The latest Department for Education data reveal a major demographic shift taking place across England’s schools, reflecting broader national population trends. According to the Department for Education’s 2024/25 school census, which includes roughly 21,500 state-funded primary and secondary schools, White British pupils account for 60.3% of students, down from 62.6% two years earlier.
Separate analysis by The Telegraph found that White British pupils are a minority in about one in four schools, with 72 reporting none at all and 454 where they represent fewer than 2% of pupils.
Urban areas such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, and Leicester show the sharpest demographic shifts. At Rockwood Academy in Birmingham, none of the 1,084 pupils are recorded as White British, while Loxford School in Redbridge, London, lists only 12 of 2,779 pupils in that category, according to The Telegraph.
Across England, White British pupils are now a minority in roughly one-third of local authority areas, up from one-quarter a decade ago. In London, only Bromley retains a White British majority at 50.3%, compared with about 5% in Newham and 7% in Harrow, The Telegraph reported.
These findings align with a 2025 report, Demographic Change and the Future of the United Kingdom, by Professor Matt Goodwin of the University of Buckingham.
Using census data and Office for National Statistics projections, Goodwin estimated that the White British share of the UK population could fall from about 73% in 2025 to 57% by 2050, 44% by 2075, and around 34% by 2100. He projected that when distinguished from other White groups such as European migrants, White British citizens could become a minority around 2063.
Goodwin described these population changes as historically unprecedented, citing higher migration, differing fertility rates, and an aging native population as main factors. He projected that by 2100, about six in ten people in the UK will be either foreign-born or born to at least one foreign-born parent, compared with today’s 81% UK-born majority.
The same report projected that the Muslim share of the UK population could increase from about 7% in 2025 to 11% by 2050 and nearly 19% by 2100, assuming current migration and fertility trends continue.
The Department for Education’s full dataset includes more than 9 million pupils across roughly 24,000 schools in England.