HC Deb 26 June 1990 vol 175 cc129-30W
Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in respect of each of those local education authority-maintained single-sex schools in South and West Yorkshire which have been closed since 1985, he will list (i) the gender of pupils, (ii) the maintaining local authority and (iii) the number of pupils on roll and physical capacity of the school at the most recent convenient date before closure.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information requested is given in the table. Information on school capacity is not available centrally. There have been no closures of single-sex schools in South Yorkshire since 1985.

Pupils on roll in January preceding closure date
Local education authority Boys Girls
Calderdale
The Heath School 345
The Princess Mary School 368
Brighouse Girls Grammar School 712
Hipperholme Grammar School1 377 1

Pupils on roll in January preceding closure date
Local education authority Boys Girls
Rastrick Grammar School 339 6
Leeds
Moor Grange Boys High School 98
West Park Girls High School 93
St. Michael's RC College 364
Notre Dame High School 396
1 Became an independent school in September 1985.

Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in respect of each of those local education authority-maintained single-sex schools in(a) the former county of West Midlands and (b) Tyne and Wear which have been closed since 1985, he will list (i) the gender of pupils, (ii) the maintaining local authority and (iii) the number of pupils on roll and physical capacity of the school at the most recent convenient date before closure.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information requested is given below. Information on school capacity is not available centrally. There have been no closures of single-sex schools in Tyne and Wear since 1985.

Pupils on roll in January preceding closure date
Local education authority Boys Girls
Birmingham
Erdington School1 529
Alderlea School 55
Longmeadow School 73
Selly Oak School 97
Coventry
Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic Secondary School for Boys1 717
Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic Secondary School for Girls1 961
Dudley
Old Swinford Hospital School2 544
1 Closed for the purposes of amalgamation.
2 Became a grant-maintained school in September 1989.

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