HC Deb 15 February 1990 vol 167 cc318-24W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all the schools which receive pupils paid for in whole, or in part, under the assisted places scheme; and what was the number of assisted place pupils at each school in 1988–89.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information requested is as follows:

Number of Assisted Place Pupils in 1988–89 (Subject to final adjustment)
Name of school Number
Abbey School, Reading 72
Abingdon School 89
Aldenham School, Elstree 29
Alice Ottley School, Worcester 72
Alleyns School, Dulwich 199
Arnold School, Blackpool 78
Ashford School, Kent 38
Bancrofts School, Woodford 80
Bath High School 93
Batley Grammar School 256
Bedales School, Petersfield 8
Bedford High School 89
Bedford Modern School 155
Bedford School 88
Dame Alice Harpur School 52
Belvedere School, Liverpool 159
Berkhamstead School 30
Berkhamstead School for Girls 28
Birkenhead High School 259
Birkenhead School 251
Bishop's Stortford College 36
Blackheath High School 105
Bolton School (Boys) 249
Bolton School (Girls) 246
Bradfield College, Reading 0
Bradford Girls' Grammar 59
Bradford Grammar School 209
Brentwood School 95
Brighton and Hove High School 153
Brighton College 98
Bristol Cathedral School 138
Bristol Grammar School 270
Bromley High School 108
Bruton School for Girls 117
Bury Grammar School (Boys) 188
Bury Grammar School (Girls) 246
Canford School, Wimborne 29
Carmel College, Wallingford 86
Casterton School, Cumbria 42
Caterham School 114
Central Newcastle High School 109
Charterhouse, Nr Godalming 9
Cheadle Hulme School 135
Chigwell School 70
Churchers College, Petersfield 115
City of London School 133
City of London School for Girls 104
Clifton College, Bristol 69
Clifton High School, Bristol 48
Colfes School, London SE12 186
Colston's School, Bristol 86
Colston's Girls' School 154
Coventry School, Bablake 181
Cranleigh School 38
Croydon High School 116
Culford School, Bury St Edmunds 47
Dame Allans Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne 133
Dame Allans Girls' School 125
Dauntseys School, Devizes 55
Denstone College, Uttoxeter 123
Dulwich College 277
Edgehill College, Bideford 133
Eltham College, London SE9 92
Emanuael School, London SW11 295

Name of school Number
Epsom College 28
Exeter School 167
Farnborough Hill School 188
Felsted School, Dunmow 49
Forest School, London El7 142
Friends School, Saffron Walden 66
Godolphin and Latymer School, London W6 174
Greshams School, Norfolk 9
Haberdashers Askes School, Elstree 218
Haberdashers Askes Schools for Girls, Elstree 128
Hampton School 191
Harrogate College 19
Hereford Cathedral School 227
Highgate School 37
Hulme Grammar, boys, Oldham 218
Hulme Grammar, Girls, Oldham 191
Hymers College, Hull 158
Ipswich high School 133
Ipswich School 76
James Aliens Girls' School, Dulwich 165
John Lyon School, Harrow 90
Kent College, Canterbury 83
King Edwards School at Bath 114
King Edwards School, Birmingham 226
King Edward IV High School, Birmingham 171
King Edward VII School, Lytham 214
King Edward VI School, Norwich 110
King Edward VI School, Southampton 228
King Edwards School, Witley 75
King Henry VIII School 76
Kings College School, Wimbledon 88
Kings High School for Girls, Warwick 170
Kings School, Chester 88
Kings School, Macclesfield 168
Kings School, Rochester 53
Kings School, Worcester 165
Kingston Grammar School 114
Kingswood School, Bath 38
Kirkham Grammar School 77
Lady Eleanor Holies School, Hampton 65
La Sagesse Convent School, Newcastle upon Tyne 144
Latymer Upper School, London W6 316
Leeds Girls' High School 123
Leeds Grammar School 194
Leys School, Cambridge 29
Liverpool College 167
Lord Wandsworth College, Basingstoke 82
Loreto Convent Grammar School, Altrincham 72
Loughborough Grammar 125
Loughborough High School 91
Magdalen College School, Oxford 124
Malvern College 56
Manchester Grammar School 237
Manchester High School 178
Maynard School, Exeter 160
Merchant Taylors, Liverpool 188
Merchant Taylors Girls', Liverpool 167
Merchant Taylors, Northwood 78
Mill Hill School 63
Monkton Combe School, Bath 40
Mount St. Mary's College, Near Sheffield 54
Newcastle Under Lyme School, Staffordshire 464
Northampton High School 167
North London Collegiate School, Edgware 77
Norwich High School 172
Nottingham Girls' High School 189
Nottingham High School 115
Notting Hill and Ealing High 110
Old Palace School, Croydon 208
Oxford High School 95
Perse School for Boys, Cambridge 59
Perse School for Girls 73
Plymouth College 183
Pocklington School, Nr. York 128
Portsmouth Grammar School 172
Portsmouth High School 149
Putney High School 100
Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Blackburn 243

