§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what studies are being undertaken by his Department to assess the proportion of (a) potential O-level candidates and (b) potential A-level candidates leaving the maintained sector for the assisted places scheme and the effects on the maintained schools so affected;
(2) to what conclusions he has come concerning educational standards as a result of the assisted places scheme;
(3) how he estimates the marginal benefit accruing to a child educated under the assisted places scheme of the extra cost to his Department of so educating a child;
(4) what criteria he uses to gauge that the quality of education available to pupils educated under the assisted places scheme exceeds that which is available to those pupils in the maintained sector.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1985, c. 480]: Schools are selected to participate in the assisted places scheme because of their high standard and good academic records, from which assisted pupils will benefit. The cost of the scheme is more than justified by the consequent widening of parental choice and increase in the educational opportunities for able children from low-income families. The size of the scheme means that its implications for maintained schools are negligible.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information he has as to the average income represented by fees paid by his Department under the assisted places scheme for those schools participating in the scheme for which the 60 per cent. requirement has been relaxed;
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§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1985, c. 480]: The latest estimated amounts to be paid to each school in respect of remitted fees for the school year 1984–85, and an estimate of the proportion of the school's fees income which that represents are as follows. Those schools which have been granted dispensation from the 60 per cent. rule for 1984–85 are indicated with an asterisk.
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School Name Estimated payments Estimated percentage of fee income £ Abbey School, Reading 52,281 4.5 Abingdon School 92,775 7.6 Aldenham School, Elstree* 32,656 2.9 Alice Ottley School, Worcester 64,751 7.3 Alleyn's School, Dulwich 225,437 12.7 Arnold School, Blackpool 60,921 5.0 Ashford School, Kent* 64,691 6.3 Bancroft's School, Woodford 73,284 6.0 Bath High School* 65,286 12.3 Batley Grammar School 151,651 19.5 Bedales School, Petersfield 3,372 0.2 Bedford High School 91,715 7.1 Bedford Modern School 123,954 8.4 Bedford School 99,882 4.9 Dame Alice Harpur School 122,541 11.8 Belvedere School, Liverpool 125,130 27.0 Berkhamsted School* 39,868 3.1 Berkhamsted School for Girls 29,257 4.7 Birkenhead High School 149,040 13.9 Birkenhead School 174,650 16.9 Bishop's Stortford College 22,633 1.5 Blackheath High School 68,673 12.6 Bolton School (Boys) 162,252 12.4 Bolton School (Girls) 151,068 14.6 Bradfield College, Reading 14,653 1.8 Bradford Girls Grammar School 38,412 4.8 Bradford Grammar School 127,675 9.0 Brentwood School 89,692 5.8 Brighton and Hove High School 126,693 16.9 Brighton College 100,722 8.1 Bristol Cathedral School 110,818 17.3 Bristol Grammar School 173,211 11.7 Bromley High School 87,879 14.9 Bruton School for Girls 115,819 13.9 Bury Grammar School (Boys) 95,610 11.3
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School Name Estimated payments £ Estimated percentage of fee income Bury Grammar School (Girls) 119,871 13.4 Canford School, Wimborne 74,232 4.2 Carmel College, Wallingford 152,873 21.5 Casterton School, Cumbria 52,857 7.9 Caterham School* 137,616 15.6 Central Newcastle High School 74,814 10.0 Charterhouse 45,033 1.6 Cheadle Hulme School 104,262 6.9 Chigwell School 102,053 10.4 Churchers College, Petersfield 96,408 12.4 City of London School 148,967 8.6 City of London School for Girls 108,598 10.4 Clifton College, Bristol 98,841 4.6 Clifton High School, Bristol 41,879 6.2 Colfe's School, London SE12 165,150 13.9 Colston's School, Bristol 111,489 11.1 Colston's Girls' School 90,456 11.5 Coventry School 186,957 7.1 Cranleigh School* 