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My data for schools in England and Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been doing some research recently which has involved mapping English and Welsh secondary schools. I was unable to find some of the base maps I needed online so I have created them as shapefiles and .kml. Unfortunately I am unable to upload .kml files individually (security reasons apparently) so they need to downloaded as one .zip file. Disclaimer: I can't promise that the information here is 100% accurate. For definitions of the different school type you can visit the Wikipedia article on Education in England.<\/a><\/p>\n

Updated: 6\/8\/2013: Files for Wales added<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nGoogle maps<\/strong><\/td>\n.kml (Google Earth)<\/strong><\/td>\nShapefiles (.zip)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schools<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0All kml files<\/a>\u00a0(England only) This is a zip file.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England (all Secondary schools)<\/td>\n\u00a0Not available<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England (Independent Schools)<\/td>\n\u00a0Google map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Independent<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England (Academies)<\/td>\n\u00a0Google map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Academies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England (Voluntary Aided or Voluntary Controlled schools)<\/td>\n\u00a0Google map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nVoluntary aided and controlled<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England Community Schools<\/td>\nGoogle map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Community schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England Foundation schools<\/td>\n\u00a0Google map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0FD schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England- special schools<\/td>\nGoogle map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0special schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0South East England- all schools by type<\/td>\nGoogle map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South East England- independent schools<\/td>\nGoogle map<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NEW! Wales- all schools\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nGooglemap<\/a><\/td>\nWales all schools kml<\/a><\/td>\nWales schools shapefiles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English regions<\/td>\n\u00a0Not available<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0England regions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

GIS software and tools<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Free Geography Tools.<\/a> Loads of great stuff on here and linked from here.<\/p>\n

Batchgeo<\/a>\u00a0Plot postcodes or addresses onto a google map which can be saved as a .kml file (Free up to about 2000 entries). Pro version available for large use.<\/p>\n

MapWindow<\/a>\u00a0Free open source GIS software<\/p>\n

Zonum Solutions\u00a0<\/a>Free converters for files used in GIS<\/p>\n

Google Earth<\/a> (free download). Pro\u00a0version\u00a0available<\/p>\n

Data<\/h2>\n

Ordnance\u00a0Survey open data<\/a>. High quality free maps from the OS. (UK)<\/p>\n

England schools data<\/a>. Includes addresses, postcodes and schools\u00a0performance\u00a0data. The full England version is at the top of the list, but a bit difficult to spot.<\/p>\n

UK postcodes with\u00a0Latitude\u00a0and Longitude<\/a>. This information has been released into the public domain recently.<\/p>\n

UK postcodes mapped to Latitude,\u00a0Longitude\u00a0and place\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0More geographical postcode\u00a0resources\u00a0from a\u00a0volunteer\u00a0(to whom I am very grateful)<\/p>\n

Geocommons <\/a>(Data sharing website)<\/p>\n

EDINA<\/a> Jisc<\/a>-designated national data centre at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Other<\/h2>\n

My GIS and mapping stack on Delicious\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n