The latest national statistics on DfE: School capacity 2010/11 produced by the Department for Education were released on 10 January 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
This statistical release (SR) will be based on information collected from local authorities as part of the school capacity 2010/11 collection. It will include information on the number of school places and the number of pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools at local authority level. Information on the number of places in academies is also included in this release, collected directly from academies.
Information on pupil forecasts will also be included in this release. Data on pupil forecasts were collected from maintained primary and secondary schools and, for the first time, also collected from academies.
The key points from the latest release are:
State-funded primary schools
Of the 16,873 state-funded primary schools:
3,438 schools (20.4 per cent) were full or had pupils in excess of school capacity (20.3 per cent in 2010). There were 36,850 pupils (0.9 per cent) in excess of school capacity (1.0 per cent in 2010).
13,435 schools (79.6 per cent) had one or more unfilled places (79.7 per cent in 2010). There were 444,410 (10.4 per cent) unfilled places (10.8 per cent in 2010).
State-funded secondary schools
Of the 3,300 state-funded secondary schools:
837 schools (25.4 per cent) were full or had pupils in excess of school capacity (28.1 per cent in 2010). There were 40,260 pupils (1.1 per cent) in excess of school capacity (1.6 per cent in 2010).
2,463 schools (74.6 per cent) had one or more unfilled places (71.9 per cent in 2010). There were 396,240 (11.0 per cent) unfilled places (10.0 per cent in 2010).
National level projections are updated and published by the Department, twice a year. Download the latest statistics.
Contact details
Anne Giles
Surplus places
Telephone: 01325 391206
Email: Anne.Giles@education.gsi.gov.uk
