National Pupil Projections for UK Schools

National Pupil Projections is a report containing official statistics on projected pupil numbers in UK schools, produced by the Department for Education. The dataset is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics and is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. It was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Forecasting future school enrollment trends based on national pupil projections.
• Planning for teacher recruitment and infrastructure needs based on projected pupil numbers.
• Analyzing demographic shifts in the school-age population over time.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative source, the UK Department for Education.
• Designated as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal production process.
• Has a specific future update timestamp (2026-07-08 13:32:49.516597).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its UK-only source.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education

Collection Method

Likely contains statistical modeling and projections based on demographic data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:49.516597; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom