Question follow-through · 40355
Schools: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) the sparsity factor and (b) other elements of the national funding formula in supporting small rural schools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) the sparsity factor and (b) other elements of the national funding formula in supporting small rural schools.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The government recognises the essential role that small schools play in their communities, many of which are in rural areas. The schools national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the particular challenges faced by small schools in rural areas through th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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