ISC CENSUS AND ANNUAL REPORT 2023

ISC SCHOOLS: LOCATION, TYPE, STRUCTURE AND SIZE

PUPIL NUMBERS

REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

SINGLE-SEX AND CO-EDUCATION

BOARDING

MOVEMENTS BETWEEN SECTORS

SEND

ETHNICITY

INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT: NON-BRITISH PUPILS AND OVERSEAS CAMPUSES

SCHOOL FEES

BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

PUBLIC BENEFIT

TEACHING STAFF

UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE

EXAM RESULTS

ECONOMIC IMPACT

This report is based on a survey carried out in January 2023. All 1,395 schools in UK membership

of the constituent associations of ISC (“ISC schools”) completed the survey.

Appendix One gives a snapshot of ISC schools as they were in January 2023. Appendix Two shows

comparative figures for the schools that completed the Census in both 2022 and 2023 and is

therefore the best guide for annual change.

ISC’s constituent associations are: the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools

(AGBIS), the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), the Heads’ Conference (HMC), the Independent

Association of Prep Schools (IAPS), the Independent Schools Association (ISA), the Independent

Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) and the Society of Heads (SofH).

Four associations are affiliate members of ISC: the Council of British International Schools (COBIS),

the Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA), the Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) and

the Welsh Independent Schools Council (WISC).

The ISC Research and Data Team would like to thank all participating schools

for the considerable time taken to complete the Census and to check returns,

particularly during the busy start of the spring term and when other Census

completions are required.

ISC Research and Data Team

Jonathan Parkes (Head of Research and Data)

Shun-Kai Chan

Shun-Yue Chan

Danny Chan

Design and layout: Tom Forge [email protected]

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Printing: Lazervision Ltd, Kent, TN8 6EL

Fig 1 School location and pupil density 6

Fig 2 ISC school membership 7

Fig 3 ISC school structures 8

Fig 4 Average school size by type of school 9

Fig 5 Size of school 9

Fig 6 ISC pupil numbers since 1990 10

(selected years)

Fig 7 Annual growth in pupil numbers 10

split by region (like-for-like)

Fig 8 Girls as a percentage of all pupils 11

Fig 9 Proportion of year groups that 11

are entirely boys, entirely girls,

or are co-educational

Fig 10 Boarders at ISC schools: 2000-2023 12

Fig 11 Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 12

Fig 12 Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 13

in each region

Fig 13 Full, weekly and exi boarding 13

by year group

Fig 14 New pupils breakdown 14

Fig 15 SEND pupils 14

Fig 16 Ethnicity of ISC pupils (2023) 15

Fig 17 Ethnicity comparisons for schools 15

in England: Number of pupils

and % share (2022)

Fig 18 Ethnicity of ISC pupils by region (2023) 15

Fig 19 Non-British pupils at ISC schools 16

Fig 20 Origin of non-British pupils 17

at ISC schools

Fig 21 Number of non-British pupils whose 18

parents live overseas from selected

countries at ISC schools: 2007-2023

Fig 22 Location of overseas campuses 18

of ISC schools

Fig 23 Overseas schools in membership 18

of ISC associations

Fig 24 School fees (excluding nursery fees) 19

Fig 25 Fee increases since 2000 (like-for-like) 19

Fig 26 Contributions to fees ranked by 20

total value of assistance (annual)

Fig 27 Proportion of pupils receiving 20

fee assistance: 2000-2023

Fig 28 Distribution of means-tested bursaries 21

and means-tested scholarships

Fig 29 Trends in means-tested bursaries and 21

scholarships versus non-means-tested

scholarships at ISC schools (2011-2023)

Fig 30 Breakdown of facilities at ISC schools 22

Fig 31 Number of state schools and 22

state pupils beneting from

partnership activities

Fig 32 Partnerships with local state schools 23

Fig 33 Teacher numbers and pupil-teacher ratio 24

Fig 34 Teaching assistant numbers 24

Fig 35 Higher Education destination summary 25

Fig 36 Destination of ISC pupils attending 26

UK universities: Top 25

Fig 37 Destination of ISC pupils going to 26

non-UK universities: Countries

Fig 38 Destination of ISC pupils attending 26

non-UK universities: Top 10

Fig 39 A-level entries as a proportion 27

of all entries

Fig 40 Proportion A*/A (A-level) grades 28

in England

Fig 41 The impact of independent schools 29

on the UK economy

Appendix One: Non-Comparative Tables 30

Table 1 School and pupil numbers by 30

category of school

Table 2 Pupil numbers by age 30

Table 3 Pupil numbers by year group 31

Table 4 New pupil numbers by year group 31

Table 5 Pupil numbers by region 32

Table 6 Fees by region (including nursery fees) 32

Table 7 Fees by age group 33

(including nursery fees)

Table 8a Contributions to fees: senior, mixed-age 33

and junior schools (termly values)

Table 8b Contributions to fees: single-sex and 33

co-educational schools (termly values)

Table 8c Contributions to fees: day and 34

boarding schools (termly values)

Table 9 Non-British pupils whose parents 34

live overseas

Table 10 Non-British pupils whose parents 35

live in the UK

Table 11 New non-British pupils whose 36

parents live overseas

Table 12 New non-British pupils whose 37

parents live in the UK

Table 13 British pupils with parents 37

living overseas

Table 14 Destination of post-18 school leavers 38

Table 15 Destination of pupils going to 38

non-UK universities

Table 16 Size of schools 39

Table 17 Boarders as a percentage of all pupils 40

Table 18 Boys as a percentage of all pupils 40

Table 19 Teacher numbers 41

Table 20 Teaching assistant numbers 41

Table 21 Pupil-teacher ratios 41

Table 22 Changes to full-time teachers 42

Table 23 SEND pupils 42

Appendix Two: Comparative Tables 43

Table 1 Changes to pupil numbers 43

by category of school

Table 2 Changes to pupil numbers by age 44

Table 3 Changes to pupil numbers 45

by year group

Table 4 Changes to new pupil numbers 46

by year group

Table 5 Changes to pupil numbers by region 47

Table 6 Changes to fees by region 48

Table 7 Changes to fees by school type 48

and age group

Table 8a Changes to contributions to fees: 49

senior, mixed-age and junior

schools (termly values)

Table 8b Changes to contributions to fees: 50

single-sex and co-educational

schools (termly values)

Table 8c Changes to contributions to fees: 51

day and boarding schools

(termly values)

Table 9 Changes to non-British pupils 52

whose parents live overseas

Table 10 Changes to non-British pupils 53

whose parents live in the UK

Table 11 Changes to British pupils 54

whose parents living overseas

Table 12 Changes to teacher numbers 54

Table 13 Changes to teaching assistant numbers 55

Table 14 Changes to pupil-teacher ratios 55

Table 15 Changes to full-time teachers 56

Appendix Three: ISC Regions IBC

Fig 1 ISC English Regions IBC

CONTENTS

Foreword 2

Executive Summary 4

ISC Schools 6

Location 6

Type 7

Structure 8

Size 9

Pupil Numbers 10

By Region 10

Single-sex and Co-education 11

Boarders 12

Movement Between Sectors 14

SEND 14

Ethnicity 15

International Footprint 16

Non-British Pupils 16

Overseas Schools 18

School Fees 19

Scholarships and Bursaries 20

Public Benet 22

Teaching Sta 24

Entrance to Higher Education 25

Exam Results 27

Economic Impact 29

Foreword

What does an independent school in the UK look like in 2023? The range is diverse

and much more varied than most people realise. Many independent schools are

small and serve working parents who seek the best t for their child.

Our schools are adaptable and the sta are hardworking, serving a growing

number of pupils, and it is thanks to the professionalism and dedicated eort

and care of committed sta that we see high academic and pastoral standards and

increasing philanthropic work from independent schools.

This year independent schools are facing many headwinds following the Covid

pandemic, with economic uncertainty, rising costs and priorities such as good

mental health and wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability.

But this has not dimmed their commitment to their core charitable purpose,

this year illustrated by the fact that there are over 2,000 Ukrainian pupils in

independent schools across the UK, many of whom are funded by schools

themselves. These students add to the proud tradition within our sector of pupils

culturally enriching their schools and local communities with their own experience.

And fee assistance provided by ISC schools has again increased, breaking the

billion-pound barrier for the rst time. Almost 30% of pupils receive some form of

fee assistance through the school, and the average value of a bursary has also increased

to £11,800. There is a trend towards more high-value bursaries: an increasing

number of pupils receive a transformative bursary worth 75% or more of fees.

Collaborative partnerships between state and independent schools rose by a

quarter this year, as this activity recovers from the disruption caused by Covid

restrictions. These projects take many forms, including sharing teaching resource,

supporting pupils with university entry and cultural enrichment through sport,

music and drama.

Almost a fth of pupils – over 100,000 – receive some form of SEND support

according to the Census, with families often choosing independent schools

because of the smaller class sizes or the specialist support they provide. This

year also saw a 29% increase in the number of pupils with an Educational

Health and Care Plan, a real testament to the trusted range of SEND support

available within our schools.

Our schools are often smaller than people might expect: of the 1,395 schools

that completed the Census, almost 60% (809 schools) have fewer than 350 pupils.

The median size school is just 291 pupils. By age range our largest group is junior

schools (639 schools), whose mean size is 235 pupils.

In a signicant development, state school pupils now comprise the largest

group of new entrants into the sector (almost 30%, more than from each of the

other sources of new entrants – other independent schools, nursery schools

and overseas). Like-for-like pupil numbers have increased by 1.6%; this is patchy

across year groups, with the largest increases in GCSE years (Years 10 and 11).

This Census covers only ISC schools. If one looks at all independent schools in

the UK, pupil numbers have fallen over the course of the past ve years.

Independent schools are also key contributors to the national and their local

economy through employing sta and buying goods and services from local

businesses. Research from Oxford Economics highlighted in the Census shows

that, as a whole, independent schools in the UK contribute £16.5 billion to the

economy, supporting 328,000 jobs and £5.1 billion in tax revenue. They save the

taxpayer £4.4 billion every year by providing for hundreds of thousands of pupils

who would otherwise be competing for state school places, often in the most

oversubscribed areas of the country.

Independent schools in 2023 are intrinsic to the education system, providing

educational and community opportunities and ensuring that there is increased

capacity and specialism in UK education. But we are keen to do more: ISC would

welcome conversations with all those involved in education about how to best

share resource and knowledge in the sector to support the mission of raising

educational standards for all children in 2024 and beyond.

Barnaby Lenon, Chairman

Independent Schools Council

Executive Summary

1. THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SECTOR CONTINUES TO GROW STEADILY

• There are now 554,243 pupils at 1,395 ISC member schools, up from 544,316 in 2022.

• At the 1,360 schools completing the Census in both 2022 and 2023, pupil numbers

have increased by 1.6%.

• Every UK region experienced an increase in independent school pupil numbers,

with the largest growth of 2.2% recorded in the South East region.

• 110,211 of the pupils are new to their school in the current academic year, an

increase from 109,795 in 2022.

• Most ISC schools are small – half of schools have under 290 pupils and one quarter

of schools have under 155 pupils. Only 7% of ISC schools have 1,000 pupils or more.

• Nearly 4 out of 10 pupils in ISC schools are from a minority ethnic background.

The proportion of pupils who are from a UK minority ethnic background continues

to increase, showing that ISC schools reect the overall diversity of the UK school

population. In 2022, 37.7% of pupils identied as UK minority ethnic, whereas in

2023, the proportion has risen to 39.6%.

• 103,337 pupils identied as having SEND, equating to 18.6% of all pupils, an

increase from last year.

• 61,803 non-British pupils attend ISC schools this year, comprising 11.2%

of all ISC pupils.

• 2,073 pupils in ISC schools are from Ukraine. 786 of these pupils have both parents

remaining in Ukraine, and 1,104 are new to ISC schools this academic year.

2. MEASURED FEE INCREASES IN AN INFLATIONARY ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND

INCREASING FEE ASSISTANCE

• ISC schools are continuing to control fee increases, with an annual average increase

of 5.6%. This is similar to government gures of wage ination, meaning fees have

grown only slightly in real terms.

• The average day school fee has increased by 5.8%, with the majority of day schools

charging between £3,000 and £5,500 per term.

• Fee assistance worth over £1.2bn was provided this year, an increase of 5.9%.

• For the rst time, fee assistance worth more than £1bn originated directly from

the school, of which £494m was provided on a means-tested basis.

• Over a third of all ISC pupils receive some type of fee assistance.

• The average means-tested bursary was worth £11,807 per annum, an increase

of 8.9% compared with last year, showing a continuing trend in schools to

support more disadvantaged families in accessing high-quality education.

• 9,620 pupils paid no fees at all, an increase of 23% from last year.

3. STEADY GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF BOARDING PUPILS

• There were 66,325 pupils boarding on the day of the Census – 19th January 2023.

This represents 12.0% of all pupils in ISC schools and an increase of 1,093 boarders

compared with 2022.

• If we consider pupils registered to board at any point during the academic year

2022/23, there were 70,123 boarders.

4. ISC SCHOOLS ARE INCREASING THEIR STATE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES

• ISC schools reported 8,793 partnerships in the calendar year 2022, an increase of 26%

from last year. These activities include helping sixth form pupils from state schools

apply to university, sharing facilities, serving as a state school governor, and seconding

teaching sta to state schools.

• 1,043 ISC schools reported operating at least one partnership with a local state school,

an increase from 936 last year.

• Beyond partnerships with state schools, between £9.4m and £14.9m was raised

for charities at ISC schools this year and 885 ISC schools organised volunteering

opportunities for their sta and / or pupils.

5. MOST SIXTH FORM LEAVERS FROM ISC SCHOOLS GO ON TO HIGHLY RANKED UNIVERSITIES

• 92% of Year 13 ISC pupils continue to higher education in the UK or overseas.

• 50% of ISC pupils who enter UK higher education attend one of the “Top 25” group

of universities as dened by The Sunday Times Good University Guide.

• 4% of pupils entering UK higher education attend either Oxford or Cambridge.

• 6% of pupils who enter higher education choose to attend an overseas university.

Universities in the USA are the most popular, attracting 54% of this set of pupils. Last

year, pupils went on to 553 dierent overseas universities in 48 dierent countries.

6. UK INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE INCREASING THEIR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE

• ISC schools operate 107 campuses overseas, educating over 71,500 pupils. This is an

increase from 93 campuses and nearly 60,000 pupils in 2022.

• There are 25,469 non-British pupils at ISC schools whose parents live overseas, an

increase of 1.6% on 2022. Pupils from Hong Kong and mainland China comprise

the largest groups with 5,654 and 4,706 pupils respectively.

• 36,334 non-British pupils have one or both parents living in the UK. The number

of Hong Kong pupils in this category continues to increase, with 2,357 pupils in

ISC schools compared with 1,538 last year – an increase of 53.3%. Given the

change in government policy permitting Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas)

to resettle in the UK, this is not a surprising nding.

• This year, 645 teachers from outside the UK came to teach in ISC schools.

Fig 1. School location and pupil density

Map 1 relates to ISC schools only and covers all of the UK (ISC data 2023). Map 2 illustrates pupil density

for all independent schools, but is con ned to England

and Wales only (DfE and Welsh Government data 2022). Map 3 shows a detailed breakdown of pupil density

in London.

ISC Schools: Location, School Type, Structure and Size

Map 2. This map shows the pupil density

in England

and Wales broken down by local authority. Equivalent

 gures are not available for other parts of the UK.

Map 3. A detailed breakdown of pupil density

in London.

Proportion of school-age children that are educated independently.

Map 1. ISC schools in all of the UK (ISC data 2023).

Fig 2. ISC school membership

This page illustrates the number of schools in ISC membership by school type. We have categorised the schools by their pupils’ age,

gender and whether they have day or boarding pupils. Each school is counted in one (and only one) category for each type. There is

also a note at the bottom of this page explaining changes in membership between 2022 and 2023.

Fig 2. ISC school membership

This page illustrates the number of schools in ISC membership by school type. We have categorised the schools by their

pupils’ age, gender and whether they have day or boarding pupils. Each school is counted in one (and only one) category

for each type. There is also a note at the bottom of this page explaining changes in membership between 2022 and 2023.

639

Junior

schools

261

Senior

schools

495

Mixed-age

schools

1,130

Co-ed

schools

159

Girls’

schools

106

Boys’

schools

961

Day

schools

434

Boarding

schools

Gender

1,130 Co-ed schools

Schools that do not fall into either the category of

boys’ or girls’ schools

159 Girls’ schools

Schools with no boys in year groups above nursery

106 Boys’ schools

Schools with no girls in year groups above nursery

Day/Boarding

961 Day schools

Schools that have no boarders

434 Schools with boarders

Schools that have at least one boarding pupil

Age

261 Senior schools

Schools where all pupils are in Year 7 and above

495 Mixed-age schools

All other schools with mixed age ranges

639 Junior schools

Schools where all pupils are in Year 8 and below

Changing Membership

Since last year’s Census, where 1,388 schools were in membership of the constituent associations: 21 schools left, 32 schools joined,

9 schools consolidated records with other ISC member schools to form 4 schools, and 1 school split to form 2 schools for Census

reporting. There are therefore 1,395 schools in membership this year, 1,362 of which participated in both the 2022 and 2023 Census.

2 schools who did the Census in both years are not included in this number due to a change in their structure. The gures from only

these 1,360 schools make up the tables in Appendix Two for an accurate comparison of the sector.

1,395

total number of schools

Nursery

Year 13

Year 7

Year 8

Fig 3. ISC school structures

Figure 2 illustrates the numbers of ISC schools according to whether they are senior,

mixed-age or junior. ISC schools cover a range of dierent year groups, sometimes

making categorisation dicult. For completeness, Figure 3 shows the most common

sets of year group ranges found within ISC schools. The blue bars show year group

structure for each subcategory. The numbers in white indicate the number of schools

that share that particular year group structure.

Senior schools are dened as having all pupils in year 7 and above.

Mixed-age schools are dened as all other ISC schools.

Junior schools are dened as having all pupils in year 8 or below.

Some school structures are excluded from this illustration because their structure

is shared by fewer than 10 schools: 127 schools are excluded – 17 senior schools, 73

mixed-age schools and 37 junior schools.

ISC Schools: Location, School Type, Structure and Size

The 1,395 schools in ISC membership can be categorised in

several ways – location, age range, gender, day/boarding,

and size. Examining these categories demonstrates the

considerable variety of schools found in the independent

schools sector.

Firstly, the maps in Figure 1 show the geographical spread

of ISC’s schools and the proportion of pupils educated in an

independent school by local authority. Map 1 shows that the

majority (53%) of ISC schools are located in the London, South

East, and South Central ISC regions, educating 50% of all ISC

pupils. Looking at all independent schools in England, 47% are

located in these regions, educating 54% of all independent

pupils. Map 2 illustrates that while local authorities with

higher proportions of pupils in independent education tend

to be found in these same regions, local authorities such as

Newcastle upon Tyne, Salford and Stockport also have at least

9% of pupils independently educated.

Figure 2 categorises ISC schools in three dierent ways – by

age range, by gender, and by day/boarding. It shows that

nearly half (46%) of schools are junior schools; over four in ve

(81%) are co-educational schools; and over two thirds (69%)

are day schools.

Figure 3 shows the most common school structures in terms

of the range of year groups for senior, mixed-age and junior

schools. While this diagram illustrates that many schools oer

education to a common range of year groups, the fact that

127 schools cannot be shown as their structure is shared by

fewer than 10 schools demonstrates that there is considerable

variation within the sector.

