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Then and now · Department for Education · 2015/16 and 2025/26

What share of secondary school pupils in each region are White British, and how has it changed in ten years?

England: 70.9% in 2015/16, 59.4% in 2025/26 (−11.5 pts).

% of pupils recorded as White British, for 9 Regions at 2015/16 and 2025/26. Every area’s share moved in the same direction: down. The table is ordered by the size of the change, largest fall first; the order is arithmetic, not a judgement.

2015/16East Midlands: 78.76694252East of England: 77.80830347London: 28.00425976North East: 90.48678017North West: 80.05927797South East: 78.1224462South West: 87.5460756West Midlands: 67.35662129Yorkshire and The Humber: 76.85214787up to 64.5%64.5% to 67.4%67.4% to 77.8%77.8% to 80.1%over 80.1%no current data
2025/26East Midlands: 66.17360438East of England: 64.79526182London: 21.11793693North East: 82.1956592North West: 67.96002589South East: 64.49458542South West: 77.81718224West Midlands: 54.70545146Yorkshire and The Humber: 66.39508744up to 64.5%64.5% to 67.4%67.4% to 77.8%77.8% to 80.1%over 80.1%no current data

Both maps use one colour scale, so a shade means the same figure in 2015/16 and 2025/26. Hatched areas have no published figure.

Region2015/162025/26Change
England70.9%59.4%−11.5 pts
South East78.1%64.5%−13.6 pts
East of England77.8%64.8%−13.0 pts
West Midlands67.4%54.7%−12.7 pts
East Midlands78.8%66.2%−12.6 pts
North West80.1%68.0%−12.1 pts
Yorkshire and The Humber76.9%66.4%−10.5 pts
South West87.5%77.8%−9.7 pts
North East90.5%82.2%−8.3 pts
London28.0%21.1%−6.9 pts

What these figures establish

The maps establish the share of pupils recorded as White British in each area in the two academic years, as the Department for Education published them.

They do not establish why the share changed, what any pupil's nationality or place of birth is, or anything about pupils outside state-funded schools.

How it is made

Pupils on roll in state-funded schools in England at the January school census, by the ethnic group the school recorded from what parents or pupils declared. "Unclassified" is a category the publisher prints and is part of the denominator, so a share can fall because more pupils are unclassified as well as because fewer are in the group. Shares are the publisher's own.

The change column is the later share minus the earlier share, in percentage points. Nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted by Civometry.

Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics · Open Government Licence v3.0.

England: 70.9% in 2015/16, 59.4% in 2025/26 (−11.5 pts).
Civometry, from Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics

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