Data set from School capacity

School capacity - national, regional, local authority

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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. 


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
School capacity
Release type
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 2022/23

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_main_phasecount_schoolsschool_placespupils_on_rollat_or_over_capacity_schoolspercent_at_or_over_capacity_schoolspupils_over_capacitypercent_pupils_over_capacityunder_capacity_schoolspercent_under_capacity_schoolsunfilled_placespercent_unfilled_places
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotal2019789780467993753366518.14625935586340.6530821653181.84878942104285211.615579
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimary1678749492454393178287817.14421874215980.436391390882.8498242757759011.670265
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandSecondary34104028801360057578723.07917889370360.919281262376.9208211146526211.548399
202223Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastTotal103541686936139713012.5603864722740.54549590587.439613535774613.852313
202223Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastPrimary8622305151978169511.020881676700.29065476788.979118333336914.475848

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables
Variable nameVariable description
at_or_over_capacity_schoolsNumber of schools at or in excess of capacity
count_schoolsNumber of schools
percent_at_or_over_capacity_schoolsNumber of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools
percent_pupils_over_capacityPupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places
percent_under_capacity_schoolsNumber of schools with one or more unfilled places as a percentage of total schools

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. A school is identified as at or in excess of capacity when their pupil number on roll is greater than or equal to capacity.
  6. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to COVID-19.
  7. 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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