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Mr. Forth
The tables show the number and percentage of surplus places in each local education authority in England, in primary and secondary schools respectively, as at January 1991, the latest date for which comprehensive information is available. No information is available centrally on surplus places in special schools.
The information set out in the tables was provided by LEAs in response to a survey by the Department and includes all primary and secondary schools which were LEA maintained at the survey date. Numbers of grant-maintained schools have increased significantly since that date and no estimate has been made of the
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current level of surplus school places in grant-maintained schools in each LEA. We intend, however, to make regulations under section 21 of the Education Act 1993 which will require both LEAs and the new Funding Agency for Schools to submit annual information on the numbers of surplus places in LEA-maintained and grant-maintained schools respectively, beginning this year. LEAs and the FAS will shortly be consulted about this requirement.
| Capacity of maintained secondary schools in England—January 1991 |
|
Surplus places |
Percentage surplus |
| Hammersmith |
3,251 |
41 |
| Lambeth |
3,852 |
39 |
| Manchester |
13,350 |
36 |
| Wandsworth 1 |
3,908 |
36 |
| Solihull |
6,645 |
33 |
| Southwark |
3,837 |
33 |
| Brent |
4,480 |
33 |
| Sandwell |
7,722 |
31 |
| Knowsley |
3,925 |
31 |
| Doncaster |
8,550 |
30 |
| Wolverhampton |
5,740 |
30 |
| Nottinghamshire |
26,198 |
30 |
| Liverpool |
11,545 |
30 |
| South Tyneside |
3,528 |
29 |
| Merton |
2,544 |
27 |
| Sheffield |
8,730 |
27 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
1,046 |
27 |
| Durham |
13,626 |
27 |
| Wakefield |
7,763 |
27 |
| Cumbria |
9,673 |
25 |
| Salford |
3,711 |
25 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
5,425 |
25 |
| North Tyneside |
4,942 |
25 |
| Leeds |
15,684 |
25 |
| Dudley |
5,134 |
25 |
| Newham |
3,899 |
24 |
| Hillingdon |
3,693 |
24 |
| Birmingham |
17,171 |
24 |
| Wirral |
6,580 |
24 |
| Coventry |
5,657 |
24 |
| Lewisham |
3,223 |
24 |
| Ealing |
3,533 |
24 |
| Leicestershire |
16,644 |
23 |
| Avon |
14,904 |
23 |
| St. Helens |
3,621 |
23 |
| Cleveland |
11,298 |
23 |
| Oxfordshire |
9,589 |
23 |
| Kent |
26,589 |
23 |
| Trafford |
2,955 |
22 |
| Walsall |
4,667 |
21 |
| Calderdale |
2,891 |
21 |
| Humberside |
14,891 |
21 |
| Lancashire |
20,135 |
21 |
| Enfield |
3,976 |
21 |
| Warwickshire |
5,796 |
21 |
| Bexley |
3,436 |
20 |
| Kirklees |
6,222 |
20 |
| Waltham Forest |
2,706 |
20 |
| Sefton |
4,519 |
20 |
| Gateshead |
2,941 |
20 |
| Hertfordshire |
15,153 |
20 |
| Essex |
24,319 |
20 |
| Surrey |
8,400 |
19 |
| Hackney |
1,780 |
19 |
| Islington |
1,715 |
19 |
| Derbyshire |
12,487 |
19 |
| Greenwich |
3,260 |
19 |
| Rotherham |
3,761 |
18 |
| Befordshire |
9,409 |
18 |
| Shropshire |
5,718 |
18 |
| Barnsley |
2,644 |
18 |
| Wiltshire |
9,682 |
18 |
| Rochdale 2 |
2,525 |
18 |
| Norfolk |
7,682 |
17 |
| Wigan |
4,025 |
17 |
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|
Surplus places |
Percentage surplus |
| Gloucestershire |
5,756 |
17 |
| East Sussex |
6,350 |
17 |
| Hounslow |
2,598 |
17 |
| Croydon |
3,149 |
17 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
9,570 |
17 |
| Havering |
3,229 |
17 |
| Berkshire |
8,825 |
17 |
| Buckinghamshire |
5,564 |
16 |
| Northamptonshire |
8,058 |
16 |
| Hampshire |
13,601 |
16 |
| Bradford |
8,331 |
16 |
| West Sussex |
7,634 |
16 |
| Lincolnshire |
5,440 |
15 |
| Suffolk |
8,015 |
15 |
| North Yorkshire |
7,404 |
15 |
| Cheshire |
11,149 |
15 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
1,117 |
14 |
| Tameside |
1,854 |
14 |
| Dorset |
5,941 |
14 |
| Devon |
9,012 |
14 |
| Stockport |
2,732 |
14 |
| Sunderland 2 |
2,566 |
13 |
| Northumberland |
3,727 |
12 |
| Bromley 1 |
1,309 |
12 |
| Somerset |
3,793 |
12 |
