HC Deb 21 January 1980 vol 977 cc35-41W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, by each local authority in Eng- land and Wales, the numbers of handicapped and non-handicapped children who are paid for by the local authorities to attend independent fee-paying schools.

Dr. Boyson

The following information, based on returns from local education authorities for the academic year 1978–79, relates to England. Educational provision in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

NUMBERS OF PUPILS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (ENGLAND)
Non-handicapped Handicapped
Greater London
Barking 2 54
Barnet 190 116
Bexley 96 23
Brent 406 122
Bromley 465 85
Croydon 471 138
Ealing 115 70
Enfield 118 69
Haringey 21 127
Harrow 166 73
Havering 23 34
Hillingdon 167 43
Hounslow 63 86
Kingston-upon Thames 32 74
Merton 47 28
Newham 44 47
Redbridge 8 71
Richmond-upon-Thames 494 67
Sutton 64 81
Waltham Forest Not known 19
ILEA 1,163 245
West Midlands
Birmingham 71 96
Coventry 14 18
Dudley 4 23
Sandwell 7 6
Solihull 81 30
Walsall 15 9
Wolverhampton 20 14
Merseyside
Knowsley 7 8
Liverpool 3 11
St. Helens 23 28
Sefton 186 34
Wirral 381 76
Greater Manchester
Bolton 27 36
Bury 10 15
Manchester 56 60
Oldham 20 25
Rochdale 48 20
Salford 31 4
Stockport 612 NIL
Tameside 220 30
Trafford 1,046 8
Wigan 5 10
Non-handicapped Handicapped
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 7 NIL
Doncaster 5 8
Rotherham NIL 14
Sheffield 25 2
West Yorkshire
Bradford 21 55
Calderdale 8 7
Kirklees 497 11
Leeds 89 71
Wakefield 2 11
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 102 11
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 257 37
North Tyneside 39 11
South Tyneside 4 8
Sunderland 3 NIL
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Isles of Scilly NIL NIL
Avon 199 208
Bedfordshire 291 92
Berkshire 878 206
Buckinghamshire 102 184
Cambridgeshire 196 97
Cheshire 2,546 32
Cleveland 41 31
Cornwall 31 69
Cumbria 46 59
Derbyshire 241 39
Devon 402 308
Dorset 633 196
Durham 22 14
East Sussex 145 240
Essex 220 232
Gloucestershire 462 106
Hampshire 1,054 474
Hereford and Worcester 371 128
Hertfordshire 337 235
Humberside 57 87
Isle of Wight 12 19
Kent 833 325
Lancashire 1,041 172
Leicestershire 28 68
Lincolnshire 41 85
Norfolk 228 36
North Yorkshire 214 66
Northamptonshire 9 NIL
Northumberland 26 16
Nottinghamshire 174 74
Oxfordshire 285 224
Salop Not known 11
Somerset 640 97
Staffordshire 66 99
Suffolk 364 94
Surrey 1,454 226
Warwickshire 293 106
West Sussex 35 70
Wiltshire 189 173
Total England 22,271 7,477

Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report those independent schools inspected by Her Majesty's inspectors for the purposes of final registration under the Education Act 1944 in each of the last 10 years; how many inspectors visited for the purposes of the inspection on each occasion; and for how many days each inspection lasted.

Mr. Mark Carlisle

In the 10 years to the end of 1979 nearly 200 independent schools in England were given final registration. All were inspected for this purpose by Her Majesty's inspectors. Such inspection normally involves two or three routine visits. Where necessary these are followed by a full inspection involving, according to the size and age range of the school, two or more inspectors for two or more days and resulting in the production of a detailed report.

