Education: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) in how many secondary schools the majority of registered students are black, Asian or other minority ethnic in (a) England, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Leicester East constituency; (262210)

(2) in how many primary schools the majority of registered students are black, Asian or other minority ethnic in (a) England, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Leicester East constituency.

The requested information is shown in the tables:

*Maintained primary*¹ *and state-funded secondary schools*^1,2: number of schools with the majority of pupils classified as minority ethnic: As at January 2008—In England, Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland Local Authorities and Leicester East parliamentary constituency
	All Schools
	England	Leicester LA	Leicester city LA	Rutland LA	All Leicestershire	Leicester East Parliamentary constituency
Primary Schools	17,205	225	81	17	323	30
Secondary Schools	3,383	54	18	3	75	6

*Schools where majority of pupils are minority ethnic*³
	England⁴	Leicestershire LA	Leicester city LA	Rutland LA	All Leicestershire	Leicester East Parliamentary constituency
Primary Schools	2,122	6	43	0	49	23
Secondary Schools	440	2	10	0	12	4
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed. ² Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies. ³ Where more than 50 per cent. of pupils of compulsory school age and above are classified as other than White British or Unclassified. ⁴ Five primary schools and one secondary school did not return ethnicity data. Source: School Census

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009