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School Closures

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 28 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school closures there were in each local education authority in each year since 2000; and what percentage this represented of the total number of schools in each area. (79553)

The number of schools closed by local authority during the calendar years 2000 to 2006 are as follow:

School closures and percentage of school stock by local authority by year

Local authority

Stock as at 2006

2000

% of stock 2000

2001

% of stock 2001

2002

% of stock 2002

2003

% of stock 2003

Barking and Dagenham

58

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Barnet

112

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Barnsley

96

0

0

6

6

0

0

0

0

Bath and North East Somerset

77

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

Bedfordshire

210

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

Bexley

76

0

0

3

4

1

1

6

8

Birmingham

403

10

2

3

1

4

1

16

4

Blackburn with Darwen

75

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Blackpool

38

0

0

2

5

1

3

0

0

Bolton

119

0

0

0

0

6

5

5

4

Bournemouth

37

1

3

0

0

0

0

2

5

Bracknell Forest

36

0

0

0

0

2

6

0

0

Bradford

195

73

37

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brent

79

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Brighton and Hove

87

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

Bristol City of

149

8

5

0

0

3

2

1

1

Bromley

95

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

2

Buckinghamshire

221

3

1

5

2

7

3

1

0

Bury

78

1

1

0

0

1

1

8

10

Calderdale

100

1

1

0

0

2

2

0

0

Cambridgeshire

240

2

1

2

1

4

2

4

2

Camden

51

2

4

0

0

1

2

0

0

Cheshire

326

5

2

0

0

0

0

6

2

City of London

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cornwall

272

0

0

2

1

3

1

2

1

Coventry

105

0

0

1

1

6

6

2

2

Croydon

120

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

Cumbria

329

2

1

4

1

9

3

2

1

Darlington

39

6

15

0

0

0

0

4

10

Derby

100

3

3

1

1

0

0

1

1

Derbyshire

413

0

0

2

0

4

1

2

0

Devon

357

2

1

0

0

0

0

2

1

Doncaster

120

0

0

4

3

5

4

8

7

Dorset

171

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

Dudley

105

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Durham

291

0

0

0

0

7

2

2

1

Ealing

81

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

East Riding of Yorkshire

155

0

0

0

0

3

2

1

1

East Sussex

183

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enfield

84

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Essex

556

13

2

11

2

5

1

7

1

Gateshead

87

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gloucestershire

292

6

2

4

1

0

0

0

0

Greenwich

82

2

2

5

6

2

2

0

0

Hackney

66

1

2

1

2

2

3

3

5

Halton

64

0

0

8

13

0

0

0

0

Hammersmith and Fulham

48

0

0

0

0

2

4

2

4

Hampshire

507

1

0

6

1

0

0

0

0

Haringey

77

8

10

0

0

3

4

0

0

Harrow

66

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hartlepool

37

0

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

Havering

83

2

2

0

0

1

1

1

1

Herefordshire

97

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Hertfordshire

505

4

1

12

2

3

1

5

1

Hillingdon

83

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Hounslow

74

0

0

9

12

0

0

0

0

Isle of Wight

67

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Isles of Scilly

1

0

0

0

0

5

500

0

0

Islington

57

0

0

1

2

1

2

0

0

Kensington and Chelsea

34

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kent

576

1

0

2

0

3

1

5

1

Kingston upon Hull City of

95

0

0

4

4

2

2

1

1

Kingston upon Thames

48

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kirklees

186

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Knowsley

70

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Lambeth

75

2

3

5

7

3

4

2

3

Lancashire

600

2

0

6

1

12

2

0

0

Leeds

265

0

0

1

0

5

2

0

0

Leicester

101

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

Leicestershire

281

1

0

2

1

0

0

1

0

Lewisham

85

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

Lincolnshire

354

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

Liverpool

172

3

2

11

6

14

8

12

7

Luton

75

2

3

3

4

0

0

4

5

Manchester

161

7

4

6

4

2

1

4

2

Medway

105

0

0

1

1

2

2

2

2

Merton

51

0

0

0

0

14

27

0

0

Middlesbrough

51

0

0

0

0

6

12

8

16

Milton Keynes

105

4

4

2

2

0

0

1

1

Newcastle upon Tyne

93

0

0

4

4

4

4

0

0

Newham

89

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Norfolk

440

4

1

3

1

0

0

2

0

North East Lincolnshire

74

2

3

2

3

0

0

2

3

North Lincolnshire

81

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

North Somerset

75

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

North Tyneside

72

3

4

4

6

4

6

0

0

North Yorkshire

378

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Northamptonshire

318

2

1

3

1

4

1

2

1

Northumberland

198

2

1

0

0

0

0

4

2

Nottingham

114

1

1

2

2

3

3

3

3

Nottinghamshire

346

4

1

37

11

6

