Schools, pupils and their characteristics
School and pupil statistics for England including age, gender, free school meals (FSM), ethnicity, English as additional language (EAL), class size.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Schools, pupils and their characteristics statistics and data:
Schools and Pupils Statistics Team
Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Schools and Pupils Statistics Team
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Accredited official statistics
These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State
- Minister of State for School Standards
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Children and Families
- Permanent Secretary
- Deputy Permanent Secretary
- Special Adviser x2
- Senior Media Officer x2
- Media Officer x4
- Director General, Infrastructure & Funding Directorate
- Deputy Director, Admissions and School Organisation
- Deputy Director, Central Capital Unit
- Policy Advisor, Free school meals x3
- Grade 6, School Infrastructure & Access Division
- Grade 7, School Infrastructure & Access Division
- HEO, School Infrastructure & Access Division
- EO, School Infrastructure & Access Division
- Policy official, Central Capital Unit (x2)
- Basic Need team leader
- G6, Pupil Premium Strategy Unit
- G7, Pupil Premium Strategy Unit
- G7, Alternative Provision Policy
- Head of Local Authority School Places Engagement Strategy