Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-09-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children aged 11 to 16 are educated at (a) selective state-maintained schools, (b) non-selective state-maintained comprehensive and academy schools, (c) independent fee-paying schools and (d) other educational settings in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
Nick Gibb
The number and proportion of pupils aged 11-16 in selective state-funded schools, non-selective state-funded secondary schools, independent schools and other settings in England are given in the table below. The Department does not hold this information for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, and therefore cannot provide these figures or a UK figure.
|
Type of Establishment |
Number of pupils aged 11-16 (1) |
Proportion of Total |
|
State-funded selective schools |
117,310 |
3.9% |
|
State-funded non-selective secondary schools |
2,569,444 |
86.2% |
|
Independent Schools (2) |
226,878 |
7.6% |
|
All other educational settings (3) |
66,498 |
2.2% |
(1) Includes sole and dual main registered pupils, as at January 2016.
(2) Not all independent schools charge all pupils fees, but it is not possible to group only the fee-paying independent schools together here.
(3) Includes state-funded primary schools, state-funded special schools, non-maintained special schools, general hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision academies and free schools.
