Land equivalent to more than 10 football fields is needed to deliver additional education space across England, according to newly-released figures.

LocateED, the Government-owned education property advisory firm, has published its latest list of live site requirements for 2024.

Incorporated in 2016, LocateED was established to buy and develop sites for the Government’s Free Schools Programme and has a framework agreement with the Department for Education.

It has individual acquisition budgets to spend on sites that can deliver 10,000-175,000sq ft of gross internal floor area on brownfield, greenfield, and mixed-use sites as well as in existing buildings that can satisfy size requirements, making it one of the largest land purchasers in the UK.

In its November site requirements list, it shows the most demand is in the North and South of England, where there are requirements for 204,000sq ft and 238,000sq ft of floorspace respectively.

In the North schools are needed in Durham, East Leeds, and Keighley; while in the South land is being sought in Crawley, Southampton, Devon, and Bristol.

A further 104,000sq ft of floorspace is needed in London and 60,000sq ft in the Midlands and East Anglia, with operators looking for sites in Hammersmith and Fulham, Camden, Canary Wharft, Merton, Nottingham, and Bolsover.

Possible sites could include whole or part buildings with development or extension capacity, land and development sites on or off market, derelict and heritage buildings, and space on wider developments.