PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Free Schools: Ethnic Groups (3 November 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils are classified as of Asian ethnic origin at (a) state Catholic schools and (b) Church of England free schools and other Christian free schools.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The proportion of pupils classified as of Asian ethnic origin at (a) state Catholic schools and (b) Church of England free schools and other Christian free schools was 6.3% and 7.1% respectively in January 2016.

This information has been calculated from the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release[1].

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016

Answered by:
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
8 November 2016