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Rural primary schools designation

A list that confirms whether a school is rural under the Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2025.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
30 September 2014
Last updated:
18 December 2025
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  1. Added link to the 2025 Order.

  2. Updated the list of local-authority-maintained rural primary schools for 2025.

  3. Added link to the 2024 order.

  4. Updated the list of local-authority-maintained rural primary schools for 2024.

  5. Updated the effective date and added a link to the 2023 order.

  6. Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2023.

  7. Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2022.

  8. Updated the list of local authority maintained rural primary schools for 2021.

  9. Update with the 2020 list and included a link to the 2019 list.

  10. Updated list of designated rural primary schools in England for 2019.

  11. Updated list of rural primary schools for 2018.

  12. Updated with 2017 data.

  13. Amended the date when the Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) 2016 Order will come into force.

  14. Replaced the 2015 list with the 2016 list.

  15. Replaced the 2014 list with the 2015 list.

  16. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

List of local authority maintained rural primary schools 2025

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 134 KB

Details

This list was given effect by the 2025 Order and is effective from 18 December 2025.

The list is helpful to local authorities and governing boards when proposing a school closure.

The Department for Education uses the Office for National Statistics’ 2021 rural-urban classification system for this dataset.

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