Data set from School capacity

School place planning estimates

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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 2019 through the School Capacity survey, supplemented with data from administrative sources on centrally funded programmes. Excludes sixth form and nursey places.


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
School capacity
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
  • National curriculum year group
Time period
2019/20 to 2025/26

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameplanning_area_codeplanning_area_nameplanning_area_phasenc_year_grouppupil_forecastsestimated_capacityla_additional_placescentral_programme_placesadditional_need_minus_spare_placesadditional_need_only
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotal:44684.200358
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryPrimary total:26621.861899
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryReception:2694.248856
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 01:1895.669785
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 02:2641.135387

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
additional_need_minus_spare_placesEstimated number of places needed: Additional need as positives and spare places as negatives
additional_need_onlyEstimated number of places needed: Additional need only
nc_year_groupNational curriculum year group - Filter by phase and by national curriculum year group. Scroll down and select 'Total' for the sum of all primary and secondary year groups.

Footnotes

  1. Estimates are provided from 2019/20 to 2023/24 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2019/20 to 2025/26 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 11).
  2. A description of how these estimates have been derived and how to interpret them is provided in the technical guidance accompanying the 'School capacity: Academic year 2018/19' release.
  3. z - Indicates data is not applicable.
  4. Estimates reflect the position reported by local authorities as at May 2019 in the 2019 School Capacity Survey, supplemented with data from administrative sources on centrally funded programmes.
  5. : - Indicates data is not available. Aggregations of estimated places needed including both additional need as positives and spare places as negatives are given at local authority level only. National and regional aggregations are not provided as they would be unrepresentative because pockets of demand and pockets of spare places are lost in the aggregation.

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