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Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2018

Statistics on pupils in schools in England as collected in the January 2018 school census, and proposed changes for 2019.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 June 2018
• Last updated: 10 June 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - main text

PDF, 1010 KB, 18 pages

Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - national tables

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 254 KB

Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - LA tables

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 747 KB

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Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - Cross-border movement local authority tables

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Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - Cross-border movement local authority tables

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Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - methodology document

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Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - underlying data

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Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - pre-release access list

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Annex - Changes to accompanying tables in 2019

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Details

This release provides data from the annual school census data return, which is mandatory for schools to complete.

The main tables provide breakdowns of pupil data at national and local authority level. The tables includes pupil characteristics, such as:

• pupils that receive free school meals (FSM)
• pupils with English as an additional language (EAL)

The underlying data provides breakdowns at school level.

The technical document provides metadata and methodological information on the published data.

Changes to this release for 2019

We have reviewed the tables that will be published in this release in 2019. We are following the principle that we produce Excel tables for our highest profile breakdowns, with supporting underlying data files containing more detailed breakdowns.

This is part of DfE plans to improve the coherence of our statistics and approach to how statistics are given out.

The annex document outlines the information we plan to publish in 2019. It includes a background document explaining the changes and inviting feedback.

School census statistics team

Email Schools.Statistics@education.gov.uk

Ann Claytor 0370 000 2288

Published 28 June 2018
Last updated 10 June 2019 + show all updates

1. 10 June 2019

   Amended wording in paragraph 'Changes to this release for 2019'. Updated the content of the 'Annex' attachment to reflect underlying data file structure for 2019.

2. 16 May 2019

   Added proposed changes to the content of the 2019 release and supporting annex document.

3. 11 October 2018

   Added open document version of 'Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - Cross-border movement local authority tables'.

4. 5 October 2018

   Added cross-border movement local authority level and underlying data tables.

5. 23 August 2018

   Removed unrelated extra material from table 7c in attachment 'Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - LA tables'.

6. 13 July 2018

   Amended title of table 8e in attachment 'Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - LA tables'.

7. 28 June 2018

   First published.