Question follow-through · 82123
Primary Education: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of falling birth rates on the sustainability of small rural primary schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure that these schools are (a) pro
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of falling birth rates on the sustainability of small rural primary schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure that these schools are (a) pro
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
The department recognises the essential role that small, rural schools play in their communities. The national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the particular challenges faced by small schools in rural areas, namely, the impact of falling rolls, throu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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