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Planning consideration

Educational establishment

Educational establishments in the UK including nurseries, primary and secondary schools

Design stage
Test and iterate
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Synonyms
  • Primary schools
  • Secondary schools
Legislation
No legislation added
Expected number of records
50,000
Frequency of updates
Weekly
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Technical specification
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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

  • Who asked for 'Educational establishment' data?

  • 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

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Educational establishment' gets designated?

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Educational establishment'?

  • 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

  • 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

3 updates

  • Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

    As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

  • Colm Britton (09 July 2024)

    There is no defined release schedule for this dataset but users can update data whenever they want

  • Mike Rose (05 July 2024)

    The data download page states

    'All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated'

    There is no indication that the data available for download is NOT available under this licence.

Last updated: 2024-09-26 09:51:03