Then and now · Department for Education · 2015/16 and 2025/26
Which local authorities' schools have seen the largest change in the share of White British pupils since 2015/16?
England: 69.3% in 2015/16, 59.7% in 2025/26 (−9.6 pts).
% of pupils recorded as White British, for 163 Local authoritys at 2015/16 and 2025/26. Every area’s share moved in the same direction: no, the areas moved in both directions. The table is ordered by the size of the change, largest fall first; the order is arithmetic, not a judgement.
| Local authority | 2015/16 | 2025/26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69.3% | 59.7% | −9.6 pts |
| Havering | 67.3% | 45.1% | −22.1 pts |
| Thurrock | 66.1% | 45.5% | −20.6 pts |
| Sutton | 51.9% | 34.0% | −18.0 pts |
| Milton Keynes | 59.0% | 41.5% | −17.5 pts |
| Wokingham | 70.1% | 53.0% | −17.0 pts |
| Reading | 46.5% | 29.5% | −17.0 pts |
| Trafford | 69.4% | 53.4% | −16.0 pts |
| Telford and Wrekin | 81.5% | 65.5% | −16.0 pts |
| Bexley | 59.6% | 43.7% | −15.8 pts |
| Bolton | 65.1% | 49.4% | −15.7 pts |
| Medway | 76.3% | 60.7% | −15.6 pts |
| Swindon | 74.3% | 59.0% | −15.3 pts |
| Coventry | 52.9% | 37.6% | −15.3 pts |
| Hillingdon | 36.0% | 21.2% | −14.8 pts |
| Wolverhampton | 48.9% | 34.5% | −14.5 pts |
| Bromley | 63.8% | 49.4% | −14.4 pts |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 72.2% | 57.7% | −14.4 pts |
| Salford | 74.4% | 60.1% | −14.4 pts |
| Nottingham | 48.7% | 34.4% | −14.3 pts |
| Liverpool | 77.3% | 63.0% | −14.3 pts |
| Portsmouth | 77.8% | 63.6% | −14.2 pts |
| Southend-on-Sea | 75.4% | 61.3% | −14.1 pts |
| Warwickshire | 82.4% | 68.5% | −14.0 pts |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 71.3% | 57.5% | −13.8 pts |
| Walsall | 62.6% | 48.8% | −13.8 pts |
| Derby | 60.7% | 47.0% | −13.7 pts |
| Southampton | 66.3% | 52.7% | −13.5 pts |
| Peterborough | 53.3% | 40.2% | −13.1 pts |
| Sandwell | 46.5% | 33.7% | −12.8 pts |
| Richmond upon Thames | 60.0% | 47.2% | −12.8 pts |
| Solihull | 74.9% | 62.2% | −12.7 pts |
| Hertfordshire | 71.9% | 59.4% | −12.5 pts |
| Warrington | 88.6% | 76.1% | −12.5 pts |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 66.2% | 53.8% | −12.4 pts |
| Central Bedfordshire | 84.4% | 72.1% | −12.3 pts |
| Bracknell Forest | 79.3% | 67.3% | −12.1 pts |
| Kent | 81.4% | 69.4% | −12.0 pts |
| Oxfordshire | 76.6% | 64.6% | −12.0 pts |
| Cambridgeshire | 78.4% | 66.5% | −11.9 pts |
| Barking and Dagenham | 26.7% | 14.9% | −11.9 pts |
| South Gloucestershire | 85.4% | 73.6% | −11.8 pts |
| Surrey | 76.6% | 64.8% | −11.8 pts |
| Rochdale | 63.4% | 51.7% | −11.7 pts |
| Wigan | 92.4% | 80.9% | −11.5 pts |
| Doncaster | 85.6% | 74.1% | −11.5 pts |
| Middlesbrough | 75.0% | 63.6% | −11.5 pts |
| Sheffield | 66.7% | 55.3% | −11.4 pts |
| Leeds | 68.2% | 56.9% | −11.3 pts |
| Bury | 74.7% | 63.4% | −11.3 pts |
| Essex | 83.8% | 72.6% | −11.2 pts |
| Bedford | 58.1% | 46.9% | −11.1 pts |
