Data set from School capacity

Local authority pupil forecasts and forecast housing developer contribution places

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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.


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
School capacity
Release type
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

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameplanning_area_codeplanning_area_nameplanning_area_phasenc_year_grouppupil_forecast_and_201819_actualsforecast_hdc_places
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotal7751098z
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryPrimary total4519771z
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryReception630266z
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 01645684z
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 02662192z

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
forecast_hdc_placesForecast housing developing contribution (HDC) funded places
nc_year_groupYear 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_actualsLocal authority pupil forecasts (includes 2018/19 actual pupil numbers)

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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