Official Statistics

Rural education statistics

Education statistics for rural and urban areas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 27 June 2013
• Last updated: 9 August 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Rural education and childcare

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Rural education and childcare

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Indicators:

• childcare provision in terms of childcare settings and childcare places
• percentage of pupils leaving school with English and Maths A* to C grades, or 9 to 4 pass, at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
• school inspection outcomes
• full time and part time entrants to higher education per 1,000 population

Data source: Ofsted Freedom of Information early years dataset, Ofsted Schools Management Information, Department for Education and NOMIS

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification, Local Education Authority (LEA) classification, also Rural Urban Classification by postcode district for childcare section

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

• GCSE key stage 4 statistics
• Office for National Statistics Geoportal LEA names
• NOMIS

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Published 27 June 2013
Last updated 9 August 2022 + show all updates

1. 9 August 2022

   Published today, HTML version of the rural education section.

2. 26 May 2022

   Published today, latest rural statistics on secondary education.

3. 29 August 2019

   Published today, latest statistics on education in rural areas.

4. 27 June 2019

   Published today, latest rural analysis on school inspection outcomes.

5. 26 April 2018

   Published today, latest statistics on attainment of GCSE's and entrants to Secondary Education in rural areas

6. 25 May 2017

   Statistics on full time and part time entrants to higher education in rural and urban areas have been updated.

7. 24 November 2016

   Published today, updated rural urban statistics for secondary education and new statistics covering childcare provision and outcomes of school inspections.

8. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

9. 26 November 2015

   Rural education statistics have been updated today.

10. 13 March 2014

    Rural secondary education statistics published.

11. 27 June 2013

    Rural education statistics for 2011/12.

12. 27 June 2013

    First published.