§ Mr. Maxwell-HyslopTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which English local education authorities operate a middle school system; how many middle schools there are; and which of these are for ages nine to 13 years.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe information requested as at January 1989 is given in the following table.
Local Education Authorities operating a Middle School System January 1989 Total schools 9–13 Schools Ealing 31 — Harrow 18 — Merton 14 14 Birmingham 14 — Dudley 3 — Rochdale 9 — Barnsley 2 1 Doncaster 40 17 Sheffield 38 — Bradford 63 59 Kirklees 11 8 Leeds 64 60 Wakefield 28 19 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 9 North Tyneside 15 15 Bedfordshire 43 43 Berkshire 14 4 Buckinghamshire 67 — Cambridgeshire 1 1 Devon 15 5 Dorset 26 18 East Sussex 1 — Hampshire 74 — Hereford and Worcester 39 30 Hertfordshire 9 9 Humberside 23 4 Isle of Wight 16 16 Kent 10 10 Leicestershire 9 — Norfolk 59 — North Yorkshire 2 — Northamptonshire 23 23 Northumberland 45 45 Nottinghamshire 8 8 Oxfordshire 12 12 Shropshire 3 3 Somerset 9 9 Staffordshire 14 14 Suffolk 39 39 Surrey 104 — Warwickshire 56 — West Sussex 28 2 Wiltshire 5 5 ENGLAND 1,113 502