2

7

2

Oldham

109

0

0

3

3

6

6

3

3

Oxfordshire

279

1

0

3

1

3

1

14

5

Peterborough

73

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Plymouth

95

2

2

0

0

3

3

0

0

Poole

38

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Portsmouth

64

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Reading

49

1

2

2

4

1

2

0

0

Redbridge

68

1

1

10

15

0

0

0

0

Redcar and Cleveland

58

2

3

3

5

0

0

4

7

Richmond upon Thames

50

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Rochdale

91

0

0

6

7

0

0

0

0

Rotherham

123

0

0

2

2

0

0

2

2

Rutland

20

0

0

1

5

0

0

0

0

Salford

98

13

13

4

4

0

0

0

0

Sandwell

115

3

3

2

2

2

2

0

0

Sefton

106

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

Sheffield

171

3

2

0

0

8

5

5

3

Shropshire

165

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Slough

43

2

5

2

5

0

0

0

0

Solihull

81

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

Somerset

262

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

South Gloucestershire

112

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

South Tyneside

67

3

4

0

0

2

3

7

10

Southampton

78

6

8

0

0

0

0

4

5

Southend-on-Sea

49

0

0

2

4

0

0

4

8

Southwark

91

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

St. Helens

68

2

3

0

0

2

3

0

0

Staffordshire

380

2

1

0

0

2

1

1

0

Stockport

115

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

Stockton-on-Tees

75

0

0

2

3

3

4

0

0

Stoke-on-Trent

95

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

Suffolk

333

1

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

Sunderland

111

0

0

5

5

7

6

1

1

Surrey

375

1

0

7

2

3

1

3

1

Sutton

57

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

4

Swindon

77

10

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tameside

94

0

0

0

0

4

4

3

3

Telford and Wrekin

77

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

Thurrock

53

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

Torbay

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tower Hamlets

90

0

0

2

2

4

4

2

2

Trafford

91

0

0

2

2

4

4

0

0

Wakefield

145

1

1

5

3

2

1

4

3

Walsall

118

4

3

0

0

0

0

3

3

Waltham Forest

79

0

0

0

0

2

3

7

9

Wandsworth

70

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Warrington

84

1

1

2

2

7

8

0

0

Warwickshire

241

2

1

5

2

0

0

1

0

West Berkshire

78

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

West Sussex

286

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Westminster

52

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wigan

130

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Wiltshire

240

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

1

Windsor and Maidenhead

63

1

2

0

0

1

2

0

0

Wirral

125

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

Wokingham

62

0

0

0

0

2

3

1

2

Wolverhampton

105

6

6

1

1

5

5

0

0

Worcestershire

249

2

1

12

5

0

0

1

0

York

66

5

8

3

5

5

8

0

0

Total Stock/Change

21,360

290

1

302

1

274

1

254

1

Local authority

2004

% of stock 2004

2005

% of stock 2005

2006

% of stock 2006

Total

% of stock total

Barking and Dagenham

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Barnet

5

4

3

3

0

0

9

8

Barnsley

0

0

7

7

0

0

13

14

Bath and North East Somerset

0

0

6

8

0

0

8

10

Bedfordshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

Bexley

3

4

0

0

0

0

13

17

Birmingham

16

4

6

1

0

0

55

14

Blackburn with Darwen

2

3

2

3

0

0

5

7

Blackpool

0

0

4

11

0

0

7

18

Bolton

2

2

0

0

0

0

13

11

Bournemouth

1

3

0

0

0

0

4

11

Bracknell Forest

2

6

2

6

0

0

6

17

Bradford

0

0

3

2

0

0

76

39

Brent

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Brighton and Hove

0

0

1

1

0

0

3

4

Bristol City of

1

1

2

1

0

0

15

10

Bromley

1

1

0

0

0

0

4

4

Buckinghamshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

7

Bury

2

3

0

0

0

0

12

15

Calderdale

3

3

0

0

0

0

6

6

Cambridgeshire

2

1

0

0

0

0

14

6

Camden

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

Cheshire

5

2

7

2

0

0

23

7

City of London

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cornwall

1

0

4

1

0

0

12

4

Coventry

1

1

2

2

0

0

12

11

Croydon

2

2

2

2

0

0

8

7

Cumbria

4

1

6

2

0

0

27

8

Darlington

5

13

4

10

0

0

19

49

Derby

4

4

0

0

0

0

9

9

Derbyshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

2

Devon

2

1

8

2

0

0

14

4

Doncaster

1

1

1

1

0

0

19

16

Dorset

3

2

4

2

0

0

9

5

Dudley

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Durham

2

1

0

0

0

0

11

4

Ealing

1

1

1

1

0

0

4

5

East Riding of Yorkshire

1

1

2

1

0

0

7

5

East Sussex

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enfield

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

Essex

3

1

1

0

0

0

40

7

Gateshead

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

Gloucestershire

0

0

4

1

0

0

14

5

Greenwich

2

2

2

2

0

0

13

16

Hackney

0

0

3

5

0

0

10

15

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

13

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

