Last year, 62 per cent of all secondary school pupils were in academies or free schools. More pupils are in academies or free schools However, primary academies have a higher than average rate of eligibility, with 15.8 per cent of pupils eligible for FSM, compared with 14.1 per cent across all primary schools. Out of all school types, secondary academies have the lowest proportion of free school meal claimants, with 12.3 per cent of pupils on free school meals compared with 12.9 per cent across all secondary schools. In secondary schools, 12.4 per cent of pupils were eligible, compared with 12.9 per cent last year. In primary schools, 13.7 per cent of pupils are eligible for free schools, compared with 14.1 per cent last year. The decrease is put down to the fact that fewer families are receiving income-related benefits, on which free meal eligibility is based. The proportion of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals was 13.6 per cent in January, down from 14 per cent last year, and the lowest rate since data was first collected in 2001. The number of pupils in state-funded secondary schools rose for the fourth year in a row, reflecting the move of a population bulge into the secondary phase. The number of pupils in the school system as a whole has risen by 0.8 per cent overall, or just over 66,000 pupils, to 8,735,098. Special schools grew more, with average pupil numbers up from 110 in 2017 to 114 this year. Again, this is a rise of two since last year. Primary schools have an average of 281 pupils. The average secondary school now has 948 pupils, two more than last year. New data on schools, pupils and their characteristics data shows primary and secondary schools had an extra two pupils on average on their rolls in January compared with the same time last year, though special schools are growing even more. Schools are getting bigger as pupil numbers continue to rise.
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