Senior

N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13

148

11 11

Other senior schools: 17

Mixed-age

N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13

283

Other mixed-age schools: 73

Junior

N/R Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13

377

196

7 10

Other junior schools: 37

Fig 4. Average school size by type of school

Fig 5. Size of school

Type of school Mean size Median size

Senior 483 464

Mixed 561 478

Junior 235 211

Day schools 354 240

School with boarding pupils 493 414

Co-ed schools 379 274

Single-sex schools 476 378

Overall 397 291

110

166

144

128

116

100

120

140

160

180

1 - 50

51 - 100

101 - 150

151 - 200

201 - 250

251 - 300

301 - 350

351 - 400

401 - 450

451 - 500

501 - 550

551 - 600

601 - 650

651 - 700

701 - 750

751 - 800

801 - 850

851 - 900

901 - 950

951 - 1000

1001 - 1050

1051 - 1100

1101 - 1150

1151 - 1200

1201 - 1250

1251 - 1300

1301 - 1350

1351 - 1400

1401 - 1450

1451 - 1500

1501 - 1550

1551 - 1600

1601 - 1650

1651 - 1700

1701 - 1750

1751 - 1800

1801 - 1850

1851 - 1900

1901 - 1950

1951 - 2000

2001 - 2050

2051 - 2100

2101 - 2150

2151 - 2200

2201 - 2250

2251 - 2300

2301 - 2350

2351 - 2400

2401 - 2450

2451 - 2500

Finally, Figures 4 and 5 show the range of sizes of schools

within the sector. Figure 4 shows that the mean school size is

397 and the median school size is 291. Breaking down school

size by category, junior schools are likely to be signicantly

smaller than senior and mixed-range schools, boarding

schools tend to be larger than day schools, and single-sex

schools are likely to be larger than co-educational schools.

Figure 5 illustrates that the majority of schools are small. One

quarter of schools have under 155 pupils, half of schools have

under 290 pupils, and three quarters of schools have under

535 pupils. Only 7% of schools have 1,000 pupils or more.

Number of schools

Number of pupils

Pupil Numbers: By Region

Pupil Numbers

There are now 554,243 pupils at ISC schools, up from 544,316 in

2022 as illustrated by Figure 6. If we consider only those schools

Whilst overall pupil numbers have grown nationally at ISC

schools, the rate of growth varies by region, as illustrated by

Figure 7. For example, pupil numbers in the South East have

risen 2.2%, whereas in Scotland the increase is only 0.4%.

It is important to note, however, that smaller regions (in

terms of prevalence of ISC schools) are more susceptible to

Fig 7. Annual growth in pupil numbers split by region (like-for-like)

 uctuations in percentage change. For example, there are only

18 ISC schools in Wales and 17 schools in the North East that

completed the Census in both 2022 and 2023. Last year both

of these regions were among those with the highest growth in

pupil numbers – this year they are among the lowest.

in membership this year and last year, pupil numbers have

increased by 1.6% since 2022.

474,203

484,052

514,531

506,500

537,315

532,237

544,316

554,243

1990 2000 Pre-recession

high (2009)

Post-recession

low (2011) (2020)

2021 2022 2023

2.2%

2.0%

1.7%

1.6%

1.4% 1.4%

1.3%

1.0%

0.8%

0.4%

0.3%

0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

South

East

South

Central

South

West

East

Midlands

London North

West

East West

Midlands

North

East

Yorkshire &

Humber

Scotland Wales

Fig 6. ISC pupil numbers since 1990 (selected years)

Pre-Covid high

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

1 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 14

15 - 19

20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

60 - 64

65 - 69

70 - 74

75 - 79

80 - 84

85 - 89

90 - 94

95 - 99

100

Pupil Numbers: Single-sex and Co-education

The majority of ISC schools are co-educational: only 17% are

single-sex in all year groups. A further 34 ISC schools are single-sex

but have a co-educational nursery. This accounts for over a third

of single-sex schools with a nursery. Therefore, the denition

of a single-sex school in this Census is a school which is single-

sex in all year groups above nursery. Using this denition, 19%

Figure 9 shows the proportion of single-sex schools compared

with co-education at each of the dierent year groups.

Co-education is very common at nursery level where 92%

of ISC schools have both boys and girls. As children get older,

single-sex education becomes more common, reaching a peak

Fig 9. Proportion of year groups that are entirely boys, entirely girls, or are co-educational

of schools are single-sex, educating 126,097 pupils collectively.

Further, Figure 8 illustrates that there are many other schools

that are predominately single-sex. Over 67% more girls are

educated in single-sex schools than boys. However, co-

educational schools have a higher proportion of boys, with

55% of pupils being male in these schools.

between years 7 and 10 where around 30% of ISC schools have

year groups of either all boys or all girls. Above Year 10, there is

a slight shift back to co-education. Finally, it is interesting to see

that from Year 10 there are more than twice as many schools

with single-sex girls’ year groups than single-sex boys’.

Number of schools catering for each year group

797 971 992 996 1,060 1,076 1,086 1,095 890 891 729 730 737 612 581

Single-sex boys’

schools

Single-sex girls’

schools

Fig 8. Girls as a percentage of all pupils

Number of schools

Percentage of girls

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Nursery

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

Year 13

Year group is co-educational

Year group is entirely girls

Year group is entirely boys

% schools

at any point during the academic year 2022/23 were 70,123,

an increase of 186 compared with 2022. Figure 10 shows the

number of boarders at ISC schools since 2000 and also the

percentage of all pupils that they accounted for.

Pupil Numbers: Boarders

Boarding numbers were 66,325 (based on the day the Census

was taken), making up 12.0% of total pupil numbers and an

increase on the 65,232 boarding pupils reported in 2022.

Boarding numbers based on pupils who boarded or will board

Figure 11 illustrates the proportions of boarding pupils at ISC

schools – 434 schools, representing 31% of all ISC schools, cater

for boarding pupils. Note, however, that in the large majority

Fig 11. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils

Percentage of boarders

1-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-89

90-94

95-99

100

Number of schools

(76%) of ISC boarding schools fewer than half of the pupils board.

Only 1.8% (or 8 schools) are exclusively boarding schools.

Fig 10. Boarders at ISC schools: 2000-2023

900

1000

800

700

2021 value shows estimated boarders as the Census was conducted during a period of remote learning due to Covid restrictions for most schools.

Boarders as a % of all pupils

Number of boarders on census night

10%

12%

14%

16%

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

% pupils

Total number of boarders

Number of boarders on Census night Boarders as a % of all pupils

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Full boarding

Weekly boarding

Flexi boarding

Fig 12. Boarders as a percentage of all pupils in each region

Fig 13. Full, weekly and exi boarding by year group

Sixth form

Senior (excl. Sixth form)

Junior & below

Total

Day: 62,457

Boarding: 28,324

Day: 208,384

Boarding: 37,742

Day: 213,279

Boarding: 4,057

Day: 484,120

Boarding: 70,123

Figure 12 illustrates regional variations in boarding. At schools

located in the South Central region, 23% of pupils board, while at

schools in London, just 2% of pupils board.

Figure 13 illustrates boarding patterns for ISC schools as a whole

and by year group. While overall, 13% of pupils are registered

boarders, in sixth forms this proportion more than doubles

to over three in ten pupils. For junior pupils, this proportion is

signicantly lower, with only 2% of pupils boarding.

In addition to boarding being far more prevalent at sixth form

than at junior level, sixth form pupils are far more likely to

board on a full-time basis: 87% of sixth form boarding pupils

are full boarders, 8% are weekly boarders and 5% are exi

boarders. In contrast, more than half of junior boarding pupils

are exi boarders. Whilst full boarding remains most popular

overall, the pattern appears to be changing with weekly

and exi boarding becoming more popular. The proportion

of weekly and exi boarders has increased in recent years,

although it has reduced slightly from last year. In 2016, 15.7%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Full boarding

Weekly boarding

Flexi boarding

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Full boarding

Weekly boarding

Flexi boarding

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Full boarding

Weekly boarding

Flexi boarding

Note: Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are excluded due to the small

numbers of schools in these regions but are included in the total.

Note: For Figure 13, pupils are classed

as boarders if they boarded at some

point during the academic year

2022/23. In other tables and charts,

pupils are counted as a boarder if they

boarded on Census Day (19th January

2023). A larger number of boarders

are, therefore, included in Figure 13.

of boarders were weekly or exi boarders; last year the gure

was 22.8%, but this year the gure is 21.2%. Many working

parents value the exibility of weekly and exi boarding.

Region

Number

of ISC

schools

Number of

ISC schools

with one

or more

boarder

Total

number of

pupils

Total

number of

boarders

Boarders as

% of pupils

South Central 225 100 80,747 18,571 23.0%

South West 93 48 36,749 8,103 22.0%

Wales 18 9 7,409 1,266 17.1%

South East 195 85 79,805 13,135 16.5%

East Midlands 71 23 24,930 3,873 15.5%

West Midlands 103 31 36,997 4,712 12.7%

Yorkshire & Humber 63 24 26,474 2,735 10.3%

East 153 56 64,735 6,115 9.4%

Scotland 34 17 25,562 2,387 9.3%

North West 91 13 36,808 2,234 6.1%

North East 17 4 7,377 326 4.4%

London 313 19 114,964 2,446 2.1%

Total 1,395 434 554,243 66,325 12.0%

Fig 14. New pupils breakdown

Pupil Numbers: Movement Between Sectors

Approximately 6% of school children are educated at independent schools. Figure 14 illustrates where pupils were educated

before joining an ISC school this academic year. Nearly three in ten pupils new to the independent sector came from state-

funded establishments.

ISC schools provide SEND support for 103,337 pupils with SEND

(18.6% of all pupils). Of these, 87,698 pupils have been identied

with one or more specic SEND. This compares with 82,391 in

2022. 7,171 pupils have an Educational Health and Care (EHC)

Plan (6.9% of all ISC SEND pupils). The most common SEND

is Specic Learning Diculty (SpLD), which includes conditions

such as dyslexia and dyspraxia and represents 53.3% of all

SEND pupils in ISC schools.

Pupil Numbers: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Fig 15. SEND pupils

SEND is also referred to as Additional Support Needs, particularly in Scotland.

State sector

29.8%

29.7%

21.0%

Independent sector

Nursery

(or not previously in education)

17.0%

Overseas

1.7%

Unknown

0.8%

Other

All new pupils

(110,211)

Types of SEND Total pupils % of all SEND pupils

Specic Learning Diculty (SpLD) 55,104 53.3%

Moderate Learning Diculty (MLD) 3,677 3.6%

Severe Learning Diculty (SLD) 236 0.2%

Profound & Multiple Learning Diculty (PMLD) 138 0.1%

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) 17,919 17.3%

Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) 8,399 8.1%

Hearing Impairment (HI) 1,871 1.8%

Visual Impairment (VI) 1,900 1.8%

Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI) 639 0.6%

Physical Diculty (PD) 2,568 2.5%

Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 9,997 9.7%

Other Diculty/Disability 5,344 5.2%

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need 15,639 15.1%

Total 103,337

Note: Some pupils have more than one SEND: they are counted under each individual category of SEND but are counted only once in the total.

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

East East

Midlands

London North

East

North

West

South

Central

South

East

South

West

WalesW est

Midlands

Yorkshire

& Humber

As in the UK as a whole, ethnicity in ISC schools varies by region

as shown by Figure 18. Finally, as with the trends experienced

among pupils in the state-funded sector, the proportion of

Fig 18. Ethnicity of ISC pupils by region (2023)

Note: some schools do not record ethnicity data; 85% of ISC schools were able to submit ethnicity data, equating to 72% of all ISC pupils. Last year we recorded

ethnicity for 71% of ISC pupils. Scotland is not included in the above chart because ethnicity was only known for 28% of pupils in Scotland.

pupils from a UK minority ethnic background at ISC schools has

increased in recent years; 23% of ISC pupils were identied as

UK minority ethnic in 2009

, compared with 40% now.

Figure 16 shows that 60.4% of all ISC pupils are from a White

British background, while 39.6% are from a UK minority ethnic

background. Figures for the state-funded sector only cover

schools in England and the latest data available are from 2022.

Fig 17. Ethnicity comparisons for schools in England: Number of

pupils and % share (2022)

Fig 16. Ethnicity of ISC pupils (2023)

Pupil Numbers: Ethnicity

In order to make a fair comparison, Figure 17 shows ethnicity

data for both ISC schools and state-funded schools in England

in 2022. This shows that the ethnic make-up at ISC schools

broadly mirrors that of all state schools.

ISC

schools % share

State-funded

schools % share

White British 225,914 61.5% 5,379,748 65.0%

UK minority ethnic 141,361 38.5% 2,901,894 35.0%

Total 367,275 8,281,642

No. of pupils % share

White British 240,119 60.4%

UK minority ethnic 157,542 39.6%

Total 397,661

UK minority

ethnic

White British

Ethnicity data was rst collected in 2009.

Fig 19. Non-British pupils at ISC schools

There are two categories of non-British pupils at ISC schools:

those whose parents live overseas and those whose parents

live in the UK. Figure 20 shows the relative number of pupils

at ISC schools from dierent overseas countries and regions.

For each country or region, it also shows the split between

those pupils who have parents living in the UK and those

whose parents live overseas.

International Footprint: Non-British Pupils

Figure 19 provides the numerical breakdown. In total, 59% of

non-British pupils have parents living in the UK.

For the rst time in 2023, data on pupils from Ukraine were

collected separately. A total of 2,073 pupils are attending ISC

schools, 38% of which have both parents overseas. 1,104 (53%)

of these pupils are new to ISC schools this academic year.

Total non-British

pupils

Parents

overseas

Parents

in UK

% with parents

overseas

% with parents in

the UK

Ireland 1,392 64 1,328 4.6% 95.4%

USA 4,829 354 4,475 7.3% 92.7%

Oceania 1,036 94 942 9.1% 90.9%

France 3,396 403 2,993 11.9% 88.1%

India 1,926 231 1,695 12.0% 88.0%

Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh 519 75 444 14.5% 85.5%

Rest of North America 750 151 599 20.1% 79.9%

Poland 524 108 416 20.6% 79.4%

Italy 1,814 414 1,400 22.8% 77.2%

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 5,430 1,333 4,097 24.5% 75.5%

Romania 413 113 300 27.4% 72.6%

Middle East 1,867 604 1,263 32.4% 67.6%

Rest of Africa 1,884 658 1,226 34.9% 65.1%

Ukraine 2,073 786 1,287 37.9% 62.1%

Japan 1,119 477 642 42.6% 57.4%

South Korea 860 378 482 44.0% 56.0%

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 1,527 682 845 44.7% 55.3%

Central & South America 1,071 498 573 46.5% 53.5%

Russia 1,992 1,056 936 53.0% 47.0%

Spain 2,760 1,464 1,296 53.0% 47.0%

Mainland China 8,744 4,706 4,038 53.8% 46.2%

Nigeria 1,529 846 683 55.3% 44.7%

Central Asia 512 312 200 60.9% 39.1%

Malaysia 448 277 171 61.8% 38.2%

Germany 3,316 2,099 1,217 63.3% 36.7%

Hong Kong 8,011 5,654 2,357 70.6% 29.4%

Remainder of Far East 1,122 810 312 72.2% 27.8%

Taiwan 157 115 42 73.2% 26.8%

Thailand 782 707 75 90.4% 9.6%

Total 61,803 25,469 36,334 41.2% 58.8%

Fig 20. Origin of non-British pupils at ISC schools

In ISC schools, there are currently 25,469 non-British pupils whose

parents live overseas, which represents 4.6% of the total ISC pupil

population in 2023. In 2022, there were 25,079 such pupils, or

4.6% of all ISC pupils. If we exclude “international schools” (where

more than 90% of the pupils are from overseas), the number

drops to 4.4%. For the second consecutive year, the largest

number of overseas pupils come from Hong Kong.

Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas are more likely

to come to ISC schools in the sixth form and senior year groups

than junior year groups: 52% of such pupils are in years 12 and

13, 46% in years 7 to 11, with only 2% in years 6 and below. Not

surprisingly, these pupils are much more likely to board: 92% of

non-British pupils whose parents live overseas choose to board.

Figure 21 shows trends since 2007 (when the Census  rst started

collecting these data) in non-British pupils whose parents live

International Footprint: Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

overseas. European countries, with the exception of Russia, have

continued to rise. A total of 7,466 pupils come from European

countries, the largest number recorded during the period from

2007. The number of both Hong Kong and Mainland China pupils

with parents overseas has fallen. It should be noted that the total

number of pupils has risen from last year when pupils with one or

both parents in the UK are taken into account.

Since 2009, schools wishing to recruit pupils from overseas

have been required to hold a Student Visa (previously Tier 4)

sponsor licence issued by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

With the exception of Ireland, any school recruiting overseas

pupils must be on UKVI’s register of licensed sponsors.Our

Census shows that 652 ISC schools are Student Visa sponsors.

Oceania

Central &

South America

Central Asia

India

Ireland

Japan

Malaysia

Middle

East

Remainder

of Europe

(EEA)

Remainder

of Europe

(non−EEA)

Remainder of

Far East

Rest of Africa

Rest of North

America

Russia

South Korea

USA

Mainland

China

Germany

Over 90% of pupils have

parents living overseas.

Over 90% of pupils have

parents living in the UK.

Non-British pupils whose

parents live in the UK.

Non-British pupils whose

parents live overseas.

Thailand

Italy

Nigeria

France

Hong

Kong

Pakistan,

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

Thailand

Taiwan

Ireland

Ukraine

Romania

Poland

Spain

Oceania

Central &

South America

Central Asia

India

Japan

Malaysia

Middle

East

Remainder

of Europe

(EEA)

Remainder

of Europe

(non−EEA)

Remainder of

Far East

Rest of Africa

Rest of North

America

Russia

South Korea

USA

Mainland

China

Over 90% of pupils have

parents living overseas.

Over 90% of pupils have

parents living in the UK.

Non-British pupils whose

parents live in the UK.

Non-British pupils whose

parents live overseas.

Thailand

Nigeria

France

Kong

Pakistan,

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

Thailand

Taiwan

Ireland

Ukraine

Romania

Poland

Spain

In ISC schools there are currently 36,334 non-British pupils whose

parents live in the UK, representing 6.6% of all pupils. In 2022 there

were 31,029, equating to 5.7% of all pupils. Among these pupils

13,047 come from EEA countries, comprising 2.4% of all pupils.

The next largest source of non-British pupils with parents in the

UK is the USA with 4,475 pupils. The number of pupils from both

Hong Kong and Mainland China in this category continue to grow.

Hong Kong pupil numbers have increased 53% to 2,357 and pupil

numbers from China have increased 29% to 4,038.

International Footprint: Non-British

pupils whose parents live in the UK

International Footprint:

Overseas Schools

A growing number of ISC schools are operating overseas

campuses. Figure 22 shows that there are currently 107 such

campuses educating a total of 71,660 pupils. This has increased

from 93 campuses and 59,739 pupils in 2022. Pupils in overseas

campuses are not included elsewhere in this Census.

Furthermore, there are approximately 112 ISC aliated schools,

i.e., overseas schools in membership of ISC associations. Figure

23 shows where these schools are located. Data from these

schools are not included elsewhere in this Census.

Overseas campuses of ISC schools are only a small part of the

landscape of UK-orientated schools

overseas. We estimate

there to be over 6,000 such schools worldwide.

Fig 22. Location of overseas campuses of ISC schools

Fig 23. Overseas schools in membership of ISC associations

Note: ISC does not perform a detailed audit of overseas schools. Therefore, it is

possible that some schools could be counted twice if the school is a member of

more than one association.

A school that oers a UK curriculum and/or UK examinations and the curriculum

is delivered wholly or partly in English (if English is not one of the country’s

ocial languages) or has an English-medium curriculum separate from the

country’s national curriculum (if English is one of the country’s ocial languages).

As well as non-British pupils, there are 4,570 British pupils at ISC

schools whose parents serve in HM Forces. In addition, there

are 3,442 other British pupils whose parents live overseas

(see Appendix One, Table 13, p37 for more details).

