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Net capacity assessment tool

A tool to measure net pupil capacity in schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 6 February 2024
• Last updated: 27 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Net capacity assessment tool

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.99 MB

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Net capacity assessment guidance

PDF, 507 KB, 33 pages

Details

This tool is for:

• schools and responsible bodies
• local authorities
• dioceses
• building professionals

It helps them to measure the number of pupil places available in a mainstream school. It can also help with education building projects.

The Department for Education (DfE) uses the assessment as the standard method to measure the number of pupil places available in any school.

DfE has also published:

• guidelines on the area of school buildings and grounds, and the number of pupil places available
• information about the net capacity assessment programme and when school site visits will take place

The net capacity assessment tool is functional and ready to use to carry out assessments. It is not fully accessible to all users because some cells and formulae are locked to prevent calculation errors. An unlocked and fully accessible version is available on request for users of assistive technology. Email DfE[email protected] to request this version.

Published 6 February 2024
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 27 September 2024

   Updated 'Net capacity assessment tool' and replaced 'Net capacity assessment tool: instructions' with 'Net capacity assessment guidance'.

2. 24 May 2024

   Updated 'Net capacity assessment tool'.

3. 6 February 2024

   First published.