§ Mr. NorrisTo 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 HowarthThe 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.
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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. NorrisTo 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 HowarthThe 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.