International Footprint: British pupils

whose parents live overseas

Fig 21. Number of non-British pupils whose parents live overseas from selected countries at ISC schools: 2007-2023

Hong Kong

Mainland China

Europe excl. Germany and Russia

Germany

Russia

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Location GSA HMC IAPS ISA SofH

Africa 0 4 12 1 3

Americas 1 6 2 1 1

Asia 0 11 6 1 0

Australasia 1 4 0 0 0

Europe 1 13 9 1 5

Middle East 1 9 17 0 2

Total 4 47 46 4 11

Location Schools Pupils

Mainland China 49 29,302

United Arab Emirates 10 12,084

Thailand 8 7,776

Hong Kong 5 3,318

Malaysia 5 1,956

Other Asia 5 842

Qatar 4 4,682

Singapore 4 4,486

Africa 4 1,590

Saudi Arabia 4 1,574

Europe 4 1,175

South Korea 2 2,155

Oman 2 680

Australia 1 40

Total 107 71,660

Number of pupils

Oce for National Statistics – Average weekly earnings.

Oce for National Statistics – Consumer price ination.

The gures for 2021 and 2022 are estimated.

School Fees

In this year’s Census, for the rst time since the Covid

lockdowns we are able to calculate the annual percentage

change in fees without having to use a methodology that

incorporated estimating the number of boarders on the

night of the Census. Looking at the fees of all schools who

completed the Census in both 2022 and 2023, the overall

average fee increase is 5.6% (excluding nursery fees). This fee

increase should be viewed in the context of a period when the

UK economy has experienced higher than normal ination.

Figures from the ONS show that annual wage ination

stands at 5.4%

and CPIH – the UK government’s key ination

measure – stands at 8.8%

for the same January to January

period. Taking these national indicators into account, this

year’s overall average fee rise represents a measured increase

in fees.

Fee levels by age group and fee type for UK pupils are displayed

in Figure 24. The majority of pupils attend day schools, meaning

the typical fee level is £5,552 per term or £16,656 per annum, a

rise of 5.8% on 2022.

Fig 24. School fees (excluding nursery fees)

Figures represent average weighted fees per term. Average fee

gures are based on fees at schools completing the Census in 2023;

percentage change is calculated from the change among 1,347

schools completing the Census in both 2022 and 2023.

Day school fees vary by region, with average termly fees of just

over £4,000 in the North West, rising to £6,676 per term for day

schools in London (see Table 6 of Appendix One, p32 for more

details). While the majority of day schools charge between

£3,000 and £5,500 per term, 65 schools charge under £2,000.

Fig 25. Fee increases since 2000 (like-for-like)

Age group Boarding fee

Day fee

(boarding

schools)

Day fee

(day schools)

Sixth Form £13,676 £8,134 £6,025

Senior £12,787 £7,620 £5,854

Junior £9,320 £5,816 £5,108

Overall £13,002 £7,297 £5,552

% change 5.2% 4.7% 5.8%

10%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Figure 27 shows that since 2000 there has been a general

upward trend of schools providing fee assistance to an

increasing number of pupils. Schools gave more than twice

as much assistance in the form of means-tested scholarships

Scholarships and Bursaries

Fig 26. Contributions to fees ranked by total value of assistance (annual)

Fig 27. Proportion of pupils receiving fee assistance: 2000-2023

and bursaries as they did non-means-tested scholarships.

The total value of means-tested scholarships and bursaries

was £483m, an increase of 4.1% on last year. Bursaries and

means-tested scholarships were awarded to 7% of pupils.

A total of 183,434 pupils currently receive help with their fees,

representing 33.8% of all pupils

; the value of this help totals

over £1.2bn, an increase of 5.9% on last year. A signicant

majority (80%) of total fee assistance is provided directly from

the schools themselves: ISC schools currently provide fee

assistance worth more than £1bn annually, an increase of

4.3% on the previous year. £494m of this fee assistance was

means-tested, meaning that 49% of all fee assistance from

schools falls in this category.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Total

(pupils)

Average help received

by a pupil (£) % of all pupils

Total

(value £m)

The school 159,762 6,293 28.8 1,005

The school: means-tested: means-tested bursaries 39,358 11,807 7.1 465

The school: means-tested: scholarships 2,134 8,384 0.4 18

The school: means-tested: eligible families

2,543 4,682 0.5 12

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships 60,697 3,375 11.0 205

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

75,435 4,041 13.6 305

The school: itrust

62 20,188 0.0 1.25

Early Years Funding 22,596 2,826 4.1 64

Local Authorities

4,818 26,488 0.9 128

Government Music and Dance Scheme 1,552 22,433 0.3 35

All other sources 1,821 9,605 0.3 17

Total number of pupils helped 183,434 6,810 33.8 1,249

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Some pupils receive help from more than one source: they are counted under each category, but are counted only once in the total.

20%

22%

24%

26%

28%

30%

32%

34%

36%

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

% of pupils receiving help

from somewhere

% of pupils receiving help

from school

Fig 28. Distribution of means-tested bursaries and means-tested scholarships

Trends are only shown from 2011 onwards

due to changes in methods of data collection

relating to fee assistance. Note, due to the change

in methodology we should be cautious about

drawing too many conclusions in trend data

between 2015 and 2016.

Figure 28 shows a breakdown of the 39,358 means-tested

bursaries and the 2,134 means-tested scholarships provided by

ISC schools. Nearly half of all pupils on means-tested bursaries

have more than half of their fees remitted and 7,097 pay no fees

at all. In contrast, means-tested scholarships tend to be smaller

and over half are for less than 25% of fees. 279 pupils pay no

fees as they receive a 100% means-tested scholarship and a

further 2,244 pay no fees as a result of a combination of school

sources, e.g., a scholarship and means-tested bursary, meaning

a total of 9,620 pay no fees, either via a single school source or a

combination of school sources.

Note that schools were asked to provide data on greater than

100% bursaries and scholarships. These contribute to costs

additional to the basic fee (such as school uniform). 976 pupils

benet from these bursaries, an increase of 43% from last

year, and representing 2.4% of all means-tested bursaries and

scholarships. This demonstrates an increasing commitment

by ISC schools to providing transformational bursaries.

In recent years, there has been a shift from non-means-tested

scholarships to means-tested bursaries and scholarships,

as illustrated in Figure 29. The total value of means-tested

bursaries and scholarships provided by schools has

increased by over £220m since 2011, a rise of 85%;

the total value of non-means-tested scholarships has

risen by 45% over the same period.

Means-tested bursaries

and scholarships

Non-means-tested

scholarships

Fig 29. Trends in means-tested bursaries and scholarships versus non-means-tested

scholarships at ISC schools (2011-2023)

Size of means-tested

bursary

Number of

pupils

% of means-tested

bursary pupils

Size of means-tested

scholarship

Number of

pupils

% of means-tested

scholarship pupils

1-25% 8,730 22.2% 1-25% 1,336 62.6%

26-50% 11,515 29.3% 26-50% 311 14.6%

51-75% 6,449 16.4% 51-75% 109 5.1%

76-100% 12,664 32.2% 76-100% 378 17.7%

100% 6,200 15.8% 100% 200 9.4%

>100% 897 2.3% >100% 79 3.7%

Total 39,358 Total 2,134

Note: 76-100% category includes >100% means-tested bursaries and scholarships.

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Value in £m

Public Benefit

In last year’s Census, it was possible to report only in a

limited way on the number and type of partnerships ISC

member schools have with local state schools. This was

because schools are asked to report on their partnership

activities in the previous calendar year, meaning that

Covid restrictions were still affecting schools’ ability to run

partnership activities. In this year’s Census, which reports the

partnership activities for the calendar year 2022, a return to

more detailed reporting in this area is now possible.

Schools have increased their partnership activities from 6,963 last

year to 8,793 this year – an increase of 26%. Similarly, the number

of schools with at least one partnership with a local state school

has risen by 11% from 936 last year to 1,043 this year, meaning

three quarters of all ISC schools are involved in partnership

activities, despite only 70% of schools holding charitable status.

Figure 32 shows a summary of the variety of partnerships

undertaken by ISC schools. It shows that partnerships

include seconding staff to state schools, sharing facilities,

helping state sixth formers prepare their university

application, serving as a state school governor, and inviting

state pupils to participate in joint classes or events.

Figure 30 is a summary of the facilities available at ISC

schools. Whilst some ISC schools have multiple facilities,

many do not. Assuming all these were shared with state

schools, they would only serve a small fraction of the

28,132

state-funded schools in the UK.

Fig 30. Breakdown of facilities at ISC schools

Fig 31. Number of state schools and state pupils beneting

from partnership activities

Publicly funded mainstream schools taken from “Education and Training Statistics for

the United Kingdom”.

Upper estimate assumes the remainder schools (36%) raised funds in line with the

average of £11,042 per school.

Number of

ISC schools

% of

ISC schools

All-weather athletics track 74 5.3%

Astroturf 759 54.4%

Concert hall/theatre 782 56.1%

Dance studio(s) 503 36.1%

Fitness centre 500 35.8%

Rowing facilities 90 6.5%

Sports centre 555 39.8%

Sports eld(s) 914 65.5%

Squash court(s) 198 14.2%

Swimming pool 577 41.4%

Tennis court(s) 797 57.1%

Total 1,395

Number of state-funded schools beneting from partnership activities

Number of state schools

Number of

ISC schools

% of

ISC schools

1-10 729 69.9%

11-20 175 16.8%

21-30 54 5.2%

31-40 27 2.6%

41-50 20 1.9%

51+ 38 3.6%

Total 1,043

Number of state-funded pupils beneting from partnership activities

Number of state pupils

Number of

ISC schools

% of

ISC schools

20 or fewer 141 13.5%

21 to 50 142 13.6%

51 to 100 181 17.4%

101 to 200 181 17.4%

201 to 500 197 18.9%

501-1000 99 9.5%

1001-2000 55 5.3%

2001+ 47 4.5%

Total 1,043

The number of state-funded schools and state-funded pupils

beneting from partnership activities is summarised in Figure 31.

On average, each of the 1,043 schools work with approximately

11 state-funded schools and 374 state-funded pupils.

Finally, beyond partnership work, 97% of ISC schools reported

that they have raised money for charities over the last year. Not

all schools were able to report the amount raised, but for the

61% of schools that reported an amount, the total raised for

charity in the calendar year 2022 was £9.4m. We estimate that

the true amount could be as high as £14.9m

if we include the

36% of schools that didn’t report totals. In addition, 885 ISC

schools organise volunteering opportunities for their sta and /

or pupils, which involves 181,794 pupils.

Fig 32. Partnerships with local state schools

Number of schools with at least one of a partnership type

Host joint

drama events

Invite pupils to attend

drama classes or performances

Second

teaching

sta

Other

Share concert hall/theatre

Share dance studio

111

353

191

Drama

441

Music

453

Partner with state schools

for Combined Cadet Force

Academy partnership

(sponsorship or co-sponsorship

excluding via federation)

Partner for various art projects

such as hosting exhibitions, running

art classes (e.g. life drawing and pottery)

Partner for debating and

public speaking clubs/events

Partner for other

extracurricular activities

(e.g. chess clubs, socials and school trips)

Partner with schools to host

exams (e.g. music and drama exams)

Have members of sta serving

as governors at state schools

Other

161

191

182

171

627

116

Host joint musical events

Invite pupils to attend music

lessons or performances

Second teaching

sta

Other

352

Academic

730

Other

808

Sport

894

Invite pupils to attend lessons,

workshops or other

educational events

575

562

323

Share knowledge, skills,

expertise and experience

151

Second teaching sta

Work together to

improve the quality

of teaching and

learning for pupils

162

Help schools to

prepare A-level

students for entry

to higher education

Other

174

classrooms

315

490

753

260

261

209

158

170

Invite pupils to attend

coaching sessions

Host joint sporting events

Play sporting xtures

with or against state schools

Second coaching

sta

Other

swimming pool

Share sports elds

Share astroturf

Share sports

centre

Share other

sports facilities

(e.g. tennis courts)

1,043 schools

in partnership with

state schools

8,793 partnerships

224

227

Second pupils

to state

schools (e.g.

reading with

younger pupils)

Second pupils

to state schools

(e.g. drama coaching)

Second pupils

to state schools

(e.g. music coaching)

101

Second pupils

to state schools

(e.g. sports coaching)

331

Other

331

Participate in teacher training events

with local state school teachers

Fig 33. Teacher numbers and pupil-teacher ratio Fig 34. Teaching assistant numbers

A total of 59,190 full-time equivalent teachers are employed

at ISC schools. The teaching profession (across the education

sector as a whole) has a far greater proportion of female

teachers, but this imbalance is much less pronounced at ISC

schools. 37% of full-time equivalent teachers at ISC schools are

men. This compares with 26% in state-funded schools

A total of 11,017 full-time equivalent teaching assistants are

employed at ISC schools, making up 16% of classroom sta.

The equivalent proportion at state-funded schools is 37%,

over twice as high

. The pupil-teacher ratio at ISC schools

is 8.9:1. This compares with an average of 18.0:1

across

all state-funded schools in 2022.

For more detail on teaching assistants, see Appendix One, Table 20, p41

and Appendix Two, Table 13, p55.

For more detail see Appendix One, Tables 19 and 21, p41 and Appendix

Two, Tables 12 and 14, p54 and p55.

Based on Department for Education (DfE) data 2021/22 (and hence England only), the most recent year for which gures are available.

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/nd-statistics/school-workforce-in-england

Full-time

Men 19,907

Women 28,720

Total 48,627

Part-time

Men 3,316

Women 14,359

Total 17,675

Part-time hours

Men 59,148

Women 284,147

Total 343,296

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 21,727

Women 37,463

Total 59,190

Pupil-teacher ratio 8.9:1

Full-time

Men 950

Women 6,541

Total 7,491

Part-time

Men 346

Women 5,240

Total 5,586

Part-time hours

Men 6,318

Women 108,289

Total 114,607

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 1,144

Women 9,873

Total 11,017

Teaching Staff

Entrance to Higher Education

The vast majority of ISC school leavers continue to higher

education. Only small numbers take alternative routes such as

apprenticeships and employment. This year 2.6% of school leavers

went straight to employment in 2022

and a further 1.7% entered

further education and training, including apprenticeships. This

represents increases of 0.3 and 0.6 percentage points respectively

compared with last year.

Of those continuing to higher education, 92% do so within

the UK. The majority (50%) continue to a Top 25 university

including 4% who continue to either Oxford or Cambridge. A

further 23% take up places at universities ranked 26-50. Figure

36 shows the top 25 UK universities attended by ISC pupils.

Schools were asked to break down the university destinations

of pupils applying for a deferred entry to university. Of those

continuing to university, 5,707 pupils (14.9%) chose to defer

entry. The universities with the highest proportions of

deferred entries were Oxford Brookes (22.9%), Bristol (18.2%),

and Newcastle upon Tyne (17.4%).

For the 6% of pupils who chose to study outside of the UK, the

USA is by far the most popular destination attracting 54% of ISC

pupils going to overseas universities, as illustrated in Figure 37.

This is an increase compared with last year when 47% chose to

study in the USA. ISC pupils go on to a wide range of overseas

universities and this range has been expanding year on year. In

2012, fewer than 400 overseas institutions attracted ISC pupils,

Fig 35. Higher education destination summary

Unknown

destination

Non-UK

university

UK universities

92%

Oxbridge 4%

Remaining

19%

Other Top 25

46%

The year given reects the year pupils left their school, rather than the year that the gure was published in the Census, meaning that the most recent gure is for 2022.

Top 25/50 universities determined by The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-in-full-tp6dzs7wn.

Only universities which are the stated destination of at least 100 students.

Note: This chart excludes deferred entries.

now there are 553, 256 of which are located in the USA. The top

10 overseas universities are illustrated in Figure 38.

Finally, pupils choosing to study overseas are not conned to

a small number of ISC schools. Pupils from 57% of ISC schools

with Year 13 leavers go on to higher education overseas.

Top 26-50

23%

Fig 36. Destination of ISC pupils attending UK universities: Top 25

Number of pupils as a proportion of all ISC pupils attending UK universities.

Fig 37. Destination of ISC pupils going to non-UK universities:

Countries

Proportion of all ISC pupils attending non-UK universities.

Fig 38. Destination of ISC pupils attending non-UK universities:

Top 10

Proportion of all ISC pupils attending non-UK universities.

USA

Canada

Other

Hong Kong

Netherlands

France

Spain

Italy

Germany

Switzerland

Australia

Ireland

Japan

3.9%

3.8%

3.5%

3.2%

3.1%

3.0%

2.8%

2.7%

2.5%

2.4%

2.3%

2.2%

2.1%

1.6%

1.5%

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ng's

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USA

Canada

Other

Hong Kong

Netherlands

France

Spain

Italy

Germany

Switzerland

Australia

Ireland

Japan

53.9%

7.1%

6.4%

6.0%

5.4%

4.8%

4.6%

3.2%

2.5%

2.2%

1.4%

1.3%

1.2%

2.9%

2.8%

2.5%

2.2%

2.1%

1.7%

1.6%

1.5%

University of Chicago (USA)

McGill University (Canada)

University of Hong Kong

New York University (USA)

IE University (Spain)

Columbia University (USA)

University of Toronto (Canada)

Yale University (USA)

Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Southern California (USA)

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Other modern languages

Classical studies

Further maths

German

French

Music

Economics

Spanish

Drama and theatre studies

Government and politics

Design and technology

Maths

Religious studies

Physics

Chemistry

Logic/philosophy

English literature

Physical education

History

Art and design

Business studies

Geography

Biology

Psychology

Computer science

Other sciences

Film studies

English language/English language & literature

Sociology

For the past two years, ISC has been unable to report on the

examination performance of independent schools. This was

owing to the suspension of performance reporting by the DfE

during the Covid pandemic as grades were awarded by Centre

Assessed Grades (CAGs) or Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs). In

summer 2022, grades were once again determined by external

examination, so for the  rst time since the 2020 ISC Census, the

DfE has released detailed examination result data which are

analysed below. It should be noted that grade boundaries were

Exam Results

set more generously for this exam cycle to take into account

lost learning due to Covid lockdowns, so comparisons with

similar analyses in previous ISC Censuses should not be made.

As pupils at ISC member schools often take a mixture of GCSEs

and International GCSEs, the analysis below will focus on

A-level results. This is because the DfE only releases data about

GCSEs, meaning an analysis of these data would not be a true

re ection of our pupils’ performance.

DfE: Student counts and results – A-level by institution type and gender.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL PUPILS

OVERREPRESENTED

STATE PUPILS

OVERREPRESENTED

State-funded institutions

Independent schools

Figure 39 shows the proportion of A-level entries for each

subject broken down by independent state schools. Despite

only 12%

of A-level students coming from independent

schools, the data illustrate that independent pupils are

over-represented in many key subjects, including mathematics,

natural sciences, and modern foreign languages (MFL). For

example, nearly a quarter (24%) of further mathematics

entries are from independent schools and over 1 in 5 (22%)

music entries are from independent pupils. In contrast, 92% of

computer science entries are from state-funded schools.

Fig 39. A-level entries as a proportion of all entries

Fig 40. Proportion A*/A (A-level) grades in England

Figure 40 illustrates the proportion of entries awarded the

two top A-level grades of A* and A in independent and state-

funded schools. It shows that independent school candidates

outperform state school entrants in many key subjects. For

example, in biology, chemistry, and physics, over half of

independent school entries are graded A* or A, compared with

state-funded school candidates where between 32% and 36%

received the top two grades in these science subjects. Looking

at the most popular modern foreign language subjects, two

thirds of independent school candidates received an A* or A

grade in French and Spanish and nearly three quarters (74%)

were awarded an A* or A in German. In contrast, less than

half of state-funded school candidates gained an A* or A in

French and Spanish, and just over half (53%) were awarded

A* or A in German.

