§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Wednesbury Education Committee have decided to build a new school to cater for children residing on the municipal estates, Wood Green; and, if so, whether tenders have been invited?
§ Lord E. PERCYI understand that the authority have decided to provide a new junior and infants' school to serve the Wood Green area, and my Department has requested the local education authority to issue the necessary public notices of the proposal under Section 18 of the Education Act, 1921. The proposal has not yet reached the stage when tenders can be invited.
§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Education whether any elementary schools in Wednesbury have been scheduled for closing or, alternatively, for substantial alteration and extension?
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§ Lord E. PERCYTwo schools in this area were included in the Black List as apparently unsuitable for continued recognition and incapable of improvement. One of these schools has since been closed and replaced by a new school. Plans for the remodelling of the other school, in which only one department was on the Black List, are now under consideration by the managers in connection with the reorganisation of schools in this area.