School demographic pressure
DfE School Census 2024/25: pupil ethnic composition by local authority. 126 areas with school data. Listed A to Z.
EAL = English as Additional Language. White British pupils means pupils self-identified or recorded as White British in the DfE School Census.
AreaWhite British pupilsMinority pupilsEAL growthTotal pupils
Barking and Dagenham 15.9% 84.1% +15.0pp 45,308 Barnet 26.2% 73.8% +10.0pp 60,157 Bath and North East Somerset 81.7% 18.3% +3.9pp 26,669 Bedford 48.5% 51.5% +15.6pp 31,475 Bexley 45.8% 54.2% +18.7pp 42,300 Birmingham 24.7% 75.3% +18.2pp 201,666 Blackburn with Darwen 39.5% 60.5% +17.4pp 27,931 Blackpool 82.1% 17.9% +8.3pp 19,547 Bolton 51.2% 48.8% +17.5pp 53,832 Bracknell Forest 69.3% 30.7% +8.5pp 18,739 Bradford 38.0% 62.0% +18.7pp 98,006 Brent 10.2% 89.8% +5.0pp 47,868 Brighton and Hove 67.5% 32.5% +6.4pp 30,298 Bromley 51.4% 48.6% +15.1pp 51,950 Buckinghamshire 55.1% 44.9% +17.5pp 89,116 Bury 65.1% 34.9% +13.1pp 28,856 Calderdale 69.6% 30.4% +13.2pp 35,026 Camden 22.5% 77.5% +12.9pp 19,992 Central Bedfordshire 74.0% 26.0% +9.5pp 48,740 Cheshire East 81.9% 18.1% +7.7pp 56,327 Cheshire West and Chester 85.4% 14.6% +5.8pp 50,649 City of London 17.3% 82.7% +25.2pp 249 Cornwall 91.1% 8.9% +2.5pp 71,799 County Durham 90.9% 9.1% +3.8pp 72,696 Coventry 39.1% 60.9% +16.2pp 60,774 Croydon 22.8% 77.2% +14.6pp 56,112 Cumberland 90.5% 9.5% +4.6pp 38,805 Darlington 80.5% 19.5% +9.8pp 16,038 Derby 48.9% 51.1% +17.3pp 45,668 Doncaster 76.4% 23.6% +10.2pp 47,978 Dorset 89.1% 10.9% +4.8pp 46,663 Dudley 69.6% 30.4% +12.8pp 47,488 Ealing 12.9% 87.1% +11.4pp 53,831 East Riding of Yorkshire 90.3% 9.7% +4.3pp 44,219 Enfield 17.4% 82.6% +13.9pp 52,922 Gateshead 79.9% 20.1% +10.4pp 28,439 Greenwich 28.1% 71.9% +13.3pp 43,337 Hackney 18.0% 82.0% +15.9pp 32,021 Halton 89.9% 10.1% +3.7pp 18,192 Hammersmith and Fulham 23.0% 77.0% +15.3pp 19,012 Haringey 20.0% 80.0% +11.9pp 35,875 Harrow 7.3% 92.7% +13.2pp 38,277 Hartlepool 88.5% 11.5% +6.5pp 14,975 Havering 48.0% 52.0% +18.5pp 42,626 Hillingdon 22.5% 77.5% +14.6pp 51,811 Hounslow 14.5% 85.5% +13.9pp 44,717 Isle of Wight 88.5% 11.5% +5.3pp 15,949 Isles of Scilly 88.2% 11.8% +5.5pp 246 Islington 25.2% 74.8% +14.5pp 22,766 Kensington and Chelsea 19.0% 81.0% +13.7pp 12,477 Kingston upon Thames 39.7% 60.3% +14.0pp 26,429 Kirklees 53.7% 46.3% +16.8pp 65,313 Knowsley 86.1% 13.9% +6.3pp 21,576 Lambeth 16.0% 84.0% +21.6pp 33,838 Leeds 58.9% 41.1% +14.5pp 129,264 Leicester 20.5% 79.5% +12.7pp 59,741 Lewisham 25.2% 74.8% +12.0pp 36,241 Liverpool 65.2% 34.8% +12.1pp 76,858 Luton 14.6% 85.4% +17.2pp 40,831 