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Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England - January 2025

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
14 March 2023
Last updated
11 March 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Statistical Digest of Rural England - Education, Qualifications and Training

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Education, Qualifications and Training Supplementary Data Tables

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Statistical Digest of Rural England - Education, Qualifications and Training

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Details

A compendium of education, qualifications and training statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The January 2025 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:

  • Education – Schools and their workforce
  • Education – Class sizes

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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Previous editions

Copies of the Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 10 September 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 April 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 January 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 19 September 2023

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 14 March 2023

Statistics up to 2022 can be found here.

Updates to this page

Published 14 March 2023
Last updated 11 March 2025 show all updates

  1. Revised version published today to amend table H2 in the Apprenticeships section - corrected values added for England.

  2. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Schools and their workforce, and Class sizes in the Education report.

  3. Published today, latest Rural statistics on apprenticeships.

  4. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Secondary education attainment and Progression to higher education.

  5. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Free school meals and Alternative and specialist education provision in the Education, Qualifications and Training report.

  6. Published today, latest Rural statistics on School inspections, Apprenticeships and on-the-job training and Workforce education levels.

  7. First published.

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