Primary School Admissions Priority Cut-Off Distances and Allocations

Data from the Government Digital Service, last updated on 2021-05-06, details priority cut-off distances for primary schools following the Local Authority Admissions Policy. It shows admitted numbers under each policy priority for compliant schools and indicates oversubscription status for schools with their own policies. Further allocation breakdowns for non-compliant schools must be obtained directly from the institutions.

Use Cases

• Analyze school catchment area sizes based on priority cut-off distances.
• Compare oversubscription rates between schools with different admissions policies.
• Model the impact of distance-based priority rules on admission outcomes.

Strengths

• Explicitly distinguishes between schools following the Local Authority policy and those with their own rules.
• Includes oversubscription status for schools with independent admissions policies.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2021-05-06 12:15:55.598000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected by local authorities.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2021-05-06; temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

2021-05-06 12:15:55.598000

Geography

Coverage is not specified but likely pertains to a specific local authority or region within the EU.