Data set from School capacity

Specialist provision capacity - national, regional, local authortiy

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Total number of school places in special schools. This includes sixth form places and excludes nursery places. Includes number of pupils on roll from the May 2024 School Census.

Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
School capacity
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of schools
  • Number of schools with both primary and secondary places
  • Number of school places
Filters
  • School main phase
Time period
2022/23 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameeducation_phasecount_schoolscount_schools_with_primary_and_secondary_capacityschool_placespupils_on_rollprimary_capacitysecondary_capacityprimary_pupils_on_rollsecondary_pupils_on_roll
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotal108965815346216003661212922506053799499
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimary19862292623847228359123726121
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandSecondary89165213053613618938377921593681199378
202324Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastTotal65319873100804134573940246056
202324Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastPrimary150180218631802018630

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables
Variable nameVariable description
count_schoolsNumber of schools
count_schools_with_primary_and_secondary_capacityNumber of schools with both primary and secondary places
education_phaseSchool main phase
primary_capacityNumber of primary places
primary_pupils_on_rollNumber of primary pupils on roll

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Schools defined as "primary" include primary and middle deemed primary schools. Capacity excludes nursery places. For middle schools, capacity has been spilt into primary and secondary.
  3. Schools defined as "secondary" include secondary, middle-deemed secondary and all-through schools. Capacity includes sixth form places. For middle and all through schools, capacity has been spilt into primary and secondary.

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