Data set from School capacity

School capacity - national, regional, local authority

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Published 23 March 2023

Last updated 23 March 2023

Total number of school places, which includes sixth form places and excludes nursery places, reported by local authorities. File also includes number of pupils on roll from the May School Census; the number of schools at or in excess of capacity and the number of pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity; the number schools with one or more unfilled places and the number of unfilled places. 

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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 pupils on roll
  • Number of school places
  • Number of schools
• Filters:
  • School phase
• Time period: 2009/10 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	school_main_phase	count_schools	school_places	pupils_on_roll	at_or_over_capacity_schools	percent_at_or_over_capacity_schools	pupils_over_capacity	percent_pupils_over_capacity	under_capacity_schools	percent_under_capacity_schools	unfilled_places	percent_unfilled_places
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total	20198	8952621	7940834	3644	18.04139024	59233	0.661627	16554	81.95860976	1071020	11.9632
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	16791	4948297	4401508	2874	17.11631231	22498	0.454661	13917	82.88368769	569287	11.504706
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Secondary	3407	4004324	3539326	770	22.60052832	36735	0.917383	2637	77.39947168	501733	12.52978
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	1036	417389	360138	131	12.64478764	2244	0.537628	905	87.35521236	59495	14.254089
202122	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	863	230144	198639	100	11.58748552	679	0.295033	763	88.41251448	32184	13.984288

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
at_or_over_capacity_schools	Number of schools at or in excess of capacity
count_schools	Number of schools
percent_at_or_over_capacity_schools	Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools
percent_pupils_over_capacity	Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places
percent_under_capacity_schools	Number of schools with one or more unfilled places as a percentage of total schools

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Footnotes

1. Includes mainstream state schools with capacity in any of the year groups from reception to year 11 on 1 May for the relevant academic year.
2. Primary places include all reported capacity in primary and middle deemed primary schools. Capacity excludes nursery places.
3. Secondary places include all reported capacity in secondary, middle-deemed secondary and all-through schools. Capacity includes sixth form places.
4. Number of pupils on roll for reception year group and above. Taken from the May school census for the relevant academic year, or gathered during the school capacity collection if census data wasn't available for a school.
5. Number of pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity is the difference between school places and number of pupils on roll, for schools where the number of pupils on roll is higher than the school’s reported capacity. Calculated at school level and then summed to national, regional or local authority level.
6. A school is identified as at or in excess of capacity when their pupil number on roll is greater than or equal to capacity
7. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to Covid-19.

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