政府研究所：2025年绩效追踪报告：学校（英文版）

Pupil numbers are falling fastest in London and coastal areas A surge in births in the late 2000s and early 2010s pushed pupil numbers* to a peak of 7.0 million in 2023–24.**,3 Now, as that recent ‘baby-boom’ cohort begins to exit the school system, pupil numbers are falling: 2024–25 marked the first annual decline since 2010–11, with 47,200 fewer pupils in the schools system. And the decline is expected to accelerate, with 412,200 (or 6%) fewer pupils forecast by 2029–30 than in 2023–24, lea