87,650 4.2 Croydon High School 76,329 7.3 Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds 65,964 2.0 Dame Allans Boys School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 101,114 14.5 Dame Allans Girls School 88,964 13.0 Dauntseys School, Devizes 82,107 7.9 Denstone College, Uttoxeter 192,501 14.6 Dulwich College 313,086 10.5 Edgehill College, Bideford 103,587 18.2 Eltham College, London SE9* 112,722 11.7 Emanuel School, London SW11 308,564 23.2 Epsom College* 55,420 2.9 Exeter School 162,796 16.3 Farnborough Hill School 162,932 18.4 Flested School, Dunmow 102,013 5.4 Forest School, London E17 138,231 8.4 Friends School, Saffron Walden 119,880 14.0 Godolphin and Latymer School, London W6 178,092 14.2 Gresham's School, Norfolk* 24,611 3.1 Haberdashers Askes School (Boys), Elstree 211,582 9.0 Haberdashers Askes School for Girls, Elstree 94,972 8.6 Hampton School 149,682 10.1 Harrogate College 23,097 2.3 Hereford Cathedral School 214,143 21.5 Highgate School* 59,655 3.5 Hulme Grammar School (Boys), Oldham 142,941 15.4 Hulme Grammar School (Girls), Oldham 110,655 18.0 Hymers College, Hull* 98,187 13.1 Ipswich High School 96,504 16.7 Ipswich School 84,273 6.9 James Allen's Girls School, Dulwich 121,269 13.5 John Lyon School, Harrow 92,947 10.9 Kent College, Canterbury 77,853 7.1 King Edward's School at Bath* 84,420 9.5 King Edward's School, Birmingham 243,650 18.7 King Edward VI High School, Birmingham 141,249 16.0 King Edward VII School, Lytham 148,285 19.6 King Edward VI School, Norwich 99,744 9.9 King Edward VI School, Southampton 189,750 13.6 King Edward's School, Witley 98,897 8.2 King's College School, Wimbledon 114,080 8.3 King's High School for Girls, Warwick 109,419 13.5 King's School, Chester 79,053 11.2 King's School, Macclesfield* 181,873 11.0 King's School, Rochester 69,461 6.3 King's School, Worcester 111,627 9.1
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School Name Estimated payments £ Estimated percentage of fee income Kingston Grammar School 124,710 11.4 Kingswood School, Bath 60,078 5.8 Kirkham Grammar School 38,736 5.4 Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton 58,539 6.1 La Sagesse Convent School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 133,279 23.6 Latymer Upper School, London W6 309,634 18.2 Leeds Girls High School 109,965 12.1 Leeds Grammar School 162,704 11.5 Leys School, Cambridge* 58,182 6.3 Liverpool College 150,523 15.7 Lord Wandsworth College, Basingstoke 110,124 12.6 Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham 45,105 4.4 Loughborough Grammar School 107,220 7.9 Loughborough High School 72,903 9.1 Magdalen College School, Oxford 98,467 12.1 Malvern College* 101,892 4.7 Manchester Grammar School 247,412 10.7 Manchester High School 131,664 10.8 Maynard School, Exeter 137,088 23.3 Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby 153,481 14.9 Merchant Taylors' Girls School, Crosby 114,135 14.3 Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood 123,353 7.0 Mill Hill School* 107,944 7.8 Monkton Combe School, Bath* 66,026 5.2 Mount St. Mary's College, near Sheffield 90,960 15.1 Newcastle under Lyme School, Staffordshire 338,124 19.9 Northampton High School 176,641 21.8 North London Collegiate School, Edgware 65,685 6.1 Norwich High School 115,698 14.4 Nottingham Girls High School 118,746 11.6 Nottingham High School (Boys) 26,148 2.0 Notting Hill and Ealing High School* 66,780 9.2 Old Palace School, Croydon 108,183 13.0 Oxford High School 53,121 7.2 Perse School for Boys, Cambridge 41,666 6.0 Perse School for Girls* 87,846 10.1 Plymouth College 147,825 13.1 Pocklington School, near York 125,723 14.0 Portsmouth Grammar School 113,569 11.2 Portsmouth High School 111,261 17.5 Putney High School 101,049 14.2 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn 186,672 13.1 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 136,075 11.2 Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol 121,536 18.0 Queen Mary School, Lytham 158,627 18.0 Queen's College, Taunton 98,333 8.6 Queen's College, London W1 67,655 10.0 Queens School, Chester 54,510 9.4 Ratcliffe College, Leicester 43,736 6.2 Redland High School, Bristol 55,458 9.0 Red Maids School, Bristol 120,147 19.0 Reigate Grammar School 78,928 5.4 Repton School 65,265 — Rossall School, Fleetwood 61,146 3.2 Royal Grammar School, Guildford 114,986 8.6 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle 179,034 12.4 Royal Grammar School, Worcester 104,211 7.1 St. Albans School 97,500 9.1 St. Albans High School For Girls 48,144 6.3 St. Ambrose College, Altrincham 69,625 8.0 St. Anselm's College, Birkenhead* 114,515 13.0 St. Bede's College, Manchester 139,482 15.5
