§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many maintained schools exist with an age range of five years to 13 years; and which education authorities have such schools.
§ Dr. BoysonThere are no ordinary maintained schools in England with a designated age range of five to 13 years. In January 1982, the latest date for which information is196W available, 403 maintained schools in England were classified as first and middle schools with a designated age range of five to 12 years. These schools were maintained by the following local education authorities:
Ealing Cheshire Harrow Devon Birmingham Dorset Dudley East Sussex Wirral Hampshire Doncaster Hereford and Worcester Sheffield Humberside Kirklees Lincolnshire Leeds Norfolk Wakefield Staffordshire Berkshire Surrey Buckinghamshire Warwickshire Cambridgeshire West Sussex