---
id: "gb_dfe_la_code"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["education", "government"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gb_dfe_la_code"
---

# English local authority code (DfE) (`gb_dfe_la_code`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Three-digit code of a local authority in England in Department for Education data such as Get Information about Schools (GIAS), as in 202 for Camden and 208 for Lambeth. It differs from the GSS codes of the ONS.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Education (education), Government related (government)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{3}$
```

## Examples

- `202` — Camden
- `203` — Greenwich
- `208` — Lambeth
- `E09000007` (invalid example) — GSS code of Camden

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_England>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/gb_dfe_la_code.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/GB/education/gb_dfe_la_code.yaml>