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How many secondary schools are there in the UK?
Answer:
England
:
There are 3,127 maintained secondary schools,
with 3,055,460 pupils,
in England. Information at Local Authority level
(tables 10) is available on the
DfE website
.
Northern Ireland
:
There are 219 maintained secondary schools in NI with 147,759 pupils
Scotland
:
there are 301,017 pupils in 372 secondary schools.
Wales
:
There are 223 maintained secondary schools in Wales with 203,907 pupils.
Data sources:
England:
Schools, Pupils and Their Characteristics
: January 2010 (updated in June 2010).
Northern Ireland:
Northern Ireland Department of Education
.
Scotland:
Summary statistics for schools in Scotland, 2010 edition
.
Wales:
School Census, 2010
.
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