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- School capacity - national, regional, local authority
Step 3 Choose locations
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- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bedford
Step 4 Choose time period
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- 2021/22
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- Number of pupils on roll
- Number of school places
- Number of schools
- Number of schools at or in excess of capacity
- Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools
- School phase
- Primary
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Academic year 2022/23WarningSome rows and columns are not shown in this table as the data does not exist in the underlying file.'School capacity - national, regional, local authority ' for Primary in Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford and 147 other locations for 2021/22 2021/22 Number of schools Number of school places Number of pupils on roll Number of schools at or in excess of capacity Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools 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 Number of schools with one or more unfilled places as a percentage of total schools Unfilled places Unfilled places as a percentage of total places North East County Durham 212 46,361 38,320 23 10.8% 154 0.3% 189 89.2% 8,195 17.7% Darlington 29 9,320 8,303 3 10.3% 12 0.1% 26 89.7% 1,029 11.0% Gateshead 67 17,066 14,698 7 10.4% 60 0.4% 60 89.6% 2,428 14.2% Hartlepool 30 9,155 7,729 1 3.3% 0 0.0% 29 96.7% 1,426 15.6% Middlesbrough 41 14,740 13,750 6 14.6% 84 0.6% 35 85.4% 1,074 7.3% Newcastle upon Tyne 72 22,810 20,959 16 22.2% 52 0.2% 56 77.8% 1,903 8.3% North Tyneside 55 16,612 14,501 8 14.5% 65 0.4% 47 85.5% 2,176 13.1% Northumberland 127 25,185 19,735 9 7.1% 97 0.4% 118 92.9% 5,547 22.0% Redcar and Cleveland 44 12,723 11,049 7 15.9% 64 0.5% 37 84.1% 1,738 13.7% South Tyneside 45 12,814 11,709 8 17.8% 24 0.2% 37 82.2% 1,129 8.8% Stockton-on-Tees 60 19,813 17,222 6 10.0% 31 0.2% 54 90.0% 2,622 13.2% Sunderland 81 23,545 20,664 6 7.4% 36 0.2% 75 92.6% 2,917 12.4% North West Blackburn with Darwen 55 16,473 14,887 13 23.6% 31 0.2% 42 76.4% 1,617 9.8% Blackpool 31 12,251 11,079 3 9.7% 27 0.2% 28 90.3% 1,199 9.8% Bolton 97 28,990 28,053 30 30.9% 136 0.5% 67 69.1% 1,073 3.7% Bury 64 17,848 16,222 18 28.1% 252 1.4% 46 71.9% 1,878 10.5% Cheshire East 124 32,274 29,712 30 24.2% 219 0.7% 94 75.8% 2,781 8.6% Cheshire West and Chester 129 30,952 27,515 24 18.6% 183 0.6% 105 81.4% 3,620 11.7% Cumbria 268 42,143 35,077 43 16.0% 407 1.0% 225 84.0% 7,473 17.7% Halton 49 11,733 10,183 9 18.4% 34 0.3% 40 81.6% 1,584 13.5% Knowsley 50 14,285 13,279 7 14.0% 60 0.4% 43 86.0% 1,066 7.5% Lancashire 482 105,947 98,145 118 24.5% 715 0.7% 364 75.5% 8,517 8.0% Liverpool 118 39,427 38,032 44 37.3% 789 2.0% 74 62.7% 2,184 5.5% Manchester 135 52,911 49,261 25 18.5% 164 0.3% 110 81.5% 3,814 7.2% Oldham 86 25,900 24,199 19 22.1% 161 0.6% 67 