Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 28 Jan 2026 | Updated: 107 days ago
Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics
Dataset
Summary
Description:
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, school characteristics and class sizes.
Identifier:
038f2bdf-fe50-4cd1-918a-84d4e91d4029
Access Tier:
Open
Contact Point:
Documentation
Documentation:
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, school characteristics and class sizes.
The publication combines information from the January (spring) school census, school level annual school census, general hospital school census and alternative provision census.
Mirrored on the SENSE service for use in combination with energy consumption data.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
England
Geographical Levels:
- East Midlands
- East of England
- London
- North East
- North West
- South East
- South West
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
Temporal
Date of First Release:
28 January 2026
Temporal Aggregation:
Annual
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situation:
Department for Education
Method of Collection:
Statistical dataset
Author 1
Name Organisation:
Department for Education
Author 2
Name Organisation:
Department for Education
Access and Governance
Usage
Access
Access Rights:
Rights as of the Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0
Data Controller:
Department for Education
Data Processor:
Not Applicable
Licence:
UK Open Government Licence (OGL-3.0)
Format and Standards
Language:
en
Format:
queryable
Data Distribution
Data Status:
draft