Pupils: Ethnic Groups

(asked on 15th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state school pupils in each local authority (a) belonged to each ethnic group, (b) had English as their first language, (c) did not have English as their first language and (d) had their first language recorded as unknown in each year since 1998.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 18th January 2024

Figures for ethnicity at local authority level for the 2015/16 academic year are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/94f677ea-a7ea-4157-4649-08dc15e274f3.

Figures for English as an additional language for the 2015/16 academic year are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/6ff8c047-798c-45c6-aaab-08dc15deba2a.

Figures from the 2009/10 to 2014/15 academic years are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.

Archived figures for academic years before 2009/10 are available in the following published sources:

2009 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323071655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00196015/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics. 2009: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323071655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00196015/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics.

Ethnicity tables 12a and 12b

EAL tables 13a and 13b

2008: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323071719/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00195968/pupil-absence.

Ethnicity not published at local authority (LA) level

EAL not published at LA level

2007: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323071912/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00195601/dcsf-schools-and-pupils-in-england-january-2007-(f.

Ethnicity tables 32 and 33

EAL tables 34 and 35

2006: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323072019/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00195302/schools-and-pupils-in-england-january-2006-(final).

Ethnicity table 33

EAL 34

2005: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130323072209/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00194892/schools-and-pupils-in-england-january-2005-(final).

Ethnicity table 33

EAL table 34

2004: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104091248/http:/education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00194445/statistics-of-education-schools-in-england-2004-ed.

Ethnicity tables 47a and 47b

EAL tables 51a and 51b

2003: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104091256/http:/education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00194094/statistics-of-education-schools-in-england-2003-ed.

Ethnicity tables 47a and 47b

EAL tables 51

2002 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104091304/http:/education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193886/statistics-of-education-schools-in-england-2002-ed2002: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104091304/http:/education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193886/statistics-of-education-schools-in-england-2002-ed.

Ethnicity tables 47a and 47b

EAL not published at LA level

2001: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130113104450/https:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193690/schools-in-england-2001.

Ethnicity not published at LA level

EAL not published at LA level

2000 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130113104731/https:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000 2000: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130113104731/https:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000.

Ethnicity not published at LA level

EAL not published at LA level

1999 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130103145428/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193237/schools-in-england-1999 1999: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130103145428/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193237/schools-in-england-1999.

Ethnicity not published at LA level

EAL not published at LA level

1998 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130113104903/https:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193283/schools-in-england-1998 1998: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130113104903/https:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics/a00193283/schools-in-england-1998.

Ethnicity tables 49a and 49b of pdf document

EAL table 50 of pdf document

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