'Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by ethnicity and language' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'
Headcount | Percent | ||||||||
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Total | Known or believed to be English | Known or believed to be other than English | Language unclassified | Total | Known or believed to be English | Known or believed to be other than English | Language unclassified | ||
Total | 2015/16 | 38,650 | 32,383 | 6,121 | 146 | 100.0 | 83.8 | 15.8 | 0.4 |
2016/17 | 39,284 | 32,809 | 6,375 | 100 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 16.2 | 0.3 | |
2017/18 | 43,808 | 36,185 | 7,506 | 117 | 100.0 | 82.6 | 17.1 | 0.3 | |
2018/19 | 43,949 | 35,997 | 7,658 | 294 | 100.0 | 81.9 | 17.4 | 0.7 | |
2019/20 | 43,962 | 35,623 | 8,039 | 300 | 100.0 | 81.0 | 18.3 | 0.7 | |
2020/21 | 43,936 | 35,349 | 8,297 | 290 | 100.0 | 80.5 | 18.9 | 0.7 | |
2021/22 | 43,901 | 35,113 | 8,474 | 314 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 19.3 | 0.7 | |
2022/23 | 43,662 | 34,576 | 8,790 | 296 | 100.0 | 79.2 | 20.1 | 0.7 | |
2023/24 | 43,333 | 33,900 | 9,144 | 289 | 100.0 | 78.2 | 21.1 | 0.7 | |
State-funded AP school | 2015/16 | 67 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
2016/17 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 94.7 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |
2017/18 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 94.4 | 5.6 | 0.0 | |
2018/19 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2019/20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2020/21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2021/22 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2022/23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2023/24 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 93.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | |
State-funded primary | 2015/16 | 17,874 | 14,505 | 3,362 | 7 | 100.0 | 81.2 | 18.8 | 0.0 |
2016/17 | 18,295 | 14,781 | 3,498 | 16 | 100.0 | 80.8 | 19.1 | 0.1 | |
2017/18 | 22,934 | 18,353 | 4,564 | 17 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 19.9 | 0.1 | |
2018/19 | 22,831 | 18,169 | 4,639 | 23 | 100.0 | 79.6 | 20.3 | 0.1 | |
2019/20 | 23,261 | 18,290 | 4,935 | 36 | 100.0 | 78.6 | 21.2 | 0.2 | |
2020/21 | 22,935 | 17,742 | 5,138 | 55 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 22.4 | 0.2 | |
2021/22 | 22,662 | 17,352 | 5,255 | 55 | 100.0 | 76.6 | 23.2 | 0.2 | |
2022/23 | 22,487 | 16,919 | 5,462 | 106 | 100.0 | 75.2 | 24.3 | 0.5 | |
2023/24 | 22,381 | 16,597 | 5,673 | 111 | 100.0 | 74.2 | 25.3 | 0.5 | |
State-funded secondary | 2015/16 | 20,262 | 17,421 | 2,702 | 139 | 100.0 | 86.0 | 13.3 | 0.7 |
2016/17 | 20,485 | 17,589 | 2,812 | 84 | 100.0 | 85.9 | 13.7 | 0.4 | |
2017/18 | 20,350 | 17,380 | 2,871 | 99 | 100.0 | 85.4 | 14.1 | 0.5 | |
2018/19 | 20,581 | 17,360 | 2,951 | 270 | 100.0 | 84.3 | 14.3 | 1.3 | |
2019/20 | 20,168 | 16,875 | 3,029 | 264 | 100.0 | 83.7 | 15.0 | 1.3 | |
2020/21 | 20,409 | 17,097 | 3,078 | 234 | 100.0 | 83.8 | 15.1 | 1.1 | |
2021/22 | 20,561 | 17,171 | 3,131 | 259 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 15.2 | 1.3 | |
2022/23 | 20,418 | 16,986 | 3,242 | 190 | 100.0 | 83.2 | 15.9 | 0.9 | |
2023/24 | 20,111 | 16,560 | 3,373 | 178 | 100.0 | 82.3 | 16.8 | 0.9 | |
State-funded special school | 2015/16 | 447 | 391 | 56 | 0 | 100.0 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
2016/17 | 466 | 403 | 63 | 0 | 100.0 | 86.5 | 13.5 | 0.0 | |
2017/18 | 488 | 418 | 69 | 1 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 14.1 | 0.2 | |
2018/19 | 506 | 437 | 68 | 1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 13.4 | 0.2 | |
2019/20 | 519 | 444 | 75 | 0 | 100.0 | 85.5 | 14.5 | 0.0 | |
2020/21 | 586 | 504 | 81 | 1 | 100.0 | 86.0 | 13.8 | 0.2 | |
2021/22 | 658 | 570 | 88 | 0 | 100.0 | 86.6 | 13.4 | 0.0 | |
2022/23 | 736 | 650 | 86 | 0 | 100.0 | 88.3 | 11.7 | 0.0 | |
2023/24 | 826 | 729 | 97 | 0 | 100.0 | 88.3 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
Footnotes
- Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary, alternative provision (AP) schools and special schools, and non-maintained special schools. Does not include independent schools
- Totals include pupils in General Hospital Schools, however Ethnicity and Language data is not available for these pupils. Breakdowns may not sum to totals as a result.
Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by ethnicity and language
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