Data set from Local authority school places scorecards

Quantity of School Places

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Published 27 June 2024

Last updated 27 June 2024

Quantity of school places added since academic year 2009/10 and planned for 2025/26

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Local authority school places scorecards
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Number of rows: 154
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National
• Indicators:
  • Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
  • Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
  • Anticipated Change in Primary Pupil Numbers from 2023/24 to 2025/26
  • Anticipated Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers from 2023/24 to 2025/26
  • Estimated Number of Additional Primary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2025/26
  • Estimated Number of Additional Secondary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2025/26
  • Estimated Number of Spare Primary Places in 2025/26
  • Estimated Number of Spare Secondary Places in 2025/26
  • Estimated Percentage of Spare Primary Places in 2025/26
  • Estimated Percentage of Spare Secondary Places in 2025/26
  • Forecast Primary Pupil Numbers in 2025/26
  • Forecast Secondary Pupil Numbers in 2025/26
  • Number of New Primary Places Planned for Delivery between 2023/24 and 2025/26
  • Number of New Secondary Places Planned for Delivery between 2023/24 and 2025/26
  • Percentage Change in Primary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2023/24
  • Percentage Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2023/24
  • Percentage of Unfilled Primary Places in 2022/23
  • Percentage of Unfilled Secondary Places in 2022/23
  • Primary Capacity at May 2010
  • Primary Capacity at May 2023
  • Secondary Capacity at May 2010
  • Secondary Capacity at May 2023
  • Total Basic Need Allocation 2010/11 to 2024/25
  • Total Primary Places created between 2009/10 and 2022/23
  • Total Secondary Places created between 2009/10 and 2022/23
• Time period: 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	primary_capacity_at_may_2010	primary_capacity_at_may_2023	total_primary_places_created_between_200910_202223	percentage_of_unfilled_primary_places_in_202223	number_of_new_primary_places_planned_for_delivery_202324_to_202526	estimated_number_of_additional_primary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202526	estimated_number_of_spare_primary_places_in_202526	estimated_percentage_of_spare_primary_places_in_202526	actual_primary_pupil_numbers_200910	forecast_primary_pupil_numbers_202526	percentage_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202324	anticipated_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_202324_to_202526	secondary_capacity_at_may_2010	secondary_capacity_at_may_2023	total_secondary_places_created_between_200910_202223	percentage_of_unfilled_secondary_places_in_202223	number_of_new_secondary_places_planned_for_delivery_202324_to_202526	estimated_number_of_additional_secondary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202526	estimated_number_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202526	estimated_percentage_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202526	actual_secondary_pupil_numbers_200910	forecast_secondary_pupil_numbers_202526	percentage_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202324	anticipated_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_202324_to_202526	total_basic_need_allocation_from_201011_until_202425_£
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						4227527	4949245	721718	11.670265	23169	24540	729470	0.144130005	3854572	4356234	0.148759	-0.0162013	3563118	4028801	465683	11.548399	35951	30980	308470	0.087596	2820511	3244044	0.120609	0.0263721	13810450330.93
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	210	240	30	4.166667	0	0	30	0.125	205	210	0	0.0243902	z	z	0	z	0	0	0	z	0	z	z	z	3345175.42
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	11004	11455	451	15.862069	0	0	2270	0.198166738	10362	9185	-0.096989	-0.018382	10137	12373	2236	15.032733	0	0	1940	0.20724439	7414	7408	0.025897	-0.0260321	18217771.50
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	203	E09000011	Greenwich	20631	26950	6319	12.897959	0	10	4650	0.167331517	18771	23147	0.269192	-0.0284167	15792	20664	4872	12.045103	30	0	1390	0.083280307	11286	15350	0.372054	-0.00871811	160128665.05
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	204	E09000012	Hackney	17648	21650	4002	23.062356	0	0	6050	0.279676674	15866	15596	0.0264717	-0.0423677	8973	15866	6893	7.897391	0	0	1460	0.111087101	7772	11694	0.574627	-0.0444517	47830724.96

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 25 variables

Variable name	Variable description
actual_primary_pupil_numbers_200910	Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
actual_secondary_pupil_numbers_200910	Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
anticipated_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_202324_to_202526	Anticipated Change in Primary Pupil Numbers from 2023/24 to 2025/26
anticipated_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_202324_to_202526	Anticipated Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers from 2023/24 to 2025/26
estimated_number_of_additional_primary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202526	Estimated Number of Additional Primary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2025/26
estimated_number_of_additional_secondary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202526	Estimated Number of Additional Secondary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2025/26
estimated_number_of_spare_primary_places_in_202526	Estimated Number of Spare Primary Places in 2025/26
estimated_number_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202526	Estimated Number of Spare Secondary Places in 2025/26
estimated_percentage_of_spare_primary_places_in_202526	Estimated Percentage of Spare Primary Places in 2025/26
estimated_percentage_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202526	Estimated Percentage of Spare Secondary Places in 2025/26
forecast_primary_pupil_numbers_202526	Forecast Primary Pupil Numbers in 2025/26
forecast_secondary_pupil_numbers_202526	Forecast Secondary Pupil Numbers in 2025/26
number_of_new_primary_places_planned_for_delivery_202324_to_202526	Number of New Primary Places Planned for Delivery between 2023/24 and 2025/26
number_of_new_secondary_places_planned_for_delivery_202324_to_202526	Number of New Secondary Places Planned for Delivery between 2023/24 and 2025/26
percentage_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202324	Percentage Change in Primary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2023/24
percentage_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202324	Percentage Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2023/24
percentage_of_unfilled_primary_places_in_202223	Percentage of Unfilled Primary Places in 2022/23
percentage_of_unfilled_secondary_places_in_202223	Percentage of Unfilled Secondary Places in 2022/23
primary_capacity_at_may_2010	Primary Capacity at May 2010
primary_capacity_at_may_2023	Primary Capacity at May 2023
secondary_capacity_at_may_2010	Secondary Capacity at May 2010
secondary_capacity_at_may_2023	Secondary Capacity at May 2023
total_basic_need_allocation_from_201011_until_202425_£	Total Basic Need Allocation 2010/11 to 2024/25
total_primary_places_created_between_200910_202223	Total Primary Places created between 2009/10 and 2022/23
total_secondary_places_created_between_200910_202223	Total Secondary Places created between 2009/10 and 2022/23

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Footnotes

1. z indicates data is not applicable
2. x indicates data is not available

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