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'Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'

• Created: 10 March 2022

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Percent for 'Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language' for Any other ethnic group, Any other ethnic group - Arab, Asian - Any other Asian background, Asian - Bangladeshi, Asian - Chinese and 17 other filters in England between 2019/20 and 2020/21

	Total		Pupil referral unit
	2019/20	2020/21	2019/20	2020/21
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any other ethnic group	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.1
Any other ethnic group - Arab	no data	0.3	no data	0.2
Asian - Any other Asian background	1.9	1.9	0.6	0.6
Asian - Bangladeshi	1.8	1.8	0.9	0.9
Asian - Chinese	no data	0.5	no data	0.0
Asian - Indian	3.2	3.3	0.4	0.3
Asian - Pakistani	4.5	4.5	1.8	1.7
Black - Any other Black background	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0
Black - Black African	3.9	3.9	2.2	2.3
Black - Black Caribbean	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7
Chinese	0.5	no data	0.0	no data
Mixed - Any other Mixed background	2.3	2.4	3.0	3.0
Mixed - White and Asian	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.0
Mixed - White and Black African	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	1.5	1.6	3.8	3.7
Unclassified	1.4	1.6	3.8	4.0
White - Any other White background	6.7	6.8	3.6	3.3
White - Gypsy/Roma	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.1
White - Irish	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
White - Traveller of Irish heritage	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2
White - White British	65.4	64.9	70.7	71.4

Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
2. 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 - Ethnicity and Language

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