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<p>The most recent projection for the number of pupils in state funded primary schools
was published on 14 July 2016. The figures for the actual population in 2016, and
the projections for the next three years, are provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><strong>Full-time equivalent actual and projected number of pupils,
2016 onwards</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Projection</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016
(actual)</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>State-funded primary schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>population</p></td><td><p>4,479,000</p></td><td><p>4,572,000</p></td><td><p>4,629,000</p></td><td><p>4,653,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (num)</em></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><em>93,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>57,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>24,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><em>increase (%)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>2.1</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.2</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>State-funded secondary schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>population</p></td><td><p>2,758,000</p></td><td><p>2,798,000</p></td><td><p>2,863,000</p></td><td><p>2,951,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (num)</em></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><em>40,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>65,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>88,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><em>increase (%)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>1.5</em></p></td><td><p><em>2.3</em></p></td><td><p><em>3.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Numbers rounded to the nearest thousand. Percentages calculated on
exact figures</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source: 2016
national population projections, DfE</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:
1 – projection for the state funded primary and secondary school population aged up
to and including 15, age taken as at the start of the academic year.</p><p>2 – Actual
and projected figures and numerical increases rounded to the nearest thousand. The
percentages were calculated on the exact figures.</p><p>3 – Full-time equivalent numbers
count each part-time pupil as 0.5.</p><p>4 – All through schools are included in the
secondary school total for all ages.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published on
the department’s website. New 2017 pupil projections will be released on 13 July 2017
at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-projections"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-projections</a></p>
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