6.7% of nursery and primary school pupils taking free school meals in January 2004 (14.2 per cent in England)
5.5% of primary pupils did not have English as their first language inJanuary 2004 (11 per cent in England)
1.5% of primary pupils with special educational needs statements inJanuary 2004 (1.6 per cent in England)
0.08% of the school population excluded permanently in 2003/04 (0.13 percent in England)
Around 32 per cent of pupils with special educational needs statementsare educated in one of the county's 14 special schools. Ofstedinspections of each special school in the last five years have judgedthe majority to be good or very good. One has been awarded Beaconstatus.
Source: Department for Education and Skills.