| Nottinghamshire | 86.3% | 75.2% | −11.1 pts |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 82.1% | 71.4% | −10.7 pts |
| Luton | 24.0% | 13.7% | −10.3 pts |
| Manchester | 38.8% | 28.7% | −10.2 pts |
| Stockport | 82.9% | 72.9% | −10.0 pts |
| Lincolnshire | 87.7% | 77.8% | −9.9 pts |
| Gloucestershire | 84.7% | 74.9% | −9.8 pts |
| Tameside | 78.8% | 69.1% | −9.7 pts |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 48.0% | 38.4% | −9.6 pts |
| Leicester | 29.1% | 19.5% | −9.6 pts |
| Dudley | 76.9% | 67.4% | −9.5 pts |
| West Berkshire | 84.4% | 74.9% | −9.5 pts |
| Wakefield | 87.0% | 77.6% | −9.4 pts |
| Leicestershire | 82.7% | 73.3% | −9.4 pts |
| Oldham | 56.2% | 46.9% | −9.4 pts |
| Cheshire East | 88.8% | 79.5% | −9.3 pts |
| Blackpool | 89.8% | 80.8% | −9.0 pts |
| Darlington | 88.0% | 79.0% | −9.0 pts |
| West Sussex | 82.2% | 73.3% | −8.9 pts |
| Brighton and Hove | 75.1% | 66.3% | −8.8 pts |
| Knowsley | 93.6% | 84.8% | −8.8 pts |
| Kirklees | 61.0% | 52.4% | −8.6 pts |
| Sunderland | 92.0% | 83.4% | −8.6 pts |
| Bristol, City of | 63.9% | 55.5% | −8.4 pts |
| Plymouth | 88.6% | 80.2% | −8.4 pts |
| York | 88.9% | 80.6% | −8.4 pts |
| Wirral | 91.9% | 83.5% | −8.3 pts |
| Rotherham | 83.3% | 75.0% | −8.3 pts |
| North Somerset | 89.9% | 81.7% | −8.3 pts |
| St. Helens | 94.9% | 86.6% | −8.3 pts |
| North East Lincolnshire | 92.3% | 84.1% | −8.2 pts |
| Worcestershire | 87.0% | 78.7% | −8.2 pts |
| Birmingham | 31.7% | 23.6% | −8.2 pts |
| Slough | 17.3% | 9.2% | −8.0 pts |
| Norfolk | 86.6% | 78.6% | −8.0 pts |
| Hampshire | 87.6% | 79.7% | −7.9 pts |
| Kingston upon Thames | 46.4% | 38.5% | −7.9 pts |
| North Lincolnshire | 86.7% | 78.8% | −7.9 pts |
| Suffolk | 84.3% | 76.4% | −7.9 pts |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 88.5% | 80.8% | −7.7 pts |
| Wiltshire | 88.3% | 80.6% | −7.7 pts |
| Staffordshire | 89.0% | 81.3% | −7.7 pts |
| Lancashire | 81.3% | 73.6% | −7.6 pts |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 91.6% | 84.0% | −7.6 pts |
| Calderdale | 75.9% | 68.5% | −7.3 pts |
| Croydon | 29.3% | 22.0% | −7.3 pts |
| Halton | 94.3% | 87.3% | −7.0 pts |
| Hounslow | 20.9% | 13.9% | −7.0 pts |
| Barnsley | 92.1% | 85.3% | −6.8 pts |
| Hartlepool | 94.3% | 87.5% | −6.8 pts |
| Herefordshire, County of | 89.3% | 82.6% | −6.7 pts |
| Sefton | 92.4% | 85.7% | −6.6 pts |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 86.3% | 79.8% | −6.5 pts |
| Rutland | 92.3% | 85.9% | −6.4 pts |
| Bradford | 43.6% | 37.3% | −6.4 pts |
| Torbay | 90.8% | 84.4% | −6.3 pts |
| East Sussex | 86.5% | 80.5% | −5.9 pts |
| Derbyshire | 93.2% | 87.4% | −5.8 pts |
| North Tyneside | 91.6% | 85.8% | −5.8 pts |
| Harrow | 12.5% | 6.8% | −5.7 pts |
| Greenwich | 33.1% | 27.5% | −5.5 pts |
| Barnet | 30.1% | 24.6% | −5.5 pts |
| City of London | 21.6% | 16.2% | −5.4 pts |
| County Durham | 95.3% | 89.9% | −5.4 pts |
| South Tyneside | 91.1% | 85.9% | −5.3 pts |
