Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30098

Schools: Closures

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

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

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

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 cal...

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