Sector

Education in United Kingdom

The education segments measured in United Kingdom, each drawn from that country’s own register. They are different populations, so they are set side by side and never added together.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026 · 4 segments, 4 measured

The segments

Side by side, never added together

SegmentDrawn from Median and spreadScanned Gated
Universities
Every registered higher education provider in England, and the universities and colleges of higher education in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Office for Students (England); Medr (Wales); Scottish Funding Council (Scotland); NI Direct, Northern Ireland Executive (Northern Ireland)
59 · 29–76
368/460 123 of 368
Further education colleges
The general further education and sixth-form colleges of the four nations.
Department for Education (Get Information About Schools); Scottish Funding Council; Medr; NI Direct, Northern Ireland Executive
60 · 16–76
226/284 86 of 226
Academy trusts
Every open multi-academy trust in England, the bodies that run most of its state schools.
Department for Education
56 · 31–74
258/1203 62 of 258
Schools
Every open school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, state and independent.
Department for Education (GIAS); Scottish Government; Welsh Government; Department of Education Northern Ireland
55 · 17–77
23504/29692 7121 of 23504

There is no single figure for education. Each segment is its own population, and a combined median would be a number about whichever segment has the most sites. How the Census is run, and what it can support, is on the methodology page.