London Schools Atlas: Home-to-School Matrices and Catchment Data

London's interactive map provides a pan-London view of primary and secondary schools, including academies and free schools. The dataset includes home location to school matrices used to create catchment maps and is part of the Mayor's programme for education standards. It was last updated on 2026-03-25 by the Greater London Authority.

Use Cases

• Model school catchment areas based on home-to-school matrices mentioned in the description
• Forecast future demand for school places using pan-London demand data referenced in the description
• Analyze correlations between school provision and deprivation indices using the linked DCLG Indices of Deprivation 2015
• Classify school neighborhoods using the referenced London Output Area Classification (LOAC) data

Strengths

• Covers primary and secondary provision, including academies and free schools across London
• Integrates multiple data sources, including Edubase, deprivation indices, and area classifications
• Provides pan-London level analysis of school place demand, not just borough-level

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

School location/attribute information sourced from the Edubase database; catchment matrices derived from home-to-school data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 12:01:02.828057

Geography

London, United Kingdom