The following table sets out the number of maintained, mainstream schools which have closed following decisions taken under local decision making arrangements, which were introduced in September 1999, including the reasons for their closure.
Cease to maintain Change religious character Due to amalg- amation For an academy For fresh start To allow for a new estab- lishment Total 2000 13 — 96 — 8 — 117 2001 26 4 194 1 3 3 231 2002 33 9 181 3 1 1 228 2003 38 10 173 8 5 1 235 2004 53 6 192 6 7 — 264 2005 39 8 211 7 7 — 272 2006 41 4 222 17 3 1 288 2007 4 — 12 1 1 — 18 Total 247 41 1,281 43 35 6 1,653
Information held on proposals that were decided under the arrangements that operated prior to September 1999 is not reliable and has therefore been excluded. The figures for the early years of this table will therefore exclude closures that were decided before September 1999.