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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 five years. Independent schools are also key contributors to the national and their local economy through employing staff and buying goods and services from local businesses.
There are around 2,600 independent schools in the UK, [2] which educate around 615,000 children, some 7 per cent of all British school-age children and 18 per cent of pupils over the age of 16. [3] [4] In addition to charging tuition fees, they may also benefit from gifts, charitable endowments and charitable status.
There are currently 32,163 schools in the UK. Of these, 3,079 are nurseries or early-learning centres, 20,806 are primary schools, 23 are middle schools and 4,190 are secondary schools. There are 2,461 independent schools, 1,546 special schools, 57 non-maintained special schools and 348 pupil referral units (PRUs).
There are about 2,500 private schools in the UK educating 600,000 children. Any government-registered school which operates without state funding is classed as an 'independent' or private school.
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Jun 8, 2023 · The number of pupils in independent schools has increased by 2% to 592,000. This follows an increase in the previous year, after a period of small decreases in recent years following a peak in...
Broadly speaking, there are about 2600 independent schools in the UK; the majority are junior schools. Over 620,000 children are at independent school − nearly 7% of all UK school pupils. About half of the parents of these pupils did not themselves attend independent schools.