Name of school Number
Queen Elizabeth Grammer, Wakefield 160
Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol 170
Queen Mary School, Lytham 234
Queens College, Taunton 62
Queens College, London Wl 63
Queens School, Chester 72
Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire 57
Redland High School, Bristol 76
Red Maids School, Bristol 157
Reigate Grammar School 101
Repton School, Nr. Derby 45
Rossall School, Fleetwood 45
Royal Grammar School, Guildford 112
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle 290
Royal Grammar School, Worcester 221
St. Albans School 123
St. Albans High School for Girls 57
St. Ambrose College, Altrincham 93
St. Anselms College, Birkenhead 179
St. Bede's College, Manchester 222
St. Bees School, Cumbria 79
St. Benedict's School, Ealing 75
St. Catherine's School Bramley 44
St. Dunstan's College, Catford 153
St. Edmund's College, Ware 64
St. Edward's College, Liverpool 393
St. George's College, Weybridge 25
St. Helen's School, Northwood 30
St. John's College, Southsea 179
St. John's School, Leatherhead 12
St. Joseph's College, Ipswich 71
St. Joseph's Convent, Reading 103
St. Mary's College, Crosby 244
St. Mary's Convent, Cambridge 102
St. Mary's Hall, Brighton 49
St. Maurs Convent, Weybridge 61
St. Paul's School, Barnes 81
St. Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith 59
St. Peter's School, York 135
St. Swithun's School, Winchester 0
Salesian College, Farnborough 81
School of St. Helen and St. Katherine, Abingdon 100
Sedbergh School, Cumbria 75
Sheffield High School 95
Shrewsbury High School 76
Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey 90
South Hampstead High School 56
Stamford School 71
Stamford High School 74
Stockport Grammar School 260
Stonyhurst College, Nr. Blackburn 26
Stowe School, Nr. Buckingham 5
Streatham Hill and Clapham High 162
Sutton High School 69
Sutton Valence School, Nr. Maidstone 58
Sydenham High School 111
Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth 134
Taunton School 50
Tonbridge School 3
Trent College, Derbyshire 126
Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon 146
Truro School 155
Truro High School 57
University College School, London NW3 68
Upton Hall Convent School 169
Ursuline High School, Ilford 129
Wakefield High School 144
Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks 74
Warwick School 145
Wellingborough School 59
Wellington College, Berkshire 38
Wellington School, Somerset 193
Wells Cathedral School 74
West Buckland School, Barnstaple 64
Westminster School 30
Whitgift School, Croydon 106
William Hulme Grammar School, Manchester 220
Wimbledon High School 65

Name of school Number
Winchester College 22
Wisbech Grammar School 266
Withington Girls' School, Manchester 81
Wolverhampton Grammar School 263
Woodbridge School, Suffolk 115
Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford 113
Wycliffe College, Stonehouse 40

In addition, the following schools joined the assisted places scheme in September 1989. Each one has a quota of five assisted place pupils per year at their normal age of entry.

  • Ack worth School
  • Ardingly College
  • Bloxham School
  • Bootham School
  • Bromsgrove School
  • Blue Coat School
  • Burgess Hill School for Girls
  • Cheltenham Ladies' College
  • Christ's Hospital School
  • City of London Freemans School
  • Crohan Hurst School
  • Douai School
  • Dover College
  • Downe House School
  • Durham School
  • Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls
  • Ellerslie School
  • Felixstowe College
  • Francis Holland School
  • Giggleswick School
  • Godolphin School
  • Guildford High School for Girls
  • Haileybury and Imperial Service College
  • Headington School
  • Hurstpierpoint College
  • Kimbolton School
  • Kings School, Bruton
  • Laxton School
  • Leicester Grammar School
  • Leighton Park School
  • Marist Convent Senior School
  • Mount School
  • Mount Carmel School
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Church High School
  • Oakham School
  • Pangbourne College
  • Polam Hall School
  • Prior Park College
  • Reed's School
  • Rendcomb College
  • St. Felix School, Southwold
  • St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate
  • St. Margarets School, Bushey
  • St. Margarets School, Exeter
  • Scarborough College
  • Solihull School
  • Surbiton High School
  • Tormead School
  • Ursuline Convent School
  • Westholme School
  • Worksop College
  • Yarm School

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the local education authorities which pay for places for pupils residing in their areas to attend independent schools, excluding special schools; and what are the numbers of pupils each supported in whole or in part during 1988–89.

Mr. Alan Howarth

On the basis of returns made to the Department by local education authorities in January 1989 the number of pupils being funded by local education authorities to attend independent schools, excluding pupils either at special schools or receiving special educational treatment, were as follows:

Independent School Pupils January 1989
Number of Pupils
201 City 0
202 Camden 7
203 Greenwich 4
204 Hackney 4
205 Hammersmith and Fulham 3
206 Islington 6
207 Kensington and Chelsea 5
208 Lambeth 5
209 Lewisham 11
210 Southwark 1
211 Tower Hamlets 3
212 Wandsworth 12
213 Westminster 7
301 Barking 0
302 Barnet 0
303 Bexley 0
304 Brent 0
305 Bromley 0
306 Croydon 31
307 Ealing 0
308 Enfield 5
309 Haringey 0
310 Harrow 0
311 Havering 4
312 Hillingdon 4
313 Hounslow 3
314 Kingston-upon-Thames 0
315 Merton 0
316 Newham 7
317 Redbridge 65
318 Richmond-upon-Thames 1
319 Sutton 0
320 Waltham Forest 0
330 Birmingham 7
331 Coventry 0
332 Dudley 0
333 Sandwell 3
334 Solihull 0
335 Walsall 5
336 Wolverhampton 0
340 Knowsley 2
341 Liverpool 0
342 St. Helens 7
343 Sefton 0
344 Wirral 613
350 Bolton 8
351 Bury 1
352 Manchester 0
353 Oldham 1
354 Rochdale 5
355 Salford 5
356 Stockport 0
357 Tameside 4
358 Trafford 1,491
359 Wigan 3
370 Barnsley 0
371 Doncaster 0
372 Rotherham 0
373 Sheffield 0
380 Bradford 0
381 Calderdale 87
382 Kirklees 0
383 Leeds 3
384 Wakefield 0
390 Gateshead 2
391 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0
392 North Tyneside 0
393 South Tyneside 13
394 Sunderland 0
420 Isles of Scilly 0
901 Avon 12

Number of Pupils
902 Bedfordshire 0
903 Berkshire 0
904 Buckinghamshire 6
905 Cambridgeshire 23
906 Cheshire 916
907 Cleveland 8
908 Cornwall 0
909 Cumbria 3
910 Derbyshire 0
911 Devon 1
912 Dorset 3
913 Durham 4
914 East Sussex 32
915 Essex 6
916 Gloucestershire 33
917 Hampshire 9
918 Hereford and Worcester 139
919 Hertfordshire 10
920 Humberside 3
921 Isle of Wight 4
922 Kent 8
923 Lancashire 47
924 Leicestershire 17
925 Lincolnshire 610
926 Norfolk 5
927 North Yorkshire 12
928 Northamptonshire 16
929 Northumberland 0
930 Nottinghamshire 12
931 Oxfordshire 1
932 Shropshire 8
933 Somerset 14
934 Staffordshire 0
935 Suffolk 0
936 Surrey 35
937 Warwickshire 0
938 West Sussex 21
939 Wiltshire 93