Data set from School capacity

Local authority planned changes to school places

Not the latest data
Published
Last updated

School places reported by local authorities in summer 2022 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
  • Bulge places (temporary for large cohort)
  • Places to remove (permanent)
  • Planned additional places (permanent)
Filters
  • National curriculum year group
Time period
2022/23 to 2024/25

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_groupplaces_to_addbulge_placesplaces_to_remove
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotal270743808-3719
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryPrimary total9484560-1874
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryReception1353245-533
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 01129030-311
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 02128860-191

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
bulge_placesBulge places (temporary for large cohort)
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.
places_to_addPlanned additional places (permanent)
places_to_removePlaces to remove (permanent)

Footnotes

  1. Cumulative places reported by local authorities in summer 2022 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. Includes sixth form places. Excludes nursery places.
  3. 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.
  4. Excludes additional places and removal of school capacity planned from projects funded through DfE programmes, such as centrally funded Free Schools due to open.

Using this data

  • Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

  • View or create your own tables

    View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

Download this data using code

Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.

Example code