Overall, nearly three in  ve (58%) of A-level entries from

independent schools were awarded an A* or A grade. This

contrasts with state-funded schools where one in three (33%)

entries gained an A* or A grade. DfE data

also show that over

three quarters (77) of the top 100 schools and colleges ranked

by average A-level points score are independent schools.

DfE: school performance data – 16 to 18 results (revised).

Further maths

Maths

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Computer science

Design and technology

Classical studies

French

German

Spanish

Other modern languages

Art and design

Music

Drama and theatre studies

Geography

History

Psychology

Sociology

English literature

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

STEM MFL & CLASSICS ARTS SOCIAL SCIENCES

State-funded institutions (A)

State-funded institutions (A*)

Independent schools (A)

Independent schools (A*)

Fig 41. The impact of independent schools on the UK economy

Excludes schools in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and grammar schools in Northern Ireland.

In 2022, ISC commissioned Oxford Economics, a leading

economic advisory  rm with expertise in forecasting and

modelling, to analyse the impact of both all independent

schools and ISC member schools on the UK economy. The key

statistics are shown in Figure 41 below.

Based on data from ISC and other economic data from 2021,

Oxford Economics’ analysis discovered that ISC schools

contributed £14.1bn to the UK economy in Gross Value Added

(GVA) terms. This represents 0.7% of the entire UK economy and

is equivalent to the economic activity generated by a city the

size of She eld.

Their analysis also showed that the number of jobs supported

directly or indirectly by ISC schools was 281,980. This is

equivalent to the employed population of a city such as

Liverpool. Also, the research found that ISC schools supported

£4.3bn in tax revenues to the UK exchequer, which is su cient

to fund the salaries of 108,000 classroom teachers.

By parents choosing an independent education for their child

and not taking up a place in a state-funded school, the analysis

showed that ISC schools save the UK taxpayer £3.8bn annually.

Finally, it is important to note that non-British pupils attending

ISC schools have a disproportionate contribution to the UK

economy. Approximately 10% of pupils attending ISC schools

are non-British, but they support £2.1bn of the total GVA

contribution of ISC schools.

Economic Impact of Independent Schools on the UK Economy

2,559

schools

1,371

schools

Wider contribution

to the economy,

society, and state-

funded education

£5.1bn

£14.1bn

Demand-side

support for

GVA*

328,050

281,980

Jobs

Annual

tax

revenues

£4.3bn

£4.4bn

Annual

savings to

taxpayer

£3.8bn

All independent schools

THE IMPACT OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

ON THE UK ECONOMY

*GVA = Gross Value Added

£2.1bn

GVA

supported by

non-British

pupils

ISC schools

£16.5bn

Appendix One

Non-Comparative Tables

The tables in Appendix One show gures for all 1,395 schools completing the Census this year and therefore

cannot be compared to previous years on a like-for-like basis. These tables follow the same format as last year.

Table 2. Pupil numbers by age

This table shows the number of pupils

in all ISC schools by age, gender and

day/boarding.

Table 1. School and pupil numbers by category of school

This table shows total school and pupil numbers, including a breakdown by category of school. The girls at “single-sex: boys’” schools and the boys

at “single-sex: girls’” schools are all in the nursery.

Schools Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Charities 194 377 407 85 144 749 353 625 978

Other 67 118 232 21 15 381 81 336 417

Total 261 495 639 106 159 1,130 434 961 1,395

Not-for-prot 202 404 430 91 149 796 359 677 1,036

For-prot 59 91 209 15 10 334 75 284 359

Total 261 495 639 106 159 1,130 434 961 1,395

Pupils

Boarders (boys) 22,401 9,280 3,771 5,815 0 29,637 35,452 0 35,452

Boarders (girls) 20,162 8,491 2,220 0 7,558 23,315 30,873 0 30,873

Day pupils (boys) 44,161 121,186 80,024 41,174 210 203,987 79,142 166,229 245,371

Day pupils (girls) 39,336 138,919 64,292 181 71,159 171,207 68,627 173,920 242,547

Total (boys) 66,562 130,466 83,795 46,989 210 233,624 114,594 166,229 280,823

Total (girls) 59,498 147,410 66,512 181 78,717 194,522 99,500 173,920 273,420

Total 126,060 277,876 150,307 47,170 78,927 428,146 214,094 340,149 554,243

Age on 31st

August 2022

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

0-2 0 5,910 0 6,050 11,960

3 0 8,298 0 8,403 16,701

4 0 10,669 0 10,251 20,920

5 0 11,159 1 11,022 22,182

6 1 12,043 1 11,688 23,733

7 54 13,291 64 13,332 26,741

8 256 14,491 197 13,681 28,625

9 507 15,609 297 15,119 31,532

10 773 17,035 536 16,469 34,813

11 1,681 21,317 1,493 21,088 45,579

12 2,028 21,584 1,991 21,302 46,905

13 4,144 20,460 3,375 20,454 48,433

14 5,119 21,055 4,303 21,260 51,737

15 5,882 20,642 4,902 20,572 51,998

16 6,833 15,937 6,277 16,044 45,091

17 6,800 14,631 6,226 14,678 42,335

18 1,217 1,055 1,088 902 4,262

19 157 185 122 232 696

Total 35,452 245,371 30,873 242,547 554,243

Table 3. Pupil numbers

by year group

This table shows the number of

pupils in all ISC schools by year

group, gender and day/boarding.

Table 4. New pupil numbers

by year group

This table shows the number of

pupils new to their school this

academic year by year group,

gender and day/boarding.

Year group

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

Nursery 0 14,349 0 14,484 28,833

Reception 0 10,663 0 10,250 20,913

Year 1 0 11,173 1 11,007 22,181

Year 2 0 12,080 1 11,743 23,824

Year 3 53 13,291 64 13,334 26,742

Year 4 265 14,499 199 13,664 28,627

Year 5 512 15,643 299 15,122 31,576

Year 6 758 16,958 514 16,410 34,640

Year 7 1,734 21,469 1,518 21,053 45,774

Year 8 2,060 21,540 2,019 21,283 46,902

Year 9 4,344 20,593 3,464 20,494 48,895

Year 10 5,458 21,213 4,617 21,451 52,739

Year 11 5,879 20,668 4,715 20,554 51,816

Year 12 7,406 15,872 6,951 16,082 46,311

Year 13 6,983 15,360 6,511 15,616 44,470

Total 35,452 245,371 30,873 242,547 554,243

Year group

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

Nursery 0 7,264 0 7,306 14,570

Reception 0 4,837 0 4,609 9,446

Year 1 0 1,334 0 1,264 2,598

Year 2 0 1,374 0 1,350 2,724

Year 3 28 3,073 31 2,794 5,926

Year 4 132 1,971 69 1,561 3,733

Year 5 148 1,919 82 1,923 4,072

Year 6 195 1,821 127 1,675 3,818

Year 7 738 11,561 967 12,082 25,348

Year 8 348 1,384 432 1,601 3,765

Year 9 3,603 4,113 2,289 2,900 12,905

Year 10 1,338 1,087 1,415 1,426 5,266

Year 11 881 346 878 372 2,477

Year 12 2,951 2,151 3,480 3,693 12,275

Year 13 240 353 278 417 1,288

Total 10,602 44,588 10,048 44,973 110,211

Table 6. Fees by region (including nursery fees)

This table shows average termly fees by region and type of school. Please see Appendix Three, Figure 1, for denitions of regions.

Table 5. Pupil numbers by region

This table shows the number of pupils by region. Please see Appendix Three, Figure 1, for denitions of regions.

Region

No. of

schools

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls)

Total

boarders

Total day

pupils Total pupils

London 313 1,820 54,872 626 57,646 2,446 112,518 114,964

South Central 225 9,810 30,663 8,761 31,513 18,571 62,176 80,747

South East 195 6,695 34,276 6,440 32,394 13,135 66,670 79,805

East 153 3,074 30,166 3,041 28,454 6,115 58,620 64,735

West Midlands 103 2,491 16,280 2,221 16,005 4,712 32,285 36,997

South West 93 4,231 14,249 3,872 14,397 8,103 28,646 36,749

North West 91 1,290 17,579 944 16,995 2,234 34,574 36,808

East Midlands 71 2,323 10,477 1,550 10,580 3,873 21,057 24,930

Yorkshire and Humber 63 1,199 12,026 1,536 11,713 2,735 23,739 26,474

Scotland 34 1,326 11,461 1,061 11,714 2,387 23,175 25,562

Wales 18 724 2,999 542 3,144 1,266 6,143 7,409

North East 17 195 3,437 131 3,614 326 7,051 7,377

All

1,395 35,452 245,371 30,873 242,547 66,325 487,918 554,243

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.

The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Region

Boarding fee

Day fee

(boarding schools)

Day fee

(day schools)

London £14,692 £8,238 £6,676

South Central £13,602 £7,584 £5,555

South East £13,340 £8,003 £5,976

East £12,265 £7,207 £5,674

West Midlands £13,191 £6,370 £4,593

South West £12,970 £6,680 £4,880

North West £11,329 £5,647 £4,023

East Midlands £13,012 £7,683 £4,816

Yorkshire and Humber £8,125 £5,156 £4,599

Scotland £12,659 £7,477 £4,672

Wales £13,399 £5,268 £4,537

North East £9,524 £5,009 £4,660

All

£13,002 £7,175 £5,458

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.

The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 8a. Contributions to fees: senior, mixed-age and junior schools (termly values)

For ISC schools categorised by pupil age, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Table 8b. Contributions to fees: single-sex and co-educational schools (termly values)

For ISC schools categorised by pupil gender, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Table 7. Fees by age group (including nursery fees)

This table shows average termly fees for dierent age group in ISC schools.

Age group Boarding fee

Day fee

(boarding schools)

Day fee

(day schools)

Sixth form £13,676 £8,134 £6,025

Senior £12,787 £7,620 £5,854

Junior £9,320 £5,816 £5,108

Nursery £3,485 £4,071

Overall including nursery £13,002 £7,175 £5,458

Senior

(pupils)

Senior

(value £m)

Mixed-age

(pupils)

Mixed-age

(value £m)

Junior

(pupils)

Junior

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m)

% of all

pupils

The school 43,043 130.04 85,320 162.74 31,399 42.37 159,762 335.15 28.8

The school: means-tested: bursaries 12,453 66.94 21,399 74.11 5,506 13.85 39,358 154.90 7.1

The school: means-tested: scholarships 840 3.49 1,127 2.19 167 0.29 2,134 5.96 0.4

The school: means-tested: eligible families

327 0.87 1,555 2.22 661 0.88 2,543 3.97 0.5

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships 23,590 29.70 34,282 35.69 2,825 2.89 60,697 68.28 11.0

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

12,263 29.05 39,338 48.51 23,834 24.05 75,435 101.62 13.6

The school: itrust

0 0.00 6 0.01 56 0.40 62 0.42 0.01

Early Years Funding 0 0.00 6,797 7.09 15,799 14.20 22,596 21.28 4.1

Local Authorities

973 10.87 3,603 30.16 242 1.51 4,818 42.54 0.9

Government Music and Dance Scheme 811 5.77 692 5.61 49 0.23 1,552 11.61 0.3

All other sources 670 2.52 762 2.16 389 1.14 1,821 5.83 0.3

Total 44,378 149.20 94,316 207.76 44,740 59.45 183,434 416.41 33.8

Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 36.2 34.9 29.9 33.8

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Single-sex:

boys’

(pupils)

Single-sex:

boys’

(value £m)

Single-sex:

girls’

(pupils)

Single-sex:

girls’

(value £m)

Co-ed

(pupils)

Co-ed

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m)

% of all

pupils

The school 8,289 24.51 19,995 45.01 131,478 265.64 159,762 335.15 28.8

The school: means-tested: bursaries 2,974 15.16 5,859 26.43 30,525 113.30 39,358 154.90 7.1

The school: means-tested: scholarships 181 1.00 186 0.64 1,767 4.32 2,134 5.96 0.4

The school: means-tested: eligible families

31 0.13 409 0.56 2,103 3.29 2,543 3.97 0.5

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships 3,536 3.74 10,221 9.25 46,940 55.30 60,697 68.28 11.0

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

2,129 4.12 5,898 8.13 67,408 89.37 75,435 101.62 13.6

The school: itrust

28 0.36 2 0.00 32 0.05 62 0.42 0.01

Early Years Funding 485 0.43 1,316 1.18 20,795 19.67 22,596 21.28 4.1

Local Authorities

422 2.68 50 0.27 4,346 39.59 4,818 42.54 0.9

Government Music and Dance Scheme 10 0.01 3 0.00 1,539 11.59 1,552 11.61 0.3

All other sources 189 0.82 201 0.55 1,431 4.46 1,821 5.83 0.3

Total 8,803 28.44 21,139 47.02 153,492 340.95 183,434 416.41 33.8

Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 20.1 27.2 36.4 33.8

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 9. Non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

This table shows the number of non-British pupils whose parents live overseas by country/area of residence.

Table 8c. Contributions to fees: day and boarding schools (termly values)

For ISC schools categorised by day and boarding, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by type of contribution.

Schools with

boarders

(pupils)

Schools with

boarders

(value £m)

Day schools

(pupils)

Day schools

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m) % of all pupils

The school 78,762 203.29 81,000 131.87 159,762 335.15 28.8

The school: means-tested: bursaries 20,021 89.96 19,337 64.94 39,358 154.90 7.1

The school: means-tested: scholarships 1,162 4.30 972 1.66 2,134 5.96 0.4

The school: means-tested: eligible families

1,087 2.23 1,456 1.74 2,543 3.97 0.5

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships 34,695 45.12 26,002 23.16 60,697 68.28 11.0

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

34,577 61.29 40,858 40.33 75,435 101.62 13.6

The school: itrust

45 0.38 17 0.04 62 0.42 0.01

Early Years Funding 4,176 3.61 18,420 17.67 22,596 21.28 4.1

Local Authorities

1,230 8.79 3,588 33.75 4,818 42.54 0.9

Government Music and Dance Scheme 1,552 11.61 0 0.00 1,552 11.61 0.3

All other sources

884 3.60 937 2.23 1,821 5.83 0.3

Total 84,066 230.89 99,368 185.52 183,434 416.41 33.8

Number of pupils helped as a % of all pupils 39.9 29.9 33.8

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

France 198 159 46 19 20 364 395 8 403

Germany 988 1,099 12 35 60 2,004 2,090 9 2,099

Russia 741 278 37 25 32 999 1,029 27 1,056

Spain 554 606 304 89 146 1,229 1,425 39 1,464

Ireland 30 33 1 7 2 55 58 6 64

Italy 289 119 6 2 12 400 409 5 414

Poland 57 47 4 2 8 98 107 1 108

Romania 85 25 3 1 6 106 112 1 113

Ukraine 447 298 41 10 28 748 727 59 786

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 777 526 30 40 90 1,203 1,307 26 1,333

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 473 198 11 16 21 645 665 17 682

Nigeria 566 246 34 21 90 735 788 58 846

Rest of Africa 370 273 15 12 48 598 625 33 658

USA 190 134 30 19 46 289 347 7 354

Rest of North America 100 47 4 3 9 139 148 3 151

Central and South America 268 223 7 11 45 442 492 6 498

Middle East 426 165 13 18 30 556 573 31 604

Hong Kong 3,326 2,191 137 390 1,001 4,263 5,549 105 5,654

Mainland China 2,906 1,590 210 227 656 3,823 4,521 185 4,706

Taiwan 67 38 10 2 10 103 110 5 115

Japan 287 133 57 38 29 410 472 5 477

South Korea 272 80 26 23 43 312 355 23 378

Malaysia 237 39 1 15 20 242 270 7 277

Thailand 467 200 40 39 86 582 699 8 707

India 145 74 12 13 15 203 218 13 231

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 43 27 5 1 9 65 69 6 75

Central Asia 233 73 6 1 9 302 297 15 312

Remainder of Far East 595 193 22 37 76 697 735 75 810

Oceania 65 23 6 9 12 73 91 3 94

Total 15,202 9,137 1,130 1,125 2,659 21,685 24,683 786 25,469

As a % of all pupils 12.1% 3.3% 0.8% 2.4% 3.4% 5.1% 11.5% 0.2% 4.6%

Table 10. Non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK

This table shows the number of non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK by country/area of nationality.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

France 417 1,929 647 218 326 2,449 600 2,393 2,993

Germany 289 612 316 160 246 811 475 742 1,217

Russia 257 339 340 114 153 669 412 524 936

Spain 222 826 248 117 203 976 340 956 1,296

Ireland 418 661 249 136 309 883 539 789 1,328

Italy 377 667 356 194 274 932 420 980 1,400

Poland 110 222 84 28 75 313 158 258 416

Romania 80 132 88 16 33 251 109 191 300

Ukraine 331 601 355 67 192 1,028 661 626 1,287

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,067 1,985 1,045 449 727 2,921 1,501 2,596 4,097

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 247 373 225 73 151 621 301 544 845

Nigeria 166 385 132 50 106 527 339 344 683

Rest of Africa 235 683 308 66 196 964 522 704 1,226

USA 620 2,625 1,230 312 503 3,660 1,703 2,772 4,475

Rest of North America 106 328 165 49 92 458 219 380 599

Central and South America 103 298 172 28 64 481 217 356 573

Middle East 154 854 255 51 100 1,112 186 1,077 1,263

Hong Kong 759 1,309 289 231 555 1,571 1,433 924 2,357

Mainland China 954 1,891 1,193 604 929 2,505 1,924 2,114 4,038

Taiwan 8 19 15 5 7 30 15 27 42

Japan 111 263 268 53 112 477 169 473 642

South Korea 132 209 141 48 136 298 175 307 482

Malaysia 41 83 47 25 42 104 61 110 171

Thailand 25 34 16 3 11 61 50 25 75

India 218 1,032 445 205 440 1,050 330 1,365 1,695

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 99 280 65 53 127 264 80 364 444

Central Asia 62 87 51 6 28 166 93 107 200

Remainder of Far East 80 141 91 36 62 214 128 184 312

Oceania 218 422 302 81 162 699 402 540 942

Total 7,906 19,290 9,138 3,478 6,361 26,495 13,562 22,772 36,334

As a % of all pupils 6.3% 6.9% 6.1% 7.4% 8.1% 6.2% 6.3% 6.7% 6.6%

Table 11. New non-British pupils whose parents live overseas

This table shows the number of new non-British pupils whose parents live overseas by country/area of residence.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

France 97 99 38 4 7 223 232 2 234

Germany 641 768 6 22 41 1,352 1,408 7 1,415

Russia 291 118 17 5 5 416 409 17 426

Spain 358 455 251 55 102 907 1,039 25 1,064

Ireland 9 10 1 3 0 17 18 2 20

Italy 128 59 2 0 4 185 188 1 189

Poland 25 29 1 0 6 49 55 0 55

Romania 28 8 1 0 0 37 37 0 37

Ukraine 274 153 18 9 13 423 416 29 445

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 373 260 13 16 46 584 630 16 646

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 261 103 4 5 8 355 357 11 368

Nigeria 214 100 10 1 20 303 288 36 324

Rest of Africa 130 108 4 4 19 219 227 15 242

USA 81 69 13 4 14 145 158 5 163

Rest of North America 58 32 1 1 3 87 91 0 91

Central and South America 181 150 6 9 32 296 334 3 337

Middle East 219 67 6 3 9 280 278 14 292

Hong Kong 1,156 675 62 108 310 1,475 1,850 43 1,893

Mainland China 1,163 558 100 67 203 1,551 1,749 72 1,821

Taiwan 32 14 6 1 3 48 50 2 52

Japan 105 63 21 8 15 166 186 3 189

South Korea 110 40 14 7 11 146 151 13 164

Malaysia 108 11 0 2 5 112 114 5 119

Thailand 214 102 19 6 34 295 333 2 335

India 58 28 5 3 4 84 88 3 91

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 19 15 1 0 3 32 33 2 35

Central Asia 94 34 3 0 2 129 124 7 131

Remainder of Far East 287 75 8 13 31 326 344 26 370

Oceania 35 12 3 5 4 41 49 1 50

Total 6,749 4,215 634 361 954 10,283 11,236 362 11,598

As a % of all new pupils 21.6% 8.5% 2.1% 4.1% 6.7% 11.8% 22.8% 0.6% 10.5%

Table 13. British pupils with parents living overseas

This table shows the number of British pupils whose parents live abroad or serve in HM Forces, as well as the number who are new to their

school this year.

