Data set from School capacity

School sixth form capacity

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Published 24 March 2022

Last updated 24 March 2022

School sixth form capacity as reported by local authorities; sixth form pupil numbers on roll from the May School Census. School sixth form capacity was collected as a voluntary field in the 2018, 2019 and 2021 School Capacity surveys.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• 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 2020/21

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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	secondary_planning_area_code	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	school_phase	schools_with_sixth_form_capacity_reported	reported_sixth_form_places	sixth_form_pupils_on_roll	total_school_places	total_pupils_on_roll
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England											2006	535357	407060
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East									78	20575	14453
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West									181	45826	33825
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber									151	41096	30413
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands									184	46556	34037

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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. x - Not available. No sixth form capacity data submitted for schools with pupils on roll in year groups 12, 13 or 14 in this geographic area.
2. LA reported sixth form capacity data was collected in the May 2021 School Capacity survey as a voluntary field. LAs reported sixth form capacity for 99% of schools with sixth form pupils on roll.
3. Sixth form pupils on roll includes pupils in year groups 12, 13 and 14 taken from the May 2021 census. 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.
4. Includes sixth form capacity in community, foundation, voluntary and middle schools as deemed. Includes sixth form capacity in academies/free schools. Excludes all special schools.
5. z - Not applicable. No schools with pupils on roll in year groups 12, 13, or 14 in this geographic area.
6. For free schools, number of school places includes final intended capacity. Some free schools are initially in temporary accommodation and may not reach final intended capacity for varying periods of time.

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