Official Statistics

School capacity: academic year 2018 to 2019

Statistics on school places, unfilled school places, pupils over capacity, pupil number forecasts and place planning in England.

Applies to England

Documents

Commentary: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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Main tables: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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School place planning tables: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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School place planning technical guidance: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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School sixth form capacity 2019 - experimental statistics

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School capacity main tables underlying data: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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School place planning tables underlying data: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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School sixth form capacity table underlying data: school capacity academic year 2018 to 2019

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Details

The annual school capacity survey 2019 provides national and local authority level information as at 1 May 2019 on the numbers of:

  • primary school places
  • secondary school places
  • unfilled school places
  • pupils over school capacity

It also provides pupil number forecasts up to the:

  • 2023 to 2024 academic year at primary level
  • 2025 to 2026 academic year at secondary level

Additional tables, on estimated places needed at the national, local authority and planning area level, and capacity in school sixth forms, are also provided.

School Capacity

Simone Cardin-Stewart
Pupil Place Planning team

Updates to this page

Published 26 March 2020

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