Educational establishment
Educational establishments in the UK including nurseries, primary and secondary schools
- Design stage
- Test and iterate
- Tags
- local plan
- Also known as
- Primary schools, Secondary schools
- Datasets
- Frequency of updates
- Weekly
- Useful links
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 26 September 2024
Backlog
What is the driver for the request?
Existing planning requirement
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Faster local plans
Screen
What is the 'Educational establishment' consideration?
This dataset includes schools, number of pupils, number of boys, number of girls, number of pupils eligible for free school meals and percentage of children eligible for free school meals.
Is there legislation that defines 'Educational establishment'?
Yes
What is the legislation that defines 'Educational establishment'?
Education Act 1944
Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Educational establishment'?
There is no legislation around publishing educational establishments, but the accountability of them lies with the Department for Education, and the education authority (often county councils).
Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
Department for Education
Is the Educational establishment a trigger?
No
Is the Educational establishment something to consult during plan making?
Yes
Provide information about when Educational establishment is used during plan making
The presence, distance, and capacity of existing schools are something to be consulted as part of plan-making, during the assessment of sites prior to site allocation, as well as when assessing existing infrastructure capacity when planning for growth. Understanding existing school capacity also allows for education authorities to plan for the need for expansion of existing schools, and the delivery of new schools.
Is there any Educational establishment data already available?
Yes
What Educational establishment data is currently available?
- All establishment data (publisher: Department for Education; coverage: UK; licence: OGL3)
Do we think the data should come from a single source?
Yes. The department for Education make this data available through the Get Information about Schools service
Will a data standard be required?
No
Research
Do we understand the lifecycle of a Educational establishment?
No
Do we understand how the data is created/produced?
N/A
Where will or should the data be used?
N/A
Who are the statutory consultees for Educational establishment?
- Department for Education
- Planning authorities
Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Educational establishment? How do we expect them to use Educational establishment?
N/A
What are the planning needs for this data?
The presence, distance, and capacity of existing schools are something to be consulted as part of plan-making, during the assessment of sites prior to site allocation, as well as when assessing existing infrastructure capacity when planning for growth. Understanding existing school capacity also allows for education authorities to plan for the need for expansion of existing schools, and the delivery of new schools.
Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Educational establishment data?
N/A
What are some potential uses of Educational establishment data?
There are policies that exist that require people to know where educational establishments (or schools) are.
For example, since 2017, London has a policy prohibiting open fast food shops within 400 metres of a school.
What's the value of adding Educational establishment data to the platform?
See planning need and use cases
From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Educational establishment data available?
Not that we've identified so far