§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools have applied to select more than 15 per cent. of their intake; and in each case if she will list(a) the percentage selected, (b) the selection criteria and (c) the status of the schools concerned. [2754]
§ Mr. Robin SquireSince 1989, 25 schools have applied to select more than 15 per cent. of their intake. The following table lists the percentage of selection, the selection criteria, and whether the proposals were approved, rejected, or are still under consideration.
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LEA area School name Selection Approved Grant maintained Barnet Queen Elizabeth Boys' School 100 per cent. including 10 per cent. by aptitude for music Barnet Mill Hill County High School 30 per cent. by aptitude for technology Berkshire Southlands School One selective form of entry (18 per cent.) Cumbria Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 100 per cent. by ability Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory School 20 boys at age 7 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 Hertfordshire Rickmansworth School 50 per cent. selection by ability Kent Chaucer Technology School 100 per cent. by aptitude for technology Kingston Holy Cross School 15 per cent. selection by ability Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's GM school {*B}banding including Lambeth St. Martin in the Fields High School {*B}40 per cent. of above average Lambeth Dunraven GM School {* B}ability Surrey Roseberry GM Girls School 30 per cent. selection on academic ability and 10 places on aptitude for music Wandsworth Graveney GM School 50 per cent. selection by ability Wandsworth Burntwood School 50 per cent. selection by ability Voluntary aided Liverpool The Blue Coat School 100 per cent. selection by ability Rejected Grant maintained Hertfordshire The Bishop's Stortford High School 50 per cent. Selectionby ability Kent The Westlands School One selective form of entry (11 per cent.) Kirklees Castle Hall GM School 100 per cent. selection by ability
LEA area School name Selection Lambeth Dunraven GM School 50 per cent. selection by ability Surrey Glyn ADT GM Technology School 40 per cent. selection by aptitude for technology Sutton Cheam High School 50 per cent. selection by ability Under consideration Grant maintained Bromley Hayes School 25 per cent. selection by ability