77.9% 1,862 7.2% Rochdale 69 22,875 21,555 17 24.6% 65 0.3% 52 75.4% 1,385 6.1% Salford 76 23,832 21,989 12 15.8% 125 0.5% 64 84.2% 1,968 8.3% Sefton 75 22,477 21,068 24 32.0% 232 1.0% 51 68.0% 1,641 7.3% St. Helens 54 15,900 14,603 8 14.8% 46 0.3% 46 85.2% 1,343 8.4% Stockport 85 27,034 24,677 21 24.7% 173 0.6% 64 75.3% 2,530 9.4% Tameside 76 22,498 20,480 10 13.2% 53 0.2% 66 86.8% 2,071 9.2% Trafford 64 21,798 21,562 36 56.3% 495 2.3% 28 43.8% 731 3.4% Warrington 69 19,021 17,904 19 27.5% 161 0.8% 50 72.5% 1,278 6.7% Wigan 101 27,656 26,211 29 28.7% 310 1.1% 72 71.3% 1,755 6.3% Wirral 91 27,886 25,128 21 23.1% 239 0.9% 70 76.9% 2,997 10.7% Yorkshire and The Humber Barnsley 77 21,057 19,675 18 23.4% 124 0.6% 59 76.6% 1,506 7.2% Bradford 156 56,695 52,525 27 17.3% 124 0.2% 129 82.7% 4,294 7.6% Calderdale 82 20,639 17,862 7 8.5% 50 0.2% 75 91.5% 2,827 13.7% Doncaster 98 29,869 25,729 14 14.3% 143 0.5% 84 85.7% 4,283 14.3% East Riding of Yorkshire 123 28,000 24,143 20 16.3% 154 0.6% 103 83.7% 4,011 14.3% Kingston upon Hull, City of 71 25,575 23,209 12 16.9% 46 0.2% 59 83.1% 2,412 9.4% Kirklees 144 40,378 36,488 23 16.0% 72 0.2% 121 84.0% 3,962 9.8% Leeds 222 73,168 68,244 47 21.2% 317 0.4% 175 78.8% 5,241 7.2% North East Lincolnshire 47 15,163 13,516 8 17.0% 86 0.6% 39 83.0% 1,733 11.4% North Lincolnshire 62 14,972 13,436 9 14.5% 73 0.5% 53 85.5% 1,609 10.7% North Yorkshire 302 51,437 42,292 48 15.9% 323 0.6% 254 84.1% 9,468 18.4% Rotherham 95 26,384 22,631 9 9.5% 35 0.1% 86 90.5% 3,788 14.4% Sheffield 133 47,006 43,627 32 24.1% 195 0.4% 101 75.9% 3,574 7.6% Wakefield 113 31,907 29,233 19 16.8% 107 0.3% 94 83.2% 2,781 8.7% York 50 15,247 13,346 9 18.0% 54 0.4% 41 82.0% 1,955 12.8% East Midlands Derby 73 25,688 23,113 13 17.8% 91 0.4% 60 82.2% 2,666 10.4% Derbyshire 354 66,410 58,567 95 26.8% 775 1.2% 259 73.2% 8,618 13.0% Leicester 82 34,105 32,767 23 28.0% 210 0.6% 59 72.0% 1,548 4.5% Leicestershire 227 61,532 55,139 42 18.5% 340 0.6% 185 81.5% 6,733 10.9% Lincolnshire 280 63,368 55,781 43 15.4% 272 0.4% 237 84.6% 7,859 12.4% North Northamptonshire 111 33,230 29,546 12 10.8% 103 0.3% 99 89.2% 3,787 11.4% Nottingham 75 27,873 26,051 10 13.3% 32 0.1% 65 86.7% 1,854 6.7% Nottinghamshire 281 73,324 66,861 47 16.7% 304 0.4% 234 83.3% 6,767 9.2% Rutland 17 3,302 2,754 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 17 100.0% 548 16.6% West Northamptonshire 148 40,547 34,201 10 6.8% 75 0.2% 138 93.2% 6,421 15.8% West Midlands Birmingham 295 114,414 106,892 85 28.8% 498 0.4% 210 71.2% 8,020 7.0% Coventry 85 33,765 30,690 7 8.2% 5 0.0% 78 91.8% 3,080 9.1% Dudley 78 28,500 26,855 15 19.2% 71 0.2% 63 80.8% 1,716 6.0% Herefordshire, County of 78 14,644 13,136 23 29.5% 288 2.0% 55 70.5% 1,796 12.3% Sandwell 94 35,353 34,069 27 28.7% 256 0.7% 67 71.3% 1,540 4.4% Shropshire 126 23,410 21,096 26 20.6% 269 1.1% 100 79.4% 2,583 11.0% Solihull 59 20,092 19,452 18 30.5% 101 0.5% 41 69.5% 741 3.7% Staffordshire 300 72,249 63,440 53 17.7% 294 0.4% 247 82.3% 9,103 12.6% Stoke-on-Trent 