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ISC Pupil Numbers - Independent Schools Council
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Pupil Numbers

Pupils in ISC schools account for around 80% of the total number of pupils in independent schools in the UK.  The UK independent sector as a whole educates around 628,000 children in around 2,600 schools. The independent sector educates around 6.5% of the total number of schoolchildren in the UK (and over 7% of the total number of schoolchildren in England) with the figure rising to more than 18% of pupils over the age of 16.

There are now 506,500 children in ISC schools in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Of these:

  • 68,102 are boarders and 438,398 are day pupils
  • 258,154 are boys and 248,346 are girls
  • 45,259 are nursery age (0-4)
  • 155,286 are primary age (5-10)
  • 222,124 are senior age (11-15)
  • 83,831 are sixth form age (16-19)

24,554 pupils are non-British with parents living overseas. In 2011, there were 10,900 non-British pupils with parents living overseas who were new to ISC schools that academic year.  Over one-third of these were from Hong Kong and China another third were from Europe. Detailed figures can be found in the ISC Census 2011