Question follow-through · 57911
Schools: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to financially support smaller schools in rural communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to financially support smaller schools in rural communities.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 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.
Later records
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