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
This release is based on information collected in the January 2015 school census.
It covers all types of school in England including:
The technical note explains the statistics.
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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.
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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 2023/24 there were ****** 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 *** schools.
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This method returns the closest schools based on the specified criteria.
The dataset comprises multiple source datasets published by the Department for Education, and it is updated as soon as relevant datasets become available.
An ad hoc publication showing the number and proportion of pupils in academies and free schools using data from the October 2018 school census.
The schools that take part in the census include:
An in-depth look into the number of pupils in schools will be published in June 2019.
There were approximately ***** million pupils attending schools in the United Kingdom in 2023/24, compared with **** million in the previous year and **** million in 2010/11.
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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).
A list of all independent schools and special post-16 institutions for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014 in England and Wales.
You can filter the list by local authority or by type of setting.
Our guide for independent special schools and special post-16 institutions explains how to apply for approval under section 41.
Contact hns.sos@education.gov.uk to request removal from the approved list, stating your reason. We will remove your institution in the next update and notify local authorities. The published list includes all removed institutions.
Once removed, you cannot re-apply for one full academic year.
Details of all special schools in England are available on the https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search" class="govuk-link">Department for Education’s Get Information about Schools system. This includes:
The SEND guide for parents and carers explains how parents can ask for one of these schools or special post-16 institutions to be named in their child’s education, health and care plan.
These documents show:
We update this data monthly as more academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs open. Older versions of this publication can be found by visiting the https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" class="govuk-link">National Archives.
Details of successful free school and UTC applications are available.
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Figures in this release are drawn from the Ofsted inspection judgement "The behaviour of learners - school level"/ "How well do pupils behave". This publication reports each eligible school's most recent judgement and therefore differs from Ofsted's published annual data, which shows inspections within a given academic year. This publication was previously titled: National Indicator 86, Secondary Schools judged as having Good or Outstanding Standards of Behaviour. Source agency: Education Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: December 2010
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Headcount of teachers and the number of hours taught by subject to year groups 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools
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Following significant government support, 81.9% of secondary schools are now academies according to the government, with maintained schools increasingly converting. Both types remain under strict government guidelines, but academies can decide term dates, curriculums, subject choices and budget decisions. Despite several years of economic turmoil, government funding has remained strong because of the importance of maintaining and improving UK education standards. Secondary education revenue is expected to have grown at a compound annual rate of 1.4% to £66.1 billion over the five years through 2024-25, growing by 2.1% in 2024-25. The COVID-19 outbreak severely disrupted the day-to-day running of schools throughout 2020-21, with temporary closures forcing pupils to stay at home and learn online. The Educational Recovery Fund has supported educational catch-up, totalling around £5 billion in February 2022, preventing a significant drop in revenue during the COVID-19 outbreak. In cash terms, total funding for all state-funded schools totalled £60.7 billion in 2024-25 due to a £3.9 billion funding increase in 2024-25. Private school pupil numbers have marginally dipped, with the ISC recording a 0.1% decline in independent secondary school pupil numbers over the year through January 2024, with the cost-of-living crisis having squeezed some parents' purse strings. For the start of the 2024-25 academic year, private school enrolments were down, especially for new starters in their first year of secondary school, with the potenital for fee hikes if VAT is added in January 2025 looming. This could pose a threat to profit and place more pressure on state schools to open up available places. Secondary education revenue is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 2% to £72.9 billion over the five years through 2029-30. The number of international students attending independent schools has not fallen with immigration policies, as many independent schools hold Student Visa Sponsors. With school costs still continuing to grow by 4% in 2024-25, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, school funding per pupil will remain stretched.
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Contains figures on class sizes in maintained primary and secondary schools in England. Source agency: Education Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Pupil Characteristics and Class Sizes in Maintained Schools in England
Data presented here is an extract of data published by The Scottish Government in March 2014. The data shows School contact details as at September 2013 including school roll, FTE teacher numbers, ethnic group proportions and denomination. The data also includes the proportion of pupils who live in the 20% most deprived data-zones in Scotland. The address and contact details have been sourced from an Openings and Closings exercise that took place in June 2013. The data has been filtered to provide contact details for schools in the Glasgow local authority area only. For information on schools that have opened or closed since January 2014 please email school.stats@scotland.gsi.gov.uk The data has been geocoded and coordinates have been added in WGS84 and OSGB36 projection formats. Contains Ordnance Survey data (c) Crown Copyright 2014. Licence: None school-contact-location-details.zip - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/728522f0-86da-48c6-8f75-1649934eb8a4/Dataset/890346e1-d756-4fb8-b824-e48d3cc0924e/File/c8183da4-4c16-4d7b-84e8-421e1dbca76f/Version/3fb8f7d2-dc55-4cfd-9347-5362893aca9d schoolcontactdetails.geojson - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/728522f0-86da-48c6-8f75-1649934eb8a4/Dataset/890346e1-d756-4fb8-b824-e48d3cc0924e/File/9e165e2b-43be-4ae1-a78f-bdebab9596f0/Version/5bd4aca7-3209-4e04-bb8a-f2ac85d5c07a
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This bulletin is a one off publication that looks at how pupils are distributed between schools. It reports on the period 2006/2007 but also includes time series data from 1997.
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Designation: National Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: The Composition of Schools in England
According to a survey conducted among headteachers at schools in England, approximately ** percent of primary schools, and ** 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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The data gives the name, address, postcode, co-ordinates and enrolment data for schools in Northern Ireland. Further information regarding schools can be found on DE's website http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx and ETI inspection reports on their website https://www.etini.gov.uk/
This release contains the latest statistics on school and pupil numbers and their characteristics, including:
Schools and Pupils Statistics Team
Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
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