The details of the inspection of each school could not be given except at disproportionate cost. The following schools were finally registered during the period and remained on the register in January 1980:

Independent Schools Finally Registered 1970–79

1970

  • Kingswood School, Southport.
  • Senior Jewish Boys' School, Salford.
  • Rydal School, Clevedon.
  • St. Elmo's School, Teignworth.
  • Vranch House, Exeter.
  • American Community School, NW3.
  • Twickenham Prep School, Twickenham.
  • Davenport Lodge Kindergarten, Coventry.
  • Redrice Junior School, Andover.
  • Cedars School, Rochester.
  • Greston School, Herne Bay.
  • American School, Great Yarmouth.
  • Cundall Manor School, Helperby.
  • Frances Eyre School, Little Tew.
  • Eversley School, Southwold.

1971

  • Hampstead Hill School, NW3.
  • Urdang Academy, WC2.
  • Cheshunt School, Coventry.
  • Didsbury Jewish Day School, Manchester.
  • Buckfast Abbey School, Buckfastleigh.
  • Jolliffes School, Shaftesbury.
  • Portfield School, Christchurch.
  • Laurels School, Leicester.
  • Meoncross School, Fareham.
  • Southlands School, Lymington.
  • Clewborough House School, Camberley.

1972

  • Wargrave House, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside.
  • Grasscroft Independent School, Lydgate, Oldham
  • Warleigh School, Bathford.
  • MacIntyre School (Westoning Manor) Westoning.
  • Annie Lawson School, Crowthorne.
  • Bridge House Home School, Padworth.
  • Meldreth Manor School, near Royston.
  • Whitstone Head School, Holsworthy.
  • Denmington College, Barnstaple.
  • Gulworthy Autistic School, near Tavistock.
  • Trengweath School, Plymouth.
  • Heather School, Colchester.
  • Dowdeswell Court School, Cheltenham.
  • St. Vincent's Spastics School, Cheltenham.
  • Great Sanders School, Battle.
  • Sunfield School, Stourbridge.
  • Park Croft School, Bury St. Edmunds.
  • Dedisham School, Horsham.
  • PNEU School, Chichester.
  • Hope Lodge School, Southampton.
  • Moridaunt School, Southampton.
  • Old Charlton House School, Cowes.
  • Ripplevale School, Deal.
  • Bnois Jerusholaim Girls School, N.16.
  • Yesodey Hatorah School, N.16.
  • Junior Rokeby, Kingston-upon-Thames.
  • German School, Richmond-upon-Thames.
  • Unicorn School, Richmond-upon-Thames.

1973

  • St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Formby.
  • The Paragon School, Bath.
  • MacIntyre School (Wingrave), Wingrave.
  • Lupton House School, Brixham.
  • Ward House School, Yelverton.
  • Stourbridge House School, Gillingham, Dorset.
  • Mount School, Wadhurst.
  • Newlands Junior School, Seaford.
  • Lesbury House School, Alnwick.
  • Sutherland House School, Nottingham.
  • Bramfield House School, Halesworth.
  • Whittaker School, Blackpool.
  • Barwick House Lower School, Yeovil.
  • Chard School, Chard.
  • Colegio Español Canada Blanch, S.E.7.
  • North Bridge House School, N.W.1.
  • Hornsey Centre for Handicapped, N.10.
  • Inglebrook School, Pontefract.
  • Witherslack Hall School, Grange Oversands.

1974

  • Peterhouse School, Southport.
  • Bristol Waldorf School, Bristol.
  • Trescol Vean School, Truro.
  • Somerleaze Prep School, Leominster.
  • Laxton Junior School, Oundle.
  • Reeves Hall School, Diss.
  • Downlands College, Haywards Heath.
  • Weguelin School for Russian Ballet, Tunbridge Wells.
  • Edington School, Bridgewater.
  • St. Andrew's Day School, Marlborough.
  • American Community School, SW7.
  • White Lion Street Free School, N1.
  • Noah's Ark School, N22.
  • Raphael School, Romford.
  • Park School for Girls, Ilford.
  • North Leeds School, Leeds.
  • Bank Hall School, Stockport.
  • Redcourt School, Glossop.

