HC Deb 11 June 1996 vol 279 cc126-31W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those(a) grant-maintained, (b) voluntary-aided and (c) other schools, which have had a significant change of character approved since 1989 to become (i) wholly or (ii) partially selective, stating in each case the extent of selection approved. [31914]

Mrs. Gillan

The following list shows the schools that have had statutory proposals approved since 1989 to become wholly or partially selective, stating the extent of selection approved.

Schools approved to become wholly selective
LEA area School name Selection
Grant maintained
Cumbria Queen Elizabeth grammar school 100 per cent.
Barnet Queen Elizabeth boys' school 100 per cent. including 10 per cent. by aptitude for music
Kent Chaucer technology school 100 per cent. by aptitude for technology
Voluntary aided
Liverpool The Blue Coat school 100 per cent.
County
Wandsworth Battersea technology college 100 per cent. by ability in technology
Schools approved to become partially selective
LEA area School name Selection
Grant maintained
Barnet Mill Hill County high school 30 per cent. by aptitude for technology
Berkshire Southlands school One selective form of entry (18 per cent.)
Dorset Budmouth GM school 10 per cent. selection by ability
Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory school 20 boys at age seven on musical and general ability
Hertfordshire Watford grammar school for girls 50 per cent. selection by ability
Hertfordshire Watford grammar school for boys 50 per cent. selection by ability
Hertfordshire Parmiters school 50 per cent. selection by ability
Schools approved to become partially selective
LEA area School name Selection
Hertfordshire Rickmansworth school 50 per cent. selection by ability
Kent Homewood school 20 per cent. selection by ability
Kingston Holy Cross school 15 per cent. selection by ability
Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's GM schoolSt. Martin in the Fields high school banding including 40 per cent. above average ability
Lambeth St. Martin in the Fields high school
Wandsworth Graveney GM school 50 per cent. selection by ability
Wandsworth Burntwood school 50 per cent. selection by ability
County
Wandsworth The Ernest Bevin school 50 per cent selection by ability
Wandsworth Chestnut Grove school 30 pupils by ability in languages and30 by ability in arts (38 per cent)

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list, by local education authority, those schools which select more than 10 per cent. of their pupils, stating in each case(a) the percentage of intake selected, (b) the selection criteria and (c) whether the school is a county, voluntary-aided, voluntary-controlled, special agreement or grant-maintained school. [31913]

Mrs. Gillan

The information provided in the table covers only those schools which classified themselves as selective in the 1995 performance tables. The Department does not hold comprehensive information on partially selective schools. Most selective schools allocate places on the basis of performance in tests.

