Data set from Local authority school places scorecards

Quantity of School Places

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Published 29 June 2023

Last updated 29 June 2023

Quantity of school places added since academic year 2009/10 and planned for 2024/25

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Local authority school places scorecards
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Number of rows: 153
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National
• Indicators:
  • Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
  • Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
  • Anticipated Change in Primary Pupil Numbers from 2022/23 to 2024/25
  • Anticipated Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers from 2022/23 to 2024/25
  • Estimated Number of Additional Primary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2024/25
  • Estimated Number of Additional Secondary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2024/25
  • Estimated Number of Spare Primary Places in 2024/25
  • Estimated Number of Spare Secondary Places in 2024/25
  • Estimated Percentage of Spare Primary Places in 2024/25
  • Estimated Percentage of Spare Secondary Places in 2024/25
  • Forecast Primary Pupil Numbers in 2024/25
  • Forecast Secondary Pupil Numbers in 2024/25
  • Number of New Primary Places Planned for Delivery between 2022/23 and 2024/25
  • Number of New Secondary Places Planned for Delivery between 2022/23 and 2024/25
  • Percentage Change in Primary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2022/23
  • Percentage Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2022/23
  • Percentage of Unfilled Primary Places in 2021/22
  • Percentage of Unfilled Secondary Places in 2021/22
  • Primary Capacity at May 2010
  • Primary Capacity at May 2022
  • Secondary Capacity at May 2010
  • Secondary Capacity at May 2022
  • Total Basic Need Allocation 2010/11 to 2023/24
  • Total Primary Places created between 2009/10 and 2021/22
  • Total Secondary Places created between 2009/10 and 2021/22
• Time period: 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	primary_capacity_at_may_2010	primary_capacity_at_may_2022	total_primary_places_created_between_200910_202122	percentage_of_unfilled_primary_places_in_202122	number_of_new_primary_places_planned_for_delivery_202223_to_202425	estimated_number_of_additional_primary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202425	estimated_number_of_spare_primary_places_in_202425	estimated_percentage_of_spare_primary_places_in_202425	actual_primary_pupil_numbers_200910	forecast_primary_pupil_numbers_202425	percentage_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202223	anticipated_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_202223_to_202425	secondary_capacity_at_may_2010	secondary_capacity_at_may_2022	total_secondary_places_created_between_200910_202122	percentage_of_unfilled_secondary_places_in_202122	number_of_new_secondary_places_planned_for_delivery_202223_to_202425	estimated_number_of_additional_secondary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202425	estimated_number_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202425	estimated_percentage_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202425	actual_secondary_pupil_numbers_200910	forecast_secondary_pupil_numbers_202425	percentage_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202223	anticipated_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_202223_to_202425	total_basic_need_allocation_from_201011_until_202324_£
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						4227527	4948297	720770	11.504706	28182	20670	713865.4325	14.1008618	3854572	4369366	15.6914	-2.01917	3563118	4004324	441206	12.52978	41125	34210	313309.5698	8.9693922	2820511	3213999	10.5397	3.08597	13615061987
2022	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	E09000001	City of London	210	240	30	2.083333	0	0	30	12.5	205	210	11.2195	-7.89474	z	z	0	z	0	0	0	z	0	z	z	z	3345175.42
2022	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	E09000007	Camden	11004	11665	661	14.642092	0	0	2127.999985	18.242606	10362	9537	-6.05096	-2.0339	10137	12096	1959	13.574735	0	0	1550.180448	16.8641212	7414	7642	5.90774	-2.67448	18217771.5
2022	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000002	Outer London	203	E09000011	Greenwich	20631	27370	6739	13.142126	0	0	4186.999982	15.0665707	18771	23603	28.3895	-2.06224	15792	20244	4452	14.661134	0	0	1559.74887	9.2337915	11286	15332	33.6346	1.65761	160128665.1
2022	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	204	E09000012	Hackney	17648	21896	4248	21.355499	0	0	5503.999967	25.1370112	15866	16392	5.86789	-2.41114	8973	15922	6949	8.208768	0	0	1013.282618	7.7036482	7772	12140	58.595	-1.50901	47830724.96

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 25 variables

Variable name	Variable description
actual_primary_pupil_numbers_200910	Actual Primary Number on Roll 2009/10
actual_secondary_pupil_numbers_200910	Actual Secondary Number on Roll 2009/10
anticipated_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_202223_to_202425	Anticipated Change in Primary Pupil Numbers from 2022/23 to 2024/25
anticipated_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_202223_to_202425	Anticipated Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers from 2022/23 to 2024/25
estimated_number_of_additional_primary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202425	Estimated Number of Additional Primary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2024/25
estimated_number_of_additional_secondary_places_needed_to_meet_demand_in_202425	Estimated Number of Additional Secondary Places Needed to Meet Demand in 2024/25
estimated_number_of_spare_primary_places_in_202425	Estimated Number of Spare Primary Places in 2024/25
estimated_number_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202425	Estimated Number of Spare Secondary Places in 2024/25
estimated_percentage_of_spare_primary_places_in_202425	Estimated Percentage of Spare Primary Places in 2024/25
estimated_percentage_of_spare_secondary_places_in_202425	Estimated Percentage of Spare Secondary Places in 2024/25
forecast_primary_pupil_numbers_202425	Forecast Primary Pupil Numbers in 2024/25
forecast_secondary_pupil_numbers_202425	Forecast Secondary Pupil Numbers in 2024/25
number_of_new_primary_places_planned_for_delivery_202223_to_202425	Number of New Primary Places Planned for Delivery between 2022/23 and 2024/25
number_of_new_secondary_places_planned_for_delivery_202223_to_202425	Number of New Secondary Places Planned for Delivery between 2022/23 and 2024/25
percentage_change_in_primary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202223	Percentage Change in Primary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2022/23
percentage_change_in_secondary_pupil_numbers_from_200910_to_202223	Percentage Change in Secondary Pupil Numbers between 2009/10 and 2022/23
percentage_of_unfilled_primary_places_in_202122	Percentage of Unfilled Primary Places in 2021/22
percentage_of_unfilled_secondary_places_in_202122	Percentage of Unfilled Secondary Places in 2021/22
primary_capacity_at_may_2010	Primary Capacity at May 2010
primary_capacity_at_may_2022	Primary Capacity at May 2022
secondary_capacity_at_may_2010	Secondary Capacity at May 2010
secondary_capacity_at_may_2022	Secondary Capacity at May 2022
total_basic_need_allocation_from_201011_until_202324_£	Total Basic Need Allocation 2010/11 to 2023/24
total_primary_places_created_between_200910_202122	Total Primary Places created between 2009/10 and 2021/22
total_secondary_places_created_between_200910_202122	Total Secondary Places created between 2009/10 and 2021/22

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Footnotes

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

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