HC Deb 27 November 1990 vol 181 cc369-70W
22. Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what grounds he approved the local management of schools application on behalf of Stratford school, Newham.

Mr. Eggar

I presume that the hon. Member means "grant-maintained status" and not "local management of schools". My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State approved grant-maintained status for Stratford school because he judged that it was capable of providing cost-effectively for pupils aged 11 to 18, and that it was capable of maintaining and improving its performance under new management.