§ SIR J. SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he is aware that 1861 the last teacher appointed to the Drayton Basset School, near Tamworth, was uncertificated; that the school is now entirely closed; and that there is at the present time no school available for the children of the parish; and whether he will take steps, with as little delay as possible, to ensure that the children of the parish shall be provided with proper educational facilities?
§ *THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir W. HART DYKE,) Kent, DartfordThe school was for many years certified as efficient, but a few months ago the managers intimated that they were about to appoint a certificated teacher: plans also were submitted and approved for some alterations in the building. The Department have not been informed that the school was closed, but the necessary steps will be taken to secure that there is a sufficiency of school accommodation.