Manchester 29.8% 70.2% +18.9pp 91,885 Medway 62.6% 37.4% +15.7pp 50,337 Merton 28.5% 71.5% +12.7pp 27,217 Middlesbrough 65.5% 34.5% +14.0pp 25,551 Milton Keynes 43.8% 56.2% +18.4pp 51,189 Newcastle upon Tyne 59.2% 40.8% +15.3pp 42,290 Newham 5.1% 94.9% +9.7pp 62,370 North East Lincolnshire 86.4% 13.6% +6.2pp 23,001 North Lincolnshire 80.8% 19.2% +7.9pp 23,684 North Northamptonshire 67.2% 32.8% +13.3pp 55,772 North Somerset 83.1% 16.9% +7.3pp 31,212 North Tyneside 86.8% 13.2% +5.7pp 31,066 North Yorkshire 87.5% 12.5% +5.8pp 79,816 Northumberland 92.3% 7.7% +3.8pp 44,372 Nottingham 36.2% 63.8% +21.1pp 48,538 Oldham 48.1% 51.9% +17.1pp 45,756 Peterborough 42.5% 57.5% +17.0pp 40,028 Plymouth 82.2% 17.8% +7.3pp 38,232 Portsmouth 66.1% 33.9% +11.6pp 27,459 Reading 31.4% 68.6% +22.1pp 23,990 Redbridge 10.5% 89.5% +12.7pp 56,672 Redcar and Cleveland 92.3% 7.7% +4.2pp 20,621 Richmond upon Thames 49.0% 51.0% +14.0pp 28,298 Rochdale 53.1% 46.9% +16.9pp 37,780 Rotherham 76.8% 23.2% +11.5pp 44,901 Rutland 88.2% 11.8% +2.8pp 5,724 Salford 62.1% 37.9% +11.9pp 38,185 Sandwell 35.2% 64.8% +16.8pp 62,349 Sefton 86.8% 13.2% +5.0pp 40,061 Shropshire 88.2% 11.8% +5.1pp 39,027 Slough 9.8% 90.2% +14.2pp 33,425 Solihull 64.1% 35.9% +13.8pp 39,214 Somerset 84.3% 15.7% +7.0pp 69,771 South Gloucestershire 75.0% 25.0% +10.8pp 41,008 South Tyneside 87.2% 12.8% +5.8pp 22,809 Southampton 53.8% 46.2% +14.3pp 34,094 Southend-on-Sea 62.9% 37.1% +18.7pp 31,118 Southwark 20.5% 79.5% +15.0pp 39,811 St Helens 88.1% 11.9% +5.5pp 26,891 Stockport 74.9% 25.1% +8.5pp 42,870 Stockton-on-Tees 82.1% 17.9% +8.2pp 31,503 Stoke-on-Trent 59.2% 40.8% +19.3pp 41,299 Sunderland 84.3% 15.7% +8.6pp 41,568 Sutton 36.2% 63.8% +21.0pp 40,479 Swindon 61.0% 39.0% +13.2pp 36,954 Tameside 70.6% 29.4% +11.8pp 36,967 Telford and Wrekin 68.2% 31.8% +14.8pp 31,791 Thurrock 47.9% 52.1% +18.3pp 31,117 Torbay 86.3% 13.7% +5.8pp 19,494 Tower Hamlets 7.5% 92.5% +15.4pp 44,321 Trafford 55.0% 45.0% +17.1pp 43,374 Wakefield 79.5% 20.5% +8.7pp 54,403 Walsall 50.7% 49.3% +16.7pp 53,868 Waltham Forest 21.0% 79.0% +13.0pp 41,064 Wandsworth 26.2% 73.8% +21.8pp 31,164 Warrington 77.3% 22.7% +10.8pp 32,781 West Berkshire 76.3% 23.7% +9.3pp 26,360 West Northamptonshire 61.2% 38.8% +13.8pp 67,083 Westminster 11.4% 88.6% +16.6pp 20,433 Westmorland and Furness 91.1% 8.9% +3.5pp 29,936 Wigan 82.6% 17.4% +9.3pp 48,339 Wiltshire 82.8% 17.2% +7.3pp 68,328 Windsor and Maidenhead 55.3% 44.7% +13.8pp 22,677 Wirral 86.4% 13.6% +6.0pp 48,714 Wokingham 55.4% 44.6% +17.3pp 28,845 Wolverhampton 35.7% 64.3% +19.0pp 50,239 York 81.9% 18.1% +5.3pp 24,830