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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Hampshire",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Norfolk",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Wiltshire",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Manchester",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Isle of Wight",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Enfield",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "South Gloucestershire",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Stockport",
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      "httpStatus": null,
      "reason": "network error"
    },
    {
      "council": "Stockton-on-Tees",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Waltham Forest",
      "eheChildren": 450,
      "httpStatus": 202,
      "reason": "HTTP 202"
    },
    {
      "council": "Gateshead",
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      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "South Tyneside",
      "eheChildren": 340,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Islington",
      "eheChildren": 320,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Middlesbrough",
      "eheChildren": 300,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "West Berkshire",
      "eheChildren": 280,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Camden",
      "eheChildren": 270,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Bracknell Forest",
      "eheChildren": 250,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    },
    {
      "council": "Kensington and Chelsea",
      "eheChildren": 100,
      "httpStatus": 403,
      "reason": "blocked, HTTP 403"
    }
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    "Partial": 100,
    "Opaque": 3
  },
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    "pageHasDate": 16.4,
    "hasNamedRoute": 100
  },
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        "council": "Lincolnshire",
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          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Torbay",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "York",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "form-with-message-field",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": true
      },
      {
        "council": "Harrow",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Sandwell",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "West Sussex",
        "verdicts": [
          "form-with-message-field",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "form-with-message-field"
        ],
        "genuineForm": true
      },
      {
        "council": "Nottinghamshire",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Lancashire",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Dudley",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "search-or-trivial-form-only"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Solihull",
        "verdicts": [
          "not-a-page-rss-feed"
        ],
        "genuineForm": false
      },
      {
        "council": "Wigan",
        "verdicts": [
          "search-or-trivial-form-only",
          "form-without-message-field"
        ],
        "genuineForm": true
      }
    ]
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    "version": "1.0.1",
    "release": "2025/26 Autumn term",
    "published": "2026-01-15",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-01-29",
    "retrieved": "2026-08-05",
    "datasetUrl": "https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/af1af85d-05cf-423e-acab-75ad1023943c",
    "csvUrl": "https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019bb857-0b36-7011-8d52-15ea8c0d18b0/csv",
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    "selection": {
      "timePeriod": "202526",
      "timeIdentifier": "Autumn term",
      "geographicLevel": "Local authority",
      "breakdownTopic": "Total",
      "breakdown": "Total"
    },
    "coverage": {
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      "numericCounts": 151,
      "suppressedLowCounts": 2
    },
    "notes": "Local-authority counts are rounded to the nearest 10 and cover compulsory-school-age children known to the authority on the autumn 2025 census date. High or low counts must not be interpreted as good or bad practice."
  }
}