Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students were in key stage 4 in state secondary schools in England in each year from 2010 to 2017; and what was the annual percentage change in the number of students for each of those years.
The requested information is shown in the table below:
Number of pupils by key stages 3 and 4 in secondary schools
year | key stage 3 | % change | key stage 4 | % change | |
2010 | 1,677,023 | n/a | 1,134,938 | n/a | |
2011 | 1,670,486 | -0.4 | 1,117,700 | -1.5 | |
2012 | 1,640,040 | -1.8 | 1,121,510 | 0.3 | |
2013 | 1,610,360 | -1.8 | 1,117,765 | -0.3 | |
2014 | 1,585,635 | -1.5 | 1,100,400 | -1.6 | |
2015 | 1,595,066 | 0.6 | 1,082,750 | -1.6 | |
2016 | 1,630,578 | 2.2 | 1,059,175 | -2.2 | |
2017 | 1,678,497 | 2.9 | 1,043,635 | -1.5 |
Source: School Census