Schools: Closures

(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have closed in the last five years.


Answered by
Catherine McKinnell Portrait
Catherine McKinnell
This question was answered on 18th February 2025

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.

98 state-funded mainstream primary and secondary schools in England closed between January 2020 and December 2024. The attached table sets out these closures by calendar year.

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