Data set from School capacity

School capacity

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Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 March 2024

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 pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity and the number of unfilled places. 

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils on roll
  • Number of school places
  • Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2022/23

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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	primary_planning_area_code	secondary_planning_area_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	school_main_phase	school_phase	school_places	pupils_on_roll	primary_capacity	secondary_capacity	pupils_over_capacity	percent_pupils_over_capacity	unfilled_places	percent_unfilled_places
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3901001	z	3902182	108349	Blaydon West Primary School	Primary	PS	210	177	210	0	0	0	33	15.714286
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3902002	z	3902012	108323	Kelvin Grove Community Primary School	Primary	PS	390	389	390	0	0	0	1	0.25641
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3901001	z	3902188	108352	Ryton Community Infant School	Primary	PS	169	91	169	0	0	0	78	46.153846
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3906006	z	3902036	108326	South Street Community Primary School	Primary	PS	310	198	310	0	0	0	112	36.129032
202223	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3901001	z	3902193	108355	Ryton Junior School	Primary	PS	235	126	235	0	0	0	109	46.382979

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
percent_pupils_over_capacity	Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places
percent_unfilled_places	Unfilled places as a percentage of total places
pupils_on_roll	Number of pupils on roll
pupils_over_capacity	Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity
school_places	Number of school places

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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 was not available for a school.
5. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to COVID-19.
6. 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.

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