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Publication - Statistics

School Estate Statistics 2022

Published
6 September 2022
From
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education
ISBN
9781804358702

Results of the 2022 School Estates Core Facts Survey.

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Chapter 3: School condition

  • 90.4% ofschools were in good or satisfactory condition in April 2022.
  • 91.7% of pupils were in schools in good or satisfactory condition in April 2022.

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 6.4 percentage points from 84.0 per cent in April 2016 to 90.4 per cent in April 2022 (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 7.4 percentage point increase in the proportion of pupils educated in good or satisfactory condition schools from 84.3 per cent in April 2016 to 91.7 per cent in April 2022 (Table 3.2).

Table 3.1: Condition of schools, 2016-2022 [Note 1]
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 [Note 2] 2022 [Note 3]
Count
A: Good 666 703 696 709 700 716 713
B: Satisfactory 1,453 1,462 1,470 1,491 1,538 1,523 1,526
C: Poor 396 345 331 284 248 241 232
D: Bad 8 5 3 4 2 1 2
Condition not recorded 1 1 1 4 1 1 4
A: Good or B: Satisfactory 2,119 2,165 2,166 2,200 2,238 2,239 2,239
C: Poor or D: Bad 404 350 334 288 250 242 234
Percentage
A: Good 26.4 27.9 27.8 28.5 28.1 28.8 28.8
B: Satisfactory 57.6 58.1 58.8 59.8 61.8 61.4 61.6
C: Poor 15.7 13.7 13.2 11.4 10.0 9.7 9.4
D: Bad 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
Condition not recorded 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
A: Good or B: Satisfactory 84.0 86.0 86.6 88.3 89.9 90.2 90.4
C: Poor or D: Bad 16.0 13.9 13.4 11.6 10.0 9.8 9.4

Note 1: Condition as reported in April of relevant year.

Note 2: No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital.

Note 3: No condition was recorded for two special schools located in hospitals and two special school hubs with no current pupils.

Table 3.2: Pupils by condition of schools, 2016-2022 [Note 1][Note 2]
2016 2017 2018 [Note 3] 2019 [Note 3] 2020 2021 [Note 4] 2022 [Note 5]
Count
A: Good 236,260 253,369 268,689 269,455 265,643 277,671 281,070
B: Satisfactory 335,159 343,506 339,619 350,555 369,063 364,044 363,805
C: Poor 102,526 83,810 79,010 70,030 60,836 58,148 56,684
D: Bad 3,604 2,137 1,884 1,093 1,050 855 1,688
Condition not recorded 0 0 0 643 0 0 0
A: Good or B: Satisfactory 571,419 596,875 608,308 620,010 634,706 641,715 644,875
C: Poor or D: Bad 106,130 85,947 80,894 71,123 61,886 59,003 58,372
Percentage
A: Good 34.9 37.1 39.0 39.0 38.1 39.6 40.1
B: Satisfactory 49.5 50.3 49.3 50.7 53.0 52.0 51.9
C: Poor 15.1 12.3 11.5 10.1 8.7 8.3 8.1
D: Bad 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Condition not recorded 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
A: Good or B: Satisfactory 84.3 87.4 88.3 89.6 91.1 91.6 91.7
C: Poor or D: Bad 15.7 12.6 11.7 10.3 8.9 8.4 8.3

Note 1: Condition as reported in April of relevant year.

Note 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.

Note 3: Pupil rolls for 2018 and 2019 were corrected in September 2020 as special school pupils were missing from these figures.

Note 4: No condition was recorded for one school as it is a special school located in a hospital. Zero pupils were on its roll.

Note 5: No condition was recorded for four schools, two special schools located in hospitals and two special school hubs. All four had zero pupils on their roll.

Contact

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