Data set from School capacity

Specialist provision capacity in mainstream schools - school

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Published 27 March 2025

Last updated 27 March 2025

Total number of specialist provision places in mainstream schools. This includes sixth form places and excludes nursery places. Includes number of pupils on roll from the May 2024 School Census, SEN unit and resourced provision places.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of school places
  • Number of school pupils on roll
  • Primary resourced provision capacity
• Time period: 2022/23 to 2023/24

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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_planning_area_code	secondary_planning_area_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	education_phase	school_phase	school_places	pupils_on_roll	SEND_unit_capacity	resourced_provision_capacity	primary_SEND_unit_capacity	primary_resourced_provision_capacity	secondary_SEND_unit_capacity	secondary_resourced_provision_capacity
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3904004	z	3902039	108327	Bede Community Primary School	Primary	PS	210	216	24	0	24	0	0	0
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3903003	z	3902172	108342	Swalwell Primary School	Primary	PS	210	130	18	0	18	0	0	0
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3904004	z	3902200	108359	Brandling Primary School	Primary	PS	210	197	0	8	0	8	0	0
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3902002	z	3902222	108369	Lobley Hill Primary School	Primary	PS	406	308	8	0	8	0	0	0
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3901001	z	3902239	131081	Rowlands Gill Community Primary School	Primary	PS	420	179	10	0	10	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
primary_resourced_provision_capacity	Primary resourced provision capacity
primary_SEND_unit_capacity	Primary special educational needs and disabilities unit capacity
resourced_provision_capacity	Resourced provision capacity
secondary_resourced_provision_capacity	Secondary resourced provision capacity
secondary_SEND_unit_capacity	Secondary special educational needs and disabilities unit capacity

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Footnotes

1. Number of pupils on roll for reception year group and above. Taken from the May school census for the relevant academic year, or gathered during the school capacity collection if census data was not available for a school.
2. Schools defined as "primary" include primary and middle deemed primary schools. Capacity excludes nursery places. For middle schools, capacity has been spilt into primary and secondary.
3. Schools defined as "secondary" include secondary, middle-deemed secondary and all-through schools. Capacity includes sixth form places. For middle and all through schools, capacity has been spilt into primary and secondary.

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