HC Deb 13 February 1984 vol 54 cc42-4W
Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money in real terms was spent on state secondary schools in Hertfordshire in 1970, 1974, 1979 and 1983.

Mr. Dunn

The figures for the financial years for which consistent information is available are as follows:

Net institutional recurrent expenditure by Hertfordshire LEA on maintained secondary schools (at 1982–83 prices)
Expenditure (£000s)
1978–79 84,867
1982–83 78,641

These figures concern net institutional recurrent expenditure and they exclude certain other items of expenditure, including the financial costs of capital expenditure, pupil support and meals and milk.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the secondary school population in Hertfordshire in 1970, 1974, 1979 and 1983.

Mr. Dunn

The numbers of pupils in maintained secondary schools (including middle deemed secondary) in Hertfordshire in 1974, 1979 and 1983 were 79,627, 87,243 and 82,673 respectively. Comparable figures for 1970 are not available.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Hertfordshire in 1970, 1974, 1979 and 1983.

Mr. Dunn

The pupil/teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools in Hertfordshire in 1974, 1979 and 1983 are as follows:

Hertfordshire: Pupil/Teacher ratios
1974 1979 1983
Primary schools (including middle as deemed) 23.3 22.5 22.4
Secondary schools 16.1 15.9 16.2

Comparable figures for 1970 are not available.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all secondary schools in Hertfordshire for which the first form entry in 1983 was less than 120.

Mr. Dunn

A list of the secondary schools in Hertfordshire as at January 1983 for which the first form entry in the previous Autumn was less than 120 is set out as follows:

  • Fearnhill school, Letchworth
  • Riversmead school, Cheshunt*
  • Hadham Hall, Ware
  • St. John Lawes school, Harpenden
  • Hitchin school, Hitchin
  • London Colney school, St. Albans
  • Durrants school, Rickmansworth
  • Sir James Altham school, South Oxley
  • Hatfield school, Hatfield
  • The Queen Eleanor school, Waltham Cross*
  • Heronswood school, Welwyn Garden City
  • St. Audrey's school, Hatfield
  • William Penn school, Rickmansworth
  • The Howard school, Welwyn Garden City
  • Kings Langley school, Kings Langley
  • Bishops Hatfield girls school, Hatfield
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  • Francis Bacon school, St. Albans
  • The Halsey school, Hemel Hempstead
  • Westfield school, Watford
  • Chancellors school, Hatfield
  • Highfield school, Hemel Hempstead
  • The Sele school, Hertford
  • Wheathampstead school, Wheathampstead
  • Fanshawe school, Ware*
  • Stevenage girls school, Stevenage
  • The Leggatts school, Watford
  • Grange Park school, Bushey
  • Marlborough school, St. Albans
  • Mount Grace school, Potters Bar
  • Trinity school, Ware*
  • Cardinal Bourne school, Broxbourne
  • Holy Trinity school, Welwyn Garden City
  • St. Michael's school, Stevenage
  • Loreto college, St. Albans

The schools marked * are known to have been subject to amalgamations since the Census date in January 1983.

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