Data set from School capacity

Local authority pupil forecasts and forecast housing developer contribution places

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Published 20 August 2020

Last updated 20 August 2020

2018/19 pupil numbers on roll from the January 2019 School Census; pupil number forecasts by national curriculum year group as provided by local authorities; forecast number of pupils expected to attend places expected to be funded by housing developer contribution (HDC) agreements. Includes national curriculum year groups from reception to Year 14.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2018/19
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Forecast housing developing contribution (HDC) funded places
  • Local authority pupil forecasts (includes 2018/19 actual pupil numbers)
• Filters:
  • Year group
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26

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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	planning_area_code	planning_area_name	planning_area_phase	nc_year_group	pupil_forecast_and_201819_actuals	forecast_hdc_places
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total	Total	7751098	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Primary	Primary total	4519771	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Primary	Reception	630266	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Primary	Year 01	645684	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Primary	Year 02	662192	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
forecast_hdc_places	Forecast housing developing contribution (HDC) funded places
nc_year_group	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.
pupil_forecast_and_201819_actuals	Local authority pupil forecasts (includes 2018/19 actual pupil numbers)

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Footnotes

1. Year 13 figures include Year 14 figures.
2. Pupil forecasts and forecast housing developer contribution places expected to be funded through housing developer contributions are provided from 2019/20 to 2023/24 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2019/20 to 2025/26 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 13).
3. Pupil forecasts are provided by local authorities. They include pupils expected to be educated in maintained community, foundation and voluntary schools, city technology colleges, academies, free schools, studio schools and university technology colleges. They also include pupils expected to be educated in new schools (or expanded schools) funded through housing developer contribution (HDC) agreements.
4. z - Indicates data is not applicable.
5. Number of pupils on roll in 2018/19 taken from January 2019 School Census.
6. Forecast housing developer contribution (HDC) funded places are provided by local authorities. They show the number of pupils expected to attend places that have been funded by HDC agreements in maintained community, foundation and voluntary schools, city technology colleges, academies, free schools, studio schools and university technology colleges. HDC figures are collected and reported on a cumulative basis.
7. National pupil forecast figures will differ to the National Pupil Projections published annually by the Department for Education due to methodological and timing reasons. More information can be found in 'Methodology: School capacity'.

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