Table 12. New non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK

This table shows the number of new non-British pupils whose parents live in the UK by country/area of nationality.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

France 94 400 144 32 40 566 137 501 638

Germany 73 100 58 29 30 172 115 116 231

Russia 68 66 87 16 28 177 103 118 221

Spain 59 178 62 28 50 221 109 190 299

Ireland 94 115 46 29 43 183 128 127 255

Italy 84 118 67 29 51 189 91 178 269

Poland 27 43 20 3 14 73 45 45 90

Romania 22 26 24 3 2 67 28 44 72

Ukraine 185 294 180 35 107 517 324 335 659

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 258 322 239 66 133 620 317 502 819

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 72 92 48 9 29 174 85 127 212

Nigeria 43 126 39 10 20 178 84 124 208

Rest of Africa 65 168 90 17 55 251 143 180 323

USA 188 647 371 68 119 1,019 503 703 1,206

Rest of North America 35 93 49 12 29 136 63 114 177

Central and South America 41 89 48 7 12 159 78 100 178

Middle East 49 316 102 6 26 435 59 408 467

Hong Kong 308 462 113 91 204 588 521 362 883

Mainland China 283 499 354 157 234 745 560 576 1,136

Taiwan 4 6 7 2 3 12 5 12 17

Japan 30 76 63 8 27 134 44 125 169

South Korea 45 61 40 12 38 96 63 83 146

Malaysia 10 21 13 4 6 34 18 26 44

Thailand 10 7 3 0 1 19 18 2 20

India 59 252 128 44 108 287 88 351 439

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 27 50 22 9 22 68 29 70 99

Central Asia 16 34 21 1 9 61 36 35 71

Remainder of Far East 24 41 31 5 21 70 34 62 96

Oceania 57 110 98 18 41 206 117 148 265

Total 2,330 4,812 2,567 750 1,502 7,457 3,945 5,764 9,709

As a % of all new pupils 7.5% 9.7% 8.7% 8.6% 10.6% 8.5% 8.0% 9.5% 8.8%

British pupils whose parents: Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Live abroad 2,264 1,001 177 266 469 2,707 3,298 144 3,442

Serve in HM Forces 1,418 1,850 1,302 126 267 4,177 3,995 575 4,570

New British pupils whose parents:

Live abroad 661 316 78 41 118 896 1,017 38 1,055

Serve in HM Forces 235 245 275 18 35 702 653 102 755

Table 15. Destination of pupils going to non-UK universities

This table shows the destination of post-18 school leavers going to non-UK universities from ISC schools.

Table 14. Destination of post-18 school leavers

This table shows the percentage of school leavers in all ISC schools arriving at various destinations post-18.

Non-deferred university entries Senior Mixed-age

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with boarders

Day

schools Total

% to UK universities 66.6 71.6 70.8 75.1 67.8 65.4 74.1 69.1

% to overseas universities 5.4 3.7 4.7 3.9 4.6 5.6 3.1 4.5

% to unknown university 2.4 1.4 2.7 1.1 1.9 2.5 1.0 1.8

Deferred university entries

% to UK universities 7.6 4.9 5.6 5.3 6.5 7.5 4.6 6.2

% to overseas universities 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2

% to unknown university (incl. planning

post-qualication application) 8.0 5.6 7.0 7.3 6.6 7.2 6.2 6.8

Other

% to other higher education courses 1.6 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.6

% to further education or training 1.3 2.1 1.1 0.7 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.7

% to re-take A-levels 1.3 0.8 3.2 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1

% to employment 1.8 3.3 1.8 1.1 3.0 2.0 3.3 2.6

% to other 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4

% to unknown 2.6 3.3 1.0 1.5 3.4 3.8 1.8 2.9

Total number recorded 21,037 22,218 3,928 6,285 33,042 24,606 18,649 43,255

Senior Mixed-age

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

USA 603 465 139 147 782 708 360 1,068

Canada 92 49 20 23 98 95 46 141

Hong Kong 78 41 9 13 97 111 8 119

Netherlands 55 51 3 9 94 75 31 106

France 32 63 1 7 87 42 53 95

Spain 63 29 2 7 83 70 22 92

Italy 33 30 4 6 53 51 12 63

Germany 31 19 0 3 47 49 1 50

Switzerland 28 15 0 4 39 38 5 43

Australia 19 8 2 1 24 25 2 27

Ireland 19 7 1 6 19 16 10 26

Japan 15 9 1 1 22 18 6 24

Bulgaria 5 9 0 2 12 7 7 14

Cyprus 7 5 1 0 11 4 8 12

Belgium 6 5 0 3 8 9 2 11

China 7 2 0 3 6 8 1 9

UAE 7 1 1 0 7 8 0 8

Czechia 2 5 1 0 6 5 2 7

Poland 6 0 0 0 6 5 1 6

Austria 4 1 1 0 4 5 0 5

Thailand 3 2 0 0 5 4 1 5

Other countries 26 24 5 7 38 38 12 50

Total 1,141 840 191 242 1,548 1,391 590 1,981

% of all pupils going to higher education 5.9% 4.2% 5.3% 4.1% 5.2% 6.3% 3.5% 5.1%

Table 16. Size of schools

This table shows all ISC schools by type and various size brackets.

School size Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

1 - 50 22 15 21 1 1 56 3 55 58

51 - 100 15 28 67 7 4 99 17 93 110

101 - 150 19 28 119 10 13 143 20 146 166

151 - 200 13 41 90 16 11 117 35 109 144

201 - 250 20 24 84 8 15 105 39 89 128

251 - 300 5 27 84 9 11 96 27 89 116

301 - 350 8 24 56 11 8 69 28 60 88

351 - 400 17 20 46 10 4 69 35 48 83

401 - 450 9 27 26 5 15 42 32 30 62

451 - 500 13 22 19 2 7 45 26 28 54

501 - 550 9 27 9 1 7 37 15 30 45

551 - 600 20 19 5 1 8 35 25 19 44

601 - 650 11 17 4 1 9 22 19 13 32

651 - 700 10 18 4 2 4 26 19 13 32

701 - 750 5 17 2 0 7 17 9 15 24

751 - 800 12 22 0 2 8 24 15 19 34

801 - 850 10 10 2 2 2 18 14 8 22

851 - 900 9 15 0 3 6 15 12 12 24

901 - 950 12 8 0 1 2 17 9 11 20

951 - 1000 2 10 0 0 4 8 2 10 12

1001 - 1050 4 10 0 1 5 8 4 10 14

1051 - 1100 5 11 0 1 2 13 7 9 16

1101 - 1150 4 5 1 2 2 6 2 8 10

1151 - 1200 3 12 0 2 4 9 3 12 15

1201 - 1250 0 4 0 1 0 3 2 2 4

1251 - 1300 1 7 0 1 0 7 4 4 8

1301 - 1350 3 6 0 3 0 6 4 5 9

1351 - 1400 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2

1401 - 1450 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1

1451 - 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1501 - 1550 0 6 0 1 0 5 1 5 6

1551 - 1600 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

1601 - 1650 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1

1651 - 1700 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 3

1701+ 0 7 0 0 0 7 3 4 7

Total 261 495 639 106 159 1,130 434 961 1,395

Mean size 483 561 235 445 496 379 493 354 397

Median size 464 478 211 321 441 274 414 240 291

Table 17. Boarders as a

percentage of all pupils

This table shows all ISC

schools grouped by type

and percentage of boarders.

Table 18. Boys as a

percentage of all pupils

This table shows all ISC

schools grouped by type

and percentage of boys.

% boarders Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

0 106 334 521 71 118 772 0 961 961

1 - 4 2 15 11 5 1 22 28 0 28

5 - 9 7 32 34 3 3 67 73 0 73

10 - 14 9 32 14 7 5 43 55 0 55

15 - 19 7 22 17 1 6 39 46 0 46

20 - 24 9 16 7 1 2 29 32 0 32

25 - 29 5 8 6 0 2 17 19 0 19

30 - 34 4 6 6 1 2 13 16 0 16

35 - 39 12 9 6 1 4 22 27 0 27

40 - 44 8 3 5 1 1 14 16 0 16

45 - 49 10 2 3 0 3 12 15 0 15

50 - 54 9 3 2 2 0 12 14 0 14

55 - 59 4 2 1 3 1 3 7 0 7

60 - 64 7 4 1 1 1 10 12 0 12

65 - 69 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3

70 - 74 9 4 1 0 1 13 14 0 14

75 - 79 11 0 1 2 1 9 12 0 12

80 - 84 12 1 0 0 2 11 13 0 13

85 - 89 5 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 5

90 - 94 8 0 0 1 2 5 8 0 8

95 - 99 10 1 0 0 2 9 11 0 11

100 4 1 3 6 1 1 8 0 8

Total 261 495 639 106 159 1,130 434 961 1,395

% boarders 33.8% 6.4% 4.0% 12.3% 9.6% 12.4% 31.0% 0.0% 12.0%

% boys Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

0 46 69 24 0 139 0 38 101 139

1 - 4 1 14 6 0 13 8 7 14 21

5 - 9 0 4 4 0 4 4 1 7 8

10 - 14 0 3 5 0 3 5 1 7 8

15 - 19 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 3

20 - 24 3 2 1 0 0 6 3 3 6

25 - 29 0 7 4 0 0 11 4 7 11

30 - 34 4 3 4 0 0 11 2 9 11

35 - 39 5 6 9 0 0 20 6 14 20

40 - 44 7 13 24 0 0 44 9 35 44

45 - 49 16 52 112 0 0 180 37 143 180

50 - 54 41 131 172 0 0 344 115 229 344

55 - 59 58 93 137 0 0 288 111 177 288

60 - 64 22 35 42 0 0 99 35 64 99

65 - 69 12 15 16 0 0 43 16 27 43

70 - 74 5 8 5 0 0 18 2 16 18

75 - 79 2 4 4 0 0 10 2 8 10

80 - 84 2 2 1 0 0 5 1 4 5

85 - 89 4 3 4 2 0 9 3 8 11

90 - 94 5 8 4 2 0 15 2 15 17

95 - 99 4 2 11 10 0 7 7 10 17

100 23 19 50 92 0 0 31 61 92

Total 261 495 639 106 159 1,130 434 961 1,395

% boys 52.8% 47.0% 55.7% 99.6% 0.3% 54.6% 53.5% 48.9% 50.7%

Table 19. Teacher numbers

This table shows the number of teachers in all ISC schools by type of school.

Table 20. Teaching assistant numbers

This table shows the number of teaching assistants in all ISC schools by type of school.

Table 21. Pupil-teacher ratios

This table shows the pupil and teacher gender ratios, along with the overall pupil-teacher ratio in ISC schools.

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

Men 6,907 9,528 3,472 2,660 1,728 15,519 10,361 9,546 19,907

Women 6,436 14,177 8,107 1,825 4,905 21,990 11,433 17,287 28,720

Total 13,343 23,705 11,579 4,485 6,633 37,509 21,794 26,833 48,627

Part-time

Men 1,201 1,568 547 377 438 2,501 1,524 1,792 3,316

Women 3,308 7,324 3,727 701 3,134 10,524 5,352 9,007 14,359

Total 4,509 8,892 4,274 1,078 3,572 13,025 6,876 10,799 17,675

Part-time hours

Men 20,776 28,535 9,837 6,232 8,132 44,784 27,051 32,097 59,148

Women 61,771 148,346 74,030 13,843 59,972 210,332 104,201 179,946 284,147

Total 82,547 176,882 83,867 20,075 68,104 255,116 131,252 212,044 343,296

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 7,546 10,406 3,775 2,852 1,978 16,897 11,193 10,534 21,727

Women 8,337 18,742 10,385 2,251 6,750 28,462 14,639 22,824 37,463

Total 15,883 29,148 14,160 5,103 8,729 45,359 25,833 33,357 59,190

Excludes nursery sta.

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders Day schools Total

Men 134 437 379 113 41 796 314 636 950

Women 372 2,664 3,505 431 610 5,500 1,496 5,045 6,541

Total 506 3,101 3,884 544 651 6,296 1,810 5,681 7,491

Part-time

Men 69 162 115 29 24 293 115 231 346

Women 406 2,309 2,525 250 612 4,378 1,560 3,680 5,240

Total 475 2,471 2,640 279 636 4,671 1,675 3,911 5,586

Part-time hours

Men 1,114 2,984 2,220 611 358 5,349 2,118 4,200 6,318

Women 6,574 48,927 52,788 5,360 11,596 91,333 31,481 76,808 108,289

Total 7,688 51,911 55,008 5,971 11,954 96,682 33,599 81,008 114,607

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 168 529 447 132 52 961 379 765 1,144

Women 574 4,169 5,129 596 967 8,310 2,465 7,408 9,873

Total 743 4,698 5,577 728 1,019 9,271 2,844 8,174 11,017

Excludes nursery sta.

Pupils Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys’

Single-

sex:girls’ Co-ed

Schools with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Boys 66,562 130,466 83,795 46,989 210 233,624 114,594 166,229 280,823

Girls 59,498 147,410 66,512 181 78,717 194,522 99,500 173,920 273,420

Total 126,060 277,876 150,307 47,170 78,927 428,146 214,094 340,149 554,243

Gender ratios

Boys:girls (pupils) 1.1:1 0.9:1 1.3:1 259.6:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1

Men:women (teachers)

0.9:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.3:1 0.3:1 0.6:1 0.8:1 0.5:1 0.6:1

Men:women (teaching assistants)

0.3:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.1:1 0.1:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

7.9:1 9.2:1 9.3:1 9.1:1 8.9:1 8.9:1 8.0:1 9.5:1 8.9:1

Excludes nursery sta.

Pupil-teacher ratios exclude nursery teachers and nursery pupils.

Table 22. Changes to full-time teachers

This table shows the number of full-time teachers coming into ISC schools (broken down by previous occupation) and leaving ISC

schools (broken down by destination).

Table 23. SEND pupils

This table shows the number of pupils who have been identied with SEND.

Arriving from Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-

sex:

boys’

Single-

sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Independent schools 726 1,083 663 226 401 1,845 1,193 1,279 2,472

State-funded schools 545 1,564 650 168 421 2,170 1,030 1,729 2,759

ITT at university or training college 123 232 73 24 67 337 163 265 428

New graduates 108 149 81 30 36 272 154 184 338

Industry 49 125 33 19 23 165 103 104 207

Outside the UK 164 322 159 53 72 520 312 333 645

Retirement 7 29 12 2 6 40 15 33 48

Maternity leave 101 241 146 21 98 369 135 353 488

Part-time 177 313 130 34 127 459 263 357 620

Other 221 436 182 48 147 644 393 446 839

Total 2,221 4,494 2,129 625 1,398 6,821 3,761 5,083 8,844

Going to

Independent schools 531 738 544 215 264 1,334 794 1,019 1,813

State-funded schools 201 502 228 52 120 759 391 540 931

Industry 125 207 80 31 57 324 200 212 412

Outside the UK 101 216 103 30 52 338 167 253 420

Retirement 198 461 217 57 159 660 395 481 876

Maternity leave 156 380 234 43 143 584 246 524 770

Part-time 171 436 230 56 155 626 320 517 837

Other 503 996 439 117 326 1,495 803 1,135 1,938

Total 1,986 3,936 2,075 601 1,276 6,120 3,316 4,681 7,997

Net gain

Independent schools 195 345 119 11 137 511 399 260 659

State-funded schools 344 1,062 422 116 301 1,411 639 1,189 1,828

Industry -76 -82 -47 -12 -34 -159 -97 -108 -205

Outside the UK 63 106 56 23 20 182 145 80 225

Retirement -191 -432 -205 -55 -153 -620 -380 -448 -828

Maternity leave -55 -139 -88 -22 -45 -215 -111 -171 -282

Part-time 6 -123 -100 -22 -28 -167 -57 -160 -217

Other -282 -560 -257 -69 -179 -851 -410 -689 -1,099

Total 235 558 54 24 122 701 445 402 847

Full-time teachers

Turnover as % of full-time teachers 14.9 16.6 17.9 13.4 19.2 16.3 15.2 17.4 16.4

Gain as % of full-time teachers 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.7

Total 13,343 23,705 11,579 4,485 6,633 37,509 21,794 26,833 48,627

Types of SEND Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-

sex:

boys’

Single-

sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Specic learning diculty (SpLD) 17,222 28,387 9,495 3,939 7,241 43,924 26,385 28,719 55,104

Moderate learning diculty (MLD) 716 1,729 1,232 355 429 2,893 1,676 2,001 3,677

Severe learning diculty (SLD) 37 123 76 5 11 220 114 122 236

Profound and multiple learning diculty (PMLD) 44 64 30 5 12 121 36 102 138

Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) 5,178 9,798 2,943 1,330 2,419 14,170 6,902 11,017 17,919

Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) 977 3,973 3,449 789 524 7,086 2,639 5,760 8,399

Hearing impairment (HI) 419 1,033 419 160 292 1,419 646 1,225 1,871

Visual impairment (VI) 526 1,066 308 307 221 1,372 682 1,218 1,900

Multi-Sensory impairment (MSI) 79 379 181 95 54 490 241 398 639

Physical diculty (PD) 695 1,449 424 316 417 1,835 760 1,808 2,568

Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) 2,311 5,890 1,796 790 994 8,213 3,495 6,502 9,997

Other diculty/disability 1,311 2,880 1,153 508 837 3,999 2,085 3,259 5,344

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need 2,216 7,370 6,053 1,565 1,582 12,492 6,146 9,493 15,639

Total 27,103 52,709 23,525 8,725 12,875 81,737 43,757 59,580 103,337

% pupils with SEND 21.5% 19.0% 15.7% 18.5% 16.3% 19.1% 20.4% 17.5% 18.6%

Some pupils have more than one SEND; they are counted under each individual category of SEND, but are counted only once in the total.

Arriving from Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-

sex:

boys’

Single-

sex:

girls’ Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Independent schools 726 1,083 663 226 401 1,845 1,193 1,279 2,472

State-funded schools 545 1,564 650 168 421 2,170 1,030 1,729 2,759

ITT at university or training college 123 232 73 24 67 337 163 265 428

New graduates 108 149 81 30 36 272 154 184 338

Industry 49 125 33 19 23 165 103 104 207

Outside the UK 164 322 159 53 72 520 312 333 645

Retirement 7 29 12 2 6 40 15 33 48

Maternity leave 101 241 146 21 98 369 135 353 488

Part-time 177 313 130 34 127 459 263 357 620

Other 221 436 182 48 147 644 393 446 839

Total 2,221 4,494 2,129 625 1,398 6,821 3,761 5,083 8,844

Going to

Independent schools 531 738 544 215 264 1,334 794 1,019 1,813

State-funded schools 201 502 228 52 120 759 391 540 931

Industry 125 207 80 31 57 324 200 212 412

Outside the UK 101 216 103 30 52 338 167 253 420

Retirement 198 461 217 57 159 660 395 481 876

Maternity leave 156 380 234 43 143 584 246 524 770

Part-time 171 436 230 56 155 626 320 517 837

Other 503 996 439 117 326 1,495 803 1,135 1,938

Total 1,986 3,936 2,075 601 1,276 6,120 3,316 4,681 7,997

Net gain

Independent schools 195 345 119 11 137 511 399 260 659

State-funded schools 344 1,062 422 116 301 1,411 639 1,189 1,828

Industry -76 -82 -47 -12 -34 -159 -97 -108 -205

Outside the UK 63 106 56 23 20 182 145 80 225

Retirement -191 -432 -205 -55 -153 -620 -380 -448 -828

Maternity leave -55 -139 -88 -22 -45 -215 -111 -171 -282

Part-time 6 -123 -100 -22 -28 -167 -57 -160 -217

Other -282 -560 -257 -69 -179 -851 -410 -689 -1,099

Total 235 558 54 24 122 701 445 402 847

Full-time teachers

Turnover as % of full-time teachers 14.9 16.6 17.9 13.4 19.2 16.3 15.2 17.4 16.4

Gain as % of full-time teachers 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.7

Total 13,343 23,705 11,579 4,485 6,633 37,509 21,794 26,833 48,627

Appendix Two

Comparative Tables

Tables in Appendix Two show comparative gures for the 1,360 schools that participated in the Census in

both 2022 and 2023. In each table the 2023 gures are printed in bold and the 2022 gures are printed in

italics. Figures highlighted in yellow show the percentage change between the two years. Where schools are

categorised by age, gender and by day and boarding, the categorisation is based on the school as it is in 2023;

in a small number of cases this will dier from how the school would have been categorised in 2022.

