DfE: School Capacity 2010/11

DfE: School Capacity 2010/11

Description	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. The latest is available at http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d001051/index.shtml
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Reference ID	OSR01/2012
Coverage Country	England
Date Released	10 January 2012
Main Category	Children, Education and Skills
Sub Category	School Governance, management and finance Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
Type	Statistical Release
Contact	Anne Giles anne.giles@partnershipsforschools.org.uk tel: 01325 391206
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