Nick Gibb corrected a written answer on Schools: Closures

10 July 2019 · Commons written answer · Department for Education

Neil O'Brien (Conservative, Harborough) asked written question 267249 on 20 June 2019. Nick Gibb answered on 28 June 2019 for the Department for Education, and Nick Gibb corrected the answer on 10 July 2019. The correction replaced 2 figures (104, 260) with 2 figures (102, 249). Altogether 13 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) postcode, (b) local authority area and (c) rural and urban classification for each state school that has closed and not reopened in another form in each year since 2000.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
654 schools have closed with no direct replacement provision between 1 January 2000 and 21 June 2019. Of these, 183 were designated as rural schools. Between 1 January 2010 and 21 June 2019, ~~260~~ schools closed with no direct replacement provision. Of these, ~~104~~ were designated as rural schools. A full list can be found attached. Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[1] (the department’s register of schools). This can be found at: www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative ~~provision, studio schools~~ or ~~university technical colleges.~~ [1] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.	654 schools have closed with no direct replacement provision between 1 January 2000 and 21 June 2019. Of these, 183 were designated as rural schools. Between 1 January 2010 and 21 June 2019, 249 schools closed with no direct replacement provision. Of these, 102 were designated as rural schools. A full list can be found attached. Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[1] (the department’s register of schools). This can be found at: www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative provision or special schools. [1] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.

Original

Corrected

654 schools have closed with no direct replacement provision between 1 January 2000 and 21 June 2019. Of these, 183 were designated as rural schools. Between 1 January 2010 and 21 June 2019, ~~260~~ schools closed with no direct replacement provision. Of these, ~~104~~ were designated as rural schools. A full list can be found attached.
Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[1] (the department’s register of schools). This can be found at:
www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk .
The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative ~~provision, studio schools~~ or ~~university technical colleges.~~
[1] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.

654 schools have closed with no direct replacement provision between 1 January 2000 and 21 June 2019. Of these, 183 were designated as rural schools. Between 1 January 2010 and 21 June 2019, 249 schools closed with no direct replacement provision. Of these, 102 were designated as rural schools. A full list can be found attached.
Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[1] (the department’s register of schools). This can be found at:
www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk .
The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative provision or special schools.
[1] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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