School Admissions and Capacity Data for Lincolnshire, Updated Annually

Annual data from Lincolnshire County Council shows school admissions outcomes on National Offer Day. The dataset includes the total number of places offered by preference, each school's Pupil Admission Number (PAN), and the count of remaining free places after offers are made. Data is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze school preference fulfillment rates based on the total number of places offered by preference (1 to 4).
• Model school capacity utilization based on the Pupil Admission Number (PAN) and total offers.
• Identify schools with available capacity for planning purposes based on the total number of remaining free places.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually, providing a consistent time series.
• Includes three key metrics per school: offers by preference, PAN, and remaining free places.
• Published under a permissive Open Government Licence.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Lincolnshire County Council School Admissions.

Collection Method

Administrative data collected for the annual National Offer Day.

Time Range

Annual intake years.

Freshness

Updated annually.

Geography

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.