Estimates of future school place demand (places needed, spare places) - national, regional, local authority
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Estimates of future school places needed to meet modelled demand, calculated at planning area level and aggregated to local authority, regional and national level. Estimates reflect the position reported by local authorities at May 2024.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- School capacity
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Estimated number of places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives
- Estimated number of places needed: Additional need only
- Filters
- Phase and year group
- Time period
- 2024/25 to 2030/31
Data set preview
| 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 | education_phase | nc_year_group | pupil_forecasts | estimated_capacity | la_planned_places | central_programme_places | additional_need_minus_spare_places | additional_need_only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | z | 34287.91786 | |||||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Primary total | z | 16017.05957 | |||||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Reception | z | 649.998526 | |||||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 01 | z | 1085.197451 | |||||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Primary | Year 02 | z | 1264.036945 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| additional_need_minus_spare_places | Estimated number of places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives |
| additional_need_only | Estimated number of places needed: Additional need only |
| nc_year_group | Phase and year group |
Footnotes
- Estimates reflect the position reported by local authorities as at May 2024, supplemented with DFE internal data on centrally funded programmes due to add or remove school places.
- Estimates are provided from 2024/25 to 2028/29 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2024/25 to 2030/31 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 11).
- 'Estimated places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives' are not produced at a national and regional level because they would be unrepresentative of school place demand. They would suggest unrealistic levels of spare places, because demand in specific areas would be lost in the sum total.
- A description of how these estimates have been derived and how to interpret them is provided in the school place planning estimates technical guidance accompanying this release (see supporting files under 'Explore data and files’).
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