| Westminster |
868 |
11 |
| Tower Hamlets |
1,051 |
10 |
| Isle of Wight |
1,101 |
10 |
| Oldham |
1,692 |
10 |
| Cornwall |
3,209 |
10 |
| Staffordshire |
7,783 |
10 |
| Camden |
1,148 |
10 |
| Bolton |
1,612 |
9 |
| Bury |
1,013 |
9 |
| Barking |
717 |
8 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames |
643 |
8 |
| Sutton 1 |
513 |
7 |
| Harrow |
466 |
6 |
| Barnet |
983 |
6 |
| Cambridge |
2,642 |
6 |
| Redbridge |
695 |
5 |
| 1Figures for secondary schools in these LEAs are incomplete. |
| 2Figures for secondary schools in these LEAs are calculated on a slightly different basis since directly comparable figures are not available. |
| Capacity of maintained primary schools in England—January 1991 |
|
Surplus places |
Percentage surplus |
| Wandsworth |
9,096 |
39 |
| Liverpool |
19,481 |
32 |
| Hammersmith |
2,981 |
29 |
| Gateshead |
6,422 |
28 |
| Brent |
6,585 |
26 |
| North Tyneside |
3,802 |
24 |
| Southwark |
5,511 |
24 |
| Doncaster |
7,076 |
22 |
| Wigan |
7,811 |
22 |
| Hertfordshire |
20,503 |
22 |
| Staffordshire |
24,485 |
22 |
| Wolverhampton |
6,116 |
22 |
| Knowsley |
4,004 |
21 |
| Oxfordshire |
10,004 |
21 |
| Lambeth |
4,479 |
21 |
| Northumberland |
4,902 |
21 |
| Bedfordshire |
9,782 |
21 |
| Berkshire |
14,013 |
20 |
| Hackney |
3,019 |
19 |
| Barnsley |
4,220 |
19 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
4,515 |
19 |
| Islington |
2,958 |
19 |
| Newham |
4,587 |
18 |
| Humberside |
16,347 |
18 |
| Wiltshire |
9,682 |
18 |
| Coventry |
6,022 |
18 |
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|
Surplus places |
Percentage surplus |
| Durham |
11,516 |
18 |
| Sheffield |
9,048 |
18 |
| Nottinghamshire |
17,253 |
18 |
| Hillingdon |
3,754 |
18 |
| Hampshire |
24,719 |
17 |
| Rotherham |
4,346 |
17 |
| Suffolk |
7,902 |
17 |
| Leeds |
8,335 |
17 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
9,296 |
17 |
| Cheshire |
17,045 |
17 |
| Salford |
4,171 |
17 |
| Buckinghamshire |
11,252 |
17 |
| Cleveland |
10,391 |
16 |
| Bradford |
6,370 |
16 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames |
1,845 |
16 |
| Calderdale |
3,324 |
16 |
| Shropshire |
5,396 |
16 |
| South Tyneside |
2,619 |
16 |
| Essex |
22,611 |
16 |
| Solihull |
3,332 |
16 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
1,090 |
16 |
| Manchester |
7,617 |
16 |
| Bexley |
2,914 |
15 |
| Tower Hamlets |
2,864 |
15 |
| East Sussex |
7,955 |
15 |
| Wakefield |
4,314 |
15 |
| Sunderland |
4,674 |
15 |
| Norfolk |
10,842 |
15 |
| North Yorkshire |
9,524 |
15 |
| Walsall |
3,823 |
14 |
| Cambridge |
9,401 |
14 |
| Warwickshire |
7,305 |
14 |
| Devon |
10,575 |
13 |
| Sutton |
1,619 |
13 |
| Greenwich |
2,718 |
13 |
| Stockport |
3,557 |
13 |
| Surrey |
11,084 |
13 |
| Lincolnshire |
7,236 |
13 |
| Gloucestershire |
5,506 |
12 |
| Derbyshire |
10,230 |
12 |
| Merton |
1,639 |
12 |
| West Sussex |
6,940 |
12 |
| Croydon |
3,389 |
12 |
| Cumbria |
5,674 |
12 |
| Ealing |
3,016 |
11 |
| St. Helens |
1,886 |
11 |
| Kent |
15,431 |
11 |
| Kirklees |
3,291 |
10 |
| Trafford |
1,878 |
10 |
| Camden |
972 |
10 |
| Westminster |
891 |
10 |
| Corporation of London |
21 |
10 |
| Bromley |
2,259 |
10 |
| Avon |
6,359 |
9 |
| Lewisham |
1,609 |
9 |
| Dudley |
2,551 |
9 |
| Leicestershire |
7,204 |
9 |
| Northamptonshire |
4,714 |
9 |
| Barking |
1,368 |
9 |
| Havering |
1,971 |
9 |
| Waltham Forest |
1,445 |
8 |
| Birmingham |
8,711 |
8 |
| Rochdale |
1,784 |
8 |
| Barnet |
1,463 |
7 |
| Hounslow |
1,226 |
7 |
| Somerset |
2,524 |
7 |
| Sefton |
1,944 |
7 |
| Oldham |
1,319 |
6 |
| Bolton |
1,602 |
6 |
| Wirral |
1,953 |
6 |
| Redbridge |
796 |
5 |
| Tameside |
968 |
5 |
| Isle of Wight |
357 |
5 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
485 |
5 |
| Harrow |
888 |
5 |
| Lancashire |
6,754 |
5 |
| Enfield |
765 |
4 |
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|
Surplus places |
Percentage surplus |
| Dorset |
1,165 |
3 |
| Cornwall |
744 |
2 |
| Sandwell |
328 |
1 |
| Bury |
0 |
0 |