Accredited official statistics

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2017

Information collected in the January 2017 school census, including the number of schools and pupils.

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR28/2017

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National tables: SFR28/2017

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Local authority and regional tables: SFR28/2017

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Cross-border migration local authority tables: SFR28-2017

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Cross-border migration local authority tables: SFR28-2017

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Methodology document: SFR28/2017

Underlying data: SFR28/2017

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Technical annex: SFR28/2017

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Details

This release sets out information on:

  • pupil and school numbers by type of school
  • free school meals eligibility
  • first language
  • class sizes
  • pupil numbers by ethnic origin

The technical annex explains the statistics.

We are currently working to address the requirements from the UK Statistics Authority’s assessment of these statistics.

School census statistics team

Email Schools.Statistics@education.gov.uk

Ann Claytor 0370 000 2288

Updates to this page

Published 29 June 2017
Last updated 28 September 2017 + show all updates
  1. Cross-border migration local authority level and underlying data tables added.

  2. Updated methodology document includes information about the use of the collected data.

  3. Replaced underlying data file as some ward codes were incorrectly listed.

  4. First published.

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