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'School characteristics - Phase and type, admissions, denomination, urban-rural, gender' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'

• Created: 23 September 2022

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'School characteristics - Phase and type, admissions, denomination, urban-rural, gender' for Independent school, Non-maintained special school, Pupil referral unit, State-funded nursery, State-funded primary and 2 other filters in England between 2015/16 and 2021/22

		2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Total	Headcount - Total	8,559,540	8,669,080	8,735,098	8,819,289	8,890,345	8,911,887	9,000,031
	Number of schools	24,288	24,281	24,316	24,323	24,360	24,413	24,454
State-funded nursery	Headcount - Total	43,729	43,786	42,844	42,207	42,110	37,865	38,036
	Number of schools	406	402	399	391	389	388	385
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
	Number of schools	16,778	16,786	16,766	16,769	16,784	16,791	16,786
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
	Number of schools	3,401	3,408	3,436	3,448	3,456	3,458	3,473
Pupil referral unit	Headcount - Total	15,015	15,669	16,732	16,134	15,396	12,785	11,684
	Number of schools	353	351	352	352	349	348	338
State-funded special school	Headcount - Total	105,363	109,854	115,315	121,738	128,146	134,176	142,028
	Number of schools	973	973	984	986	993	1,005	1,022
Non-maintained special school	Headcount - Total	3,814	3,756	3,639	3,671	3,787	3,924	3,965
	Number of schools	66	64	59	58	58	57	56
Independent school	Headcount - Total	583,029	583,268	581,873	580,480	576,857	569,366	581,427
	Number of schools	2,311	2,297	2,320	2,319	2,331	2,366	2,394

Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, School characteristics - Phase and type, admissions, denomination, urban-rural, gender

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