School Estate Statistics 2021
Results of the 2021 School Estates Core Facts Survey.
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Chapter 3: School condition
- 90.2% of schools were in good or satisfactory condition in April 2021.
- 91.6% of pupils were in schools in good or satisfactory condition in April 2021.
A school's condition is the current state of its fabric. The following ratings are used to measure school condition:
- A: Good – Performing well and operating efficiently;
- B: Satisfactory – Performing adequately but showing minor deterioration;
- C: Poor – Showing major defects and/or not operating adequately;
- D: Bad – Economic life expired and/or risk of failure.
The proportion of schools in good or satisfactory condition has increased 6.7 percentage points from 83.5 per cent in April 2015 to 90.2 per cent in April 2021 (Table 3.1). This is a result of investment and reorganisation of the school estate.
Taking into account the number of pupils in each school, there has been a 6.8 percentage point increase in the proportion of pupils educated in good or satisfactory condition schools from 84.8 per cent in April 2015 to 91.6 per cent in April 2021 (Table 3.2).
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021(2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | |||||||
| A: Good | 641 | 666 | 703 | 696 | 709 | 700 | 716 |
| B: Satisfactory | 1,479 | 1,453 | 1,462 | 1,470 | 1,491 | 1,538 | 1,523 |
| C: Poor | 406 | 396 | 345 | 331 | 284 | 248 | 241 |
| D: Bad | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Condition not recorded | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 2,120 | 2,119 | 2,165 | 2,166 | 2,200 | 2,238 | 2,239 |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 417 | 404 | 350 | 334 | 288 | 250 | 242 |
| Percentage | |||||||
| A: Good | 25.3 | 26.4 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 28.5 | 28.1 | 28.8 |
| B: Satisfactory | 58.3 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 58.8 | 59.8 | 61.8 | 61.4 |
| C: Poor | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
| D: Bad | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Condition not recorded | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 83.5 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 86.6 | 88.3 | 89.9 | 90.2 |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 16.4 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
1. Condition as reported in April of relevant year.
2. No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018(3) | 2019(3) | 2020 | 2021(4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | |||||||
| A: Good | 225,505 | 236,260 | 253,369 | 268,689 | 269,455 | 265,643 | 277,671 |
| B: Satisfactory | 347,360 | 335,159 | 343,506 | 339,619 | 350,555 | 369,063 | 364,044 |
| C: Poor | 98,387 | 102,526 | 83,810 | 79,010 | 70,030 | 60,836 | 58,148 |
| D: Bad | 4,277 | 3,604 | 2,137 | 1,884 | 1,093 | 1,050 | 855 |
| Condition not recorded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 643 | 0 | 0 |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 572,865 | 571,419 | 596,875 | 608,308 | 620,010 | 634,706 | 641,715 |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 102,664 | 106,130 | 85,947 | 80,894 | 71,123 | 61,886 | 59,003 |
| Percentage | |||||||
| A: Good | 33.4 | 34.9 | 37.1 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 38.1 | 39.6 |
| B: Satisfactory | 51.4 | 49.5 | 50.3 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 53.0 | 52.0 |
| C: Poor | 14.6 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| D: Bad | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Condition not recorded | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| A: Good or B: Satisfactory | 84.8 | 84.3 | 87.4 | 88.3 | 89.6 | 91.1 | 91.6 |
| C: Poor or D: Bad | 15.2 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
1. Condition as reported in April of relevant year.
2. Refers to pupils on the school roll the previous September except where rolls have been updated to reflect the number of pupils on 1st April. Schools opened after September but before April will have no pupils recorded unless the school roll was supplied during this collection. Please see section 6.1 of the background notes for more information.
3. Pupil rolls for 2018 and 2019 were corrected in September 2020 as special school pupils were missing from these figures.
4. No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital. Zero pupils were on its roll.
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