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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 34,000 pupils in attendance at the authority's 101 maintained schools. There are currently 86 primary and 15 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 October 2009, showing number of pupils on roll, free school meal eligibility, special educational needs, class size analysis and ethnic breakdown.

2009 summary
	Calderdale total	Secondary schools	Primary schools
School roll
Number of pupils on roll (NOR)	34,576	15,800	18,776
Pupils below compulsory school age	3,058	-	3,058
Compulsory school age pupils	28,938	13,220	15,718
Pupils above compulsory school age	2,580	2,580	-
Free school meals (FSM)
% of pupils eligible for free school meals	15.1%	13.6%	16.4%
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
% of pupils with statements of SEN	2.6%	3.3%	2.0%
% of pupils with SEN but without a statement	16.3%	18.2%	14.8%
Ethnic breakdown
% white	81.6%	83.6%	79.9%
% Asian	13.6%	12%	14.9%
% mixed	2.7%	2.5%	3%
% black	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
% Chinese	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
% other minority ethnic	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
% total minority ethnic	17.3%	15.6%	18.8%
% refused / not obtained	1%	0.8%	1.2%
English as an additional language
% of pupils for whom English is an additional language	13.7%	15.4%	11.8%

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 October 2009.

Count of pupils in Calderdale schools by type and status
	Community	Foundation	Voluntary aided	Voluntary controlled	Total
Infant	501	0	167	0	668
Junior	199	257	371	0	827
Primary	12,008	467	3,715	979	17,169
Primary special	112	0	0	0	112
Secondary	4,401	9,439	1,834	0	15,674
Secondary special	126	0	0	0	126
Total	17,347	10,163	6,087	979	34,576

Data source: School Census October 2009.

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	47	3	18	7	75
Primary special	2	0	0	0	2
Secondary	5	7	2	0	14
Secondary special	1	0	0	0	1
Total	60	11	23	7	101

Data source: School Census October 2009.

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