§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many parents rang the grant-maintained schools' helpline during its pilot period; and whether it is to be established on a permanent basis.
§ Mr. ForthThe grant-maintained helpline received 2,650 calls during the six week pilot period, of which 2,040 were from parents. The Department is currently
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LEA School Approval date Avon Beechen Cliff school 15 September 1989 Barnet Hendon school 11 April 1989 Bedfordshire Queensbury school 11 April 1989 Berkshire Southlands school 6 December 1989 Bolton St. James' CE school 28 February 1989 Brent Copland community school 2 December 1991 Calderdale The North Halifax high school 21 May 1990 The Crossley Heath school 21 May 1990 Cambridgeshire Gamlingay GM Village college 21 November 1991 Cheshire Bankfield high school (GM) 2 June 1989 Kettleshulme primary school 23 January 1992 Cumbria Queen Elizabeth grammar school 14 October 1991 Trinity school, Carlisle 18 February 1992 St. Aidan's county high school 24 February 1992 Derbyshire Netherthorpe school 30 June 1989 Ealing Greenford high school 28 January 1992 Brentside high school 28 January 1992 Drayton Manor high school 4 February 1992 Wood End first school 25 September 1992 Ellen Wilkinson school for girls 4 February 1992 Wood End middle school 25 September 1992 Northolt high school 4 February 1992 Gloucestershire Ribston Hall high school 15 September 1989 Hampshire Calmore GM middle school 28 January 1993 Testwood school 9 November 1992 Abbotswood GM middle school 19 November 1992 Hertfordshire Francis Bacon school 21 May 1990 Kensington Cardinal Vaughan memorial school 30 November 1989 Kent Oakwood Park grammar school 20 February 1992 Wilmington grammar school for boys 28 January 1991 Grammar school for girls, Wilmington 20 April 1989 Thamesview school 5 July 1991 Leicestershire Long Field GM high school 25 August 1989 Newham Stratford school 21 May 1990 Northamptonshire Southfield school for girls 24 November 1989 Nottinghamshire Ravensdale middle school 14 February 1992 Sandwell Manor high school, Sandwell 30 May 1991 Sheffield Clifford CE GM school 24 April 1992 Southwark London Nautical school 30 June 1989 evaluating the performance of the helpline. Decisions on whether to establish the service permanently have not yet been made.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list by local education authority those schools which were subject to reorganisation proposals which he subsequently approved for grant-maintained status and the dates on which such approvals were given.
§ Mr. ForthA list of schools which were subject to closure or reorganisation proposals under section 12 or 13 of the Education Act 1980 when they applied for self-governing (GM) status is as follows:
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LEA School Approval date Surrey Hawkedale first school 9 March 1992 Send C of E first school (GM) 9 March 1992 The Manor County first school 9 March 1992 de Stafford school 10 March 1992 Heathside secondary school 10 March 1992 Tameside Audenshaw high school 22 February 1989 Warwickshire The Avon Valley GM school 28 March 1991