Estimates of future school place demand (place planning)
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Estimates of future school places needed to meet modelled demand, calculated at planning area level and aggregated to local authority, regional and national level. Estimates reflect the position reported by local authorities at May 2021 through the School Capacity survey, supplemented with data from administrative sources on centrally funded programmes. Excludes sixth form and nursey places.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- School capacity
- Release
- Academic year 2020/21
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Estimated number of places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives
- Estimated number of places needed: Additional need only
- Filters
- National curriculum year group
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2027/28
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | planning_area_code | planning_area_name | planning_area_phase | nc_year_group | pupil_forecasts | estimated_capacity | la_additional_places | central_programme_places | additional_need_minus_spare_places | additional_need_only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | z | 39189.4094 | |||||||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Primary total | z | 17206.04756 | |||||||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Reception | z | 1665.981839 | |||||||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 01 | z | 1500.009297 | |||||||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 02 | z | 1561.565791 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| additional_need_minus_spare_places | Estimated number of places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives |
| additional_need_only | Estimated number of places needed: Additional need only |
| nc_year_group | National curriculum year group - Filter by phase and by national curriculum year group. Scroll down and select 'Total' for the sum of all primary and secondary year groups. |
Footnotes
- Estimates reflect the position reported by local authorities as at May 2021 in the 2021 School Capacity Survey, supplemented with data from administrative sources on centrally funded programmes.
- z - Indicates data is not applicable. Aggregations of 'Estimated places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negative', are given at local authority level only. National and regional aggregations are not produced as they would be unrepresentative because pockets of demand and pockets of spare places are lost in the aggregation.
- A description of how these estimates have been derived and how to interpret them is provided in the school place planning estimates technical guidance accompanying this release (see supporting files under 'Explore data and files’).
- Estimates are provided from 2021/22 to 2025/26 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2021/22 to 2027/28 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 11).
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