 9,696 | 11,666 | 13,556 |
| Percent | 18.8 | 22.3 | 25.6 | |
| Waltham Forest | Headcount | 6,043 | 6,834 | 7,557 |
| Percent | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.6 | |
| Wandsworth | Headcount | 5,258 | 6,042 | 6,761 |
| Percent | 15.5 | 17.5 | 19.6 | |
| Warrington | Headcount | 3,556 | 4,248 | 5,060 |
| Percent | 11.0 | 13.1 | 15.6 | |
| Warwickshire | Headcount | 7,584 | 9,440 | 11,312 |
| Percent | 9.2 | 11.3 | 13.3 | |
| West Berkshire | Headcount | 1,645 | 2,032 | 2,408 |
| Percent | 6.3 | 7.7 | 9.0 | |
| West Sussex | Headcount | 8,364 | 9,868 | 11,510 |
| Percent | 7.4 | 8.6 | 10.0 | |
| Westminster | Headcount | 5,005 | 5,491 | 6,051 |
| Percent | 22.0 | 24.1 | 26.7 | |
| Wigan | Headcount | 6,700 | 7,974 | 9,362 |
| Percent | 14.3 | 16.8 | 19.5 | |
| Wiltshire | Headcount | 4,983 | 6,410 | 7,626 |
| Percent | 7.3 | 9.3 | 10.9 | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Headcount | 1,351 | 1,608 | 1,830 |
| Percent | 6.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | |
| Wirral | Headcount | 8,542 | 9,804 | 10,879 |
| Percent | 17.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | |
| Wokingham | Headcount | 1,410 | 1,680 | 1,950 |
| Percent | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.1 | |
| Wolverhampton | Headcount | 9,022 | 11,110 | 12,941 |
| Percent | 20.1 | 24.0 | 27.2 | |
| Worcestershire | Headcount | 8,279 | 9,409 | 11,117 |
| Percent | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.7 | |
| York | Headcount | 1,942 | 2,317 | 2,728 |
| Percent | 7.6 | 9.0 | 10.5 | |
Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Pupil characteristics - free school meals, ethnicity and language
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