LEA School Status
Barnet Queen Elizabeth's boys' school GM
Barnet St. Michael's Catholic grammar school GM
Berkshire Herschel grammar school GM
Berkshire Kendrick Girl's grammar school County
Berkshire Langley grammar school GM
Berkshire Reading school GM
Berkshire Slough grammar school GM
Bexley Bexley grammar school County
Bexley Bexley-Erith technical high school for boys GM
Bexley Chislehurst and Sidcup grammar school County
Bexley Townley road grammar school for girls County
Birmingham Bishop Vesey's grammar school VA
Birmingham Handsworth grammar school County
Birmingham King Edward VI Aston school GM
Birmingham King Edward VI Camp Hill girls' school GM
Birmingham King Edeward VI Camp Hill school boys GM
Birmingham King Edward VI Five Ways school GM
Birmingham King Edward VI Handsworth school GM
Birmingham Sutton Coldfield girl's school County
Bristol Cotham grammar school County
Bristol Fairfield grammar school County
Bromley Newstead Wood school for girls GM
LEA School Status
Bromley St. Olave's and St. Saviour's grammar school GM
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury grammar school VC
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury high school County
Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield high school GM
Buckinghamshire Burnham grammar school County
Buckinghamshire Chesham high school County
Buckinghamshire Dr. Challoner's grammar school VC
Buckinghamshire Dr. Challoner's high school County
Buckinghamshire John Hampden grammar school County
Buckinghamshire Sir Henry Floyd grammar school County
Buckinghamshire Sir William Borlase's grammar school VC
Buckinghamshire The Royal Latin school VC
Buckinghamshire Wycombe high school VC
Calderdale Crossley Heath school GM
Calderdale The North Halifax grammar school GM
Cambridgeshire The King's school GM
Cumbria St. Bernard's convent school COUNTY
Devon Churston grammar school COUNTY
Devon Colyton grammar school GM
Devon Devonport high school for boys COUNTY
Devon Devonport high school for girls COUNTY
Devon Plymouth high school for girls COUNTY
Devon Torquay boys' grammar school GM
Devon Torquay grammar school for girls COUNTY
Dorset Bournemouth school GM
Dorset Bournemouth school for girls (GM) GM
Dorset Budmouth technology college GM
Dorset Parkstone grammar schools (girls) GM
Dorset Poole grammar school GM
Enfield The Latymer school GM
Essex Chelmsford county high school for girls GM
Essex Colchester county high school for girls GM
Essex Colchester royal grammar school GM
Essex King Edward VI grammar school GM
Essex Royal grammar school GM
Essex Southend high school for boys GM
Essex Southend high school for girls GM
Essex Westcliff high school for boys GM
Essex Westcliff high school for girls GM
Gloucestershire Denmark road high school for girls COUNTY
Gloucestershire Marling school GM
Gloucestershire Pate's grammar school GM
Gloucestershire Ribston Hall high school GM
Gloucestershire Sir Thomas Rich's school County
Gloucestershire Stroud high school GM
Gloucestershire The Crypt school GM
Hertfordshire The Henrietta Barnett school County
Kent Barton Court grammar school GM
Kent Bordon grammar school VC
Kent Chatham boy's grammar school County
Kent Chatham girls' grammar school GM
Kent Chatham House grammar school for boys GM
Kent Claredon House girls' grammar school County
Kent Cranbrook school GM
Kent Dane Court grammar school GM
Kent Dartford grammar school GM
Kent Dartford grammar school for girls GM
Kent Dover grammar school for boys GM
Kent Dover grammar school for girls County
Kent Fort Pitt grammar school County
Kent Gravesend grammar school for boys GM
Kent Gravesend grammar school for girls GM
Kent Highsted school County
LEA School Status
Kent Highworth grammar school for girls County
Kent Invicta grammar school for girls County
Kent Maidstone grammar school VC
Kent Maidstone grammar school forgirls VC
Kent Oakwood Park grammar school GM
Kent Rainham Mark grammar school GM
Kent Simon Langton girls' school VC
Kent Simon Langton grammar school for boys GM
Kent Sir Joseph Williamson's mathematical school VC
Kent The Folkestone school for girls GM
Kent The grammar school for girls, Wilmington GM
Kent The Harvey grammar school County
Kent The Judd school VA
Kent The Norton Knatchbull school County
Kent The Rochester girls' grammar school GM
Kent The Skinners' school GM
Kent Tonbridge grammar school for girls GM
Kent Tunbridge Wells girls' grammar school County
Kent Tunbridge Wells grammar school for boys County
Kent Weald of Kent grammar school County
Kent Wilmington grammar school for boys GM
Kingston The Tiffin girls' school County
Kingston Tiffin school GM
Kirldees Heckmondwike grammar school GM
Lancashire Bacup and Rawtenstall grammar school GM
Lancashire Clitheroe Royal grammar school GM
Lancashire Lancaster Girls' grammar school GM
Lancashire Lancaster Royal grammar school GM
Lincolnshire Boston grammar school (boys) GM
Lincolnshire Boston high school for girls County
Lincolnshire Bourne grammar school County
Lincolnshire Caistor grammar school GM
Lincolnshire Carre's grammar school GM
Lincolnshire Kesteven and Grantham girls' school County
Lincolnshire Kesteven and Sleaford high school County
Lincolnshire King Edward VI school GM
Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's GM grammar school (Gainsborough) GM
Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's GM grammar school (Alford) GM
Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's grammar school (Horncastle) GM
Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's high school County
Lincolnshire Skegness grammar school GM
Lincolnshire Spalding grammar school County
Lincolnshire Spalding high school County
North Yorkshire Ermysted's grammar school County
North Yorkshire Ripon grammar school County
North Yorkshire Skipton girls' high school VC
Redbridge Ilford county high school County
Redbridge Woodford county high school County
Shropshire Adams' grammar school GM
Shropshire Newport girls' high school County
Shropshire Sir Roger Manwood's school GM
Somerset Brymore school GM
Sutton Nonsuch high school for girls GM
Sutton Sutton grammar school for boys GM
Sutton Wallington boys county grammar school GM
Sutton Wallington high school for girls GM
Sutton Wilson's school GM
Trafford Altrincham boys' GM school GM
LEA School Status
Trafford Altrincham grammar school for girls County
Trafford Sale grammar school County
Trafford Stretford grammar school County
Trafford Urmston grammar school County
Walsall Queen Mary's grammar school GM
Walsall Queen Mary's high school GM
Warwickshire Alcester grammar school GM
Warwickshire King Edward VI grammar school VA
Warwickshire Lawrence Sheriff school VA
Warwickshire Rugby High school for girls GM
Warwickshire Stratford grammar school for girls County
Wiltshire Bishop Wordsworth's grammar school GM
Wiltshire South Wiltshire grammar school for girls GM
Wirral Calday Grange grammar school GM
Wirral St. Anselm's college GM
Wirral Upton Hall convent school GM
Wirral West Kirby grammar school for girls County
Wirral Wirral county grammar school (girls) County
Wirral Wirral grammar school for boys GM
Wolverhampton Wolverhampton girls' high school GM