Table 1. Changes to pupil numbers by category of school

This table shows total school and pupil numbers for schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, including a

breakdown by category of school. The girls at “single-sex: boys’” schools and the boys at “single-sex: girls’” schools are all in the nursery.

Schools Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Number of schools 250 485 625 104 156 1,100 434 926 1,360

Pupils

Boarders (boys) 22,401 9,280 3,771 5,815 0 29,637 35,452 0 35,452

22,113 9,189 3,656 5,847 0 29,111 34,950 8 34,958

1.3% 1.0% 3.1% -0.5% 1.8% 1.4% -100.0% 1.4%

Boarders (girls) 20,162 8,491 2,220 0 7,558 23,315 30,873 0 30,873

19,513 8,532 2,003 0 7,475 22,573 30,042 6 30,048

3.3% -0.5% 10.8% 1.1% 3.3% 2.8% -100.0% 2.7%

Day pupils (boys) 43,812 119,250 79,087 40,887 210 201,052 79,142 163,007 242,149

43,269 117,168 78,819 40,713 195 198,348 77,814 161,442 239,256

1.3% 1.8% 0.3% 0.4% 7.7% 1.4% 1.7% 1.0% 1.2%

Day pupils (girls) 38,325 137,265 63,472 181 69,162 169,719 68,627 170,435 239,062

37,680 134,487 62,731 127 68,556 166,215 66,989 167,909 234,898

1.7% 2.1% 1.2% 42.5% 0.9% 2.1% 2.4% 1.5% 1.8%

Total (boys) 66,213 128,530 82,858 46,702 210 230,689 114,594 163,007 277,601

65,382 126,357 82,475 46,560 195 227,459 112,764 161,450 274,214

1.3% 1.7% 0.5% 0.3% 7.7% 1.4% 1.6% 1.0% 1.2%

Total (girls) 58,487 145,756 65,692 181 76,720 193,034 99,500 170,435 269,935

57,193 143,019 64,734 127 76,031 188,788 97,031 167,915 264,946

2.3% 1.9% 1.5% 42.5% 0.9% 2.2% 2.5% 1.5% 1.9%

Total 124,700 274,286 148,550 46,883 76,930 423,723 214,094 333,442 547,536

122,575 269,376 147,209 46,687 76,226 416,247 209,795 329,365 539,160

1.7% 1.8% 0.9% 0.4% 0.9% 1.8% 2.0% 1.2% 1.6%

Table 2. Changes to pupil

numbers by age

This table shows the number

of pupils in ISC schools that

participated in the Census in

both 2022 and 2023 by age,

gender and day/boarding.

Age

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

0-2 0 5,872 0 6,006 11,878

0 5,912 0 5,781 11,693

-0.7% 3.9% 1.6%

3 0 8,157 0 8,252 16,409

0 8,098 0 7,818 15,916

0.7% 5.6% 3.1%

4 0 10,499 0 10,101 20,600

1 10,280 1 10,250 20,532

-100.0% 2.1% -100.0% -1.5% 0.3%

5 0 11,002 1 10,881 21,884

0 11,058 0 10,744 21,802

-0.5% 1.3% 0.4%

6 1 11,865 1 11,535 23,402

3 11,447 2 11,611 23,063

-66.7% 3.7% -50.0% -0.7% 1.5%

7 54 13,122 64 13,165 26,405

44 13,167 50 12,589 25,850

22.7% -0.3% 28.0% 4.6% 2.1%

8 256 14,315 197 13,545 28,313

237 14,187 148 13,664 28,236

8.0% 0.9% 33.1% -0.9% 0.3%

9 507 15,379 297 14,931 31,114

427 15,635 288 15,123 31,473

18.7% -1.6% 3.1% -1.3% -1.1%

10 773 16,836 536 16,266 34,411

825 16,768 488 16,259 34,340

-6.3% 0.4% 9.8% 0.0% 0.2%

11 1,681 21,038 1,493 20,744 44,956

1,554 20,783 1,530 20,181 44,048

8.2% 1.2% -2.4% 2.8% 2.1%

12 2,028 21,293 1,991 20,935 46,247

2,080 20,627 1,964 20,012 44,683

-2.5% 3.2% 1.4% 4.6% 3.5%

13 4,144 20,159 3,375 20,116 47,794

4,225 20,591 3,394 20,452 48,662

-1.9% -2.1% -0.6% -1.6% -1.8%

14 5,119 20,790 4,303 20,955 51,167

5,058 20,324 4,118 20,156 49,656

1.2% 2.3% 4.5% 4.0% 3.0%

15 5,882 20,378 4,902 20,258 51,420

5,586 19,353 4,815 19,551 49,305

5.3% 5.3% 1.8% 3.6% 4.3%

16 6,833 15,784 6,277 15,827 44,721

6,793 15,548 6,220 15,375 43,936

0.6% 1.5% 0.9% 2.9% 1.8%

17 6,800 14,480 6,226 14,439 41,945

6,756 14,453 5,824 14,261 41,294

0.7% 0.2% 6.9% 1.2% 1.6%

18 1,217 1,016 1,088 885 4,206

1,204 864 1,056 873 3,997

1.1% 17.6% 3.0% 1.4% 5.2%

19 157 164 122 221 664

165 161 150 198 674

-4.8% 1.9% -18.7% 11.6% -1.5%

Total 35,452 242,149 30,873 239,062 547,536

34,958 239,256 30,048 234,898 539,160

1.4% 1.2% 2.7% 1.8% 1.6%

Table 3. Changes to pupil

numbers by year group

This table shows the number

of pupils in ISC schools that

participated in the Census in

both 2022 and 2023 by year

group, gender and day/boarding.

Year group

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

Nursery 0 14,164 0 14,295 28,459

0 14,078 0 13,634 27,712

0.6% 4.8% 2.7%

Reception 0 10,500 0 10,095 20,595

1 10,374 1 10,195 20,571

-100.0% 1.2% -100.0% -1.0% 0.1%

Year 1 0 11,025 1 10,871 21,897

0 11,119 0 10,858 21,977

-0.8% 0.1% -0.4%

Year 2 0 11,897 1 11,584 23,482

0 11,454 2 11,602 23,058

3.9% -50.0% -0.2% 1.8%

Year 3 53 13,120 64 13,170 26,407

44 13,205 50 12,596 25,895

20.5% -0.6% 28.0% 4.6% 2.0%

Year 4 265 14,314 199 13,523 28,301

254 14,152 153 13,690 28,249

4.3% 1.1% 30.1% -1.2% 0.2%

Year 5 512 15,421 299 14,937 31,169

435 15,640 283 15,078 31,436

17.7% -1.4% 5.7% -0.9% -0.8%

Year 6 758 16,758 514 16,204 34,234

834 16,719 477 16,252 34,282

-9.1% 0.2% 7.8% -0.3% -0.1%

Year 7 1,734 21,181 1,518 20,716 45,149

1,613 20,810 1,603 20,172 44,198

7.5% 1.8% -5.3% 2.7% 2.2%

Year 8 2,060 21,251 2,019 20,908 46,238

2,118 20,770 1,972 19,974 44,834

-2.7% 2.3% 2.4% 4.7% 3.1%

Year 9 4,344 20,286 3,464 20,155 48,249

4,408 20,579 3,522 20,558 49,067

-1.5% -1.4% -1.6% -2.0% -1.7%

Year 10 5,458 20,948 4,617 21,144 52,167

5,380 20,474 4,374 20,343 50,571

1.4% 2.3% 5.6% 3.9% 3.2%

Year 11 5,879 20,411 4,715 20,250 51,255

5,605 19,329 4,703 19,440 49,077

4.9% 5.6% 0.3% 4.2% 4.4%

Year 12 7,406 15,711 6,951 15,858 45,926

7,295 15,521 6,836 15,543 45,195

1.5% 1.2% 1.7% 2.0% 1.6%

Year 13 6,983 15,162 6,511 15,352 44,008

6,971 15,032 6,072 14,963 43,038

0.2% 0.9% 7.2% 2.6% 2.3%

Total 35,452 242,149 30,873 239,062 547,536

34,958 239,256 30,048 234,898 539,160

1.4% 1.2% 2.7% 1.8% 1.6%

Table 4. Changes to new pupil

numbers by year group

This table shows the number of

new pupils in ISC schools that

participated in the Census in both

2022 and 2023 by year group,

gender and day/boarding.

Year group

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls) Total

Nursery 0 7,037 0 7,238 14,275

0 7,193 0 7,344 14,537

-2.2% -1.4% -1.8%

Reception 0 4,228 0 4,462 8,690

0 4,501 0 4,607 9,108

-6.1% -3.1% -4.6%

Year 1 3 1,209 0 1,074 2,286

0 1,322 0 1,155 2,477

-8.5% -7.0% -7.7%

Year 2 0 1,179 1 1,114 2,294

4 1,198 1 1,122 2,325

-100.0% -1.6% 0.0% -0.7% -1.3%

Year 3 32 3,183 28 2,614 5,857

34 3,452 32 2,746 6,264

-5.9% -7.8% -12.5% -4.8% -6.5%

Year 4 197 1,863 59 1,489 3,608

169 1,925 72 1,544 3,710

16.6% -3.2% -18.1% -3.6% -2.7%

Year 5 151 1,793 90 1,654 3,688

151 1,718 104 1,709 3,682

0.0% 4.4% -13.5% -3.2% 0.2%

Year 6 240 1,541 141 1,344 3,266

260 1,612 181 1,392 3,445

-7.7% -4.4% -22.1% -3.4% -5.2%

Year 7 777 11,007 1,054 11,450 24,288

738 10,785 1,084 11,293 23,900

5.3% 2.1% -2.8% 1.4% 1.6%

Year 8 432 1,326 396 1,423 3,577

403 1,246 406 1,399 3,454

7.2% 6.4% -2.5% 1.7% 3.6%

Year 9 3,832 3,996 2,419 2,554 12,801

3,820 4,037 2,294 2,376 12,527

0.3% -1.0% 5.4% 7.5% 2.2%

Year 10 1,368 874 1,413 1,102 4,757

1,305 844 1,240 1,032 4,421

4.8% 3.6% 14.0% 6.8% 7.6%

Year 11 801 280 804 311 2,196

812 250 823 279 2,164

-1.4% 12.0% -2.3% 11.5% 1.5%

Year 12 3,054 1,883 3,300 3,099 11,336

3,042 1,813 3,471 3,019 11,345

0.4% 3.9% -4.9% 2.6% -0.1%

Year 13 543 509 558 551 2,161

475 504 473 505 1,957

14.3% 1.0% 18.0% 9.1% 10.4%

Total 11,430 41,908 10,263 41,479 105,080

11,213 42,400 10,181 41,522 105,316

1.9% -1.2% 0.8% -0.1% -0.2%

Table 5. Changes to pupil numbers by region

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, this table shows the number of pupils by region.

Please see Appendix Three, Figure 1, for denitions of regions.

Region

No. of

schools

Boarders

(boys)

Day pupils

(boys)

Boarders

(girls)

Day pupils

(girls)

Total

boarders

Total

day pupils

Total

pupils

London 300 1,820 53,088 626 55,519 2,446 108,607 111,053

300 1,742 52,401 642 54,548 2,384 106,949 109,333

4.5% 1.3% -2.5% 1.8% 2.6% 1.6% 1.6%

South Central 220 9,810 30,385 8,761 31,272 18,571 61,657 80,228

220 9,680 29,772 8,465 30,721 18,145 60,493 78,638

1.3% 2.1% 3.5% 1.8% 2.3% 1.9% 2.0%

South East 194 6,695 34,173 6,440 32,325 13,135 66,498 79,633

194 6,359 33,826 5,946 31,766 12,305 65,592 77,897

5.3% 1.0% 8.3% 1.8% 6.7% 1.4% 2.2%

East 151 3,074 30,088 3,041 28,381 6,115 58,469 64,584

151 3,092 29,802 3,000 27,797 6,092 57,599 63,691

-0.6% 1.0% 1.4% 2.1% 0.4% 1.5% 1.4%

West Midlands 101 2,491 16,226 2,221 15,953 4,712 32,179 36,891

101 2,414 16,044 2,144 15,832 4,558 31,876 36,434

3.2% 1.1% 3.6% 0.8% 3.4% 1.0% 1.3%

South West 91 4,231 14,224 3,872 14,371 8,103 28,595 36,698

91 4,323 13,994 3,874 13,895 8,197 27,889 36,086

-2.1% 1.6% -0.1% 3.4% -1.1% 2.5% 1.7%

North West 87 1,290 17,497 944 16,664 2,234 34,161 36,395

87 1,262 17,291 907 16,429 2,169 33,720 35,889

2.2% 1.2% 4.1% 1.4% 3.0% 1.3% 1.4%

East Midlands 69 2,323 10,446 1,550 10,551 3,873 20,997 24,870

69 2,397 10,248 1,609 10,215 4,006 20,463 24,469

-3.1% 1.9% -3.7% 3.3% -3.3% 2.6% 1.6%

Yorkshire and Humber 59 1,199 11,239 1,536 11,176 2,735 22,415 25,150

59 1,244 11,114 1,613 10,985 2,857 22,099 24,956

-3.6% 1.1% -4.8% 1.7% -4.3% 1.4% 0.8%

Scotland 34 1,326 11,461 1,061 11,714 2,387 23,175 25,562

34 1,267 11,516 1,048 11,620 2,315 23,136 25,451

4.7% -0.5% 1.2% 0.8% 3.1% 0.2% 0.4%

Wales 18 724 2,999 542 3,144 1,266 6,143 7,409

18 719 2,970 543 3,155 1,262 6,125 7,387

0.7% 1.0% -0.2% -0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%

North East 17 195 3,437 131 3,614 326 7,051 7,377

17 186 3,369 114 3,637 300 7,006 7,306

4.8% 2.0% 14.9% -0.6% 8.7% 0.6% 1.0%

All

1,360 35,452 242,149 30,873 239,062 66,325 481,211 547,536

1,360 34,958 239,256 30,048 234,898 65,006 474,154 539,160

1.4% 1.2% 2.7% 1.8% 2.0% 1.5% 1.6%

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not listed due to the small number of schools in these regions.

The total includes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 7. Changes to fees by school

type and age group

For ISC schools that participated in

the Census in both 2022 and 2023,

this table shows average termly fees

for dierent age groups.

Table 6. Changes to fees by region

For ISC schools that participated in the

Census in both 2022 and 2023, this

table shows the average termly fees

by region. Please see Appendix Three,

Figure 1, for denitions of regions.

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle

of Man are not listed due to the small number of

schools in these regions.

The total includes data for schools in Northern

Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Region

Boarding fee

Day fee

(boarding schools)

Day fee

(day schools)

London £14,692 £8,238 £6,625

£14,025 £7,955 £6,239

4.8% 3.6% 6.2%

South Central £13,595 £7,574 £5,555

£12,963 £7,276 £5,248

4.9% 4.1% 5.8%

South East £13,340 £8,003 £5,973

£12,677 £7,610 £5,672

5.2% 5.2% 5.3%

East £12,265 £7,207 £5,684

£11,585 £6,992 £5,381

5.9% 3.1% 5.6%

West Midlands £13,191 £6,374 £4,623

£12,560 £6,102 £4,371

5.0% 4.5% 5.8%

South West £12,922 £6,783 £4,859

£12,303 £6,480 £4,615

5.0% 4.7% 5.3%

North West £11,329 £5,647 £4,070

£10,704 £5,339 £3,862

5.8% 5.8% 5.4%

East Midlands £13,021 £7,806 £4,876

£12,161 £7,333 £4,654

7.1% 6.5% 4.8%

Yorkshire and Humber £8,125 £5,156 £4,562

£8,230 £4,810 £4,309

-1.3% 7.2% 5.9%

Scotland £12,659 £7,477 £4,672

£12,034 £7,045 £4,379

5.2% 6.1% 6.7%

Wales £13,523 £5,204 £4,537

£12,741 £4,896 £4,308

6.1% 6.3% 5.3%

North East £9,524 £5,009 £4,660

£9,226 £4,741 £4,400

3.2% 5.7% 5.9%

All

£12,996 £7,196 £5,446

£12,358 £6,877 £5,147

5.2% 4.6% 5.8%

Age group Boarding fee

Day fee

(boarding schools)

Day fee

(day schools)

Sixth form £13,670 £8,146 £5,995

£12,971 £7,724 £5,653

5.4% 5.5% 6.0%

Senior £12,780 £7,636 £5,844

£12,157 £7,306 £5,528

5.1% 4.5% 5.7%

Junior £9,320 £5,833 £5,096

£8,951 £5,600 £4,825

4.1% 4.1% 5.6%

Nursery £3,595 £4,083

£3,461 £3,836

3.9% 6.4%

Overall including nursery £12,996 £7,196 £5,446

£12,358 £6,877 £5,147

5.2% 4.6% 5.8%

Table 8a. Changes to contributions to fees: senior, mixed-age and junior schools (termly values)

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by

type of contribution.

