Education sector20 Feb 2019 12:59
ow many schools are there in the UK?
There are currently 32,113 schools in the UK. Of these, 20,925 are primary schools and 4,168 are secondary schools. There are 2,381 independent schools, 1,256 special schools and 351 pupil referral units.
Most of the UK’s schools are in England. There are 24,281 schools in England – 16,776 primary, 3,408 secondary and 2,297 independent schools.
There are 1,617 schools in Wales – 1,287 primary, 200 secondary and 70 independent schools.
There are 5,045 schools in Scotland, including 2,031 primary schools and 359 secondary schools.
There are 1,170 schools in Northern Ireland, including 821 primary schools, 202 secondary schools and 14 independent schools.