§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what is the average amount of funding per student received by(a) specialist schools and (b) community schools, in the current academic year. [8883]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 19 October 2001]: Information about funding of pupils is not collected separately for specialist and community schools. Specialist schools receive additional grant of £123 per pupil per year up to 1,000 pupils and for pupil numbers above 1,200.
Primary Secondary Special Total Primary Curriculum 30 1— 1— 30 Mathematics 10 40 1— 50 Information technology 10 10 1— 20 Science 10 60 1— 70 Modern foreign languages 1— 30 1— 30 English 10 40 1— 60 Drama 10 1— 10 History 1 10 1— 10 Geography 1— 20 1— 20 Religious education 1— 10 1— 10 Design and technology 1— 30 1— 30 Art 1— 10 1— 10 Music 1— 10 1— 20 Physical education 1— 10 1— 10 Special Educational Needs 10 10 10 20 Humanities 1— 10 1— 10 Early years 10 1— 1— 10 Personal, Social and Health Education 1— 1— 1— 10 Other and combined subjects 50 50 10 110 No subject specialism recorded 10 20 1— 30 Total 160 380 20 560 1 Less than five Notes:
1. Totals may not appear to equal the sum of their component parts due to rounding
2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10