Senior

(pupils)

Senior

(value £m)

Mixed-age

(pupils)

Mixed-age

(value £m)

Junior

(pupils)

Junior

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m)

% of all

pupils

The school

42,803 129.3 84,670 161.1 31,204 42.3 158,677 332.7 29.0

43,410 127.5 82,441 151.1 31,051 40.6 156,902 319.2 29.1

-1.4% 1.4% 2.7% 6.6% 0.5% 4.2% 1.1% 4.2% -0.4%

The school: means-tested: bursaries

12,347 66.3 21,129 72.9 5,501 13.8 38,977 153.1 7.1

12,738 62.4 21,121 67.9 5,859 13.5 39,718 143.7 7.4

-3.1% 6.3% 0.0% 7.4% -6.1% 2.8% -1.9% 6.5% -3.4%

The school: means-tested: scholarships

819 3.5 1,120 2.2 167 0.3 2,106 5.9 0.4

1,188 6.4 1,880 2.7 159 0.3 3,227 9.4 0.6

-31.1% -45.9% -40.4% -20.3% 5.0% -8.7% -34.7% -37.3% -35.7%

The school: means-tested: eligible families

327 0.9 1,551 2.2 630 0.9 2,508 3.9 0.5

879 2.4 1,292 1.5 937 1.4 3,108 5.3 0.6

-62.8% -64.4% 20.0% 47.6% -32.8% -38.5% -19.3% -26.1% -20.5%

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships

23,533 29.7 34,260 35.6 2,824 2.9 60,617 68.2 11.1

23,176 29.4 32,498 33.5 2,860 2.7 58,534 65.6 10.9

1.5% 0.8% 5.4% 6.3% -1.3% 7.8% 3.6% 3.9% 2.0%

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

12,207 29.0 38,989 48.1 23,676 24.0 74,872 101.2 13.7

12,367 26.8 37,614 45.4 23,063 22.3 73,044 94.6 13.5

-1.3% 8.1% 3.7% 5.9% 2.7% 7.6% 2.5% 6.9% 0.9%

The school: itrust

0 0.00 6 0.01 56 0.40 62 0.42 0.01

0 0.00 4 0.00 59 0.41 63 0.41 0.01

50.0% 172.1% -5.1% -1.3% -1.6% 0.7% -3.1%

Early Years Funding

0 0.0 6,722 7.0 15,473 13.9 22,195 20.9 4.1

0 0.0 6,648 6.7 14,987 13.2 21,635 19.9 4.0

1.1% 4.3% 3.2% 5.2% 2.6% 4.9% 1.0%

Local Authorities

894 9.7 3,321 27.1 179 0.7 4,394 37.5 0.8

889 8.4 3,058 24.6 218 0.8 4,165 33.8 0.8

0.6% 16.3% 8.6% 9.8% -17.9% -11.2% 5.5% 11.0% 3.9%

Government Music and Dance Scheme

811 5.8 692 5.6 49 0.2 1,552 11.6 0.3

808 6.1 697 5.6 65 0.3 1,570 12.0 0.3

0.4% -5.3% -0.7% -0.3% -24.6% -11.4% -1.1% -3.1% -2.7%

All other sources

663 2.5 745 2.0 387 1.1 1,795 5.6 0.3

757 2.6 822 2.0 385 1.1 1,964 5.6 0.4

-12.4% -3.7% -9.4% 1.3% 0.5% 3.5% -8.6% -0.5% -10.0%

Total

44,052 147.3 93,292 202.8 44,160 58.2 181,504 408.2 33.9

44,569 144.5 90,947 190.0 43,775 55.9 179,291 390.4 34.0

-1.2% 1.9% 2.6% 6.7% 0.9% 4.1% 1.2% 4.6% -0.3%

Number of pupils as a % of all pupils

36.3 35.0 29.9 33.9

37.4 34.7 29.9 34.0

-2.9% 0.7% 0.0% -0.3%

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 8b. Changes to contributions to fees: single-sex and co-educational schools (termly values)

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by

type of contribution.

Single-sex:

boys'

(pupils)

Single-sex:

boys'

(value £m)

Single-sex:

girls'

(pupils)

Single-sex:

girls'

(value £m)

Co-ed

(pupils)

Co-ed

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m) % of all pupils

The school

8,277 24.5 19,509 43.7 130,891 264.5 158,677 332.7 29.0

8,589 25.2 19,570 40.8 128,743 253.2 156,902 319.2 29.1

-3.6% -2.8% -0.3% 7.2% 1.7% 4.5% 1.1% 4.2% -0.4%

The school: means-tested: bursaries

2,974 15.2 5,589 25.2 30,414 112.7 38,977 153.1 7.1

3,037 14.5 5,700 23.5 30,981 105.7 39,718 143.7 7.4

-2.1% 4.4% -1.9% 7.4% -1.8% 6.6% -1.9% 6.5% -3.4%

The school: means-tested: scholarships

169 1.0 177 0.6 1,760 4.3 2,106 5.9 0.4

165 0.9 159 0.6 2,903 7.9 3,227 9.4 0.6

2.4% 6.9% 11.3% 1.2% -39.4% -45.5% -34.7% -37.3% -35.7%

The school: means-tested: eligible families

31 0.1 394 0.5 2,083 3.3 2,508 3.9 0.5

392 1.6 444 0.8 2,272 2.9 3,108 5.3 0.6

-92.1% -92.3% -11.3% -35.1% -8.3% 14.0% -19.3% -26.1% -20.5%

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships

3,536 3.7 10,095 9.2 46,986 55.2 60,617 68.2 11.1

3,706 3.9 10,046 8.8 44,782 52.9 58,534 65.6 10.9

-4.6% -4.0% 0.5% 4.6% 4.9% 4.4% 3.6% 3.9% 2.0%

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

2,129 4.1 5,832 8.1 66,911 89.0 74,872 101.2 13.7

2,157 3.9 5,947 7.0 64,940 83.7 73,044 94.6 13.5

-1.3% 7.0% -1.9% 14.9% 3.0% 6.3% 2.5% 6.9% 0.9%

The school: itrust

28 0.36 2 0.00 32 0.05 62 0.42 0.01

30 0.36 2 0.00 31 0.05 63 0.41 0.01

-6.7% -1.2% 0.0% 3.9% 3.2% 15.3% -1.6% 0.7% -3.1%

Early Years Funding

485 0.4 1,316 1.2 20,394 19.3 22,195 20.9 4.1

643 0.6 1,106 1.0 19,886 18.4 21,635 19.9 4.0

-24.6% -24.9% 19.0% 23.9% 2.6% 4.8% 2.6% 4.9% 1.0%

Local Authorities

422 2.7 50 0.3 3,922 34.5 4,394 37.5 0.8

397 2.4 67 0.3 3,701 31.1 4,165 33.8 0.8

6.3% 13.0% -25.4% -0.8% 6.0% 10.9% 5.5% 11.0% 3.9%

Government Music and Dance Scheme

10 0.0 3 0.0 1,539 11.6 1,552 11.6 0.3

10 0.0 1 0.0 1,559 12.0 1,570 12.0 0.3

0.0% 3.5% 200.0% 9.3% -1.3% -3.1% -1.1% -3.1% -2.7%

All other sources

189 0.8 201 0.6 1,405 4.2 1,795 5.6 0.3

163 0.6 225 0.7 1,576 4.4 1,964 5.6 0.4

16.0% 34.7% -10.7% -17.5% -10.9% -2.8% -8.6% -0.5% -10.0%

Total

8,791 28.4 20,653 45.7 152,060 334.1 181,504 408.2 33.9

9,346 28.8 20,671 42.6 149,274 319.0 179,291 390.4 34.0

-5.9% -1.1% -0.1% 7.1% 1.9% 4.7% 1.2% 4.6% -0.3%

Number of pupils as a % of all pupils

20.2 27.3 36.5 33.9

21.6 27.6 36.5 34.0

-6.4% -1.0% 0.1% -0.3%

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 8c. Changes to contributions to fees: day and boarding schools (termly values)

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, this table shows the breakdown of contributions to fees by

type of contribution.

Schools with

boarders (pupils)

Schools with

boarders

(value £m)

Day schools

(pupils)

Day schools

(value £m)

Total

(pupils)

Total

(value £m) % of all pupils

The school

78,762 203.3 79,915 129.4 158,677 332.7 29.0

78,445 199.1 78,457 120.1 156,902 319.2 29.1

0.4% 2.1% 1.9% 7.8% 1.1% 4.2% -0.4%

The school: means-tested: bursaries

20,021 90.0 18,956 63.1 38,977 153.1 7.1

20,618 84.7 19,100 59.0 39,718 143.7 7.4

-2.9% 6.2% -0.8% 6.9% -1.9% 6.5% -3.4%

The school: means-tested: scholarships

1,162 4.3 944 1.6 2,106 5.9 0.4

2,141 7.6 1,086 1.8 3,227 9.4 0.6

-45.7% -43.4% -13.1% -12.0% -34.7% -37.3% -35.7%

The school: means-tested: eligible families

1,087 2.2 1,421 1.7 2,508 3.9 0.5

1,153 3.2 1,955 2.2 3,108 5.3 0.6

-5.7% -30.1% -27.3% -20.2% -19.3% -26.1% -20.5%

The school: non-means-tested: scholarships

34,695 45.1 25,922 23.1 60,617 68.2 11.1

33,840 44.0 24,694 21.6 58,534 65.6 10.9

2.5% 2.4% 5.0% 6.8% 3.6% 3.9% 2.0%

The school: non-means-tested: eligible families

34,577 61.3 40,295 39.9 74,872 101.2 13.7

34,370 59.2 38,674 35.5 73,044 94.6 13.5

0.6% 3.6% 4.2% 12.4% 2.5% 6.9% 0.9%

The school: itrust

45 0.38 17 0.04 62 0.42 0.01

44 0.38 19 0.03 63 0.41 0.01

2.3% -0.8% -10.5% 20.0% -1.6% 0.7% -3.1%

Early Years Funding

4,176 3.6 18,019 17.3 22,195 20.9 4.1

4,078 3.6 17,557 16.3 21,635 19.9 4.0

2.4% -0.7% 2.6% 6.1% 2.6% 4.9% 1.0%

Local Authorities

1,230 8.8 3,164 28.7 4,394 37.5 0.8

1,175 8.4 2,990 25.4 4,165 33.8 0.8

4.7% 4.8% 5.8% 13.0% 5.5% 11.0% 3.9%

Government Music and Dance Scheme

1,552 11.6 0 0.0 1,552 11.6 0.3

1,561 11.9 9 0.0 1,570 12.0 0.3

-0.6% -2.8% -100.0% -100.0% -1.1% -3.1% -2.7%

All other sources

884 3.6 911 2.0 1,795 5.6 0.3

1,037 3.5 927 2.1 1,964 5.6 0.4

-14.8% 2.9% -1.7% -6.1% -8.6% -0.5% -10.0%

Total

84,066 230.9 97,438 177.4 181,504 408.2 33.9

83,622 226.5 95,669 163.9 179,291 390.4 34.0

0.5% 1.9% 1.8% 8.2% 1.2% 4.6% -0.3%

Number of pupils as a % of all pupils

39.9 30.0 33.9

40.5 29.8 34.0

-1.5% 0.6% -0.3%

Includes HM Forces discounts, sta discounts, sibling discounts and clergy discounts.

itrust is an IAPS charity supporting low-income families and families with short-term nancial diculties.

Excludes data for schools in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Table 9. Changes to

non-British pupils whose

parents live overseas

For ISC schools that participated

in the Census in both 2022

and 2023, this table shows the

number of non-British pupils

whose parents live overseas

broken down by country/area

of residence.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools

with boarders

Day

schools Total

France 198 159 46 19 20 364 395 8 403

188 137 53 26 22 330 361 17 378

5.3% 16.1% -13.2% -26.9% -9.1% 10.3% 9.4% -52.9% 6.6%

Germany 988 1,099 12 35 60 2,004 2,090 9 2,099

941 1,099 12 33 54 1,965 2,048 4 2,052

5.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 11.1% 2.0% 2.1% 125.0% 2.3%

Russia 741 278 37 25 32 999 1,029 27 1,056

854 338 48 41 43 1,156 1,219 21 1,240

-13.2% -17.8% -22.9% -39.0% -25.6% -13.6% -15.6% 28.6% -14.8%

Spain 554 606 304 89 146 1,229 1,425 39 1,464

530 529 297 79 138 1,139 1,325 31 1,356

4.5% 14.6% 2.4% 12.7% 5.8% 7.9% 7.5% 25.8% 8.0%

Ireland 30 33 1 7 2 55 58 6 64

25 36 2 8 3 52 62 1 63

20.0% -8.3% -50.0% -12.5% -33.3% 5.8% -6.5% 500.0% 1.6%

Italy 289 119 6 2 12 400 409 5 414

300 148 7 5 10 440 453 2 455

-3.7% -19.6% -14.3% -60.0% 20.0% -9.1% -9.7% 150.0% -9.0%

Poland 57 47 4 2 8 98 107 1 108

65 38 2 2 9 94 104 1 105

-12.3% 23.7% 100.0% 0.0% -11.1% 4.3% 2.9% 0.0% 2.9%

Romania 85 25 3 1 6 106 112 1 113

92 23 2 2 7 108 116 1 117

-7.6% 8.7% 50.0% -50.0% -14.3% -1.9% -3.4% 0.0% -3.4%

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 777 526 30 40 90 1,203 1,307 26 1,333

716 463 36 36 64 1,115 1,195 20 1,215

8.5% 13.6% -16.7% 11.1% 40.6% 7.9% 9.4% 30.0% 9.7%

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 920 496 52 26 49 1,393 1,392 76 1,468

667 310 14 15 35 941 976 15 991

37.9% 60.0% 271.4% 73.3% 40.0% 48.0% 42.6% 406.7% 48.1%

Nigeria 566 246 34 21 90 735 788 58 846

579 218 49 28 113 705 799 47 846

-2.2% 12.8% -30.6% -25.0% -20.4% 4.3% -1.4% 23.4% 0.0%

Rest of Africa 370 272 15 12 48 597 625 32 657

411 222 21 10 51 593 624 30 654

-10.0% 22.5% -28.6% 20.0% -5.9% 0.7% 0.2% 6.7% 0.5%

USA 190 134 30 19 46 289 347 7 354

182 147 28 23 38 296 345 12 357

4.4% -8.8% 7.1% -17.4% 21.1% -2.4% 0.6% -41.7% -0.8%

Rest of North America 100 47 4 3 9 139 148 3 151

64 29 9 9 9 84 98 4 102

56.3% 62.1% -55.6% -66.7%

0.0% 65.5% 51.0% -25.0% 48.0%

Central and South America 268 223 7 11 45 442 492 6 498

340 267 9 17 68 531 605 11 616

-21.2% -16.5% -22.2% -35.3% -33.8% -16.8% -18.7% -45.5% -19.2%

Middle East 426 165 13 18 30 556 573 31 604

443 155 18 24 33 559 584 32 616

-3.8% 6.5% -27.8% -25.0% -9.1% -0.5% -1.9% -3.1% -1.9%

Hong Kong 3,326 2,191 137 390 1,000 4,264 5,549 105 5,654

3,322 2,348 163 411 992 4,430 5,730 103 5,833

0.1% -6.7% -16.0% -5.1% 0.8% -3.7% -3.2% 1.9% -3.1%

Mainland China 2,905 1,568 210 227 655 3,801 4,521 162 4,683

2,948 1,675 235 225 659 3,974 4,660 198 4,858

-1.5% -6.4% -10.6% 0.9% -0.6% -4.4% -3.0% -18.2% -3.6%

Taiwan 67 38 10 2 10 103 110 5 115

82 37 4 2 10 111 113 10 123

-18.3% 2.7% 150.0% 0.0% 0.0% -7.2% -2.7% -50.0% -6.5%

Japan 287 133 57 38 29 410 472 5 477

265 121 61 35 27 385 441 6 447

8.3% 9.9% -6.6% 8.6% 7.4% 6.5% 7.0% -16.7% 6.7%

South Korea 272 80 26 23 43 312 355 23 378

236 48 21 21 46 238 289 16 305

15.3% 66.7% 23.8% 9.5% -6.5% 31.1% 22.8% 43.8% 23.9%

Malaysia 237 39 1 15 20 242 270 7 277

219 38 2 17 28 214 254 5 259

8.2% 2.6% -50.0% -11.8% -28.6% 13.1% 6.3% 40.0% 6.9%

Thailand 467 200 40 39 86 582 699 8 707

456 166 35 38 85 534 614 43 657

2.4% 20.5% 14.3% 2.6% 1.2% 9.0% 13.8% -81.4% 7.6%

India 145 74 12 13 15 203 218 13 231

134 78 12 13 19 192 209 15 224

8.2% -5.1% 0.0% 0.0% -21.1% 5.7% 4.3% -13.3% 3.1%

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 43 27 5 1 9 65 69 6 75

43 20 4 1 6 60 59 8 67

0.0% 35.0% 25.0% 0.0% 50.0% 8.3% 16.9% -25.0% 11.9%

Central Asia 233 73 6 1 9 302 297 15 312

231 67 3 7 7 287 287 14 301

0.9% 9.0% 100.0% -85.7% 28.6% 5.2% 3.5% 7.1% 3.7%

Remainder of Far East 595 193 22 37 76 697 735 75 810

515 135 14 22 61 581 642 22 664

15.5% 43.0% 57.1% 68.2% 24.6% 20.0% 14.5% 240.9% 22.0%

Oceania 65 23 6 9 12 73 91 3 94

52 28 5 3 12 70 81 4 85

25.0% -17.9% 20.0% 200.0% 0.0% 4.3% 12.3% -25.0% 10.6%

Total 15,201 9,114

1,130 1,125 2,657 21,663 24,683 762 25,445

14,900 8,920 1,166 1,153 2,649 21,184 24,293 693 24,986

2.0% 2.2% -3.1% -2.4% 0.3% 2.3% 1.6% 10.0% 1.8%

Table 10. Changes to

non-British pupils whose

parents live in the UK

For ISC schools that participated

in the Census in both 2022

and 2023, this table shows the

number of non-British pupils

whose parents live in the UK

broken down by country/area

of nationality.

Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools with

boarders

Day

schools Total

France 409 1,842 542 218 317 2,258 600 2,193 2,793

448 1,835 519 236 350 2,216 660 2,142 2,802

-8.7% 0.4% 4.4% -7.6% -9.4% 1.9% -9.1% 2.4% -0.3%

Germany 286 604 311 160 243 798 475 726 1,201

276 566 328 153 256 761 445 725 1,170

3.6% 6.7% -5.2% 4.6% -5.1% 4.9% 6.7% 0.1% 2.6%

Russia 252 333 339 114 148 662 412 512 924

245 362 326 140 148 645 398 535 933

2.9% -8.0% 4.0% -18.6% 0.0% 2.6% 3.5% -4.3% -1.0%

Spain 221 810 248 117 196 966 340 939 1,279

235 809 242 113 195 978 301 985 1,286

-6.0% 0.1% 2.5% 3.5% 0.5% -1.2% 13.0% -4.7% -0.5%

Ireland 413 661 247 136 303 882 539 782 1,321

444 669 252 136 277 952 629 736 1,365

-7.0% -1.2% -2.0% 0.0% 9.4% -7.4% -14.3% 6.3% -3.2%

Italy 374 636 355 194 270 901 420 945 1,365

416 645 344 208 283 914 434 971 1,405

-10.1% -1.4% 3.2% -6.7% -4.6% -1.4% -3.2% -2.7% -2.8%

Poland 108 221 83 28 73 311 158 254 412

102 201 71 28 66 280 146 228 374

5.9% 10.0% 16.9% 0.0% 10.6% 11.1% 8.2% 11.4% 10.2%

Romania 80 132 87 16 32 251 109 190 299

69 136 76 19 35 227 99 182 281

15.9% -2.9% 14.5% -15.8% -8.6% 10.6% 10.1% 4.4% 6.4%

Remainder of Europe (EEA) 1,064 1,925 1,042 449 719 2,863 1,501 2,530 4,031

1,131 1,863 1,045 475 698 2,866 1,603 2,436 4,039

-5.9% 3.3% -0.3% -5.5% 3.0% -0.1% -6.4% 3.9% -0.2%

Remainder of Europe (non-EEA) 566 959 578 140 330 1,633 962 1,141 2,103

213 363 249 90 111 624 341 484 825

165.7% 164.2% 132.1% 55.6% 197.3% 161.7% 182.1% 135.7% 154.9%

Nigeria 166 387 130 50 102 531 339 344 683

161 298 116 44 92 439 330 245 575

3.1% 29.9% 12.1% 13.6% 10.9% 21.0% 2.7% 40.4% 18.8%

Rest of Africa 233 677 308 66 193 959 522 696 1,218

228 546 248 58 143 821 441 581 1,022

2.2% 24.0% 24.2% 13.8% 35.0% 16.8% 18.4% 19.8% 19.2%

USA 616 2,000 1,226 312 499 3,031 1,703 2,139 3,842

568 1,913 1,192 294 474 2,905 1,621 2,052 3,673

8.5% 4.5% 2.9% 6.1% 5.3% 4.3% 5.1% 4.2% 4.6%

Rest of North America 105 283 164 49 91 412 219 333 552

98 240 123 51 74 336 167 294 461

7.1% 17.9% 33.3% -3.9%

23.0% 22.6% 31.1% 13.3% 19.7%

Central and South America 103 280 172 28 64 463 217 338 555

99 249 135 34 54 395 162 321 483

4.0% 12.4% 27.4% -17.6% 18.5% 17.2% 34.0% 5.3% 14.9%

Middle East 149 832 250 51 94 1,086 186 1,045 1,231

137 720 223 52 74 954 166 914 1,080

8.8% 15.6% 12.1% -1.9% 27.0% 13.8% 12.0% 14.3% 14.0%

Hong Kong 759 1,309 288 231 551 1,574 1,433 923 2,356

446 840 242 144 331 1,053 916 612 1,528

70.2% 55.8% 19.0% 60.4% 66.5% 49.5% 56.4% 50.8% 54.2%

Mainland China 937 1,889 1,190 604 902 2,510 1,924 2,092 4,016

682 1,458 925 478 756 1,831 1,410 1,655 3,065

37.4% 29.6% 28.6% 26.4% 19.3% 37.1% 36.5% 26.4% 31.0%

Taiwan 8 18 15 5 7 29 15 26 41

7 15 13 2 5 28 17 18 35

14.3% 20.0% 15.4% 150.0% 40.0% 3.6% -11.8% 44.4% 17.1%

Japan 108 259 266 53 109 471 169 464 633

109 233 251 45 110 438 155 438 593

-0.9% 11.2% 6.0% 17.8% -0.9% 7.5% 9.0% 5.9% 6.7%

South Korea 131 208 141 48 135 297 175 305 480

107 175 125 52 130 225 150 257 407

22.4% 18.9% 12.8% -7.7% 3.8% 32.0% 16.7% 18.7% 17.9%

Malaysia 40 83 47 25 41 104 61 109 170

40 72 43 25 41 89 59 96 155

0.0% 15.3% 9.3% 0.0% 0.0% 16.9% 3.4% 13.5% 9.7%

Thailand 25 34 16 3 11 61 50 25 75

21 32 18 3 8 60 50 21 71

19.0% 6.3% -11.1% 0.0% 37.5% 1.7% 0.0% 19.0% 5.6%

India 209 1,010 445 205 427 1,032 330 1,334 1,664

183 782 407 169 344 859 281 1,091 1,372

14.2% 29.2% 9.3% 21.3% 24.1% 20.1% 17.4% 22.3% 21.3%

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 99 277 63 53 126 260 80 359 439

