HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 c3W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will indicate for all the schools which have so far applied for grant-maintained status those which local authorities intend to close.

Mrs. Rumbold

The following schools have applied for grant-maintained status under the Education Reform Act 1988, and are subject to proposals to cease to maintain them under the Education Act 1980:

  • Hendon school, Barnet
  • Queensbury school, Bedfordshire
  • St. James's school, Bolton
  • Ramsden school for girls, Bromley
  • Bankfield county high school, Cheshire
  • Netherthorpe school, Derbyshire
  • Foster's school, Dorset
  • Lord Digby's school, Dorset
  • Sir James Altham school, Hertfordshire
  • London nautical school, ILEA
  • Castlemount school, Kent
  • Wilmington grammar school for girls, Kent
  • South Park high school, Lincolnshire
  • Blessed Hugh More RC secondary school, Lincolnshire

My right hon. Friend will consider both sets of proposals together on their merits but determine those for grant-maintained status first.