Table showing the number of pupils in other local authority funded alternative provision from 2017/18 to 2024/25, by sex

Alternative provision - by sex - 2017/18 to 2024/25

First language of pupils by school type, 2023/24 and 2024/25

FSM eligibility by ethnicity 2015/16 to 2024/25

FSM Eligibility by National Curriculum Year Group 2015/16 to 2024/25

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

FSM eligibility by region, England, 2015/16 to 2024/25

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals by school type

FSM eligibility by school type, England, 2015/16 to 2024/25

Average size of infant classes, infant constituted of reception plus KS1

Infant average class sizes (reception plus KS1), England, 2015/16 to 2024/25

Number of infant (reception plus KS1) classes and pupils by size band of class

Infant classes by size of class, England, 2022/23 to 2024/25

Average number of pupils per class in Key Stage 2

KS2 average class sizes, England, 2015/16 to 2024/25

Number of classes and pupils by size band of class

KS2 classes by size of class, England, 2022/23 to 2024/25

Primary and secondary average class sizes 2015/16 to 2024/25

Pupil ethnicity, 2022/23 to 2024/25

Number of infant (reception plus key stage 1) pupils taking a free school meal on census day, by whether or not they were FSM eligible under the income criteria

Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM) uptake by FSM Eligibility 2015/16 to 2024/25

Number of pupils recorded as young carers by schools, first included in school census January 2023 to 2025

Young carers, 2022/23 to 2024/25

Includes pupil headcount and number of schools

Number of schools and number of pupils attending by type of school  2015/16 to 2024/25

Headcount of pupils and number of schools - includes state-funded schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools

Number of schools and pupils, by school type, 2015/16 to 2024/25

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools.

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by age and sex

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by national curriculum year group and sex

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by ethnicity and language.

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by ethnicity and language

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by FSM eligibility.

Pupil characteristics - number of pupils by fsm eligibility

Number of pupils and classes and average class sizes for state-funded primary and secondary schools, including infant and key stage 2 class sizes.

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools

Number of pupils in local authority funded alternative provision.

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - placement counts

Number of placements in local authority funded alternative provision by placement reason and setting type.

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - setting type and placement reason

Alternative provision - local authority funded placements - pupil counts

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by free school meal eligibility and ethnicity or year group.

FSM eligibility by ethnicity or national curriculum year group

Information on the take up of Universal Infant Free School Meals, including by FSM eligibility.

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)

Pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units who have been identified as a young carer.

Young carers by national curriculum year group

Number of pupils in school arranged alternative provision, by pupil characteristics.

School arranged alternative provision - by characteristics

Number of pupils in school arranged alternative provision, by reason for placement.

School arranged alternative provision - by placement reason

Number of schools in England, by type, phase, denomination, admission policy, sex, urban/rural and academy status including headcounts and full-time equivalent, language, free school meals, age and national curriculum year breakdowns.

School characteristics

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Labour market and skills

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

School and college outcomes and performance

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

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