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Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England - September 2026

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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
14 March 2023
Last updated:
16 September 2026
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  1. Published today, latest rural statistics on Eligibility for free school meals in the Education, qualifications and training report.

  2. Revised version published today to amend table H2 in the Apprenticeships section - corrected values added for England.

  3. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Schools and their workforce, and Class sizes in the Education report.

  4. Published today, latest Rural statistics on apprenticeships.

  5. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Secondary education attainment and Progression to higher education.

  6. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Free school meals and Alternative and specialist education provision in the Education, Qualifications and Training report.

  7. Published today, latest Rural statistics on School inspections, Apprenticeships and on-the-job training and Workforce education levels.

  8. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statistical Digest of Rural England - Education, Qualifications and Training

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Education, Qualifications and Training Supplementary Data Tables

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Statistical Digest of Rural England - Education, Qualifications and Training

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Details

A compendium of education, qualifications and training statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The September 2026 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topic within this theme:

  • Education – Free schools meals eligibility

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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Previous editions

Copies of the Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, January 2025

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 10 September 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 April 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 January 2024

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 19 September 2023

Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 14 March 2023

Statistics up to 2022 can be found here.

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