HC Deb 05 May 1978 vol 949 c290W
Mr. David Walder

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the Official Report those schools or training establishments in the area of Lancashire Education Authority which specialise in the education of mentally handicapped children, and indicate in each case the average number of children attending.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The following special schools for educationally subnormal—severe—children are maintained by Lancashire Local Education Authority. The pupil numbers relate to January 1977.

School No. on Roll
Ashurst, Skelmersdale, Ormskirk 45
Belmont, Rawtenstall 54
Dame Evelyn Fox, Blackburn 92
Elms School, Preston 68
Mayfield, Chorley 53
Parkside, Ormskirk 59
Pear Tree, Preston 58
The Loyne School, Lancaster 73
Townhouse, Nelson 59
Westway, Burnley 35
White Ash, Oswaldtwistle 66
Woodlands, Blackpool 73
Brockhall Hospital School, Blackburn 155
Greaves Hall Hospital School, Banks, near Southport 46
Laneside School, Calderstones Hospital, Blackburn 99
Royal Albert Hospital School, Lancaster 49