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Register of Schools (England and Wales) (GB-EDU)

Description

Schools and Colleges in England must be registered with the Department of Education.[1]

The Register of Schools is maintained by the Department of Education and provides a URN for each school, university and other educational establishment in England.

The full Register of Schools in England is available at https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads.

**The register for Welsh schools used to be part of this list, but is now the responsibility of the Welsh Government. Details of the Welsh list are available on org-id.guide.**

[1] This includes independent schools which meet the criteria on https://www.gov.uk/independent-school-registration

[2]http://org-id.guide/list/GB-WALEDU

Search options

Users can search for an educational establishment on this webpage https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Find and use identifiers

After conducting a search and selecting a school, college etc from the search results, the identifier will be next to the heading 'URN'.

Users can also download a CSV or Excel file of search results data by clicking on 'Download these search results', or access the full open data register from https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads in a variety of alternative formats.

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How to use

The code for this list is GB-EDU.

When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with GB-EDU.

GB-EDU-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

                
GB-EDU-125554
                
GB-EDU-125756
                
GB-EDU-134533

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with GB-EDU as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

  • Coverage: GB

  • Subnational jurisdiction: GB-ENG

  • Legal structure: government_agency/public_service, government_agency

  • Sectors: education

  • List Type: secondary

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