Pupils at independent schools, every council ranked
Of the pupils at the schools that stand here, the share at independent ones: where the schools are, not where their pupils live, so a boarding school counts where it is. Figures for October 2026, published for 295 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 33 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Fenland, 4%. Highest: City of London, 92.1%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WiganNorth West | 0% |
| 34 | ThurrockEast of England | 0.1% |
| 35 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 0.2% |
| 35 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0.2% |
| 35 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 0.2% |
| 35 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0.2% |
| 39 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 39 joint | HavantSouth East | 0.3% |
| 39 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0.3% |
| 42 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0.4% |
| 42 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0.4% |
| 42 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 42 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 0.4% |
| 42 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0.4% |
| 47 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0.5% |
| 47 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0.5% |
| 47 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 47 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0.5% |
| 47 joint | TendringEast of England | 0.5% |
| 52 joint | ArunSouth East | 0.6% |
| 52 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 0.6% |
| 52 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 52 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0.6% |
| 52 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 52 joint | SwaleSouth East | 0.6% |
| 58 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0.7% |
| 58 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 0.7% |
| 58 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 0.7% |
| 58 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0.7% |
| 58 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0.7% |
| 58 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0.7% |
| 64 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0.9% |
| 64 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 0.9% |
| 64 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.9% |
| 64 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 0.9% |
| 64 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0.9% |
| 64 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0.9% |
| 70 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 1% |
| 70 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 1% |
| 70 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 1% |
| 73 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 1.1% |
| 73 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 1.1% |
| 73 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 1.1% |
| 76 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.2% |
| 76 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 1.2% |
| 78 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 1.3% |
| 78 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 1.3% |
| 80 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 1.4% |
| 80 joint | ThanetSouth East | 1.4% |
| 82 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 1.5% |
| 82 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 1.5% |
| 84 joint | BexleyLondon | 1.6% |
| 84 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 1.6% |
| 84 joint | LancasterNorth West | 1.6% |
| 84 joint | NewhamLondon | 1.6% |
| 84 joint | PendleNorth West | 1.6% |
| 89 joint | HaveringLondon | 1.7% |
| 89 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 1.7% |
| 89 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 1.7% |
| 92 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 1.8% |
| 92 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 1.8% |
| 94 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 1.9% |
| 94 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 1.9% |
| 94 joint | MaldonEast of England | 1.9% |
| 94 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 1.9% |
| 98 joint | LutonEast of England | 2% |
| 98 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 2% |
| 100 joint | SloughSouth East | 2.1% |
| 100 joint | WirralNorth West | 2.1% |
| 102 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 2.3% |
| 102 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 2.3% |
| 102 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 2.3% |
| 105 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 2.4% |
| 105 joint | East DevonSouth West | 2.4% |
| 105 joint | PrestonNorth West | 2.4% |
| 108 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 2.5% |
| 108 joint | CornwallSouth West | 2.5% |
| 108 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2.5% |
| 108 joint | EastleighSouth East | 2.5% |
| 108 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 2.5% |
| 108 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 2.5% |
| 114 joint | EnfieldLondon | 2.6% |
| 114 joint | MedwaySouth East | 2.6% |
| 114 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 2.6% |
| 114 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 118 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 2.7% |
| 118 joint | HarlowEast of England | 2.7% |
| 118 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 2.7% |
| 121 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 2.9% |
| 121 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 2.9% |
| 121 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 2.9% |
| 121 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 2.9% |
| 125 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 3% |
| 125 joint | OldhamNorth West | 3% |
| 127 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 127 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 3.1% |
| 127 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 127 joint | WorthingSouth East | 3.1% |
| 127 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 132 | BrentLondon | 3.2% |
| 133 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 3.3% |
| 133 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 3.3% |
| 135 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 3.4% |
| 135 joint | SuttonLondon | 3.4% |
| 135 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 138 joint | North DevonSouth West | 3.5% |
| 138 joint | TraffordNorth West | 3.5% |
| 140 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 140 joint | IslingtonLondon | 3.7% |
| 140 joint | South HamsSouth West | 3.7% |
| 140 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 3.7% |
| 140 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 145 | LeicesterEast Midlands | 3.8% |
| 146 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 4% |
| 146 joint | DoverSouth East | 4% |
| 146 joint | FenlandEast of England | 4% |
| 146 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 4% |
| 146 joint | SeftonNorth West | 4% |
| 151 | Cheshire EastNorth West | 4.1% |
| 152 | SouthamptonSouth East | 4.2% |
| 153 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 4.4% |
| 153 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 4.4% |
| 153 joint | HounslowLondon | 4.4% |
| 153 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 4.4% |
| 157 | BassetlawEast Midlands | 4.5% |
| 158 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 4.6% |
| 158 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 4.6% |
