There are just over four thousand secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Recent UK-wide statistics put the figure at around 4,180–4,190 secondary schools for the 2023/24 academic year.

Latest headline figure

• UK-wide data compiled for 2023/24 reports 4,181 secondary schools across the United Kingdom.

• This total includes state and independent secondary schools grouped in the standard “secondary” category used in national statistics.

Extra context

• Out of all 32,149 schools in the UK, secondary schools make up a little over 13% of the total, with the rest being nurseries, primary, special, and other types of schools.

• Within that UK total, England accounts for the majority with about 3,450 secondary schools, while the remainder are in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.