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1 Blackburn with Darwen - 84 schools::
   primary schools: 56 . . . total primary pupils: 15,256
   of which academies: 11 (20%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 18 . . . total secondary pupils: 13,659
   of which academies: 10 (18%) . . . independents: 7 (39%)
   special schools: 3 . . . total special pupils: 363
   of which academies: 1 (33%) . . . independents: 1 (33%)
---Total Pupil count = 29,497
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2 Blackpool - 51 schools::
   primary schools: 29 . . . total primary pupils: 11,341
   of which academies: 24 (83%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 8 . . . total secondary pupils: 7,640
   of which academies: 8 (28%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   special schools: 6 . . . total special pupils: 581
   of which academies: 3 (50%) . . . independents: 2 (33%)
---Total Pupil count = 19,717
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3 Bolton - 146 schools::
   primary schools: 100 . . . total primary pupils: 30,918
   of which academies: 34 (34%) . . . independents: 3 (3%)
   secondary schools: 26 . . . total secondary pupils: 24,486
   of which academies: 14 (14%) . . . independents: 6 (23%)
   special schools: 10 . . . total special pupils: 1,124
   of which academies: 3 (30%) . . . independents: 3 (30%)
---Total Pupil count = 56,852
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4 Bury - 90 schools::
   primary schools: 63 . . . total primary pupils: 16,837
   of which academies: 43 (68%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 16 . . . total secondary pupils: 13,066
   of which academies: 11 (17%) . . . independents: 2 (13%)
   special schools: 6 . . . total special pupils: 554
   of which academies: 2 (33%) . . . independents: 2 (33%)
---Total Pupil count = 30,680
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5 Cheshire East - 184 schools::
   primary schools: 128 . . . total primary pupils: 32,399
   of which academies: 81 (63%) . . . independents: 4 (3%)
   secondary schools: 26 . . . total secondary pupils: 26,851
   of which academies: 19 (15%) . . . independents: 3 (12%)
   special schools: 17 . . . total special pupils: 789
   of which academies: 4 (24%) . . . independents: 9 (53%)
---Total Pupil count = 60,190
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6 Cheshire West and Chester - 188 schools::
   primary schools: 130 . . . total primary pupils: 29,298
   of which academies: 56 (43%) . . . independents: 1 (1%)
   secondary schools: 26 . . . total secondary pupils: 25,343
   of which academies: 13 (10%) . . . independents: 6 (23%)
   special schools: 14 . . . total special pupils: 504
   of which academies: 3 (21%) . . . independents: 8 (57%)
---Total Pupil count = 56,223
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7 Cumberland - 176 schools::
   primary schools: 144 . . . total primary pupils: 21,928
   of which academies: 34 (24%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 22 . . . total secondary pupils: 17,629
   of which academies: 11 (8%) . . . independents: 3 (14%)
   special schools: 5 . . . total special pupils: 495
   of which academies: 2 (40%) . . . independents: 2 (40%)
---Total Pupil count = 40,200
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8 Halton - 72 schools::
   primary schools: 50 . . . total primary pupils: 10,882
   of which academies: 13 (26%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 8 . . . total secondary pupils: 8,181
   of which academies: 7 (14%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   special schools: 8 . . . total special pupils: 453
   of which academies: 3 (38%) . . . independents: 3 (38%)
---Total Pupil count = 19,754
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9 Knowsley - 66 schools::
   primary schools: 50 . . . total primary pupils: 14,930
   of which academies: 13 (26%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 6 . . . total secondary pupils: 5,792
   of which academies: 5 (10%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   special schools: 6 . . . total special pupils: 729
   of which academies: 1 (17%) . . . independents: 2 (33%)
---Total Pupil count = 21,501
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10 Lancashire - 699 schools::
   primary schools: 489 . . . total primary pupils: 102,361
   of which academies: 80 (16%) . . . independents: 9 (2%)
   secondary schools: 94 . . . total secondary pupils: 77,362
   of which academies: 47 (10%) . . . independents: 13 (14%)
   special schools: 64 . . . total special pupils: 4,515
   of which academies: 2 (3%) . . . independents: 33 (52%)
---Total Pupil count = 187,125
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11 Liverpool - 191 schools::
   primary schools: 115 . . . total primary pupils: 39,364
   of which academies: 22 (19%) . . . independents: 2 (2%)
   secondary schools: 37 . . . total secondary pupils: 33,473
   of which academies: 23 (20%) . . . independents: 3 (8%)
   special schools: 18 . . . total special pupils: 1,875
   of which academies: 1 (6%) . . . independents: 3 (17%)
---Total Pupil count = 76,000
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12 Manchester - 227 schools::
   primary schools: 139 . . . total primary pupils: 55,166
   of which academies: 64 (46%) . . . independents: 3 (2%)
   secondary schools: 43 . . . total secondary pupils: 40,719
   of which academies: 28 (20%) . . . independents: 11 (26%)
