'School capacity - national, regional, local authority' from 'School capacity'
| Primary | Secondary | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | ||
| Bracknell Forest | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 6.9% | 10.3% | 28.6% | 14.3% | 11.1% | 11.1% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 28 | 15 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Brighton and Hove | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 19.2% | 23.1% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 17.7% | 21.0% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 102 | 101 | 157 | 198 | 259 | 299 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| Buckinghamshire | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 47 | 54 | 18 | 17 | 65 | 71 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 25.4% | 29.2% | 48.6% | 44.7% | 29.3% | 31.8% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 213 | 269 | 702 | 554 | 915 | 823 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |
| East Sussex | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 31 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 20.9% | 18.2% | 15.4% | 15.4% | 20.1% | 17.8% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 232 | 130 | 86 | 103 | 318 | 233 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Hampshire | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 97 | 92 | 22 | 24 | 119 | 116 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 22.8% | 21.7% | 31.9% | 34.8% | 24.1% | 23.5% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 820 | 737 | 780 | 634 | 1,600 | 1,371 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| Isle of Wight | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 18.4% | 10.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.6% | 8.9% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Kent | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 117 | 123 | 26 | 16 | 143 | 139 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 25.5% | 26.8% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 25.6% | 24.9% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 839 | 922 | 1,606 | 867 | 2,445 | 1,789 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |
| Medway | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 23 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 21.3% | 25.0% | 21.1% | 20.0% | 21.3% | 24.0% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 150 | 194 | 241 | 357 | 391 | 551 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% | |
| Milton Keynes | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 14.6% | 13.5% | 35.7% | 33.3% | 17.5% | 16.3% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 112 | 122 | 180 | 204 | 292 | 326 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.6% | |
| Oxfordshire | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 14 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 29 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 5.8% | 8.7% | 22.0% | 19.5% | 8.2% | 10.3% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 54 | 80 | 436 | 429 | 490 | 509 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Portsmouth | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 13.0% | 17.4% | 9.1% | 18.2% | 12.3% | 17.5% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 7 | 37 | 52 | 139 | 59 | 176 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |
| Reading | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 7.5% | 7.5% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 5 | 0 | 156 | 198 | 161 | 198 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
| Slough | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 20.7% | 31.0% | 26.7% | 20.0% | 22.7% | 27.3% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 90 | 90 | 90 | 137 | 180 | 227 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |
| Southampton | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 9.1% | 16.7% | 41.7% | 38.5% | 14.9% | 20.9% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 34 | 26 | 202 | 192 | 236 | 218 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |
| Surrey | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 49 | 50 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 68 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 16.4% | 16.7% | 21.1% | 31.0% | 17.1% | 19.0% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 248 | 287 | 842 | 969 | 1,090 | 1,256 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| West Berkshire | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 16.4% | 23.9% | 10.0% | 20.0% | 15.6% | 23.4% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 58 | 67 | 7 | 22 | 65 | 89 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| West Sussex | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 28 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 39 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 12.3% | 12.3% | 22.5% | 27.5% | 13.8% | 14.6% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 109 | 98 | 374 | 465 | 483 | 563 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 10.9% | 23.9% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 8.3% | 20.0% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 7 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 36 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Wokingham | Number of schools at or in excess of capacity | 20 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| Number of schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total schools | 37.0% | 36.4% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 37.5% | 36.9% | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity | 131 | 98 | 224 | 333 | 355 | 431 | |
| Pupils in places that exceed their school's capacity as a percentage of total places | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.4% | |
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.
Source: School capacity, School capacity - national, regional, local authority
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