Data set from School capacity

Local authority pupil forecasts - national, regional, local authority

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2023/24 actual pupil numbers on roll from the January 2024 School Census and local authority forecasts of pupil numbers for 2024/25 onwards. 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
  • Local authority pupil forecasts (includes 2023/24 actual pupil numbers)
  • Forecast housing developing contribution (HDC) funded places
  • Forecast housing infrastructure fund (HIF) funded places
Filters
  • Phase and year group
Time period
2023/24 to 2030/31

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_grouppupil_forecast_and_202324_actualsforecast_hdc_placesforecast_hif_places
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotal7991986zz
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryPrimary total4426051zz
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryReception596876zz
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 01615405zz
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandPrimaryYear 02631419zz

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
forecast_hdc_placesForecast housing developing contribution (HDC) funded places
forecast_hif_placesForecast housing infrastructure fund (HIF) funded places
nc_year_groupPhase and year group
pupil_forecast_and_202324_actualsLocal authority pupil forecasts (includes 2023/24 actual pupil numbers)

Footnotes

  1. Number of actual pupils on roll in 2023/24 taken from January 2024 School Census.
  2. Pupil forecasts are provided from 2024/25 to 2028/29 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2024/25 to 2030/31 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 13).
  3. Number of pupils expected to be educated in state-funded mainstream schools, provided by local authorities. Forecasts include future school places funded by Housing Developer Contributions and Housing Infrastructure Fund.
  4. Future school places funded by Housing Developer Contributions are provided by local authorities on a cumulative basis.
  5. Future school places funded by Housing Infrastructure Fund are provided by local authorities on a cumulative basis.
  6. National pupil forecast figures will differ to the National Pupil Projections published annually by the Department for Education due to methodological and timing reasons. More information can be found in 'Methodology: School capacity'.

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