§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority in England are or have been eligible to apply for grant-maintained status;
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Results of parental ballots on self-governing status LEA Primary eligible Primary ballots Yes votes No votes Primary 12/13 Secondary eligible Secondary ballots Yes votes No votes Secondary 12/13 Corporation of London 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 41 0 0 0 0 11 3 2 1 0 Greenwich 79 1 1 0 1 15 1 0 1 0 Hackney 70 1 1 0 1 10 1 0 1 0 Hammersmith 38 1 1 0 1 10 1 1 0 0 Islington 57 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Kensington 27 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 Lambeth 77 5 5 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 Lewisham 72 1 1 0 0 13 2 0 2 1 Southwark 75 5 5 0 0 14 5 5 0 1 Tower Hamlets 73 0 0 0 0 15 2 1 1 0 Wandsworth 72 5 3 2 1 10 8 7 1 1 Westminster 42 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 Barking 55 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Barnet 89 5 2 3 0 21 11 10 1 1 Bexley 64 4 3 1 0 17 6 5 1 0 Brent 64 4 4 0 1 13 13 11 2 2 Bromley 78 7 6 1 0 17 14 13 1 2 Croydon 98 3 3 0 0 20 9 7 2 0 Ealing 92 4 4 0 2 13 8 6 2 8 Enfield 70 4 1 3 0 17 6 5 1 0 Haringey 77 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Harrow 54 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 Havering 74 0 0 0 0 19 6 4 2 1 Hillingdon 72 11 11 0 0 15 15 14 1 2 Hounslow 62 0 0 0 0 14 3 2 1 0 Kingston 36 1 1 0 0 10 4 4 0 0 Merton 49 1 0 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 Newham 67 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 0 1 Redbridge 56 0 0 0 0 14 2 1 1 0 Richmond 39 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Sutton 43 4 3 1 0 14 8 8 0 0 Waltham Forest 61 1 0 1 0 16 2 2 0 0 Birmingham 336 11 6 5 0 79 24 l7 7 0 Coventry 109 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 Dudley 83 1 1 0 0 22 9 7 2 1 Sandwell 112 0 0 0 0 20 4 1 3 2 Solihull 70 1 1 0 0 13 2 1 1 0 Walsall 106 3 2 1 0 21 11 7 4 0 Wolverhampton 101 1 0 1 1 20 6 5 1 2 Knowsley 68 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 2 1 Liverpool 198 0 0 0 0 36 5 3 2 0 St. Helens 72 1 1 0 1 12 1 0 1 0 Sefton 94 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 1 0 Wirral 106 0 0 0 0 21 4 2 2 0 Bolton 105 1 1 0 0 16 3 3 0 1 Bury 71 2 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 Manchester 174 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 1 0 Oldham 104 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 1 1 Rochdale 76 7 4 3 0 14 3 1 2 2 Salford 88 0 0 0 0 18 4 1 3 0 Stockport 110 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 2 0 Tameside 82 1 0 1 0 18 5 3 2 2 Trafford 78 0 0 0 0 16 6 4 2 1 Wigan 125 0 0 0 0 21 1 1 0 1 Barnsley 96 1 1 0 1 15 2 0 2 1 Doncaster 127 5 4 1 4 34 1 0 1 0 Rotherham 115 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 Sheffield 164 17 15 2 10 32 8 6 2 4 Bradford 167 5 3 2 0 88 8 6 2 0 Calderdale 91 4 4 0 0 16 7 6 1 2 Kirklees 158 2 0 2 0 34 5 3 2 1 how many in each case have held ballots; how many ballots in each case resulted in votes to seek grant-maintained status; how many of these have been subject to section 12 or 13 notices; and how many ballots in each case resulted in votes against seeking grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is set out in the tables.
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LEA Primary eligible Primary ballots Yes votes No votes Primary 12/13 Secondary eligible Secondary ballots Yes votes No votes Secondary 12/13 Leeds 249 3 1 2 0 46 1 1 0 0 Wakefield 130 2 2 0 1 38 0 0 0 0 Gateshead 82 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 1 0 Newcastle 82 1 0 1 0 22 1 0 1 0 North Tyne 61 2 1 1 1 26 3 2 1 2 South Tyne 58 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 Sunderland 105 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 Isles of Scilly 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Avon 369 5 0 5 0 60 4 2 2 1 Bedfordshire 218 3 3 0 0 71 18 11 7 1 Berkshire 275 10 7 3 0 59 12 10 2 1 Buckinghamshire 290 8 6 2 0 45 11 10 1 0 Cambridge 267 9 7 2 0 44 25 17 8 2 Cheshire 454 8 5 3 3 68 11 4 7 3 Cleveland 203 0 0 0 0 44 3 0 3 0 Cornwall 249 1 1 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 Cumbria 306 23 18 5 0 42 14 14 0 4 Derbyshire 450 13 7 6 0 61 24 14 10 4 Devon 442 8 2 6 1 64 9 6 3 0 Dorset 200 2 1 1 0 56 16 14 2 4 Durham 298 0 0 0 0 43 1 0 1 0 East Sussex 219 0 0 0 0 34 1 0 1 0 Essex 581 78 72 6 0 105 75 71 4 1 Gloucestershire 262 11 10 1 0 43 35 29 6 3 Hampshire 580 20 18 2 8 94 21 17 4 2 Hereford and Worcester 288 2 0 2 0 76 8 5 3 0 Hertfordshire 432 13 10 3 0 88 31 26 5 2 Humberside 354 5 3 2 0 60 4 0 4 0 Isle of Wight 46 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 Kent 570 25 23 2 2 136 73 69 4 12 Lancashire 605 4 2 2 0 106 16 9 7 1 Leicester 334 2 0 2 0 79 9 5 4 1 Lincolnshire 293 30 26 4 0 63 28 28 0 2 Norfolk 397 19 15 4 0 52 16 12 4 0 North Yorkshire 394 2 0 2 0 59 2 0 2 0 Northants 270 13 10 3 0 65 20 14 6 4 Northumberland 143 0 0 0 0 61 3 1 2 0 Nottinghamshire 426 1 0 1 0 82 8 3 5 3 Oxfordshire 241 1 1 0 0 44 2 0 2 0 Shropshire 214 3 3 0 2 37 7 7 0 1 Somerset 229 5 3 2 0 39 2 2 0 0 Staffordshire 414 4 3 1 0 85 10 5 5 0 Suffolk 255 0 0 0 0 77 1 0 1 0 Surrey 372 21 19 2 10 51 14 14 0 2 Warwickshire 244 0 0 0 0 37 9 8 1 1 West Sussex 246 0 0 0 0 41 3 0 3 0 Wiltshire 264 15 12 3 0 44 23 16 7 0 Totals 18,905 506 392 114 52 3,657 843 640 203 100
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what applications were received from grant-maintained schools for capital grant for the financial year 1993–94; and what has been the level of grant approved in each case.
