Data set from School capacity

Capacity - school

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Published 19 March 2026

Last updated 19 March 2026

Number of schools, schools with sixth form places, school places (which includes sixth form places and excludes nursery places) and sixth form places as at 1 May 2025. Pupils on roll and sixth form pupils on roll from the May 2025 school census.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: School capacity
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 302,304
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils on roll
  • Number of school places
  • Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2024/25

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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_count	primary_capacity_count	secondary_capacity_count	pupils_over_capacity_count	pupils_over_capacity_percent	unfilled_places_count	unfilled_places_percent
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310008	z	8312029	150481	Akaal Primary School	Primary	PS	420	205	420	0	0	0	215	51.19047619
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310009	z	8312012	141324	Allenton Primary School	Primary	PS	420	310	420	0	0	0	110	26.19047619
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310007	z	8312443	112744	Alvaston Infant and Nursery School	Primary	PS	270	251	270	0	0	0	19	7.03703704
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310007	z	8312442	145759	Alvaston Junior Academy	Primary	PS	360	336	360	0	0	0	24	6.66666667
202425	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	831	E06000015	Derby	8310001	z	8312629	146715	Arboretum Primary School	Primary	PS	525	530	525	0	5	0.95238095	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
pupils_on_roll_count	Number of pupils on roll
pupils_over_capacity_count	Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity
pupils_over_capacity_percent	Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places
school_places	Number of school places
unfilled_places_count	Unfilled 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 aggregated.
7. School places and net change in school places for 2024/25 have been affected by the Net Capacity Assessment programme and therefore do not represent school places built between 2023/24 and 2024/25.

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Email: SCAP.PPP@education.gov.uk
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