In the 2023/24 academic there were 32,149 schools in the United Kingdom, 601 schools fewer than there were in the 2010/11 academic year. Throughout most of this period, there has been a steady decline in the number of schools, with a slight uptick noticeable after 2019/20, when there were just 32,028 schools. Concrete crisis at UK schools in 2023 Due to its affordability, many schools built in the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s used reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Although not inherently unsafe, RAAC is a less durable version of standard concrete, and has a typically shorter lifespan. The issue of RAAC in schools suddenly became more urgent in 2018, when a school roof collapsed, confirming fears that RAAC structures weakened over time. Just before schools returned for the 2023/24 academic year, 147 schools in England were confirmed as having issues with RAAC, with 19 of these forced to delay the start of the school year, and a further four opting for fully remote learning. Number of UK pupils falls in 2023/24 After reaching a peak of 10.7 million in the 2022/23 academic year, the number of school pupils in the UK fell to 10.63 million in the following academic year. In the same year, the number of full-time teachers in the UK reached a high of 643,491, up from just 621,718 in the 2017/18 academic year. Although the pupil to teacher ratio at UK schools has overall been quite stable in recent years, there was a surge in the pupil to teacher ratio at nursery schools between 2012/13 and 2018/19, rising from 17.5 teachers per pupil, to 22.9
Reference Id: OSR05/2012
Publication type: Performance tables
Publication data: Local authority data
Local authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release date: 26 January 2012
Coverage status: Final/provisional
Publication status: Published
The secondary school performance tables show:
Additional data on schools will be published, including information on the expenditure of each maintained school open for the full financial year 2010 to 2011.
The expenditure data will take the form of spend per pupil statistics for a wide range of expenditure categories including funding and income, education staff spend and learning resources and curriculum spend. The school spend data will also contain information about the school (such as the proportion of pupils in the school eligible for free school meals), headline key stage 4 performance data and comparisons against the local authority and national averages, the numbers of teachers, teaching assistants and other school staff. It also provides the pupil teacher ratio and the mean gross salary of full-time teachers, information on the characteristics of the pupils attending the school, and pupil absence data for each school.
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In the year 2023, walking was the primary mode of travel to school for children of age five to 16, accounting for 46 percent of total school trips made by children. Car or van transportation followed as the second most common means of traveling to school at 37 percent. Cycling to school and surface rail, on the other hand, had a very low share of 2 percent respectively.
The secondary school and multi-academy trust performance data (based on revised data) shows:
In the United Kingdom, there were ***** secondary schools in the 2023/24 academic year, compared with ***** in 2010/11. In the provided time period, the number of secondary schools in the UK has fluctuated between a low of ***** schools in 2011/12 and a high of ***** schools in 2021/22.
There were approximately 10.63 million pupils attending schools in the United Kingdom in 2023/24, compared with 10.7 million in the previous year and 9.65 million in 2010/11.
According to a survey conducted among English adults in May 2021, approximately 53 percent of people would change the national curriculum if there was a radical overhaul of the school system in England. More than half or respondents advised that they would change the size of classes, while a further 32 percent would change the length of the school day.
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This dataset tracks annual distribution of students across grade levels in England Elementary School
The 16 to 18 school and college performance data shows the results of students who finished 16 to 18 study by the end of the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
For schools and colleges, data includes:
For multi-academy trusts, data includes attainment and value added for level 3 qualifications, including:
Reference data is also published for the local authority area and for England as a whole.
In 2024/25, approximately 21.4 percent of all pupils at schools in England did not speak English as a first language, compared with 18 percent in 2015/16.
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This dataset tracks annual distribution of students across grade levels in England School District and average distribution per school district in Arkansas
As of 2025, there were approximately 545,640 pupils attending private or independent schools in the United Kingdom, compared with 565,550 in the previous year.
In 2023/24 there were 20,739 primary schools in the United Kingdom, a slight decrease when compared with the previous academic year. Since 2010/11 the overall number of primary schools in the UK has fallen by approximately 542 schools.
According to a survey conducted among headteachers at schools in England, approximately 83 percent of primary schools, and 94 percent of secondary schools provided, or planned to provide work for pupils via online learning platforms. Although live online lessons were the second most common way for schools to deliver education remotely, they were not as widely used in primary schools, with emailing, phoning or messaging being the second-most common type of provision.
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United Kingdom UK: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data was reported at 70.828 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 69.494 % for 2014. United Kingdom UK: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 27.445 % from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2015, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.828 % in 2015 and a record low of 24.869 % in 2007. United Kingdom UK: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
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Historical Dataset of England School District is provided by PublicSchoolReview and contain statistics on metrics:Comparison of Diversity Score Trends,Total Revenues Trends,Total Expenditure Trends,Average Revenue Per Student Trends,Average Expenditure Per Student Trends,Reading and Language Arts Proficiency Trends,Math Proficiency Trends,Science Proficiency Trends,Graduation Rate Trends,Overall School District Rank Trends,Hispanic Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2004-2023),Black Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (1991-2023),White Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (1991-2023),Two or More Races Student Percentage Comparison Over Years (2011-2023),Comparison of Students By Grade Trends
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Information on all schools in England including local authority maintained schools, academies, free schools, studio schools, university technical colleges and independent schools. The information includes address, school type and phone number. This information comes from EduBase, DfE’s register of schools, and will be updated every month. http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml
In London, **** percent of students at English schools had a first language that was believed to not be English in 2024/25, the most of any region in this year. By contrast, in North East England, just *** percent of school students had English as an additional language, the lowest percentage in England.
According to a survey conducted among headteachers at schools in England, approximately ** percent of primary school headteachers, and ** percent of secondary school headteachers advised that pupils' access to digital devices was the main barrier to effective use of remote learning technology.
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This dataset tracks annual total students amount from 1987 to 2023 for England Elementary School
In the 2023/24 academic there were 32,149 schools in the United Kingdom, 601 schools fewer than there were in the 2010/11 academic year. Throughout most of this period, there has been a steady decline in the number of schools, with a slight uptick noticeable after 2019/20, when there were just 32,028 schools. Concrete crisis at UK schools in 2023 Due to its affordability, many schools built in the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s used reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Although not inherently unsafe, RAAC is a less durable version of standard concrete, and has a typically shorter lifespan. The issue of RAAC in schools suddenly became more urgent in 2018, when a school roof collapsed, confirming fears that RAAC structures weakened over time. Just before schools returned for the 2023/24 academic year, 147 schools in England were confirmed as having issues with RAAC, with 19 of these forced to delay the start of the school year, and a further four opting for fully remote learning. Number of UK pupils falls in 2023/24 After reaching a peak of 10.7 million in the 2022/23 academic year, the number of school pupils in the UK fell to 10.63 million in the following academic year. In the same year, the number of full-time teachers in the UK reached a high of 643,491, up from just 621,718 in the 2017/18 academic year. Although the pupil to teacher ratio at UK schools has overall been quite stable in recent years, there was a surge in the pupil to teacher ratio at nursery schools between 2012/13 and 2018/19, rising from 17.5 teachers per pupil, to 22.9