1975

  • Glendower Senior School, SW7.
  • Rutherford Children Centre, Croydon.
  • Hesley Hall School, Doncaster.
  • Greystone House School, Penrith.
  • Tower Grange School, Salford.
  • Rostherne House School, near Knutsford.
  • Folly Farm School, Ringwood.
  • The Abbey School, Tewkesbury.
  • St. Michael's Prep School, Uckfield.
  • Old Rectory School, Norwich.
  • Stretton School, Norwich.
  • Essendene Lodge School, Caterham.
  • Trees School, Woking.

1976

  • Duke's Field Cottage School, Risley.
  • Lapton House Lower School, Newton Abbot.
  • Mariners School. Ottery St. Mary.
  • Adlestrop Park School, Moreton in Marsh.
  • Darvell School, Robertsbridge.
  • Green Hill School, Evesham.
  • Lucton Junior School, Leominster.
  • Weelsby Hall School, Grimsby.
  • Diana Quenton School, Diss.
  • Sheringham Court School, Sheringham.
  • Ingmanthorpe Hall School, Wetherby.
  • Plumtree School, Plumtree.
  • Glenmore School, Crawley.
  • Church House School, Bishop's Waltham.
  • Pax Hill School, Farnham.
  • West croft Tutorial Coll Tring.
  • American Community School, SW1.
  • St. James Ind School for Boys, SW7.
  • St. James Ind School for Girls, SW7.
  • Albany Tutorial College, NW4.
  • Sir Winston Churchill School, E18.
  • Craigievar School, Sunderland.
  • Underley Hall School, via Carnforth.

1977

  • Burghclere Grange School, Newbury.
  • Dolphin Montessori School, Hurst.
  • Netherton Hall School, Colyton.
  • Brackenfield School, Harrogate.
  • Rikkyo School in England, Horsham.
  • Hill Head School, Fareham.
  • Perry Court School, Canterbury.
  • American Community School, SW20.
  • The Link Day School, Beddington.
  • Mencap House School, Leeds.
  • Cedar House School, via Carnforth.

1978

  • Oaklands Preparatory School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
  • St. Catherine's Preparatory School, Marple Bridge
  • Boscawen Rose School, Truro.
  • Bradfield House School, Cullompton.
  • Washbourne Place, Lower Slaughter.
  • Parkside Nursery School, Leighton Buzzard.
  • Sussex Tutors, Brighton.
  • Knossington Grange School, Oakham.
  • International High School, Great Yarmouth.
  • St. George's School, Wymondham.
  • Nunnykirk Hall Preparatory School, Morpeth.
  • Kesgrave Hall School, Ipswich.
  • NAK Centre for Children, Stow market.
  • Ditcham Park School, Petersfield.
  • Portsmouth Grammar, Portsmouth.
  • Barwick House Training School, Langport.
  • Colfes School, SE12.
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  • Emanuel School, SW 11.
  • Godolphine and Latymer School, W6.
  • The Japanese School, NW1.
  • St. Vedast Independent School for Girls, W11.
  • St. Vedast Independent School for Boys, SW7.
  • Kisharon School, NW11.
  • St. Michael's School, Croydon.
  • St. Paul's School, Birmingham.
  • Wilsic Hall School, Doncaster.
  • Batley Grammar School, Batley.
  • Boyne Hill School, Wakefield.

1979

  • Stoke Lodge Senior School, Coventry.
  • Storm House School, Rotherham.
  • Menorah School, Leeds.
  • Yarm School, Yarm.
  • Carleton Hill School, Penrith.
  • Adelphi House Preparatory School, Eccles.
  • Sancton Wood School, Cambridge.
  • Abbey Gate College, Saighton, Chester.
  • Ursuline Convent Preparatory School, Brentwood.
  • Davies's College, Hove.
  • Dodderhill School, Droitwich.
  • Church House School, Melton Constable.
  • Winchester House Pre-Preparatory School, Brackley.
  • Shelton House School, Shrewsbury.
  • Old School, Beccles.
  • King Edward IV School, Southampton.
  • Kwabena Montessori, Farnborough.
  • Kirkham Grammar, Preston.
  • Sir William Perkin's School, Chertsey.