School and pupil characteristics in Surrey schools | Surrey-i

This page includes data and a summary of pupil and school numbers by the characteristics of pupils and types of schools.

Summary (next update est. June/July 2026)

There are 204,097 pupils in schools located within Surrey as of 2024/25. Around 1 in every 5 of such pupils attend Independent schools (19.8%, 40,440 pupils).
There are 513 schools in Surrey as of 2024/25. Schools in Surrey include:
- 112 Independent schools (40,440 pupils)
- 4 state-funded nursery schools (491 pupils)
- 299 state-funded primary schools (90,785 pupils)
- 59 state-funded secondary schools (68,319 pupils)
- 26 state-funded special schools (3,458 pupils)
- 5 non-maintained special schools (499 pupils)
- 8 state-funded alternative provision schools (105 pupils)
7,789 pupils who reside in Surrey attend a school outside of Surrey in 2023/24. This total does not include those in Independent schools as this data is not reported. Therefore, it can only be reported that

Sources:

Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2024/25 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK

School capacity, Academic year 2023/24 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK

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Last Update: a year ago
Contact: Surrey-i Helpdesk
Frequency of data: Annual
Level(s) of geography: Surrey-wide
Data source(s): Department for Education
Type of information: Data summary

20 files

Young_carers_by_national_curriculum_year_group.csv

School_characteristics.csv

Pupils by national curriculum year group and sex.csv

Pupils by first language.csv

Pupils by ethnicity.csv

Pupils by age and sex.csv

Pupil_eligibility_for_FSM_at_any_time_during_past_6_years.csv

Pupil cross border movement.csv

FSM_eligibility_by_school_type.csv

FSM_eligibility_by_national_curriculum_year_group.csv

FSM_eligibility_by_ethnicity.csv

Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools.csv

Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_setting.csv

Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_reason.csv

Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_pupil_characteristics.csv

Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_counts.csv

Planned_changes_to_school_places_in_state-funded_schools.csv

Pupil_forecasts_in_state-funded_schools.csv

School_capacity_in_state-funded_schools.csv

Free School Meals data is also explored on the page about child poverty and disadvantage

Link to the Surrey-i page about child poverty and disadvantage in Surrey