![]() There are 12 fewer schools across all sectors than in 2022. This follows an increase in the previous year, after a period of small decreases in recent years following a peak in 2016/17. The number of pupils in independent schools has increased by 2% to 592,000. The number of pupils in special schools has increased by 5%, to 149,100, continuing the trend of increases seen in recent years. AP schools typically have high mobility with pupils having shorter spells than in other schools. This follows a decrease of 9% in the year before, but is still lower than pre pandemic levels. The number of pupils in state-funded AP schools has increased by 13% to 13,200. The number of pupils in state-funded nursery has decreased slightly (1%) to 37,500, following a small increase in the previous year. The primary population is projected to continue to drop to the end of the projection period in 2030, whilst the secondary population is projected to increase until 2024 then slowly begin to drop (see the Department's pupil projections release). This is primarily driven by demographic changes, following a peak of births in 2013, with higher numbers of children reaching secondary age and lower numbers of pupils moving in to primary school. Increases are seen in the number of pupils in state-funded secondary, AP schools, special schools and also in independent schools, however, decreases are seen in primary schools and nursery schools. There are almost 9.1 million pupils in January 2023, an increase of over 70,000 from last year Schools with a nursery attached will complete the school census as a school rather than as a nursery. Other nurseries, such as private and voluntary nurseries, are not included in the school census. State-funded nursery – these are nurseries maintained by the local authority in which they operate. They often charge fees for pupils to attend. Independent schools and non-maintained special schools – these are registered schools which do not receive government funding. Alternative provision is covered in more detail in the “State-funded AP schools and alternative provision” section below. Local authorities can also fund places not maintained by the local authority. Where this publication refers to s tate-funded alternative provision (AP) schools, this includes pupil referral units or alternative provision academies or free schools. These placements are typically for children unable to attend a mainstream or special school. State-funded special schools – these are schools which provide tailored provision for pupils with special educational needs.Īlternative provision is defined in the Alternative Provision Statutory Guidance as education arranged by local authorities for pupils who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education education arranged by schools for pupils on a suspension and pupils being directed by schools to off-site provision to improve their behaviour. These schools include academies and free schools and are included in the totals for secondary schools. State-funded primary schools and state-funded secondary schools – Primary schools typically accept pupils aged 5-10 and secondary schools aged 11 and above, but there are increasing numbers of all-through schools, who take pupils of all compulsory school ages. Explore data and files used in this release There is a statutory limit of 30 pupils in an infant class. This follows an increase from 26.6 in 2021. Infant class size has stayed at 26.7 from 2022 to 2023. ![]() The average class size for infant pupils (reception, year 1 and year 2) has remained stable This is a similar pattern to previous years. ![]() Of those, almost 1.3 million are not normally eligible for FSM through the criteria above and received them under the Universal Infant FSM policy. 1.6 million infant pupils were recorded as taking a free school meal on census day Free school meal eligibility continues to increaseĢ3.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, up from 22.5% in 2022. The number of schools has decreased slightly, by 12 to 24,442. This includes all state-funded and independent schools. There has been an increase of 73,800 pupils across all school types from the previous year, to nearly 9.1 million pupils. The number of pupils in schools in England has increased ![]()
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