71 24,276 22,388 13 18.3% 101 0.4% 58 81.7% 1,989 8.2% Telford and Wrekin 54 17,255 16,210 14 25.9% 84 0.5% 40 74.1% 1,129 6.5% Walsall 85 27,501 26,551 21 24.7% 155 0.6% 64 75.3% 1,105 4.0% Warwickshire 194 50,869 45,390 44 22.7% 306 0.6% 150 77.3% 5,785 11.4% Wolverhampton 71 25,199 24,391 20 28.2% 129 0.5% 51 71.8% 937 3.7% Worcestershire 182 46,360 40,357 21 11.5% 79 0.2% 161 88.5% 6,082 13.1% East of England Bedford 54 18,976 15,612 3 5.6% 19 0.1% 51 94.4% 3,383 17.8% Cambridgeshire 210 63,403 50,975 6 2.9% 6 0.0% 204 97.1% 12,434 19.6% Central Bedfordshire 98 25,630 21,164 6 6.1% 55 0.2% 92 93.9% 4,521 17.6% Essex 448 129,289 118,592 92 20.5% 701 0.5% 356 79.5% 11,398 8.8% Hertfordshire 403 108,712 97,457 48 11.9% 216 0.2% 355 88.1% 11,471 10.6% Luton 47 24,862 23,231 5 10.6% 560 2.3% 42 89.4% 2,191 8.8% Norfolk 348 74,832 63,766 55 15.8% 360 0.5% 293 84.2% 11,426 15.3% Peterborough 58 23,073 20,695 10 17.2% 89 0.4% 48 82.8% 2,467 10.7% Southend-on-Sea 33 16,335 14,965 5 15.2% 12 0.1% 28 84.8% 1,382 8.5% Suffolk 253 63,750 55,013 34 13.4% 255 0.4% 219 86.6% 8,992 14.1% Thurrock 39 18,654 17,465 3 7.7% 4 0.0% 36 92.3% 1,193 6.4% South East Bracknell Forest 29 11,110 9,723 2 6.9% 2 0.0% 27 93.1% 1,389 12.5% Brighton and Hove 52 20,877 17,659 10 19.2% 102 0.5% 42 80.8% 3,320 15.9% Buckinghamshire 185 47,318 43,673 47 25.4% 213 0.5% 138 74.6% 3,858 8.2% East Sussex 148 39,875 36,719 31 20.9% 232 0.6% 117 79.1% 3,388 8.5% Hampshire 425 114,996 105,681 97 22.8% 820 0.7% 328 77.2% 10,135 8.8% Isle of Wight 38 9,833 8,754 7 18.4% 45 0.5% 31 81.6% 1,124 11.4% Kent 459 138,834 126,927 117 25.5% 839 0.6% 342 74.5% 12,746 9.2% Medway 75 26,810 24,983 16 21.3% 150 0.6% 59 78.7% 1,977 7.4% Milton Keynes 89 30,636 26,373 13 14.6% 112 0.4% 76 85.4% 4,375 14.3% Oxfordshire 241 62,041 51,878 14 5.8% 54 0.1% 227 94.2% 10,217 16.5% Portsmouth 46 16,915 15,483 6 13.0% 7 0.0% 40 87.0% 1,439 8.5% Reading 40 15,230 13,403 3 7.5% 5 0.0% 37 92.5% 1,832 12.0% Slough 29 17,196 16,350 6 20.7% 90 0.5% 23 79.3% 936 5.4% Southampton 55 22,464 19,786 5 9.1% 34 0.2% 50 90.9% 2,712 12.1% Surrey 299 96,676 88,947 49 16.4% 248 0.3% 250 83.6% 7,977 8.3% West Berkshire 67 14,413 13,127 11 16.4% 58 0.4% 56 83.6% 1,344 9.3% West Sussex 228 71,993 64,486 28 12.3% 109 0.2% 200 87.7% 7,616 10.6% Windsor and Maidenhead 46 11,418 10,109 5 10.9% 7 0.1% 41 89.1% 1,316 11.5% Wokingham 54 16,855 15,680 20 37.0% 131 0.8% 34 63.0% 1,306 7.7% South West Bath and North East Somerset 65 16,282 12,984 10 15.4% 80 0.5% 55 84.6% 3,378 20.7% Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 66 29,358 26,811 18 27.3% 282 1.0% 48 72.7% 2,829 9.6% Bristol, City of 104 40,395 34,618 8 7.7% 74 0.2% 96 92.3% 5,851 14.5% Cornwall 236 47,464 41,369 42 17.8% 315 0.7% 194 82.2% 6,410 13.5% Devon 311 64,784 54,955 43 13.8% 302 0.5% 268 86.2% 10,131 15.6% Dorset 120 25,241 21,368 19 15.8% 133 0.5% 101 84.2% 4,006 15.9% Gloucestershire 244 53,119 47,492 45 18.4% 178 0.3% 199 81.6% 5,805 10.9% Isles of Scilly z z