Data set from School capacity

Local authority planned changes to school places - national, regional, local authority

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School places reported in summer 2024 as planned to be added or permanently removed from their school capacity. Includes only projects with firm plans for delivery. Includes national curriculum year groups from reception to Year 13.

Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
School capacity
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Additional places (permanent)
  • Bulge places (temporary additional places for large cohort)
  • Places to remove (permanent)
Filters
  • Phase and year group
Time period
2024/25 to 2026/27

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_nameeducation_phasenc_year_groupschool_urnschool_laestabschool_nameplaces_to_addbulge_placesplaces_to_remove
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotal242845052-4268
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryPrimary total111921185-3213
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryReception1650284-686
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 01151490-558
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 021468120-342

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
bulge_placesBulge places (temporary additional places for large cohort)
nc_year_groupPhase and year group
places_to_addAdditional places (permanent)
places_to_removePlaces to remove (permanent)

Footnotes

  1. Cumulative places reported by local authorities in summer 2024 as planned to be added or removed. Includes only projects with a high degree of certainty of going ahead, usually where funding has been committed.
  2. Bulge places are places used to accommodate a specific large cohort. They move through the school with this cohort. Additional places are permanent places that will not move through the school with a specific cohort.
  3. Excludes additional places and removal of school capacity planned from projects funded through DfE programmes, such as centrally funded Free Schools due to open.
  4. Includes sixth form places. Excludes nursery places.

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