Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) children of secondary school age are resident, (b) children are on roll at state secondary schools and (c) places are unfilled in state secondary schools in (i) the South West, (ii) the local authority area of Bristol City Council, (iii) secondary planning area 8010015, (iv) secondary planning area 8010016 and (v) secondary planning area 8010017.

The department does not hold information on all children and young people by residence.

Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity. This is available at region and local authority level here for the South West and City of Bristol: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/f8c9439a-21b9-4c4b-e0d7-08dccd7b577b. School level information is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98 and can be aggregated to planning area level.

This publication also contains information on the number of pupils on roll as at May 2023 to allow comparisons with data on unfilled places. However, this is not the latest data for numbers on roll. The latest published data on secondary age pupils on roll in state-funded secondary schools is for January 2024 and is published in the Schools, pupils and their characteristics publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics. This is available at a region and local authority level here for the South West and City of Bristol: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/b2d9d5ee-2876-47a6-b242-08dccd7b0275. School level information is also available here: https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/6a45c262-aaca-4bda-a548-cc9d1dc63137/files/6a137329-83ce-4e2e-8043-1f15ab5c7101 and can be aggregated to planning area level.

For secondary planning area 8010015, there were 4,391 secondary pupils on roll in May 2023, with zero secondary school places unfilled. In January 2024, there were 4,342 pupils on roll.

For secondary planning area 8010016, there were 12,960 secondary pupils on roll in May 2023, with 460 secondary school places unfilled (3.6%). In January 2024, there were 13,236 pupils on roll.

For secondary planning area 8010017, there were 7,563 secondary pupils on roll in May 2023, with 760 secondary school places unfilled (10.2%). In January 2024, there were 7,754 pupils on roll.