Rural primary schools designation
A list which confirms whether a school is rural under the Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2023.
Applies to England
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The list was given effect by the 2023 order and is effective from 19 December 2023.
The list is helpful to local authorities and governing boards when proposing a school closure.
The Department for Education uses the Office for National Statistics’ 2011 rural-urban classification system for this dataset.
Updates to this page
Last updated 19 December 2023 + show all updates
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Updated the effective date and added a link to the 2023 order.
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Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2023.
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Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2022.
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Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2021.
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Update with the 2020 list and included a link to the 2019 list.
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Updated list of designated rural primary schools in England for 2019.
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Updated list of rural primary schools for 2018.
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Updated with 2017 data.
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Amended the date when the Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) 2016 Order will come into force.
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Replaced the 2015 list with the 2016 list.
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Replaced the 2014 list with the 2015 list.
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First published.