The information can be found in the following table.
Institution type Number of schools Academies 45 City technology colleges 11 Community schools 1,921 Community special schools 752 Foundation schools 526 Foundation special schools 13 Independent schools 1,009 Independent special schools 82 Non-maintained special schools 66 Voluntary aided schools 523 Voluntary controlled schools 91 Total 5,039
Of the 5,039 schools published in the 2006 secondary (key stage 4) achievement and attainment tables on 11 January 2007
(a) 913 were special schools (including community special schools, foundation special schools, independent special schools and non-maintained special schools) and
(b) 1,091 were independent schools (including independent mainstream and independent special schools i.e. independent special schools have been included in both groups).