§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by location and date for the three counties of Yorkshire, the number of primary schools that have closed since 1979; how many were in a rural area; what schools are at present under review; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldSince January 1985 the following schools have closed in North Yorkshire and in the local education authorities situated in South and West Yorkshire:
1985
Barnsley
- St. Edwin's Junior School
- Dunford Hazelhead Junior and Infants School
- Crane Moor CE Junior and Infants School
- Darfield Shroggs Head Infants School
North Yorkshire
Silton and Kepwick CE Primary School
Bradford
Horton Percy Nursery School
Kirklees
Longcroft Junior School
Leeds
Barwick in Elmet Infants School
1986
Wakefield
- East Hardwick Cawoods Junior and Infants School
- Knottingley Simpson's Lane First School
- Knottingley Tithe Barn First School
- Knottingley Throstle Farm First School
North Yorkshire
- Askrigg CE Primary School
- Reighton and Speeton Primary School
- Bilborough Fairfax Primary School
- Hunsingore Primary School
- Constable Burton CE Primary School
1987
North Yorkshire
- Flaxton on the Moor CE Primary School
- Wighill CE Primary School
Leeds
Pudsey Littlemoor Infants School
1988
North Yorkshire
- Willerby Staxton Primary School
- Ganton CE Primary School
- Galphay County Primary School
- Grantley CE Primary School
Doncaster
- Thorne Fieldside First School
Leeds
- Brownhills Primary School
- Harehills Primary School
- Cross Gate St. Theresa's RC Primary School
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School
- St. Anne's RC Primary School
- St. Charles RC Primary School
- St. Gregory's RC Primary School
Wakefield
Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Bradford
- St. Paul's First School
- Grosvenor First School
1989
Sheffield
- St. Vincent's RC Junior and Infants School
- Fifteen of these schools were in rural areas.
Information for previous years is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
358WThe following proposals under sections 12 and 13 of the Education Act 1980 to close primary schools in Yorkshire local education authorities are at present under consideration by my right hon. Friend:
Sheffield
- Hackenthorpe Village Infants School
- Grimethorpe Springvale First School
Leeds
- East Keswick CE Junior and Infants School
- Garforth Parochial CE Junior School
- Horsforth Woodside CE Infants School
- Ledston Lady Elizabeth Hastings CE Junior and Infants School
- Morley St. Peter's CE Infants School
North Yorkshire
Aldbrough St. John CE Primary School
Kirklees
West Slaithwaite CE Junior and Infants School