School Census September 2002 - Additional Analysis

Table 10: Ethnic background of asylum seekers and refugees, September 2002

	Asylum seeker	Refugee
All	1,345	269
White-UK	80	12
White-Other	116	33
Mixed	*	*
Asian-Indian	*	*
Asian-Pakistani	134	10
Asian-Bangladeshi	*	*
Asian-Chinese	-	-
Asian-Other	45	18
Black-Caribbean	*	*
Black-African	171	50
Black-Other	54	11
Occupational Traveller	-	-
Gypsy Traveller	*	*
Other Traveller	*	*
Other	602	105
Not known / not disclosed	121	22
	Asylum seeker	Refugee
White	196	45
Minority Ethnic Group	1,028	202
Not Known/Disclosed	121	22

In the 2002 school census the categories of asylum seeker and refugee were included, for technical reasons, in the national identity variable. From 2003 this will be a separate variable. For the purposes of this publication we have included such pupils in the National Identity "not known" category in Table 9, and then considered them in a separate table, Table 10. The inclusion of these categories in the national identity variable may have affected the number identified.

Table 11a: Ethnic background of pupils by urban/ rural classification, September 2002

Primary and secondary schools

	Large urban	Other urban	Accessible towns	Remote towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural
All	260,723	236,799	87,659	28,590	84,344	32,418
White-UK	228,013	214,448	79,476	25,600	76,431	30,122
White-Other	4,670	2,658	692	237	647	260
Mixed	1,666	1,043	376	115	357	156
Asian-Indian	1,568	498	120	*	167	*
Asian-Pakistani	6,486	917	219	24	260	8
Asian-Bangladeshi	310	34	30	*	5	*
Asian-Chinese	1,198	577	92	38	77	18
Asian-Other	615	205	41	20	52	10
Black-Caribbean	55	22	7	*	8	*
Black-African	668	168	48	8	61	6
Black-Other	313	62	21	*	20	*
Occupational Traveller	51	*	-	*	13	*
Gypsy Traveller	63	92	35	9	35	8
Other Traveller	10	*	8	6	8	*
Other	1,845	344	99	49	119	34
Not known/ Not disclosed	13,192	15,713	6,395	2,426	6,084	1,785
	Large urban N	Other urban N	Accessible towns N	Remote towns N	Accessible rural N	Remote rural N
White	232,683	217,106	80,168	25,837	77,078	30,382
Minority Ethnic Group	14,848	3,980	1,096	327	1,182	251
Not Known/Disclosed	13,192	15,713	6,395	2,426	6,084	1,785

See Table 11b for percentages

All minority ethnic groups, other than the Gypsies & Travellers categories, were more highly represented in schools in large urban areas than the average. The most urbanised group were Asian-Pakistani pupils with 82 per cent in the four large cities, compared to the national figure of 36 per cent.

Table 11b: Ethnic background of pupils by urban/ rural classification, percentages, September 2002

Primary and secondary schools

percentage

	Large urban	Other urban	Accessible towns	Remote towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural
All	36	32	12	4	12	4
White-UK	35	33	12	4	12	5
White-Other	51	29	8	3	7	3
Mixed	45	28	10	3	10	4
Asian-Indian	66	21	5	1	7	-
Asian-Pakistani	82	12	3	-	3	-
Asian-Bangladeshi	76	8	7	6	1	-
Asian-Chinese	60	29	5	2	4	1
Asian-Other	65	22	4	2	6	1
Black-Caribbean	57	23	7	*	8	*
Black-African	70	18	5	1	6	1
Black-Other	73	14	5	3	5	-
Occupational Traveller	71	*	-	*	18	*
Gypsy Traveller	26	38	14	4	14	3
Other Traveller	21	*	17	13	17	*
Other	74	14	4	2	5	1
Not known/ Not disclosed	29	34	14	5	13	4
	Large urban	Other urban	Accessible towns	Remote towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural
White	35	33	12	4	12	5
Minority Ethnic Group	68	18	5	2	5	1
Not Known/Disclosed	29	34	14	5	13	4

Chart 9: Ethnic background of pupils by urban/ rural classification, September 2002

bar chart

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