Accredited official statistics

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2013

Information collected in the January 2013 school census, including the number of schools and pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 June 2013
• Last updated: 12 July 2013 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR21/2013

PDF, 172 KB, 8 pages

National tables: SFR21/2013

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 384 KB

Local authority and regional tables: SFR21/2013

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.09 MB

School level underlying data and local authority level alternative provision underlying data: SFR21/2013

4.81 MB

Cross-border movement local authority tables: SFR21/2013

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 247 KB

Cross-border movement matrix tables: SFR21/2013

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.15 MB

Cross-border movement underlying data: SFR21/2013

83.8 KB

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Pre-release access list: SFR21/2013

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Details

This release is based upon information collected in the January 2013 school census.

It includes information on:

• the number of schools and pupils
• tables showing the number of pupils by:
  • age
  • gender
  • free school meal eligibility
  • ethnicity
  • first language

It also includes a range of class size information.

School types included in this publication are:

• state-funded
  • primary
  • secondary
  • special schools
• independent schools
• pupil referral units
• alternative provision

The main points from the latest release are:

• the overall number of pupils (headcount) in all schools in England increased slightly, but remains around 8.2 million in 2013
• there has been a continued increase in primary pupil numbers
• there has been an increase in the percentage of pupils from minority ethnic groups and pupils with a first language other than English
• the percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals in secondary schools has increased from 16.0% to 16.3% while in primary schools it has decreased from 19.3% to 19.2%
• there has been an increase in the number of lawful key stage 1 (KS1) classes in excess of 30 pupils, but a decrease in the percentage of pupils taught in large classes in key stage 2 (KS2) and the secondary phase

Statistics on cross-border flows (ie pupils leaving their local authority of residence to attend schools located outside their local authority of residence) were published as additional tables in July 2013.

Contact details

School census statistics team

Email [email protected]

Ann Claytor 0370 000 2288

Published 20 June 2013
Last updated 12 July 2013 + show all updates

1. 12 July 2013

   Added the downloads 'Cross-border movement local authority tables: SFR21/2013', 'Cross-border movement matrix tables: SFR21/2013', and 'Cross-border movement underlying data: SFR21/2013'.

2. 20 June 2013

   First published.