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Percentage of primary schools at or in excess of capacity (19725) Metric type

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http://id.esd.org.uk/metricType/19725
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This is number of primary schools at or in excess of capacity as a percentage of total primary schools in the authority. It is based on data from the School Capacity survey and School Census. Primary schools cover year groups reception, and 1 to 6. Primary places include all reported capacity in middle deemed primary schools.

They include pupils educated in community, foundation, voluntary and middle schools as deemed. Includes academies/free schools places. Excludes all special schools and nursery places.

Number on roll figures are taken from the summer (May) census for the relevant academic year, except for new schools (including schools that have become academies) where figures are based on data gathered during the school capacity collection.

2019/20 data not available due to the cancellation of the 2020 School Capacity survey due to COVID-19.
Modified
28 Mar 2023
Data last updated
29 Mar 2023
Short label
% of primary schools at or over capacity
Status
Live
Output precision
1
Polarity
a low value is good
Measure
Per cent
Dataset
School Places - Excess primary pupils as a percent of total primary places
Collection
School Capacity
Source
Department for Education
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