Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new (1) state primary, and (2) state secondary, schools were established in England during each of the years from 1997 to 2014 inclusive, excluding schools converting to academy status.

The table below provides the numbers of new state primary and secondary schools between 2010 and 2014. This includes new free schools and new academies but does not include maintained schools that converted to academy status.

Prior to 2010 the records did not capture the information in a way which would allow us to respond fully to the Rt Hon Lady’s question. For example, before 2010 the records made no distinction between genuine new provision and mergers or amalgamations of existing schools.