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list those grant-maintained schools which have received approval since 1989 for a change in their admissions arrangements to allow a level of partial selection which does not constitute a change of character stating, in each case, the nature of the change. [32002]

Mrs. Gillan

The table lists those grant-maintained schools that currently select up to 10 per cent. of their pupils on the basis of aptitude or ability in a particular subject or combination of subjects, following approval by the Secretary of State.

School LEA area Nature of change Date approved
Abbs Cross school Havering 10 per cent. music June 1993
Beaverwood girls school Bromley 10 per cent. performing arts (music and dance) August 1994
Beverley school Kingston upon Thames 10 per cent. art or music October 1994
Bishop's Stortford school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, sport or drama October 1993
Canterbury high school Kent 10 per cent. music April 1993
Cardinal Vaughan memorial school Kensington and Chelsea 10 per cent. music August 1994
Chancellors school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, drama or sport December 1993
Charles Dickens high school Kent 10 per cent. music February 1993
Chatham grammar school for girls Kent 10 per cent. music, sport or drama August 1995
Cliff Park high school Norfolk 10 per cent. music October 1994
Cooper's school Bromley 10 per cent. music, drama, dance or sport June 1993
Crofton school Hampshire Five places music October 1994
School LEA area Nature of change Date approved
Dame Alice Owen school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music or sport April 1993
Dane Court grammar school Kent 10 per cent. music, sport, drama or any unusual talent March 1994
Deacons school Cambridgeshire 10 per cent. technology August 1994
Dunraven school Lambeth 10 per cent. music October 1993
Enfield grammar school Enfield 10 per cent. music or sport December 1993
Goffs school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, drama, sport of languages October 1995
Heathside school Surrey 10 per cent. Music or Sport July 1993
Hendon school Barnet 10 per cent. Music November 1995
Hertfordshire and Essex high school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. Music, Sport or Drama March 1994
Hinchley Wood school Surrey 10 per cent. Music July 1995
Kemnal Manor school Bromley 10 per cent. Technology February 1994
King Edward VI grammar school Essex Three places for Choristers June 1993
Kings' school Cambridgeshire 10 per cent. Music and Choristers October 1993
La Retraite school Lambeth 10 per cent. Music September 1993
La Sainte Union convent school Camden 10 per cent. Music September 1995
Langley Park school for boys Kent 10 per cent. Music or Sport September 1993
Leventhorpe school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. Music October 1995
Lincoln Christ's hospital school Lincolnshire 10 per cent. Music October 1994
Mill Hill county school Barnet 10 per cent. Music October 1993
Queen's school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. Music, Art or Sport March 1993
Rainham Mark grammar school Kent 10 per cent. Music, Sport, Drama or any unusual talent February 1992
Rainsford high school Essex 10 per cent. Music or Drama March 1994
Robert Naipier school Kent 10 per cent. Music, Sport, Drama or any unusual talent February 1992
St. George's CE school Kent 10 per cent. Music July 1995
Thamesmead school Surrey 10 per cent. Music October 1994
Ursuline convent Essex 10 per cent. December 1993
school Westland high school Kent Music 10 per cent. Music January 1993
Winston Churchill school Surrey 6 per cent. Music October 1995
Wymondham college Norfolk 10 per cent. Music March 1995