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Table 1.8: Pupil ethnicity by national identity, 2005 (1)
| Scottish | English | Northern Irish | Welsh | British | Irish | Other | Not known / not disclosed | Total |
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White - UK | 514,396 | 15,735 | 559 | 554 | 88,350 | 75 | 2,505 | 33,885 | 656,059 |
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White - Other | 3,200 | 214 | 22 | 3 | 1,332 | 83 | 3,160 | 912 | 8,926 |
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Mixed | 3,091 | 231 | 5 | 8 | 1,292 | 5 | 354 | 222 | 5,208 |
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Asian - Indian | 770 | 45 | 4 | - | 701 | - | 482 | 221 | 2,223 |
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Asian - Pakistani | 2,980 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 3,759 | 1 | 625 | 1,278 | 8,753 |
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Asian - Bangladeshi | 140 | 14 | - | - | 176 | - | 111 | 58 | 499 |
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Asian - Chinese | 708 | 32 | 2 | - | 884 | 1 | 449 | 200 | 2,276 |
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Asian - Other | 231 | 23 | - | 2 | 314 | 1 | 1,135 | 200 | 1,906 |
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Black - Caribbean | 23 | 14 | 1 | - | 21 | - | 29 | 17 | 105 |
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Black - African | 101 | 25 | - | - | 185 | 4 | 1,224 | 295 | 1,834 |
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Black - Other | 108 | 13 | - | - | 98 | - | 212 | 77 | 508 |
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Occupational Traveller | 128 | 4 | 1 | - | 17 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 176 |
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Gypsy / Traveller | 297 | 36 | 1 | - | 44 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 418 |
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Other Traveller | 47 | 4 | - | - | 9 | - | 5 | 11 | 76 |
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Other | 407 | 32 | - | - | 347 | 4 | 1,102 | 358 | 2,250 |
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Not known / disclosed | 3,657 | 123 | 5 | 2 | 1,427 | 3 | 539 | 15,907 | 21,663 |
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Total | 530,284 | 16,652 | 602 | 570 | 98,956 | 181 | 11,954 | 53,681 | 712,880 |
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(1) Does not include grant aided special schools.
Local authority figures.
Chart 4: Pupils by ethnicity, 2005 (1)

(1) Does not include grant aided special schools. Percentages of those where ethnic background is known. Ethnicity not known or not disclosed for 3 per cent of pupils.
Local authority figures link, link, link.
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