Data set from School capacity

Capacity - school

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Published 27 March 2025

Last updated 27 March 2025

Total number of school places, which includes sixth form places and excludes nursery places. Includes number of pupils on roll from the May 2024 School Census.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of school places
  • Number of pupils on roll
  • Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24

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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	education_phase	school_phase	school_places	pupils_on_roll	primary_capacity	secondary_capacity	pupils_over_capacity	percent_pupils_over_capacity	unfilled_places	percent_unfilled_places
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3906006	z	3902008	108321	Carr Hill Community Primary School	Primary	PS	315	310	315	0	0	0	5	1.58730159
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3902002	z	3902012	108323	Kelvin Grove Community Primary School	Primary	PS	390	367	390	0	0	0	23	5.8974359
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3906006	z	3902036	108326	South Street Community Primary School	Primary	PS	310	205	310	0	0	0	105	33.87096774
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3904004	z	3902039	108327	Bede Community Primary School	Primary	PS	210	216	210	0	6	2.85714286	0	0
202324	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	390	E08000037	Gateshead	3906006	z	3902049	108329	Oakfield Junior School	Primary	PS	240	228	240	0	0	0	12	5

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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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