§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the applications received in each of the last five years from local education authorities or from grant-maintained schools for changes in the ages of admission or transfer, indicating in each case the changes proposed; and if he will make a statement. [4164]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe applications received in each of the last five years from local education authorities and grant-maintained schools for changes in the ages of admissions or transfer are listed below. All proposals will be considered on their individual merits.
Local education authorities Proposal 1992 Surrey to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Avon to change the age range of some primary schools 1993 Doncaster to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Hampshire to move from a middle-school to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Wakefield to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Kent to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 in the Longfield area 1994 Leeds to change the age range of some primary schools Doncaster to move form a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Berkshire to change the age of transfer between primary and middle schools and reduce the age of admission to secondary schools in the Slough area Warwickshire to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 Devon to change the age range of some primary schools Kent to change the age range of some primary schools 1995 Birmingham to move from a middle-school system to a system of primary and secondary schools with transfer at age 11 1996 Buckinghamshire to change the age of transfer between primary, middle and secondary schools to change the age range of Loughton County Combined School from 5–12 to 8–12 1997 Berkshire to change the age-range of middle schools in the Slough area
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Grant maintained schools LEA area School Nature of change 1992 Ealing Brentside High School 12–19 to 11–19 Drayton Manor High School 12–19 to 11–19 Greenford High School 12–19 to 11–19 Northholt High School 12–19 to 11–19 Wood End Middle School 8–12 to 7–12 Hampshire Hardley School 12–16 to 11–16 Portsmouth Boys' School 12–16 to 11–16
Grant maintained schools LEA area School Nature of change Kent Oakwood Park Grammar School 13–18 to 11–18 Kirklees Castle Hall School 9–13 to 11–16 Surrey Collingwood School 12–18 to 11–18 De Stafford School 12–18 to 11–18 Epsom and Ewell High School 12–18 to 11–18 Glyn School 12–18 to 11–18 Guildford County School 12–18 to 11–18 Roseberry School 12–18 to 11–18 The Beacon Secondary School 12–18 to 11–18 Warwickshire Ash Green Secendary School 12–16 to 11–16 1993 Hampshire Abbotswood Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 Calmore Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 Front Lawn Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 Purbrook Park School 12–16 to 11–16 Testwood School Surrey Yattendon Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 Warwickshire Avon Valley School 12–16 to 11–16 Queen Elizabeth School 12–18 to 11–18 1994 Berkshire Herschel GM Grammar School 12–18 to 11–18 Langley GM Grammar School 12–18 to 11–18 Slough GM Grammar School 12–18 to 11–18 Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield High School 12–18 to 11–18 Hampshire Lyndhurst Middle Primary School 8–12 to 7–11 Surrey Heathside GM Secondary School 12–16 to 11–16 Warwickshire Hartshill School 12–16 to 11–16 Myton School 12–16 to 11–16 Rugby High School 12–18 to 11–18 1995 Berkshire Cippenham GM Middle School 8–12 to 7–12 The Westgate School 12–16 to 11–16 Lincolnshire King Edward VI School 14–18 to 11–18 Merton Ursuline Convent School 13–18 to 11–18 Warwickshire Middlemarch Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 1996 Buckinghamshire Brushwood Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 The Cottesloe School 12–18 to 11–18 Chalfonts Community College 12–18 to 11–18 Great Marlow School 12–18 to 11–18 Waddesdon CE School 12–18 to 11–18 Royal Grammar School 12–18 to 11–18 1997 Buckinghamshire Beechview Middle School 8–12 to 5–11