The make up of London's schools is a great measure of how diverse the city has become. As part of our examination of London's key datasets, we've looked at figures published by the Department for Education to see how it breaks down by key educational indicators.

From the figures we can see which education authority has the highest percentage of independent schools alongside other indicators such as the numbers on free school meals in primary and secondary schools.

Free school meals are an important indicator of poverty as only the least well-off children are eligible for them. Schools with a higher rate than 35% for free school meals are considered in a high band in the official school statistics. Nearly half of primary school children in Islington and a staggering 56.5% of secondary school pupils in Tower Hamlets receive free school meals. That is over twice the England average of 18% of pupils in all state schools in 2011.

First language is also a useful indicator - it shows the focus that some schools have, especially where the numbers are higher. Over 70% of secondary pupils in Tower Hamlets have a first language other than English. Newham and Westminster have high percentages too, at 65.7% and 64.9% respectively.

The City of London - which also has the highest percentage of independent schools - records absolutely no students whose first language is other than English, although it must be remembered that the total population of the City of London is estimated at 11,700 people, so it's not exactly representative.

You can see how each educational authority compares by clicking on the interactive above. By using the drop down menu you can select the different indicators to see what is happening in your area.

Looking at the data you can see that inner London has a slightly higher percentage of independent schools and considerably higher levels of pupils receiving free school meals than the rest of the country. There is also a higher percentage of pupils with English as a second language and secondary school pupils that are non-white British.

Brent, the most ethnically diverse borough in the country, has the highest percentage of non-white British pupils in secondary school at 94.5%. According to figures published by the Office for National Statistics, just over 38% of the toal population in Brent are White British.

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Data summary

Click heading to sort table. Download this data Schools broken down by education authority Area Region % Indep- endent schools % prim pupils getting free school meals % sec pupils getting free school meals % of sec pupils whose first language is other than English % of sec pupils non-white British INNER LONDON TOTAL 20.8 34.4 36 48.9 80.7 Camden INR LON 34.1 40.5 31.5 46.5 72.8 City of London INR LON 80.0 20.6 0 0 Hackney INR LON 25.5 36.2 38.3 43.5 83.9 Hammersmith and Fulham INR LON 26.0 39.7 30.8 43.6 69.7 Haringey INR LON 14.9 29 32.7 47 82.2 Islington INR LON 11.1 47.8 44.3 47.8 77.8 Kensington and Chelsea INR LON 51.3 35.2 22.5 51 73.5 Lambeth INR LON 10.3 35.5 31.5 38.6 84.8 Lewisham INR LON 10.1 25.4 26.6 25.4 75.9 Newham INR LON 9.8 29.5 39.1 65.7 90.0 Southwark INR LON 9.8 31.5 35.7 40.1 77.3 Tower Hamlets INR LON 14.2 46.4 56.5 70.4 87.6 Wandsworth INR LON 27.7 26.7 24.6 41.1 73.7 Westminster INR LON 32.9 36.3 40.1 64.9 84.3 OUTER LONDON TOTAL 14.7 19.6 17.7 32 58.7 Barking and Dagenham O LON 1.7 24.3 25.4 30.7 52.7 Barnet O LON 22.1 20.4 17 38.2 69.4 Bexley O LON 4.8 13.5 11.7 10.9 31.2 Brent O LON 16.5 27.3 23.6 50.7 94.5 Bromley O LON 14.3 13.1 9.4 6.4 27.5 Croydon O LON 17.6 22.3 17.7 21.2 61.5 Ealing O LON 20.4 20.6 24.1 49.2 79.2 Enfield O LON 8.0 28.4 24.1 38.6 71.8 Greenwich O LON 12.2 27.8 25.2 34.9 58.6 Harrow O LON 19.5 17.1 20.4 51 79.8 Havering O LON 6.7 14.6 10.2 6.3 22.6 Hillingdon O LON 7.9 17 17.4 31 49.3 Hounslow O LON 12.8 20.1 18.2 53.3 72.6 Kingston upon Thames O LON 19.4 10.5 7.7 26.6 46.4 Merton O LON 17.9 13.4 17.5 32 61.5 Redbridge O LON 20.8 18 17.1 52.2 76.7 Richmond upon Thames O LON 30.1 9.2 16.2 19 36.3 Sutton O LON 9.9 14.9 7.6 15.3 37.7 Waltham Forest O LON 8.1 24 25.8 41.5 75.4 LONDON TOTAL 17.2 25 23.4 37.3 65.6 ENGLAND TOTAL 9.9 18 14.6 12.3 23.4

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