HC Deb 17 March 1955 vol 538 cc136-7W
43. Mr. Oldfield

asked the Minister of Education if he will give a list of new comprehensive schools that have been approved and those that have been disapproved since the present Government took office.

Sir D. Eccles

Since November, 1951, eleven comprehensive schools have been approved and one disapproved. Proposals for the establishment of comprehensive schools made under Section 13 of the Education Act, 1944, and decided since November, 1951, are:

Approved

Coventry, Coundon Court.

Coventry, Foxford.

Coventry, Green Farm.

Coventry, Whitley Abbey.

Glamorgan, Sandfields.

Leeds, Seacroft.

London, Finsbury, Risinghill.

London, Lambeth, Stockwell.

London, Shoreditch, Hoxton House.

London, Wandsworth, Earlsfield.

Staffordshire, Tividale.

Not Approved

London, Tooting Bec (enlargement).

In addition, approval has been given to a few proposals for the building of instalments of large secondary schools which the authorities concerned may at a later date propose to enlarge into comprehensive schools.