Local authority planned changes to school places
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Places reported by local authorities in summer 2021 as planned to be added or permanently removed from their school capacity. Includes only projects with firm plans for delivery. Includes sixth form places. Excludes 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
- Additional places (permanent)
- Bulge places (temporary for large cohort)
- Places to remove (permanent)
- Filters
- National curriculum year group
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2023/24
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 | additional_places | bulge_places | places_to_remove |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | 27272 | 3374 | -5595 | |||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Primary total | 12489 | 995 | -4485 | |||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Reception | 1718 | 650 | -760 | |||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 01 | 1688 | 15 | -640 | |||||||
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 02 | 1743 | 75 | -640 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| additional_places | Additional places (permanent) |
| bulge_places | Bulge places (temporary for large cohort) |
| 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. |
| places_to_remove | Places to remove (permanent) |
Footnotes
- Additional, bulge and places to remove are reported cumulatively.
- z - Indicates data is not applicable.
- Bulge places are places used to accommodate a specific large cohort. They move through the school with this cohort. Additional places are permanent places that will not move through the school with a specific cohort.
- Cumulative places reported by local authorities in summer 2021 as planned to be added or removed. Includes only projects with a high degree of certainty of going ahead, usually where funding has been committed. Excludes nursery places.
- Excludes additional places in projects funded through central DfE programmes, such as Free Schools, unless local authorities have contributed their own funding to deliver additional places to these projects.
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