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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 May 2010, showing number of pupils on roll, free school meal eligibility, special educational needs, class size analysis and ethnic breakdown.

2010 summary
	Calderdale total	Secondary schools	Primary schools
School roll
Number of pupils on roll (NOR)	34,608	15,750	18,858
Pupils below compulsory school age	3,099	3099	3,099
Compulsory school age pupils	28,995	13,236	15,759
Pupils above compulsory school age	2,514	2,514	-
Free school meals (FSM)
% of pupils eligible for free school meals	15.4%	13.4%	17.1%
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
% of pupils with statements of SEN	2.7%	3.3%	2.2%
% of pupils with SEN but without a statement	17.4%	18.6%	16.4%
Ethnic breakdown
% white	81.8%	83.6%	80.3%
% Asian	13.7%	12%	15.1%
% mixed	2.8%	2.5%	3%
% black	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
% Chinese	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
% other minority ethnic	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
% total minority ethnic	17.5%	15.7%	19.1%
% refused / not obtained	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
English as an additional language
% of pupils for whom English is an additional language	14.0%	12.0%	15.8%

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 May 2010.

Count of pupils in Calderdale schools by type and status
	Community	Foundation	Voluntary aided	Voluntary controlled	Total
Infant	496	0	164	0	660
Junior	188	256	374	0	818
Primary	12,132	481	3,714	965	17,292
Primary special	110	0	0	0	110
Secondary	4,376	9,342	1,823	0	15,541
Secondary special	127	0	0	0	127
Total	17,429	10,079	6,075	975	34,548

Data source: School Census May 2010.

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 May 2010.

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