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High needs: allocated place numbers

A list of allocated high needs place numbers to help collaboration between local authorities and institutions.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
19 May 2016
Last updated:
24 July 2026
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  1. Updated 'High needs: place numbers for the 2026 to 2027 academic year' and 'High needs: place numbers for the 2025 to 2026 academic year'.

  2. Added 'High needs: place numbers for the 2026 to 2027 academic year'.

  3. Updated 'High needs: place numbers for the 2025 to 2026 academic year'.

  4. We have updated: - High needs: place numbers for the 2025 to 2026 academic year - High needs: place numbers for the 2024 to 2025 academic year

  5. Updated: High needs: place numbers for the 2025 to 2026 academic year High needs: place numbers for the 2024 to 2025 academic year

  6. We have added the high needs place numbers for 2025 to 2026 and updated the high needs place numbers for 2024 to 2025.

  7. We have updated the high needs place numbers for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

  8. We have updated the high needs place numbers for the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 academic years with the latest figures for July 2024.

  9. We have added the high needs place numbers spreadsheet for 2024 to 2025.

  10. We have updated the finalised high needs place numbers for 2023 to 2024.

  11. We have updated the high needs place data for 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024.

  12. Updated the high needs place numbers for the 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 academic years with the latest figures for July 2023.

  13. We've updated the 'high needs place numbers for the 2022 to 2023 academic year' spreadsheet and added the 'high needs place numbers for the 2023 to 2024 academic year' spreadsheet.

  14. Updated the high needs: place numbers for 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 academic year spreadsheets.

  15. Replaced the high needs place numbers spreadsheets for 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 with updated versions.

  16. Addition of the allocated high needs place numbers for 2022 to 2023

  17. The high needs place numbers for 2021 to 2022 have now been finalised and published

  18. Updated the high needs place numbers spreadsheets for 2020 to 2021 academic year and 2021 to 2022 academic year

  19. Replaced the 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 spreadsheets with up to date information.

  20. Addition of the 2021 to 2022 allocations datasets

  21. Updated high needs place numbers for the 2020 to 2021 academic year

  22. We have updated the place number workbooks for the 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 academic years. We update the place numbers periodically across the year so that the data includes information relating to recent in-year converters and aligns to the DSG published information.

  23. We have updated the allocated place numbers for the 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 academic years.

  24. We have added the high needs place numbers for the academic year 2020 to 2021

  25. We have updated the allocated place numbers for the 2019 to 2020 academic year

  26. We have updated the allocated place numbers data sheets for 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020.

  27. We've updated the high needs allocated place numbers for the academic year 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020. We update the place numbers periodically across the year so that the data includes information relating to recent in-year converters and aligns to the DSG published information.

  28. We've added the high needs: place numbers for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

  29. We have updated the allocated high needs place numbers for 2018 to 2019, to reflect the final DSG update for this year.

  30. We've updated the high needs allocated place numbers for the 2017 to 2018 academic year and the 2018 to 2019 academic year. We update the place numbers periodically across the year so that the data includes information relating to recent in-year converters and aligns to the DSG published information.

  31. We've updated the high needs allocated place numbers for the 2018 to 2019 academic year. We update the place numbers periodically across the year so that the data includes information relating to recent in-year converters and aligns to the DSG published information.

  32. We've updated the high needs place numbers for the 2018 to 2019 academic year to show pre-16 mainstream place numbers split over occupied and unoccupied places.

  33. We've published the high needs place numbers for the 2018 to 2019 academic year, and we've updated the high needs place numbers for the 2017 to 2018 academic year.

  34. We've updated the high needs allocated place numbers for the 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 academic years. We update the place numbers periodically across the year so that the data includes information relating to recent in-year converters and aligns to the DSG published information.

  35. Updated the high needs place numbers for the 2017 to 2018 academic year

  36. Updated to include place numbers for the 2017 to 2018 academic year

  37. Minor updates to the place numbers spreadsheet for 2016 to 2017

  38. Update to the high needs place numbers for the 2016 to 2017 academic year dataset.

  39. The 2016 to 2017 high needs place numbers have been updated to reflect recent academy converters and special post-16 institutions that have completed the due diligence process.

  40. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

High needs: place numbers for the 2026 to 2027 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 453 KB

High needs: place numbers for the 2025 to 2026 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 446 KB

High needs: place numbers for the 2024 to 2025 academic year

ODS, 414 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

High needs: place numbers for the 2023 to 2024 academic year

ODS, 414 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

High needs: place numbers for the 2022 to 2023 academic year

ODS, 409 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

High needs: place numbers for the 2021 to 2022 academic year

ODS, 390 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

High needs: place numbers for the 2020 to 2021 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 366 KB

High needs: place numbers for the 2019 to 2020 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 368 KB

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High needs: place numbers for the 2018 to 2019 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 325 KB

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High needs: place numbers for the 2017 to 2018 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 571 KB

High needs: place numbers for the 2016 to 2017 academic year

ODS, 1.39 MB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

High needs: place numbers for the 2015 to 2016 academic year

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 655 KB

High needs: place numbers for 2014 to 2015 academic year

1.99 MB

Post-16 high needs: place numbers for 2013 to 2014 academic year

1.67 MB

Post-16 high needs: place numbers for 2012 to 2013

1.38 MB

Details

These publications present the allocated high needs place numbers by institution for the academic years:

  • 2026 to 2027
  • 2025 to 2026
  • 2024 to 2025
  • 2023 to 2024
  • 2022 to 2023
  • 2021 to 2022
  • 2020 to 2021
  • 2019 to 2020
  • 2018 to 2019
  • 2017 to 2018
  • 2016 to 2017
  • 2015 to 2016
  • 2014 to 2015
  • 2013 to 2014
  • 2012 to 2013

A notes page is included within each of the documents.

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