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Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state schools in England are classified as (a) rural town and fringe, (b) in a sparse setting, (c) rural village and hamlet, (d) urban, (f) urban major conurbation, (g) urban minor conurbation and (h) urban city and town.


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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 10th July 2019

Table 1 below details the number of state[1] schools in England at each rural/urban classification.

Table 2 below details the percentage of state schools in England at each rural/urban classification.

Table 1

Number of schools

Rural/Urban Classification

Primary

Secondary

All-through

Rural hamlet and isolated dwelling

731

48

4

Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting

83

3

0

Rural town and fringe

1766

325

8

Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting

83

33

1

Rural village

2051

58

7

Rural village in a sparse setting

153

6

1

Urban city and town

6422

1511

64

Urban city and town in a sparse setting

24

11

0

Urban major conurbation

4900

1124

79

Urban minor conurbation

553

106

5

Table 2

Rural/Urban Classification

Percentage of state schools

Rural hamlet and isolated dwelling

3.88%

Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting

0.43%

Rural town and fringe

10.41%

Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting

0.58%

Rural village

10.50%

Rural village in a sparse setting

0.79%

Urban city and town

39.67%

Urban city and town in sparse setting

0.17%

Urban major conurbation

30.27%

Urban minor conurbation

3.29%[2]

Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[3] (the Department’s register of schools). This can be found at:

www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.

[1] The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative provision or special schools.

[2] The percentages used have been rounded to two decimal places.

[3] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.

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