- Publication: School capacity, Academic Year 2020/21
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This is the latest dataLocal authority pupil forecasts (includes 2020/21 actual pupil numbers) for 'Local authority pupil forecasts' for Reception, Year 01, Year 02, Year 03, Year 04 and 9 other filters in England between 2020/21 and 2027/28 Primary Secondary Reception Year 01 Year 02 Year 03 Year 04 Year 05 Year 06 Year 07 Year 08 Year 09 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 2020/21 625,103 627,186 629,153 639,982 655,353 654,309 642,534 619,739 623,167 598,878 578,734 562,578 222,343 189,552 2021/22 619,732 630,242 631,317 632,554 643,748 658,982 657,877 635,621 622,558 626,094 601,782 578,603 223,129 203,821 2022/23 610,912 624,695 634,167 634,085 636,032 646,935 661,962 648,759 637,804 625,017 628,237 600,893 229,038 205,085 2023/24 599,908 615,558 628,518 636,873 637,472 639,278 649,906 651,287 650,774 640,173 627,221 627,404 236,331 210,405 2024/25 590,398 604,626 619,091 631,044 640,113 640,348 642,135 639,260 653,017 652,638 642,123 626,169 244,426 216,990 2025/26 594,633 594,443 607,812 621,386 633,964 642,511 642,706 631,256 640,812 654,804 654,447 641,026 244,524 224,135 2026/27 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 631,227 632,466 642,186 656,159 652,877 249,070 224,171 2027/28 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 632,410 632,110 633,672 643,757 654,604 253,045 228,165 Footnotes
- Pupil forecasts are provided by local authorities. They include pupils expected to be educated in maintained community, foundation and voluntary schools, city technology colleges, academies, free schools, studio schools and university technology colleges. They also include pupils expected to be educated in new schools (or expanded schools) funded through housing developer contribution (HDC) and housing infrastructure fund (HIF) agreements.
- Number of pupils on roll in 2020/21 taken from January 2021 School Census.
- Year 13 figures include Year 14 figures.
- 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'.
- Pupil forecasts, places expected to be funded through housing developer contributions and places expected to be funded through housing infrastructure contributions are provided from 2021/22 to 2025/26 for primary (Reception to Year 6) and from 2021/22 to 2027/28 for secondary (Year 7 to Year 13).
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