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.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Background information
The 2022 interactive scorecards are available here: https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/la-school-places-scorecards-2022 (opens in new tab)
Please note this is not the latest release. The latest scorecards can be found at: https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/la-school-places-scorecards (opens in 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.
New information is included on:
- the quality of places delivered between 2020/21 and 2021/22
- accuracy of local authorities’ latest pupil forecasts for 2022/23
- the DfE's estimate of the percentage of spare places in 2024/25
- anticipated change in pupil numbers 2022/23 to 2024/25
Information which has previously been published but is new to the 2022 scorecards includes:
- how many places have been delivered between 2009/10 and 2021/22
- the percentage of unfilled places in 2021/22
- the DfE’s estimate of places still needed for 2024/25
- basic need capital funding allocated to each local authority to create new places from 2011 to 2024
- how well school preference was met for September 2022 and September 2023 entry
- the national average cost of providing places, adjusted for regional location factors
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 new tab).
Headline facts and figures
This release has been made to share the interactive scorecard (opens in 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.
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
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
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