   special schools: 24 . . . total special pupils: 2,527
   of which academies: 9 (38%) . . . independents: 7 (29%)
---Total Pupil count = 99,387
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13 Oldham - 127 schools::
   primary schools: 88 . . . total primary pupils: 26,378
   of which academies: 46 (52%) . . . independents: 2 (2%)
   secondary schools: 20 . . . total secondary pupils: 19,652
   of which academies: 14 (16%) . . . independents: 6 (30%)
   special schools: 14 . . . total special pupils: 1,411
   of which academies: 6 (43%) . . . independents: 8 (57%)
---Total Pupil count = 47,516
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14 Rochdale - 104 schools::
   primary schools: 71 . . . total primary pupils: 22,889
   of which academies: 27 (38%) . . . independents: 2 (3%)
   secondary schools: 17 . . . total secondary pupils: 14,679
   of which academies: 11 (15%) . . . independents: 4 (24%)
   special schools: 10 . . . total special pupils: 712
   of which academies: 1 (10%) . . . independents: 5 (50%)
---Total Pupil count = 38,548
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15 Salford - 134 schools::
   primary schools: 87 . . . total primary pupils: 27,012
   of which academies: 21 (24%) . . . independents: 11 (13%)
   secondary schools: 28 . . . total secondary pupils: 15,739
   of which academies: 13 (15%) . . . independents: 12 (43%)
   special schools: 7 . . . total special pupils: 1,026
   of which academies: 5 (71%) . . . independents: 1 (14%)
---Total Pupil count = 43,883
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16 Sefton - 119 schools::
   primary schools: 74 . . . total primary pupils: 22,614
   of which academies: 23 (31%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 20 . . . total secondary pupils: 18,313
   of which academies: 15 (20%) . . . independents: 2 (10%)
   special schools: 15 . . . total special pupils: 998
   of which academies: 2 (13%) . . . independents: 9 (60%)
---Total Pupil count = 42,228
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17 St Helens - 79 schools::
   primary schools: 54 . . . total primary pupils: 15,524
   of which academies: 13 (24%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 10 . . . total secondary pupils: 11,631
   of which academies: 8 (15%) . . . independents: 1 (10%)
   special schools: 8 . . . total special pupils: 565
   of which academies: 0 (0%) . . . independents: 4 (50%)
---Total Pupil count = 27,828
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18 Stockport - 137 schools::
   primary schools: 90 . . . total primary pupils: 27,290
   of which academies: 27 (30%) . . . independents: 4 (4%)
   secondary schools: 20 . . . total secondary pupils: 19,542
   of which academies: 10 (11%) . . . independents: 6 (30%)
   special schools: 14 . . . total special pupils: 921
   of which academies: 3 (21%) . . . independents: 5 (36%)
---Total Pupil count = 48,195
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19 Tameside - 108 schools::
   primary schools: 76 . . . total primary pupils: 21,885
   of which academies: 54 (71%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 17 . . . total secondary pupils: 14,891
   of which academies: 13 (17%) . . . independents: 1 (6%)
   special schools: 11 . . . total special pupils: 796
   of which academies: 5 (45%) . . . independents: 6 (55%)
---Total Pupil count = 37,738
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20 Trafford - 104 schools::
   primary schools: 71 . . . total primary pupils: 24,418
   of which academies: 18 (25%) . . . independents: 7 (10%)
   secondary schools: 20 . . . total secondary pupils: 20,034
   of which academies: 15 (21%) . . . independents: 1 (5%)
   special schools: 9 . . . total special pupils: 967
   of which academies: 4 (44%) . . . independents: 2 (22%)
---Total Pupil count = 45,466
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21 Warrington - 97 schools::
   primary schools: 69 . . . total primary pupils: 18,562
   of which academies: 40 (58%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   secondary schools: 13 . . . total secondary pupils: 13,954
   of which academies: 9 (13%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   special schools: 6 . . . total special pupils: 506
   of which academies: 0 (0%) . . . independents: 3 (50%)
---Total Pupil count = 33,148
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22 Wigan - 139 schools::
   primary schools: 100 . . . total primary pupils: 27,386
   of which academies: 24 (24%) . . . independents: 1 (1%)
   secondary schools: 19 . . . total secondary pupils: 19,677
   of which academies: 9 (9%) . . . independents: 0 (0%)
   special schools: 12 . . . total special pupils: 991
   of which academies: 0 (0%) . . . independents: 6 (50%)
---Total Pupil count = 48,326
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23 Wirral - 138 schools::
   primary schools: 92 . . . total primary pupils: 27,100
   of which academies: 38 (41%) . . . independents: 2 (2%)
   secondary schools: 21 . . . total secondary pupils: 23,554
   of which academies: 17 (18%) . . . independents: 2 (10%)
   special schools: 16 . . . total special pupils: 1,511
   of which academies: 1 (6%) . . . independents: 5 (31%)
---Total Pupil count = 52,526
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---Regional Pupil count = 1,162,528

23 LEAs surveyed in North West England region.

Note: Nursery, PRU and AP schools and pupil numbers are not included. Newly opened schools may not have reported their roll numbers yet.