Data set from School capacity

Sixth form capacity - school

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Published 19 March 2026

Last updated 19 March 2026

Number of schools with sixth form places and reported sixth form places as at 1 May 2025. Sixth form pupils on roll from the May 2025 school census.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 14,230
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils on roll
  • Number of school places
  • Reported sixth form places
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2024/25

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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	secondary_planning_area_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	education_phase	school_phase	sixth_form_places	sixth_form_pupils_on_roll_count	school_places	pupils_on_roll_count
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310011	8315414	137911	Allestree Woodlands School	Secondary	SS	225	216	1425	1396
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310015	8314012	148639	Chellaston Academy	Secondary	SS	360	321	1860	1820
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310013	8314004	143734	Derby Cathedral School	Secondary	SS	360	244	1260	1134
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310014	8314178	145327	Derby Moor Spencer Academy	Secondary	SS	245	241	1745	1702
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310013	8316905	135120	Landau Forte College	Secondary	SS	157	189	1225	1239

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
pupils_on_roll_count	Number of pupils on roll
school_places	Number of school places
sixth_form_places	Reported sixth form places
sixth_form_pupils_on_roll_count	Sixth form pupils on roll in schools with reported sixth form places

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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. Includes mainstream state schools with pupils in year groups 12, 13 and 14. Excludes 16-19 only establishments.
3. Sixth form pupils on roll taken from the May school census for the relevant academic years. In a small number of schools the sixth form pupil on roll may include pupils from separate providers, where no corresponding capacity can be reported for the school in SCAP.
4. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to COVID-19.

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Email: SCAP.PPP@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Robert Miller

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