Reporting year 2023

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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  • Quantity of School Places

    Local authority, National

    Quantity of school places added since academic year 2009/10 and planned for 2025/26

    Number of rows
    154
    Indicators
    • Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
    • Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
    • Anticipated Change in Primary Pupil Numbers from 2023/24 to 2025/26
    Time period
    2023
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  • Local Authority Pupil Forecast Accuracy

    Local authority, National

    Pupil forecast accuracy for academic year 2023/24

    Number of rows
    154
    Indicators
    • Actual primary pupil numbers 2023/24
    • Actual secondary pupil numbers 2023/24
    • One year ahead primary forecast accuracy percentage
    Time period
    2023
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  • Preference Rate for School Applications and Offers

    Local authority, National

    School preference offers from national offer day 2023 and 2024

    Number of rows
    308
    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
    2023/24 to 2024/25
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  • Quality of School Places- National and Local Authority Level

    Local authority, National

    Ofsted, Progress 8 and primary reading and maths progress ratings of school places existing or added between 1st May 2022 and 1st May 2023 at local authority and national level

    Number of rows
    153
    Indicators
    • Existing Primary Places in Good Schools
    • Existing Primary Places in Inadequate Schools
    • Existing Primary Places in Outstanding Schools
    Time period
    2023
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  • Quality of School Places - School Level

    School

    Ofsted, Progress 8 and primary reading and maths progress ratings of school places existing or added between 1st May 2022 and 1st May 2023 at school level

    Number of rows
    19,885
    Indicators
    • Ofsted Rating
    • Primary Existing Places
    • Primary New Places
    Time period
    2023
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  • Costs of Additional School Places

    National, Regional

    National costs of additional school places from local authority projects for academic years 2015/16 to 2017/18

    Number of rows
    66
    Indicators
    • Cost per additional school place
    • Number of additional school places created
    • Number of projects
    Filters
    • Project phase
    • Project type
    Time period
    2023
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

Underlying data for the Local Authority School Places Scorecard 2023. Data used to produce the online interactive dashboard.

Coverage

Local authorities in England.

File formats and conventions

z indicates data is not applicable. x indicates data is not available.

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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.uk
Contact 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

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)

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