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Scorecard project level cost data (ods, 225 Kb)
Project level data used to calculate average cost per place in scorecards
Local authority school places scorecards
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See all updates (1) for Reporting year 2023
Edit to underlying data file 'forecast_accuracy_ay202324'. Forecast accuracy percentages reformatted
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Introduction
Introduction
The 2023 interactive scorecards can be found here: https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/la-school-places-scorecards (opens in a new tab)
These scorecards display a snapshot of the progress each local authority across England is making towards ensuring there are sufficient good quality school places.
They mostly contain information which has previously been published:
- Number of places that have been delivered between 2009/10 and 2022/23
- Percentage of unfilled places in 2022/23
- DfE’s estimate of places still needed for 2025/26
- Anticipated change in pupil numbers 2023/24 to 2025/26
- Basic need capital funding allocated to each local authority to create new places from 2011 to 2025
- How closely school preference was met for September 2023 and September 2024 entry
- National average cost of providing places, adjusted for regional location factors
They also contain some information not published elsewhere:
- Quality of places delivered between 2021/22 and 2022/23
- Accuracy of local authorities’ latest pupil forecasts for 2023/24
- DfE's estimate of the percentage of spare places in 2025/26
As requested by users, the interactive scorecard now provides users with the functionality to compare local authority data in the relevant charts. Please provide further feedback on the interactive scorecards using this short survey (opens in a new tab).
Headline facts and figures - 2023
This release has been made to share the interactive scorecard (opens in a new tab)and underlying data on the Explore Education Statistics platform. The scorecards display a snapshot of the progress local authorities are making in delivering good quality school places. You can use the scorecards to view the progress for England as a whole or any individual local authority. No commentary is usually made alongside this data or the scorecard, but it complements the main School Capacity release in which headlines can be found.
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Methodology
Find out how and why we collect, process and publish these statistics.
Official statistics
These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.
Contact us
If you have a specific enquiry about Local authority school places scorecards statistics and data:
Pupil Place Planning team
Email: SCAP.PPP@education.gov.ukContact name: Robert Miller
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