HC Deb 17 March 1989 vol 149 cc356-8W
Mr. Redmond

To 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. Rumbold

Since 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.

The 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

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