Data set from School capacity

Sixth form capacity - national, regional, local authority

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Published 23 March 2023

Last updated 23 March 2023

Total number of sixth form places as reported voluntarily by local authorities; sixth form pupil numbers on roll from the May School Census. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of schools with reported sixth form capacity
  • Reported sixth form places
  • Sixth form pupils on roll in schools with reported sixth form capacity
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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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	schools_with_sixth_form_capacity_reported	reported_sixth_form_places	sixth_form_pupils_on_roll
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						2000	538168	415185
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				75	20328	14371
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				178	44792	33688
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				149	41218	30520
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				185	47215	34977

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
reported_sixth_form_places	Reported sixth form places
schools_with_sixth_form_capacity_reported	Number of schools with reported sixth form capacity
sixth_form_pupils_on_roll	Sixth form pupils on roll in schools with reported sixth form capacity

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Footnotes

1. Includes mainstream state schools with pupils in year groups 12, 13 and 14. Excludes 16-19 only establishments.
2. 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.
3. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to Covid-19.

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