Accredited official statistics

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2021

Statistics on pupils in schools in England as collected in the January 2021 school census.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 June 2021

Applies to England

Documents

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: England 2021

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics

Details

This release contains the latest statistics on school and pupil numbers and their characteristics, including:

• age
• gender
• free school meals (FSM) eligibility
• English as an additional language
• ethnicity
• information on school characteristics
• information on class sizes

School census statistics team

Email Schools.Statistics@education.gov.uk

Ann Claytor 0370 000 2288

Published 17 June 2021