- Publication: School capacity, Academic Year 2020/21
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This is the latest data'School capacity - national only' for Primary and Secondary in England between 2009/10 and 2020/21 Number of schools Number of school places Number of pupils on roll Number of schools at or in excess of capacity Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places Number of schools with one or more unfilled places Unfilled places Unfilled places as a percentage of total places Primary 2009/10 16,964 4,227,527 3,810,779 3,444 41,677 1.0% 13,520 458,425 10.8% 2010/11 16,873 4,253,301 3,845,738 3,438 36,845 0.9% 13,435 444,408 10.4% 2011/12 16,812 4,313,770 3,912,538 3,423 31,494 0.7% 13,389 432,726 10.0% 2012/13 16,775 4,416,208 4,011,425 3,514 30,276 0.7% 13,261 435,059 9.9% 2013/14 16,766 4,528,023 4,111,660 3,697 30,737 0.7% 13,069 447,100 9.9% 2014/15 16,759 4,633,934 4,210,503 3,807 30,539 0.7% 12,952 453,970 9.8% 2015/16 16,771 4,737,900 4,307,008 3,781 30,173 0.6% 12,990 461,065 9.7% 2016/17 16,782 4,804,157 4,381,270 3,826 29,974 0.6% 12,955 452,791 9.4% 2017/18 16,771 4,863,329 4,423,856 3,519 27,441 0.6% 13,251 466,824 9.6% 2018/19 16,769 4,896,469 4,439,571 3,340 25,481 0.5% 13,428 482,335 9.9% 2019/20 x x x x x x x x x 2020/21 16,791 4,943,111 4,403,235 2,785 20,930 0.4% 14,003 560,585 11.3% Secondary 2009/10 3,312 3,563,118 3,263,405 930 55,541 1.6% 2,382 355,254 10.0% 2010/11 3,300 3,608,971 3,252,983 837 40,256 1.1% 2,463 396,244 11.0% 2011/12 3,260 3,600,793 3,225,543 694 30,769 0.9% 2,566 406,019 11.3% 2012/13 3,274 3,637,301 3,191,472 582 23,612 0.6% 2,692 469,441 12.9% 2013/14 3,321 3,711,807 3,167,115 498 18,980 0.5% 2,823 563,672 15.2% 2014/15 3,356 3,755,545 3,163,191 500 19,790 0.5% 2,856 612,144 16.3% 2015/16 3,375 3,787,836 3,171,447 487 20,073 0.5% 2,888 636,462 16.8% 2016/17 3,379 3,811,284 3,197,519 548 24,171 0.6% 2,831 637,936 16.7% 2017/18 3,376 3,848,042 3,230,941 512 22,162 0.6% 2,863 639,167 16.6% 2018/19 3,389 3,897,512 3,301,023 562 24,915 0.6% 2,826 621,308 15.9% 2019/20 x x x x x x x x x 2020/21 3,392 3,962,856 3,469,500 752 35,438 0.9% 2,639 528,746 13.3% Footnotes
- z - Indicates data is not applicable.
- Includes community, foundation, voluntary and middle schools as deemed. Includes academies/free schools. Includes sixth form places. Excludes all special schools. Excludes nursery places.
- Primary places include all reported capacity in middle deemed primary schools and secondary places include all reported capacity in middle-deemed secondary and all-through schools.
- Number of pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity is the difference between school capacity and number of pupils on roll, calculated at school level and then aggregated to national, regional or local authority level.
- X - indicates data not available. 2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to Covid-19.
- 2009/10 national, regional and local authority aggregations exclude 13 secondary academies where no school capacity figure was provided. They are included in the school-level underlying data.
- For free schools, number of school places includes final intended capacity. Some free schools are initially in temporary accommodation and may not reach final intended capacity for varying periods of time.
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