York Local Authority School Roll History from 2010

Total numbers on roll since 2010 for Maintained and Academy schools in the York Local Authority area, excluding dual registered subsidiary pupils. All data originates from the annual January School Census. The dataset is not scheduled for further updates; later figures are available in other published datasets.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term enrollment trends in York schools based on the annual January census data.
• Compare pupil numbers between Maintained and Academy school types over time.
• Identify periods of school openings or closures based on blank entries in the time series.

Strengths

• Provides a consistent time series starting from 2010.
• Data collection method is standardized, sourced from the official January School Census.
• Clarifies that blank entries indicate a school was not open in that period.

Limitations

• Row and column counts are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is not scheduled for updates, making it a static historical archive.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, via eu_open_data platform.

Collection Method

Extracted from the annual January School Census.

Time Range

From 2010 onward.

Freshness

Static; no further updates scheduled.

Geography

York Local Authority, UK.