§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information he has on trends in expenditure on books and equipment in grant-maintained schools;
(2) what information he has on trends in employment of teaching and classroom support staff in grant-maintained schools.
§ Mr. EggarThe Department does not collect detailed information on these matters. However, a number of GM schools have used the additional flexibility which
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England—School leavers—Maintained schools Proportion of leavers with five or more GCSE results at Grades A-C as percentage of all school leavers, and the rank position of the LEA 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 LEA Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Barking and Dagenham 9.9 96 11.8 94 11.3 95 Barnet 41.0 1 41.5 1 38.9 2 Bexley 26.6 23 27.8 20 28.5 26 Brent 19.1 73 19.1 75 20.6 78 Bromley 30.5 10 32.0 9 29.9 19 Croydon 22.9 51 22.7 55 22.1 70 Ealing 19.6 68 19.2 74 22.5 67 Enfield 23.7 45 24.8 44 26.9 41 Haringey 17.3 82 17.3 85 16.6 89 Harrow 37.8 2 38.3 2 38.6 3 Havering 23.9 44 23.3 52 24.4 57 Hillingdon 21.2 62 20.0 70 22.7 65 Hounslow 21.5 58 21.5 63 25.2 49 Kingston upon Thames 34.8 3 34.1 5 32.2 10 Merton 24.9 36 23.4 49 24.6 54 Newham 12.4 93 14.3 93 14.9 93 Redbridge 25.6 32 26.6 28 25.5 47 Richmond upon Thames 26.5 25 29.6 14 32.4 8 Sutton 34.4 4 34.9 4 39.1 1 Waltham Forest 11.0 94 11.3 95 12.7 94 Birmingham 16.9 85 18.3 79 19.1 85 opting-out brings to increase the sums spent on books and equipment. Some GM schools have appointed more teaching and support staff.
§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils have been admitted to grant-maintained schools this year; and how many were admitted in their last years as local education authority-maintained schools.
§ Mr. EggarThis information is not available. However, grant-maintained schools are proving popular with parents and many grant-maintained schools have had large increases in applications.