Paragraph 3

The capacity of a secondary school is to be determined in accordance with the following formula—

rounded down to the nearest whole number, where

• A is the sum of the numbers obtained by adding together each workplace number, as determined in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 below, which applies in relation to an area of any of the following kinds of teaching space that exist at the school in question—

  1. (i)

     general teaching space,

  2. (ii)

     light practical teaching space,

  3. (iii)

     heavy practical and large teaching space, and

  4. (iv)

     sports and physical education teaching space;

• B is the result of the application of the following formula—

  $$\genfrac{}{}{0.1ex}{}{\mathrm{b1}+\mathrm{b2}+\mathrm{b3}}{\mathrm{N}}$$

  where—

  • b1 is the number of registered sixth form pupils at the school up to and including 150 such pupils, divided by 2;

  • b2 is the number of such sixth form pupils above 150, multiplied by 0.73;

  • b3 is the number of registered pupils, excluding any sixth form pupils, at the school, multiplied by the age factor, as determined in accordance with paragraph 6 below, which applies in relation to the school; and

  • N is the total number of registered pupils at the school;

  • C is the result of the application of the following formula—

    $$\genfrac{}{}{0.1ex}{}{\left(\mathrm{A}\times \mathrm{B}\right)-1200}{11\text{,}000}+1$$

    where—

    • A and B have the same definitions as set out respectively in relation to those letters above in this paragraph; and

    • D is the number of registered pupils at the school in respect of whom notices have been served by a local education authority that they propose to make an assessment of their special educational needs in accordance with section 323 of the Education Act 1996 or for whom statements of special educational needs are maintained by such authority in accordance with section 324 of that Act, multiplied by 3.