z z z z z z z z z North Somerset 64 18,803 16,643 5 7.8% 85 0.5% 59 92.2% 2,245 11.9% Plymouth 69 23,582 19,999 7 10.1% 50 0.2% 62 89.9% 3,633 15.4% Somerset 217 43,627 37,932 31 14.3% 238 0.5% 186 85.7% 5,933 13.6% South Gloucestershire 93 25,753 23,172 12 12.9% 48 0.2% 81 87.1% 2,629 10.2% Swindon 65 22,674 19,977 9 13.8% 96 0.4% 56 86.2% 2,793 12.3% Torbay 31 10,640 9,645 8 25.8% 61 0.6% 23 74.2% 1,056 9.9% Wiltshire 202 46,502 38,193 21 10.4% 116 0.2% 181 89.6% 8,425 18.1% Inner London Camden 40 11,665 10,070 6 15.0% 113 1.0% 34 85.0% 1,708 14.6% City of London 1 240 235 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 5 2.1% Hackney 58 21,896 17,314 3 5.2% 94 0.4% 55 94.8% 4,676 21.4% Hammersmith and Fulham 36 11,385 8,847 4 11.1% 5 0.0% 32 88.9% 2,543 22.3% Haringey 63 22,965 19,387 3 4.8% 24 0.1% 60 95.2% 3,602 15.7% Islington 45 15,576 12,468 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 45 100.0% 3,108 20.0% Kensington and Chelsea 27 7,775 6,538 3 11.1% 18 0.2% 24 88.9% 1,255 16.1% Lambeth 60 25,309 18,716 2 3.3% 145 0.6% 58 96.7% 6,738 26.6% Lewisham 64 26,949 21,681 4 6.3% 24 0.1% 60 93.8% 5,292 19.6% Newham 68 36,717 31,230 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 68 100.0% 5,487 14.9% Southwark 73 27,155 20,902 1 1.4% 1 0.0% 72 98.6% 6,254 23.0% Tower Hamlets 65 24,994 23,062 7 10.8% 288 1.2% 58 89.2% 2,220 8.9% Wandsworth 62 23,503 17,498 3 4.8% 233 1.0% 59 95.2% 6,238 26.5% Westminster 39 10,853 7,998 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 39 100.0% 2,855 26.3% Outer London Barking and Dagenham 43 26,818 22,771 3 7.0% 4 0.0% 40 93.0% 4,051 15.1% Barnet 90 31,404 28,567 24 26.7% 192 0.6% 66 73.3% 3,029 9.6% Bexley 59 24,019 21,466 6 10.2% 17 0.1% 53 89.8% 2,570 10.7% Brent 60 29,377 24,506 9 15.0% 133 0.5% 51 85.0% 5,004 17.0% Bromley 76 30,411 27,316 14 18.4% 188 0.6% 62 81.6% 3,283 10.8% Croydon 86 38,517 30,668 6 7.0% 43 0.1% 80 93.0% 7,892 20.5% Ealing 67 31,717 28,110 7 10.4% 95 0.3% 60 89.6% 3,702 11.7% Enfield 68 33,034 28,405 3 4.4% 22 0.1% 65 95.6% 4,651 14.1% Greenwich 65 27,370 23,826 7 10.8% 53 0.2% 58 89.2% 3,597 13.1% Harrow 40 23,706 20,821 4 10.0% 48 0.2% 36 90.0% 2,933 12.4% Havering 59 25,984 23,321 8 13.6% 27 0.1% 51 86.4% 2,690 10.4% Hillingdon 67 32,632 26,669 1 1.5% 1 0.0% 66 98.5% 5,964 18.3% Hounslow 51 25,185 21,959 5 9.8% 33 0.1% 46 90.2% 3,259 12.9% Kingston upon Thames 35 14,370 13,193 4 11.4% 12 0.1% 31 88.6% 1,189 8.3% Merton 44 19,039 15,408 3 6.8% 47 0.2% 41 93.2% 3,678 19.3% Redbridge 52 29,566 26,885 5 9.6% 36 0.1% 47 90.4% 2,717 9.2% Richmond upon Thames 46 18,922 16,228 3 6.5% 0 0.0% 43 93.5% 2,694 14.2% Sutton 40 18,116 17,925 25 62.5% 506 2.8% 15 37.5% 697 3.8% Waltham Forest 53 26,880 22,571 5 9.4% 6 0.0% 48 90.6% 4,315 16.1% Footnotes
- 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.
- Primary places include all reported capacity in primary and middle deemed primary schools. Capacity excludes nursery places.
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