Number of nursery schools in the UK 2010-2024

Published by D. Clark, Dec 2, 2024

In the 2023/24 academic year there were 3,062 nursery schools in the United Kingdom, compared with 3,088 in the previous academic year. As of 2018/19, nursery schools had the worst pupil to teacher ratio in the UK, with almost 23 children for every one teacher.

Number of nursery schools in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2023/24

CharacteristicNumber of schools
2023/24 3,062
2022/23 3,088
2021/22 3,117
2020/21 3,079
2019/20 3,069
2018/19 3,039
2017/18 3,037
2016/17 3,022
2015/16 3,007
2014/15 2,969
2013/14 3,031
2012/13 3,085
2011/12 3,095
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November 2024

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2010 to 2024

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This statistic using original data from the Department for Education and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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