Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied that the special features of the Scottish grant-aided schools will be taken into account in the study which the Public Schools Commission is to make of the principle of Government grants to these schools; which Scottish schools are affected; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossYes. I have agreed with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science that an additional member from Scotland should be appointed to the Public Schools Commission. In addition, I propose to nominate a Scottish sub-committee of five or six, including the Scottish members of the Commission, who will be responsible to the Commission for framing recommendations on the Scottish grant-aided schools. The Scottish schools affected, by education authority area, are as follows
Aberdeen: Albyn School for Girls; Convent of the Sacred Heart Secondary School; Robert Gordon's College; St. Margaret's School for Girls.Dundee: High School.Edinburgh: Daniel Stewart's College; The Mary Erskine School for Girls; George Watson's College; George Watson's Ladies' College; George Heriot's School; John Watson's School; Melville College; St. Mary's Cathedral Choir School.Glasgow: Craigholme School; Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School; Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School; Kelvinside Academy; Laurel Bank School; St. Aloysius' College; West-bourne School for Girls; The Park School, Glasgow.Ayrshire: Marr College.Clackmannanshire: Dollar Academy.Dumfriesshire: Maxwelltown Benedictine Convent School; St. Joseph's College.Dunbarton: St. Bride's School, Helensburgh.Perth and Kinross: Morrison's Academy, Crieff; Morrison's Academy for Girls.Renfrewshire: St. Coiumba's School, Kilmacolm.