PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pre-school Education (30 March 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-maintained nursery schools there were at the end of each year since 2009; and how many such schools there were in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Asked by:
Angela Rayner (Labour)

Table 2a of “Schools, Pupils and Their Characteristics January 2016” sets out the number of maintained nursery schools in each year from 2009 to 2016. 2016 is the most recent period for which figures are available. The figures are shown in the table below:

Year:	Number of maintained nursery schools
2009	438
2010	428
2011	423
2012	423
2013	417
2014	414
2015	411
2016	406

During this period, the total number of pupils in maintained nursery schools has increased from 37,285 in 2009 to 43,730 in 2016. These figures can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016

Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
18 April 2017