'Pupil characteristics - free school meals, ethnicity and language' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'
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| State-funded nursery | State-funded primary | State-funded secondary | State-funded special school | Non-maintained special school | Pupil referral unit | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian - Any other Asian background | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Asian - Bangladeshi | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Asian - Indian | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Asian - Pakistani | 9.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| Black - Any other Black background | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Black - Black African | 6.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| Black - Black Caribbean | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Chinese | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Mixed - Any other Mixed background | 4.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| Mixed - White and Asian | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Mixed - White and Black African | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Mixed - White and Black Caribbean | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| White - Any other White background | 8.7 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 6.7 |
| White - Gypsy/Roma | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| White - Irish | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| White - Traveller of Irish heritage | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| White - White British | 49.1 | 65.0 | 65.9 | 68.3 | 72.2 | 70.7 | 65.4 |
| Any other ethnic group | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Unclassified | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Footnotes
- Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
- Prior to 2017/18, Ethnicity and Language data was collected for compulsory school age children only. As such, the total headcount and denominators used for percentages may differ from those for Free school meals.
Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Pupil characteristics - free school meals, ethnicity and language
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