Moray Primary School Catchment Areas from 2016 to 2017

Moray Council delineated primary school catchment areas for non-denominational schools from January 2016 to August 2017. The data describes a system where parents living within a zone are designated a school and must request placement for out-of-zone enrollment. This dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing school enrollment equity based on geographic catchment boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Modeling the impact of zoning policies on family school choice based on the described 'placing request' system.
• Visualizing administrative boundaries for primary education planning in the Moray region.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 20-month period from 01/01/2016 to 13/08/2017.
• Describes a formal administrative system used by a local education authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from Moray Council's education authority.

Time Range

01/01/2016 - 13/08/2017

Freshness

Data covers up to August 2017; last update is unknown.

Geography

Moray, Scotland