City Academies (Hansard, 19 July 2002)

§ Mr. Miliband

It is a condition of the Funding Agreement between the Academy and the Secretary of State that each Academy's admissions arrangements are consistent with the law on admissions and the Statutory Codes of Practice as they apply to maintained schools. Within these requirements Academies have the right to determine their own admissions policies and admission arrangements, including oversubscription criteria. Acceptable criteria can include catchment areas and transfer from named feeder primary schools, in addition

Pupils in Independent Schools: Numbers and as a Proportion of Total Pupil Numbers
England
	Independent Schools	All Schools (1)	Percentage of pupils in independent schools (2)
	Total boys	Total girls	Total all pupils	Total boys	Total girls	Total all pupils	Total boys	Total girls	Total all pupils
January 2000
Pupils aged: Under 5	33,861	34,030	67,891	501,506	478,851	980,357	6.8	7.1	6.9
5 to 10	104,072	99,044	203,116	1,980,145	1,886,362	3,866,507	5.3	5.3	5.3
Total Under 11	137,933	133,074	271,007	2,481,651	2,365,213	4,846,864	5.6	5.6	5.6
11 to 15	110,253	103,014	213,267	1,583,332	1,513,934	3,097,266	7.0	6.8	6.9
16+ (3)	40,568	35,718	76,286	196,339	205,346	401,685	20.7	17.4	19.0
Total Over 11	150,821	138,732	289,553	1,779,671	1,719,280	3,498,951	8.5	8.1	8.3
Total	288,754	271,806	560,560	4,261,322	4,084,493	8,345,815	6.8	6.7	6.7
January 2001
Pupils aged: Under 5	34,848	34,918	69,766	498,930	475,563	974,493	7.0	7.3	7.2
5 to 10	105,215	100,379	205,594	1,968,070	1,873,140	3,841,210	5.3	5.4	5.4
Total Under 11	140,063	135,297	275,360	2,467,000	2,348,703	4,815,703	5.7	5.8	5.7
11 to 15	112,274	105,348	217,622	1,611,433	1,540,200	3,151,633	7.0	6.8	6.9
16+ (3)	40,589	35,682	76,271	199.850	206,933	406,783	20.3	17.2	18.7
Total Over 11	152,863	141,030	293,893	1,811,283	1,747,133	3,558,416	8.4	8.1	8.3
Total	292,926	276,327	569,253	4,278,283	4,095,836	8,374,119	6.8	6.7	6.8
January 2002 (Provisional)
Pupils aged:
Under 5	35,322	35,930	71,252	497,442	476,675	974,117	7.1	7.5	7.3
5 to 10	105,677	101,394	207,071	1,944,804	1,851,210	3,796,014	5.4	5.5	5.5
Total Under 11	140,999	137,324	278,323	2,442,246	2,327,885	4,770,131	5.8	5.9	5.8
11 to 15	114,729	108,094	222,823	1,630,271	1,558,345	3,188,616	7.0	6.9	7.0
16+ (3)	40,881	37,711	78,592	201,018	209,860	410,878	20.3	18.0	19.1
Total Over 11	155,610	145,805	301,415	1,831,289	1,768,205	3,599,494	8.5	8.2	8.4
Total	296,609	283,129	579,738	4,273,535	4,096,090	8,369,625	6.9	6.9	6.9

(1) Includes all pupils in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, maintained and non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units, city technology colleges, direct grant nurseries and independent schools.

(2) Expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in all schools.

(3) Excludes pupils in sixth form colleges and further education colleges.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census.

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to others such as sibling links and distance from school. Academies will not operate in isolation but are required, as part of the Funding Agreement, to share their facilities with other schools and the wider community.