Reporting year 2019

Local authority school places scorecards

School Places scorecard for local authorities in England. School places delivered, planned and needed, pupil forecasting accuracy, cost of school places.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 29 September 2020

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• 01 Quantity of school places added since AY200910, planned places, estimated places still needed, and percentage of spare places in AY202122

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 156
  • Indicators:
    • Estimated Number of Additional Primary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2021/22
    • Estimated Number of Additional Secondary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2021/22
    • Estimated Number of Spare Primary Places in 2021/22
  • Time period: 2019

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• 03 School preference offers

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 156
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of Offers made to Applicants of First Primary Preference
    • Percentage of Offers made to Applicants of First Secondary Preference
    • Percentage of Offers made to Applicants of One of Top Three Primary Preferences
  • Time period: 2019

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• 02 Forecast accuracy AY201819

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 156
  • Indicators:
    • Actual primary pupil numbers 2018/19
    • Actual secondary pupil numbers 2018/19
    • One year ahead primary forecast accuracy percentage
  • Time period: 2019

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• 04 Quality of school places added between 1 May 2018 and 1 May 2019 - Ofsted

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 311
  • Indicators:
    • Existing Places in Good Schools
    • Existing Places in Inadequate Schools
    • Existing Places in Outstanding Schools
  • Filters:
    • School Phase
  • Time period: 2018/19

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• 06 Quality of secondary school places added between 1 May 2018 and 1 May 2019 - Progress 8

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 156
  • Indicators:
    • Existing Places in Above Average Schools
    • Existing Places in Average Schools
    • Existing Places in Below Average Schools
  • Time period: 2018/19

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• 07 Cost of additional school places from LA reported projects AY201516-AY201718

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 3,006
  • Indicators:
    • Cost per additional school place
    • Number of additional school places created
    • Number of projects
  • Filters:
    • Project phase
    • Project type
  • Time period: 2019

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• 08 Basic Need Funding for places 2011-2022 and Pupil Growth 2010-2021

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 156
  • Indicators:
    • Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
    • Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
    • Forecast Primary Pupil Numbers in 2021/22
  • Time period: 2019

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• 05 Quality of primary school places added between 1 May 2018 and 1 May 2019 - Reading and Maths

  Local authority, National

  • Number of rows: 311
  • Indicators:
    • Existing Places in Above Average Schools
    • Existing Places in Average Schools
    • Existing Places in Below Average Schools
  • Filters:
    • Quality Measure
  • Time period: 2018/19

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• quality of school places added underlying data

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