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School and pupil characteristics in Surrey schools

Department for Education

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

20 files

Young_carers_by_national_curriculum_year_group.csv (180.90 kB)
School_characteristics.csv (3.88 MB)
Pupils by national curriculum year group and sex.csv (1.30 MB)
Pupils by first language.csv (99.11 kB)
Pupils by ethnicity.csv (487.68 kB)
Pupils by age and sex.csv (1.42 MB)
Pupil_eligibility_for_FSM_at_any_time_during_past_6_years.csv (1.21 MB)
Pupil cross border movement.csv (674.60 kB)
FSM_eligibility_by_school_type.csv (169.63 kB)
FSM_eligibility_by_national_curriculum_year_group.csv (889.19 kB)
FSM_eligibility_by_ethnicity.csv (1.20 MB)
Class sizes - state-funded primary and secondary schools.csv (44.21 kB)
Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_setting.csv (16.39 kB)
Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_reason.csv (19.26 kB)
Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_pupil_characteristics.csv (206.10 kB)
Alternative_provision_local_authority_funded_placement_counts.csv (4.80 kB)
Planned_changes_to_school_places_in_state-funded_schools.csv (248.89 kB)
Pupil_forecasts_in_state-funded_schools.csv (460.06 kB)
School_capacity_in_state-funded_schools.csv (17.19 kB)
Free School Meals data is also explored on the page about child poverty and disadvantage
www.surreyi.gov.uk/dataset/2nddx/child-poverty-and-disadvantage-in-surrey
Link to the Surrey-i page about child poverty and disadvantage in Surrey