| Isle of Wight | 92.7% | 87.5% | −5.2 pts |
| Devon | 92.0% | 86.9% | −5.2 pts |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 26.6% | 21.7% | −5.0 pts |
| Shropshire | 91.7% | 86.9% | −4.8 pts |
| Redbridge | 14.7% | 10.1% | −4.6 pts |
| Merton | 32.0% | 27.6% | −4.4 pts |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 93.3% | 89.3% | −4.0 pts |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 95.0% | 91.3% | −3.7 pts |
| Cornwall | 92.8% | 89.4% | −3.4 pts |
| Enfield | 20.1% | 16.8% | −3.3 pts |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 21.2% | 18.0% | −3.2 pts |
| Ealing | 15.5% | 12.6% | −3.0 pts |
| Westminster | 13.8% | 11.2% | −2.6 pts |
| Islington | 26.5% | 24.4% | −2.0 pts |
| Tower Hamlets | 9.2% | 7.2% | −1.9 pts |
| Newham | 5.9% | 5.2% | −0.7 pts |
| Southwark | 20.4% | 19.8% | −0.6 pts |
| Wandsworth | 26.3% | 25.7% | −0.6 pts |
| Camden | 22.7% | 22.1% | −0.6 pts |
| Haringey | 19.4% | 19.7% | +0.3 pts |
| Lambeth | 14.1% | 16.1% | +2.0 pts |
| Hackney | 15.8% | 18.0% | +2.3 pts |
| Lewisham | 22.1% | 24.8% | +2.7 pts |
| Brent | 6.8% | 10.0% | +3.2 pts |
| Waltham Forest | 17.6% | 21.5% | +3.9 pts |
| Isles of Scilly | 78.3% | 86.4% | +8.1 pts |
| Bournemouth | 75.3% | — | — |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — | 70.3% | — |
| Buckinghamshire | 67.7% | — | — |
| Buckinghamshire | — | 53.3% | — |
| Cumberland | — | 88.3% | — |
| Cumbria | 94.1% | — | — |
| Dorset | 91.4% | — | — |
| Dorset | — | 87.8% | — |
| Gateshead | 90.1% | — | — |
| Gateshead | — | 77.5% | — |
| North Northamptonshire | — | 65.3% | — |
| North Yorkshire | 91.6% | — | — |
| North Yorkshire | — | 86.0% | — |
| Northamptonshire | 76.5% | — | — |
| Northumberland | — | 91.0% | — |
| Northumberland | 95.1% | — | — |
| Poole | 86.8% | — | — |
| Somerset | 90.6% | — | — |
| Somerset | — | 81.3% | — |
| West Northamptonshire | — | 59.3% | — |
| Westmorland and Furness | — | 88.9% | — |
What these figures establish
The maps establish the share of pupils recorded as White British in each area in the two academic years, as the Department for Education published them.
They do not establish why the share changed, what any pupil's nationality or place of birth is, or anything about pupils outside state-funded schools.
How it is made
Pupils on roll in state-funded schools in England at the January school census, by the ethnic group the school recorded from what parents or pupils declared. "Unclassified" is a category the publisher prints and is part of the denominator, so a share can fall because more pupils are unclassified as well as because fewer are in the group. Shares are the publisher's own.
The change column is the later share minus the earlier share, in percentage points. Nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted by Civometry.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics · Open Government Licence v3.0.
England: 69.3% in 2015/16, 59.7% in 2025/26 (−9.6 pts).