Official Statistics

Rural education statistics

Education statistics for rural and urban areas.

Applies to England

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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:

Defra statistics: rural

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Updates to this page

Published 27 June 2013
Last updated 9 August 2022 + show all updates
  1. Published today, HTML version of the rural education section.

  2. Published today, latest rural statistics on secondary education.

  3. Published today, latest statistics on education in rural areas.

  4. Published today, latest rural analysis on school inspection outcomes.

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

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

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

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

  9. Rural education statistics have been updated today.

  10. Rural secondary education statistics published.

  11. Rural education statistics for 2011/12.

  12. First published.

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