Pre-school Education

(asked on 30th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-maintained nursery schools there were at the end of each year since 2009; and how many such schools there were in the most recent period for which figures are available.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 18th April 2017

Table 2a of “Schools, Pupils and Their Characteristics January 2016” sets out the number of maintained nursery schools in each year from 2009 to 2016. 2016 is the most recent period for which figures are available. The figures are shown in the table below:

Year:

Number of maintained nursery schools

2009

438

2010

428

2011

423

2012

423

2013

417

2014

414

2015

411

2016

406

During this period, the total number of pupils in maintained nursery schools has increased from 37,285 in 2009 to 43,730 in 2016. These figures can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016

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