8

Hampshire

4

1

2

0

0

0

13

3

Haringey

5

6

0

0

0

0

16

21

Harrow

0

0

2

3

0

0

2

3

Hartlepool

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

Havering

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

5

Herefordshire

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

2

Hertfordshire

3

1

14

3

0

0

41

8

Hillingdon

1

1

3

4

0

0

5

6

Hounslow

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

12

Isle of Wight

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

Isles of Scilly

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

500

Islington

3

5

0

0

0

0

5

9

Kensington and Chelsea

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kent

2

0

7

1

2

0

22

4

Kingston upon Hull City of

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

7

Kingston upon Thames

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kirklees

0

0

2

1

0

0

2

1

Knowsley

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Lambeth

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

16

Lancashire

6

1

5

1

0

0

31

5

Leeds

22

8

9

3

0

0

37

14

Leicester

3

3

2

2

0

0

7

7

Leicestershire

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

1

Lewisham

0

0

2

2

0

0

4

5

Lincolnshire

2

1

2

1

0

0

6

2

Liverpool

8

5

1

1

0

0

49

28

Luton

2

3

0

0

0

0

11

15

Manchester

1

1

1

1

0

0

21

13

Medway

0

0

4

4

0

0

9

9

Merton

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

27

Middlesbrough

0

0

1

2

0

0

15

29

Milton Keynes

3

3

0

0

0

0

10

10

Newcastle upon Tyne

1

1

3

3

0

0

12

13

Newham

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

2

North East Lincolnshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

8

North Lincolnshire

2

2

0

0

0

0

4

5

North Somerset

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

North Tyneside

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

15

North Yorkshire

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

Northamptonshire

18

6

9

3

0

0

38

12

Northumberland

2

1

5

3

2

1

15

8

Nottingham

2

2

9

8

0

0

20

18

Nottinghamshire

5

1

6

2

1

0

66

19

Oldham

2

2

0

0

0

0

14

13

Oxfordshire

0

0

1

0

0

0

22

8

Peterborough

3

4

0

0

0

0

3

4

Plymouth

0

0

4

4

0

0

9

9

Poole

2

5

0

0

0

0

2

5

Portsmouth

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Reading

1

2

0

0

0

0

5

10

Redbridge

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

16

Redcar and Cleveland

2

3

4

7

0

0

15

26

Richmond upon Thames

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Rochdale

2

2

2

2

0

0

10

11

Rotherham

1

1

2

2

0

0

7

6

Rutland

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

Salford

1

1

5

5

0

0

23

23

Sandwell

0

0

4

3

0

0

11

10

Sefton

2

2

13

12

0

0

18

17

Sheffield

0

0

0

0

2

1

18

11

Shropshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Slough

3

7

0

0

0

0

7

16

Solihull

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

Somerset

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

1

South Gloucestershire

3

3

0

0

0

0

5

4

South Tyneside

2

3

0

0

0

0

14

21

Southampton

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

13

Southend-on-Sea

2

4

4

8

0

0

12

24

Southwark

0

0

2

2

0

0

4

4

St. Helens

4

6

0

0

0

0

8

12

Staffordshire

6

2

7

2

0

0

18

5

Stockport

3

3

9

8

0

0

16

14

Stockton-on-Tees

2

3

2

3

2

3

11

15

Stoke-on-Trent

7

7

3

3

0

0

28

29

Suffolk

3

1

2

1

0

0

8

2

Sunderland

6

5

0

0

0

0

19

17

Surrey

7

2

2

1

0

0

23

6

Sutton

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

5

Swindon

2

3

0

0

0

0

12

16

Tameside

0

0

1

1

0

0

8

9

Telford and Wrekin

4

5

6

8

0

0

12

16

Thurrock

2

4

4

8

0

0

9

17

Torbay

0

0

2

5

0

0

2

5

Tower Hamlets

0

0

1

1

0

0

9

10

Trafford

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

7

Wakefield

1

1

2

1

0

0

15

10

Walsall

0

0

6

5

0

0

13

11

Waltham Forest

2

3

0

0

0

0

11

14

Wandsworth

2

3

0

0

0

0

4

6

Warrington

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

12

Warwickshire

2

1

2

1

0

0

12

5

West Berkshire

0

0

4

5

0

0

4

5

West Sussex

14

5

0

0

0

0

17

6

Westminster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wigan

4

3

2

2

0

0

7

5

Wiltshire

4

2

9

4

2

1

20

8

Windsor and Maidenhead

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

Wirral

0

0

2

2

0

0

3

2

Wokingham

0

0

1

2

0

0

4

6

Wolverhampton

3

3

0

0

0

0

15

14

Worcestershire

2

1

2

1

0

0

19

8

York

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

20

Total Stock/Change

279

1

287

1

13

0

1,699

8

Note:

Isles of Scilly amalgamated their five schools into one school (the Five Islands school) hence the 500 per cent. change in school stock in this authority.

Source:

DfES.

The aforementioned figures include schools that closed as a result of the amalgamation or merger of two or more schools; schools that have closed but reopened as voluntary schools with a religious character; and schools that have closed in local authorities that have moved from a three-tier to a two-tier system.