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School Name Estimated payments £ Estimated percentage of fee income St. Bees School, Cumbria 141,370 26.6 St. Benedict's School, Ealing 67,165 6.0 St. Catherine's School, Bramley 31,087 3.5 St. Dunstan's College, Catford 137,007 11.1 St. Edmund's College, Ware 61,832 6.4 St. Edward's College, Liverpool 274,521 26.4 St. George's College, Weybridge 43,661 3.1 St. Helen's School, Northwood 26,747 3.0 St. John's College, Southsea 144,771 17.1 St. John's School, Leatherhead* 9,232 0.7 St. Joseph's College, Ipswich 52,439 6.6 St. Joseph's Convent, Reading 105,600 15.1 St. Mary's College, Crosby 186,751 21.2 St. Mary's School, Cambridge 60,427 8.4 St. Mary's Hall, Brighton 48,205 6.4 St. Maur's Convent, Weybridge 71,169 9.4 St. Paul's School 89,897 4.4 St. Paul's Girls School 89,647 6.7 St. Peter's School, York 127,506 9.3 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 6,880 0.6 Salesian College, Farnborough 42,418 9.4 School of St. Helen and St. Katharine, Abingdon 64,464 8.8 Sedbergh School, Cumbria 20,548 2.0 Sheffield High School 68,472 11.0 Shrewsbury High School 68,184 13.1 Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey 58,142 9.3 South Hampstead High School 54,033 8.0 Stamford School 71,796 6.4 Stamford High School 46,227 4.2 Stockport Grammar School 180,524 14.0 Stonyhurst College, Nr. Blackburn 42,573 3.3 Stowe School, Nr. Buckingham* 27,384 1.3 Streatham Hill and Clapham High 121,041 27.0 Sutton High School 47,069 5.4 Sutton Valance School, Nr. Maidstone 72,452 7.1 Sydenham High School 83,226 13.0 Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 124,551 18.1 Taunton School 66,578 3.5 Tonbridge School 2,528 0.3 Trent College, Derbyshire 153,702 11.0 Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon 136,344 9.4 Truro School 91,274 7.0 Truro High School 58,898 9.0 University College School, London NW3 72,793 5.0 Upton Hall Convent School 94,434 14.0 Ursuline High School, Ilford 94,719 16.0 Wakefield High School 104,858 10.0 Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 80,220 10.1 Warwick School 119,073 9.3 Wellingborough School 79,176 7.0 Wellington College, Berkshire 56,588 6.3 Wellington School, Somerset 192,757 15.2 Wells Cathedral School 74,720 7.4 West Buckland School, Barnstaple 23,361 4.0 Westminster School 10,526 0.7 Whitgift School, Croydon 122,826 6.9 William Hulme Grammar School, Manchester 161,834 12.9 Wimbledon High School 50,901 8.6 Winchester College 40,737 1.9 Wisbech Grammar School 152,020 18.0 Withington Girls School, Manchester 55,623 8.4 Wolverhampton Grammar School 247,674 24.1 Woodbridge School 124,830 11.6 Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford 112,580 12.4 Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 73,340 22.6
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire, North-East of 11 March, Official Report, column 32, if he will now give for each year of the operation of the assisted places scheme the names of schools which have been granted dispensation from the 60 per cent. rule and the percentage of assisted places pupils formerly attending maintained schools in each case.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1985, c. 480]: The rule requires participating schools to recruit assisted pupils who, at the time of their selection, are attending a publicly-maintained school and have done so for two years or more so that these form at least 60 per cent. of all the school's assisted pupils. Dispensations granted from this rule are as follows. For those cases in italic figures, the dispensation granted on a contingency basis was not, in the event, needed.