| 158 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 4.6% |
| 161 | Waltham ForestLondon | 4.7% |
| 162 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 4.8% |
| 162 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 4.8% |
| 164 | AshfordSouth East | 4.9% |
| 165 joint | LambethLondon | 5% |
| 165 joint | LewesSouth East | 5% |
| 167 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 5.1% |
| 167 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 5.1% |
| 169 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 5.2% |
| 169 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 5.2% |
| 171 | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 5.3% |
| 172 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 5.4% |
| 172 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 5.4% |
| 172 joint | LewishamLondon | 5.4% |
| 175 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 5.5% |
| 176 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 5.6% |
| 176 joint | StroudSouth West | 5.6% |
| 176 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 5.6% |
| 176 joint | WyreNorth West | 5.6% |
| 180 joint | BoltonNorth West | 5.7% |
| 180 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 5.7% |
| 180 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 5.7% |
| 183 joint | BuryNorth West | 5.8% |
| 183 joint | FarehamSouth East | 5.8% |
| 183 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 5.8% |
| 186 | New ForestSouth East | 6% |
| 187 joint | CherwellSouth East | 6.1% |
| 187 joint | EalingLondon | 6.1% |
| 187 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 6.1% |
| 187 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 6.1% |
| 191 | ErewashEast Midlands | 6.3% |
| 192 joint | HillingdonLondon | 6.4% |
| 192 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 6.4% |
| 192 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 6.4% |
| 195 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 6.5% |
| 195 joint | IpswichEast of England | 6.5% |
| 195 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 6.5% |
| 198 | West LancashireNorth West | 6.6% |
| 199 | WiltshireSouth West | 6.8% |
| 200 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 7.1% |
| 200 joint | GreenwichLondon | 7.1% |
| 200 joint | WokingSouth East | 7.1% |
| 203 | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 7.2% |
| 204 joint | BromleyLondon | 7.6% |
| 204 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 7.6% |
| 204 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 7.6% |
| 207 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 7.7% |
| 207 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 7.7% |
| 209 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 7.8% |
| 209 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 7.8% |
| 211 joint | ReadingSouth East | 8% |
| 211 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 8% |
| 211 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 8% |
| 214 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 8.2% |
| 214 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 8.2% |
| 216 | Mid DevonSouth West | 8.3% |
| 217 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 8.5% |
| 217 joint | StockportNorth West | 8.5% |
| 219 | West DevonSouth West | 8.6% |
| 220 | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 8.7% |
| 221 joint | HaringeyLondon | 8.8% |
| 221 joint | HarrowLondon | 8.8% |
| 221 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 8.8% |
| 221 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 8.8% |
| 225 joint | BaberghEast of England | 8.9% |
| 225 joint | ExeterSouth West | 8.9% |
| 225 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 8.9% |
| 228 joint | BristolSouth West | 9.2% |
| 228 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 9.2% |
| 228 joint | SomersetSouth West | 9.2% |
| 231 joint | HorshamSouth East | 9.5% |
| 231 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 9.5% |
| 233 | DorsetSouth West | 9.6% |
| 234 | BarnetLondon | 9.7% |
| 235 | South OxfordshireSouth East | 9.8% |
| 236 | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 9.9% |
| 237 | HartSouth East | 10% |
| 238 | Epping ForestEast of England | 10.1% |
| 239 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 10.2% |
| 239 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 10.2% |
| 241 | St AlbansEast of England | 10.3% |
| 242 | AdurSouth East | 10.6% |
| 243 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 11.1% |
| 243 joint | RotherSouth East | 11.1% |
| 243 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 11.1% |
| 246 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 11.2% |
| 246 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 11.2% |
| 248 | CanterburySouth East | 11.3% |
| 249 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 11.4% |
| 250 | WealdenSouth East | 11.5% |
| 251 | NorwichEast of England | 11.8% |
| 252 | BedfordEast of England | 12% |
| 253 | CroydonLondon | 12.5% |
| 254 | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 12.6% |
| 255 | WinchesterSouth East | 12.7% |
| 256 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 12.8% |
| 256 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 12.8% |
| 256 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 12.8% |
| 259 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 12.9% |
| 259 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 12.9% |
| 261 | MertonLondon | 13.1% |
| 262 | East HampshireSouth East | 13.3% |
| 263 joint | DacorumEast of England | 13.5% |
| 263 joint | SalfordNorth West | 13.5% |
| 265 | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 14.1% |
| 266 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 14.2% |
| 267 | Three RiversEast of England | 14.5% |
| 268 | ChichesterSouth East | 14.8% |
| 269 | WorcesterWest Midlands | 15.2% |
| 270 | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 16.1% |
| 271 joint | FyldeNorth West | 16.2% |
| 271 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 16.2% |
| 273 | Mid SussexSouth East | 16.8% |
| 274 | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 17.4% |
| 275 | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 17.6% |
| 276 | CheltenhamSouth West | 19.6% |
| 277 | RunnymedeSouth East | 20.8% |
| 278 | GuildfordSouth East | 21.6% |
| 279 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 22.9% |
| 279 joint | WandsworthLondon | 22.9% |
| 281 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 23% |
| 282 | RutlandEast Midlands | 23.1% |
| 283 | Mole ValleySouth East | 23.2% |
| 284 | HackneyLondon | 24.3% |
| 285 | OxfordSouth East | 25.6% |
| 286 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 26.5% |
| 286 joint | WaverleySouth East | 26.5% |
| 288 | ElmbridgeSouth East | 26.6% |
| 289 | HertsmereEast of England | 27.6% |
| 290 | TandridgeSouth East | 28.8% |
| 291 | WestminsterLondon | 29.6% |
| 292 | CamdenLondon | 30% |
| 293 | CambridgeEast of England | 33.3% |
| 294 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 44% |
| 295 | City of LondonLondon | 92.1% |
Not in this list
- Isles of Scilly. Not published for this council.
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland publishes no count of pupils at its independent schools by council.
- Scotland. Scotland's register gives its independent schools' largest rolls, not their pupils.
- Wales. Wales publishes no count of pupils at its independent schools by council.
Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, pupils at open schools by the council they stand in, 2026-10-22 · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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