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Statistics: school capacity

Statistics on the numbers of filled and unfilled primary and secondary school places in England, including forecasts of pupil numbers.

From:
Department for Education
Published
1 March 2013
Last updated
21 March 2024 — See all updates

Statistics from May 2010 onwards are available on GOV.UK. You can find our archived statistics on the National Archives. Note: the search function is not available on archived content so please use the filters on the left of each page.

The ‘School capacity survey: 2020’ and ‘School capacity statistics: academic year 2019 to 2020’ were cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19). Further details can be found on our publication announcement page.

School capacity data: by academic year

Published 1 March 2013
Last updated 21 March 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added 'School capacity in England: academic year 2022 to 2023'.

  2. Added 'School capacity in England: academic year 2021 to 2022'.

  3. Added 'School capacity in England: academic year 2020 to 2021'.

  4. The 'School capacity: academic year 2019 to 2020' publication was cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19).

  5. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2018 to 2019'.

  6. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2017 to 2018'.

  7. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2016 to 2017' to the collection.

  8. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2015 to 2016'.

  9. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2014 to 2015' to the collection.

  10. Added 'School capacity: academic year 2012 to 2013'.

  11. Added note that we're no longer publishing data on school capacity as a statistical first release

  12. First published.