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<p>The Department for Education does not hold information on pupils who received a
place at a state-funded selective school but does hold information on the number of
pupils enrolled in year 7 in state-funded selective schools in January each year.</p><p>
</p><p>The figures for January 2010 are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Year 7 pupils in state-funded mainstream schools in England, January 2010</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of pupils</p></td><td><p>Of which, percentage
enrolled at <br>state-funded selective schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All pupils</p></td><td><p>554,070</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a)
Pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>97,200</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b)
Pupils with statements of special educational needs</p></td><td><p>11,465</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c)
Pupils from a black or minority ethnic group</p></td><td><p>123,095</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d)
Pupils who were looked after for at least 12 months in the year ending 31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>1,935</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: School census and national pupil database</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>
</p><ol><li>Includes pupils who are sole registrations (for consistency with published
statistics for this year).</li><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.</li><li>A
small number of looked after children records collected from local authorities could
not be matched to pupil records in the school census.</li><li>These figures exclude:</li></ol><p>
</p><ul><li>pupils who received an offer of a place which was not taken up;</li><li>pupils
who enrolled in state-funded selective schools, but left the school roll before the
school census day in January; and</li><li>selective schools which do not have pupils
in year 7.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p>
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