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<p>The attached table shows the number of school closures for all reasons in England
in each of the last three calendar years. <br> In the majority of instances, a closure
is a procedural event marking the ending of one legal entity immediately followed
by the opening of a successor establishment under a new legal entity, for example
where a school ceases to be maintained by its local authority and becomes an academy.</p><p>The
actual number of schools that are recorded as closing without being replaced by a
successor establishment are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number
of schools that are recorded as closing without being replaced by a successor establishment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Type of establishment</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Calendar
year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018
(to 11 December)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LA
maintained schools</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free
schools*</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent
schools</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
including University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools.</p>
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