Primary school availability by borough
Key points
- Nine of the ten boroughs with the highest proportion of full or overfull primary schools are in Outer London.
- 35% of boroughs in Outer London are full or already overfull.
- Six boroughs have 40% of primary schools with no spare places.
Primary schools with no spare places by borough
What does this map show?
The map shows the proportion of primary schools that either have no spare places or actually have more children than spaces already.
The proportion of schools in Outer London that are full or overfull is, at 35%, higher than the England average (20%). The proportion in Inner London is lower, at 19%.
Nine of the ten boroughs with the highest proportion of full or overfull primary schools are in Outer London, with a noticeable clustering in the Outer South. In Croydon, Redbridge, Kingston, Bromley, Sutton and the Inner London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, over 40% of primary schools have no spare places.
Because of changes to Housing Benefit, areas in Inner London may become unaffordable for low-income families. If such families were to move to Outer London, that would exacerbate the pattern in the graph above.
Data used
DFE Statistics for Local Authority maintained primary schools, 2010
Indicator last updated: 21 February 2012
Topic:
Groups:
Boroughs:
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- City of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
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Glossary
Outer London:
Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bromley, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest
Inner London:
Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster