HC Deb 16 January 1990 vol 165 cc155-6W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children are currently educated in middle schools.

Mr. Alan Howarth

In January 1989 the number of pupils in maintained middle schools in England was 334,099.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the funding of primary age children in middle schools under schemes of local management of schools.

Mrs. Rumbold

Under schemes' funding formulae, schools should receive a basic sum of money for each pupil of the same age; that sum should be the same whether the pupil is in a primary or a middle school. Schools will, however, receive additional resources over and above this basic allocation for a variety of reasons and this may lead to differences in funding both between primary schools and between primary and middle schools with similar numbers of pupils.