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School Percentage of relevant pupils School year 1981–82 St. Benedict's School, Ealing 54 Notting Hill and Ealing High School 64 St. Helen's School, Northwood 0 Kingston Grammar School 46 Bancroft's School, Woodford 62 St. Paul's School 58 Sutton High School 50 Merchant Taylor's Girls School, Crosby 52 Leeds Girls' High School 56 Dame Allan's Boy's School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 56 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 56 Dulwich College 57 James Allen's Girls' School, Dulwich 54 City of London School for Girls 56 City of London School (Boys) 50 South Hampstead High School 53 Kingswood School, Bath 50 Monkton Combe School 57 Wellington College 0 Stowe School 0 Leys School, Cambridge 100 St. Mary's Convent, Cambridge 44 Perse School for Girls, Cambridge 50 King's School, Macclesfield 58 Costerton School, Cumbria 45 Trent College 53 Canford School, Winborne 57 Chigwell School 46 Brentwood School 47 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 0 Church's College, Petersfield 62 Malvern College 40 Aldenham School 50 Berkhampsted School for Girls 67 Berkhampsted School (Boys) 54 St. Albans High School for Girls 50 Hymers College, Hull 41 Pocklington School, near York 52 Ashford School 23 Kent College, Canterbury 40 Ratcliffe College, Leicester 0 Oxford High School 46 Shrewsbury High School 55 Ipswich School 62 St. Joseph's College, Ipswich 25 Woodbridge School 55 Cranleigh School 33 Epsom College 40 Charterhouse 50 St. John's School, Leatherhead 0 St. George's College, Weybridge 57
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School Percentage of relevant pupils St. Maur's Convent, Weybridge 43 Caterham School 42 School Year 1982–83 Hasmonean High School (Girls) 39 Whitgift School, Croydon 53 Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon 59 St. Benedict's School, Ealing 52 Notting Hill and Ealing High School 49 St. Helen's School, Northwood 13 King's College School, Wimbledon 58 Lady Eleanor Holies School, Hampton 58 St. Paul's School 59 St. Mary's College, Crosby 52 St. Anselm's College, Birkenhead 56 Bury Grammar School—Boys 50 Bury Grammar School—Girls 58 Sheffield High School for Girls 58 Wakefield Girl's High School 59 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 59 Dulwich College 58 St. Dunston's College, Catford 56 Bristol Grammar School 59 Bath High School 58 Bedford Schools 53 Wellington College, Berkshire 53 Stowe School 0 Leys School, Cambridge 44 King's School, Macclesfield 51 King's School, Chester 52 Cranford School, Wimborne 57 Chigwell School 50 Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 55 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 0 St. John's College, Southsea 59 Malvern College 35 Berkhampstead School (Boys) 50 Hymers College, Hull 39 Pocklington School, near York 49 Ashford School 27 Loughborough Grammar School 51 Taunton School 55 Epsom College 44 Charterhouse 50 St. George's College, Weybridge 54 St. Maur's Convent, Weybridge 42 Caterham School 41 School Year 1983–84 Whitgift School, Croydon 50 Kingston Grammar School 57 King's College School, Wimbledon 55 Forest School, London E17 59 Bury Grammar School—Boys 51 Withington Girl's School, Manchester 58 Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 58 Colston's School, Bristol 58 King Edward's School at Bath 58 Bradfield College, Reading 0 Abbey School, Reading 53 Stowe School 33 Leys School, Cambridge 40 St. Mary's Convent, Cambridge 58 Trent College 53 Mount St. Mary's College, Derbyshire 51 Canford School, Wimborne 50
School Percentage of relevant pupils St. Mary's Hall, Brighton 50 Chigwell School 56 Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 43 St. Swithun's School, Winchester 25 Malvern College 26 Aldenham School 20 Berkhamsted School for Girls 56 St. Albans High School for Girls 57 Hymers College, Hull 44 Ashford School 37 Tonbridge School 50 Kent College, Canterbury 49 Stonyhurst College 53 Loughborough Grammar School 52 Loughborough High School 59 Stamford School 59 Abingdon School 58 Cranleigh School 56 Epsom College 41 Charterhouse 40 St. George's College, Weybridge 53 Caterham School 41 School Year 1984–85 Mill Hill School 56 Eltham College 58 Notting Hill and Ealing High School 54 Highgate School 62 St. Anselm's College, Birkenhead 52 Monkton Combe School 54 Bath High School 57 King Edward's School at Bath 52 Stowe School 38 King's School, Macclesfield 59 Leys School, Cambridge 26 Perse School for Girls, Cambridge 58 Malvern College 25 Aldenham School 55 Berkhamsted School (Boys) 52 Hymers College, Hull 43 Ashford School 55 Gresham's School, Norfolk 50 Cranleigh School 53 Epsom College 37 St. John's School, Leatherhead 50 Caterham School 42