Primary School Catchment Areas for York, UK

Catchment areas for primary schools in the City of York, sourced from the local council's live GIS server. The dataset is published by the UK Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence. Changes to the master data are reflected immediately via a live API link.

Use Cases

• Model school accessibility and enrollment projections based on geographic catchment boundaries.
• Analyze residential patterns and property values relative to school districts.
• Support public policy and resource allocation decisions for local education authorities.

Strengths

• Data is linked live to the authoritative source (City of York Council GIS server), ensuring changes are reflected immediately.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GeoJSON, KML, CSV) for flexibility.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 licence.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The last update date for the dataset is unknown, making freshness difficult to verify.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the City of York, UK.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the council's official Geographic Information System (GIS).

Time Range

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Freshness

Live link to master data; specific last updated date is unknown.

Geography

City of York, United Kingdom