90 252 79 56 101 264 83 338 421

10.0% 9.9% -20.3% -5.4% 24.8% -1.5% -3.6% 6.2% 4.3%

Central Asia 62 87 51 6 28 166 93 107 200

46 65 45 13 25 118 61 95 156

34.8% 33.8% 13.3% -53.8% 12.0% 40.7% 52.5% 12.6% 28.2%

Remainder of Far East 78 137 89 36 60 208 128 176 304

99 130 86 20 72 223 158 157 315

-21.2% 5.4% 3.5% 80.0% -16.7% -6.7% -19.0% 12.1% -3.5%

Oceania 215 419 302 81 159 696 402 534 936

217 353 237 70 139 598 372 435 807

-0.9% 18.7% 27.4% 15.7% 14.4% 16.4% 8.1% 22.8% 16.0%

Total 7,816 18,312

8,995 3,478 6,230 25,415 13,562 21,561 35,123

6,917 15,822 7,960 3,208 5,392 22,099 11,655 19,044 30,699

13.0% 15.7% 13.0% 8.4% 15.5% 15.0% 16.4% 13.2% 14.4%

Table 12. Changes to teacher numbers

This table shows the number of teachers in ISC schools that participated in the Census in 2022 and 2023.

Table 11. Changes to British pupils whose parents live overseas

For ISC schools that participated in the Census in both 2022 and 2023, this table shows the number of British pupils whose parents

live overseas and the number of British pupils whose parents serve in HM Forces and those who are new to their school this year.

British pupils whose

parents: Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders Day schools Total

Live abroad 2,264 1,001 177 266 469 2,707 3,298 144 3,442

2,309 1,022 164 355 468 2,672 3,317 178 3,495

-1.9% -2.1% 7.9% -25.1% 0.2% 1.3% -0.6% -19.1% -1.5%

Serve in HM Forces 1,418 1,850 1,302 126 266 4,178 3,995 575 4,570

1,376 1,885 1,277 163 254 4,121 3,977 561 4,538

3.1% -1.9% 2.0% -22.7% 4.7% 1.4% 0.5% 2.5% 0.7%

New British pupils whose parents:

Live abroad 661 316 78 41 118 896 1,017 38 1,055

755 298 45 93 123 882 1,042 56 1,098

-12.5% 6.0% 73.3% -55.9% -4.1% 1.6% -2.4% -32.1% -3.9%

Serve in HM Forces 235 245 275 18 35 702 653 102 755

205 324 274 33 34 736 711 92 803

14.6% -24.4% 0.4% -45.5% 2.9% -4.6% -8.2% 10.9% -6.0%

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools

with

boarders Day schools Total

Men 6,861 9,371 3,458 2,642 1,687 15,361 10,361 9,329 19,690

6,897 9,133 3,448 2,639 1,624 15,215 10,280 9,198 19,478

-0.5% 2.6% 0.3% 0.1% 3.9% 1.0% 0.8% 1.4% 1.1%

Women 6,372 13,902 8,017 1,824 4,809 21,658 11,433 16,858 28,291

6,140 13,679 8,035 1,766 4,768 21,320 11,176 16,678 27,854

3.8% 1.6% -0.2% 3.3% 0.9% 1.6% 2.3% 1.1% 1.6%

Total 13,233 23,273 11,475 4,466 6,496 37,019 21,794 26,187 47,981

13,037 22,812 11,483 4,405 6,392 36,535 21,456 25,876 47,332

1.5% 2.0% -0.1% 1.4% 1.6% 1.3% 1.6% 1.2% 1.4%

Part-time

Men 1,166 1,545 538 356 434 2,459 1,524 1,725 3,249

1,192 1,434 567 350 413 2,430 1,534 1,659 3,193

-2.2% 7.7% -5.1% 1.7% 5.1% 1.2% -0.7% 4.0% 1.8%

Women 3,223 7,265 3,669 697 3,059 10,401 5,352 8,805 14,157

3,272 7,098 3,553 657 3,007 10,259 5,318 8,605 13,923

-1.5% 2.4% 3.3% 6.1% 1.7% 1.4% 0.6% 2.3% 1.7%

Total 4,389 8,810 4,207 1,053 3,493 12,860 6,876 10,530 17,406

4,464 8,532 4,120 1,007 3,420 12,689 6,852 10,264 17,116

-1.7% 3.3% 2.1% 4.6% 2.1% 1.3% 0.4% 2.6% 1.7%

Part-time (hours)

Men 20,461 28,120 9,760 6,031 8,055 44,256 27,051 31,291 58,342

19,512 26,276 9,743 6,298 7,530 41,703 26,051 29,480 55,530

4.9% 7.0% 0.2% -4.2% 7.0% 6.1% 3.8% 6.1% 5.1%

Women 60,348 147,240 72,980 13,776 58,595 208,197 104,201 176,366 280,567

59,699 141,940 69,534 13,843 57,879 199,450 100,990 170,182 271,172

1.1% 3.7% 5.0% -0.5% 1.2% 4.4% 3.2% 3.6% 3.5%

Total 80,809 175,360 82,740 19,807 66,649 252,453 131,252 207,658 338,909

79,211 168,216 79,276 20,141 65,409 241,153 127,041 199,661 326,702

2.0% 4.2% 4.4% -1.7% 1.9% 4.7% 3.3% 4.0% 3.7%

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 7,491 10,236 3,758 2,828 1,935 16,723 11,193 10,292 21,485

7,497 9,941 3,748 2,833 1,856 16,498 11,082 10,105 21,187

-0.1% 3.0% 0.3% -0.2% 4.3% 1.4% 1.0% 1.8% 1.4%

Women 8,229 18,432 10,263 2,248 6,612 28,064 14,639 22,285 36,924

7,977 18,046 10,174 2,192 6,549 27,457 14,283 21,914 36,198

3.2% 2.1% 0.9% 2.6% 1.0% 2.2% 2.5% 1.7% 2.0%

Total 15,719 28,669 14,021 5,075 8,547 44,787 25,833 32,576 58,409

15,474 27,988 13,922 5,025 8,405 43,955 25,365 32,019 57,384

1.6% 2.4% 0.7% 1.0% 1.7% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 1.8%

Excludes nursery sta.

Table 13. Changes to teaching assistant numbers

This table shows the number of teaching assistants in ISC schools that participated in the Census in 2022 and 2023.

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools

with boarders Day schools Total

Men 133 418 368 113 40 766 314 605 919

147 366 407 107 24 789 303 617 920

-9.5% 14.2% -9.6% 5.6% 66.7% -2.9% 3.6% -1.9% -0.1%

Women 363 2,574 3,440 431 605 5,341 1,496 4,881 6,377

310 2,360 3,285 384 573 4,998 1,390 4,565 5,955

17.1% 9.1% 4.7% 12.2% 5.6% 6.9% 7.6% 6.9% 7.1%

Total 496 2,992 3,808 544 645 6,107 1,810 5,486 7,296

457 2,726 3,692 491 597 5,787 1,693 5,182 6,875

8.5% 9.8% 3.1% 10.8% 8.0% 5.5% 6.9% 5.9% 6.1%

Part-time

Men 60 161 114 29 24 282 115 220 335

64 137 118 36 25 258 106 213 319

-6.3% 17.5% -3.4% -19.4% -4.0% 9.3% 8.5% 3.3% 5.0%

Women 382 2,296 2,497 250 600 4,325 1,560 3,615 5,175

376 2,182 2,364 254 571 4,097 1,444 3,478 4,922

1.6% 5.2% 5.6% -1.6% 5.1% 5.6% 8.0% 3.9% 5.1%

Total 442 2,457 2,611 279 624 4,607 1,675 3,835 5,510

440 2,319 2,482 290 596 4,355 1,550 3,691 5,241

0.5% 6.0% 5.2% -3.8% 4.7% 5.8% 8.1% 3.9% 5.1%

Part-time hours

Men 860 2,967 2,194 611 358 5,051 2,118 3,903 6,020

973 2,538 2,261 681 492 4,598 1,811 3,960 5,771

-11.6% 16.9% -3.0% -10.3% -27.3% 9.9% 16.9% -1.4% 4.3%

Women 6,097 48,667 52,258 5,360 11,410 90,253 31,481 75,542 107,023

6,548 44,873 49,120 5,260 11,138 84,142 28,598 71,943 100,541

-6.9% 8.5% 6.4% 1.9% 2.4% 7.3% 10.1% 5.0% 6.4%

Total 6,957 51,634 54,452 5,971 11,768 95,304 33,599 79,444 113,043

7,521 47,411 51,380 5,941 11,630 88,740 30,409 75,903 106,312

-7.5% 8.9% 6.0% 0.5% 1.2% 7.4% 10.5% 4.7% 6.3%

Overall full-time equivalent (32.5 hours = 1 full-time)

Men 159 509 435 132 51 921 379 725 1,104

177 444 477 128 39 930 359 739 1,098

-9.9% 14.7% -8.6% 3.0% 30.3% -1.0% 5.7% -1.9% 0.6%

Women 551 4,071 5,048 596 956 8,118 2,465 7,205 9,670

511 3,741 4,796 546 916 7,587 2,270 6,779 9,049

7.6% 8.8% 5.2% 9.2% 4.4% 7.0% 8.6% 6.3% 6.9%

Total 710 4,581 5,483 728 1,007 9,039 2,844 7,930 10,774

688 4,185 5,273 674 955 8,517 2,629 7,517 10,146

3.1% 9.5% 4.0% 8.0% 5.5% 6.1% 8.2% 5.5% 6.2%

Excludes nursery sta.

Table 14. Changes to pupil-teacher ratios

This table shows the pupil and teacher gender ratios along with pupil-teacher ratio in ISC schools that participated in the Census in 2022 and 2023.

Full-time Senior Mixed-age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Boys 66,213 128,530 82,858 46,702 210 230,689 114,594 163,007 277,601

65,382 126,357 82,475 46,560 195 227,459 112,764 161,450 274,214

1.3% 1.7% 0.5% 0.3% 7.7% 1.4% 1.6% 1.0% 1.2%

Girls 58,487 145,756 65,692 181 76,720 193,034 99,500 170,435 269,935

57,193 143,019 64,734 127 76,031 188,788 97,031 167,915 264,946

2.3% 1.9% 1.5% 42.5% 0.9% 2.2% 2.5% 1.5% 1.9%

Total 124,700 274,286 148,550 46,883 76,930 423,723 214,094 333,442 547,536

122,575 269,376 147,209 46,687 76,226 416,247 209,795 329,365 539,160

1.7% 1.8% 0.9% 0.4% 0.9% 1.8% 2.0% 1.2% 1.6%

Ratios

Pupil-teacher

7.9:1 9.2:1 9.3:1 9.1:1 8.8:1 8.9:1 8.0:1 9.6:1 8.9:1

7.9:1 9.3:1 9.3:1 9.1:1 8.9:1 8.9:1 8.0:1 9.6:1 8.9:1

0.1% -0.6% -0.1% -0.7% -1.0% -0.1% 0.2% -0.6% -0.3%

Boys:girls (pupils) 1.1:1 0.9:1 1.3:1 258.0:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1

1.1:1 0.9:1 1.3:1 366.6:1 0.0:1 1.2:1 1.2:1 1.0:1 1.0:1

-1.0% -0.2% -1.0% -29.6% 6.7% -0.8% -0.9% -0.5% -0.6%

Men:women (teachers)

0.9:1 0.6:1 0.4:1 1.3:1 0.3:1 0.6:1 0.8:1 0.5:1 0.6:1

-3.1% 0.8% -0.6% -2.7% 3.3% -0.8% -1.4% 0.2% -0.6%

Men:women (teaching assistants)

0.3:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.1:1 0.1:1

0.3:1 0.1:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.0:1 0.1:1 0.2:1 0.1:1 0.1:1

-16.3% 5.4% -13.2% -5.6% 24.8% -7.4% -2.7% -7.7% -5.9%

Pupil-teacher ratio excludes nursery teachers and nursery pupils.

Excludes nursery sta.

Table 15. Changes to

full-time teachers

This table shows the

number of full-time

teaching sta coming

into ISC schools (broken

down by previous

occupation) and leaving

schools (broken down by

destination). This table

comprises those schools

that participated in the

Census in both 2022

and 2023.

Arriving from Senior

Mixed-

age Junior

Single-sex:

boys'

Single-sex:

girls' Co-ed

Schools with

boarders

Day

schools Total

Independent schools 719 1,069 659 225 396 1,826 1,193 1,254 2,447

571 956 637 193 315 1,656 1,005 1,159 2,164

25.9% 11.8% 3.5% 16.6% 25.7% 10.3% 18.7% 8.2% 13.1%

State-funded schools 541 1,542 639 168 416 2,138 1,030 1,692 2,722

457 1,048 448 115 253 1,585 777 1,176 1,953

18.4% 47.1% 42.6% 46.1% 64.4% 34.9% 32.6% 43.9% 39.4%

ITT at university or 123 229 72 24 66 334 163 261 424

training college 135 222 63 38 73 309 176 244 420

-8.9% 3.2% 14.3% -36.8% -9.6% 8.1% -7.4% 7.0% 1.0%

New graduates 105 145 81 28 35 268 154 177 331

136 188 74 33 58 307 204 194 398

-22.8% -22.9% 9.5% -15.2% -39.7% -12.7% -24.5% -8.8% -16.8%

Industry 47 122 33 18 22 162 103 99 202

74 93 37 16 17 171 105 99 204

-36.5% 31.2% -10.8% 12.5% 29.4% -5.3% -1.9% 0.0% -1.0%

Outside the UK 163 299 154 53 71 492 312 304 616

140 221 112 50 53 370 234 239 473

16.4% 35.3% 37.5% 6.0% 34.0% 33.0% 33.3% 27.2% 30.2%

Other 503 983 462 105 378 1,465 806 1,142 1,948

483 1,040 490 118 387 1,508 795 1,218 2,013

4.1% -5.5% -5.7% -11.0% -2.3% -2.9% 1.4% -6.2% -3.2%

Total 2,201 4,389 2,100 621 1,384 6,685 3,761 4,929 8,690

1,996 3,768 1,861 563 1,156 5,906 3,296 4,329 7,625

10.3% 16.5% 12.8% 10.3% 19.7% 13.2% 14.1% 13.9% 14.0%

Going to

Independent schools 521 726 536 215 254 1,314 794 989 1,783

450 616 405 147 267 1,057 668 803 1,471

15.8% 17.9% 32.3% 46.3% -4.9% 24.3% 18.9% 23.2% 21.2%

State-funded schools 196 498 225 50 117 752 391 528 919

161 366 157 32 98 554 288 396 684

21.7% 36.1% 43.3% 56.3% 19.4% 35.7% 35.8% 33.3% 34.4%

Industry 121 205 78 27 57 320 200 204 404

68 113 54 12 30 193 107 128 235

77.9% 81.4% 44.4% 125.0% 90.0% 65.8% 86.9% 59.4% 71.9%

Outside the UK 101 204 100 30 52 323 167 238 405

105 152 104 30 44 287 160 201 361

-3.8% 34.2% -3.8% 0.0% 18.2% 12.5% 4.4% 18.4% 12.2%

Other (incl. retirement) 1,017 2,233 1,112 269 777 3,316 1,764 2,598 4,362

1,072 2,140 1,025 324 743 3,170 1,808 2,429 4,237

-5.1% 4.3% 8.5% -17.0% 4.6% 4.6% -2.4% 7.0% 3.0%

Total 1,956 3,866 2,051 591 1,257 6,025 3,316 4,557 7,873

1,856 3,387 1,745 545 1,182 5,261 3,031 3,957 6,988

5.4% 14.1% 17.5% 8.4% 6.3% 14.5% 9.4% 15.2% 12.7%

Net gain

Independent schools 198 343 123 10 142 512 399 265 664

121 340 232 46 48 599 337 356 693

63.6% 0.9% -47.0% -78.3% 195.8% -14.5% 18.4% -25.6% -4.2%

State-funded schools 345 1,044 414 118 299 1,386 639 1,164 1,803

296 682 291 83 155 1,031 489 780 1,269

16.6% 53.1% 42.3% 42.2% 92.9% 34.4% 30.7% 49.2% 42.1%

Industry -74 -83 -45 -9 -35 -158 -97 -105 -202

6 -20 -17 4 -13 -22 -2 -29 -31

-1333.3% -315.0% -164.7% -325.0% -169.2% -618.2% -4750.0% -262.1% -551.6%

Outside the UK 62 95 54 23 19 169 145 66 211

35 69 8 20 9 83 74 38 112

77.1% 37.7% 575.0% 15.0% 111.1% 103.6% 95.9% 73.7% 88.4%

Other -514 -1,250 -650 -164 -399 -1,851 -958 -1,456 -2,414

-589 -1,100 -535 -206 -356 -1,662 -1,013 -1,211 -2,224

12.7% -13.6% -21.5% 20.4% -12.1% -11.4% 5.4% -20.2% -8.5%

Total 245 523 49 30 127 660 445 372 817

140 381 116 18 -26 645 265 372 637

75.0% 37.3% -57.8% 66.7% 588.5% 2.3% 67.9% 0.0% 28.3%

Full-time teachers

Turnover as % of full- 14.8 16.6 17.9 13.2 19.4 16.3 15.2 17.4 16.4

time teachers 14.2 14.8 15.2 12.4 18.5 14.4 14.1 15.3 14.8

3.8% 11.9% 17.6% 7.0% 4.6% 13.0% 7.7% 13.8% 11.1%

Gain as % of full-time 1.9 2.2 0.4 0.7 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.7

teachers 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.4 -0.4 1.8 1.2 1.4 1.3

72.4% 34.6% -57.7% 64.4% 580.6% 1.0% 65.3% -1.2% 26.5%

Fig 1. ISC English Regions

Appendix Three

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