Percentage change in primary school pupil numbers, 2018–19 to 2024–25

Note: Hexagons show aggregated school-level data, and do not represent geographic boundaries.

Source: Institute for Government analysis of DfE, 'Schools pupils and their characteristics', 2018–19 to 2024–25; DfE, 'Get information about schools', July 2025.Notes: Analysis shows full-time equivalent pupils attending state-funded mainstream primary schools in England. Only covers pupils aged four or older at the beginning of each academic year and excludes schools in which there were fewer than ten pupils in any year during that period, or that opened less than two years before the start of 2018–19.Get the data Download image
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