HC Deb 23 June 2004 vol 422 cc1430-1W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in each of the successful bids for wave one of Building Schools for the Future were designated as(a) weak, (b) underperforming and (c) failing. [172908]

Mr. Miliband

The following table shows the data requested for areas included in wave one of Building Schools for the Future. The LEAs' projects were chosen on the basis of the educational and social need of the schools included, the quality of the authorities' educational plans, and the authorities' capacity to deliver a large procurement.

LEA Number of schools in "serious weakness" Number of schools with GCSE performance under 30 per cent. Number of schools in Special Measures
Solihull 1 2 0
South Tyneside/Gateshead 0 2 0
Stoke-on-Trent 0 3 0
Sunderland 0 3 0
Waltham Forest 1 3 0