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School statistics

The Children and Young People's Services Directorate meets the needs of the 192,000 people in Calderdale, with over 33,000 pupils in attendance at the authority's 99 maintained schools. There are currently 85 primary and 14 secondary schools, which include one secondary special school and two primary special schools.

This statistical summary of Calderdale schools was collected from the School Census taken in January 2011, showing number of pupils on roll, free school meal eligibility, special educational needs and ethnic breakdown.

2011 Summary
	Calderdale total	Secondary schools	Primary schools
School roll
Number of pupils on roll (NOR)	33,401	14,804	18,597
Pupils below compulsory school age	3,058		3,058
Compulsory school age pupils	27,868	12,329	15,539
Pupils above compulsory school age	2,475	2,475	-
Free school meals (FSM)
% of pupils eligible for free school meals	15.1%	13.0%	16.7%
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
% of pupils with statements of SEN	2.8%	3.5%	2.3%
% of pupils with SEN but without a statement	17.5%	19.6%	16.0%
Ethnic breakdown
% white	80.7%	82.3%	79.4%
% Asian	14.7%	13.3%	15.9%
% mixed	2.9%	2.7%	3.1%
% black	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%
% Chinese	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
% other minority ethnic	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
% total minority ethnic	18.8%	17.2%	20.1%
% refused / not obtained	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
English as an additional language
% of pupils for whom English is an additional language	15.2%	13.4%	16.4%

Note: 'Compulsory school age' - pupils in Years 1 (age 5) to 11 (age 16) and reception year pupils born between 1 September and 31 December.

Data source: School Census January 2011.

Count of pupils in Calderdale schools by type and status
	Community	Foundation	Voluntary aided	Voluntary controlled	Total
Infant	523	0	168	0	691
Junior	173	260	363	0	796
Primary	11'823	484	3,733	955	16,995
Primary special	115	0	0	0	115
Secondary	4,392	9,544	731	0	14,667
Secondary special	137	0	0	0	137
Total	17,163	10,288	4,995	955	33,401

Data source: School Census January 2011.

Total number of schools by sector
	Community	Foundation	Voluntary aided	Voluntary controlled	Total
Infant	4	0	1	0	5
Junior	1	1	2	0	4
Primary	46	3	18	7	74
Primary special	2	0	0	0	2
Secondary	5	7	1	0	13
Secondary special	1	0	0	0	1
Total	59	11	22	7	99

Data source: School Census January 2011.

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