§ Mr. Robin SquireI have placed in the Library copies of papers detailing the applications and allocations of named project capital grant to self-governing—grant maintained—schools in 1993–94.
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Ballots on self-governing (GM) status initiated by parental petition LEA School Result Date ballot closed Barnsley Wortley CE Controlled J and I School Yes 30 May 1991 Barnsley Dearneside Comprehensive School No 26 July 1990 Berkshire Reading Girls' School (previously Southlands) Yes 30 May 1989 Bexley Burnt Oak Junior School No 2 July 1993 Birmingham Bishop Challoner RC School Yes 14 May 1993 Birmingham King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Yes 24 July 1992 Birmingham Manor Park Primary School Yes 28 October 1993 Birmingham King Edward VI Handsworth School Yes 24 July 1992
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, by local education authority, the schools which have held ballots on grant-maintained status as a result of a parental petition stating, in each case(a) whether the ballot resulted in a yes or no majority, (b) the number of registered pupils at the school and (c) the date the ballot closed.
§ Mr. Robin SquireInformation requested is set out in the table. The table does not contain details of pupil numbers for each school, which are taking a little longer to assemble. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as they are available.
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LEA School Result Date ballot closed Birmingham Lordswood Boys' School No 14 July 1993 Birmingham King Edward VI Aston School Yes 24 July 1992 Birmingham King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Yes 24 July 1992 Birmingham Oldknow Junior School No 10 Decenber 1992 Birmingham Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Yes 9 February 1990 Birmingham King Edward VI Five Ways School Yes 24 July 1992 Birmingham Baverstock Grant-Maintained School Yes 6 February 1989 Bolton Crompton Fold Primary School Yes 17 December 1991 Bradford St. Joseph's RC Priamry School No 3 December 1993 Bradford Killinghall First School Yes 22 March 1993 Brent Copland Community School and Technology Centre Yes 27 February 1991 Brent Claremont High School (Grant-Maintained) Yes 3 April 1989 Bromley Bullers Wood School for Girls Yes 22 May 1990 Bromley Ramsden School for Girls Yes 17 January 1989 Bromley Beaverwood School for Grils Yes 22 July 1991 Bromley Langley Park School for Boys Yes 8 March 1991 Buckinghamshire Wycombe Royal Grammar School Yes 17 July 1992 Calderdale The Crossley Heath School Yes 19 December 1989 Calderdale The North Halifax Grammar School Yes 18 December 1989 Calderdale All Saints' CE (VC) Primary School Yes 28 June 1993 Cambridgeshire The Park Lane Primary School Yes 28 February 1992 Cambridgeshire Hinchingbrooke School No 22 March 1991 Cambridgeshire Gamlingay (Grant-Maintained) Village College Yes 7 May 1991 Cambridgeshire Orton Wistow Primary School Yes 3 July 1992 Cambridgeshire The King's School (Peterborough Cathedral School) Yes 6 July 1992 Camden William Ellis School No 6 April 1993 Cheshire St. Joseph's RC High School Yes 24 December 1992 Cheshire Hassall Green Methodist Primary School Yes 4 July 1991 Cheshire Arley County Primary School Yes 25 March 1991 Cheshire Victoria Road County Primary School No 8 January 1993 Cheshire Kettleshulme St. James CE GM Primary School Yes 18 February 1991 Cheshire Culcheth High School No 11 May 1993 Cheshire Darwin Street Country Primary School No 8 November 1993 Cleveland Gillbrook School No 16 November 1992 Coventry Potters Green Primary School No 29 June 1993 Cumbria Eden School Yes 11 June 1991 Cumbria St. Aidan's County High School Yes 12 February 1991 Cumbria Trinity School, Carlisle Yes 1 November 1991 Derbyshire Lady Manners School Yes 25 January 1993 Derbyshire Grancville Community School No 21 May 1993 Derbyshire Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School No 9 November 1992 Derbyshire The Ecclesbourne School Yes 28 February 1990 Derbyshire Repton Priamry School Yes 12 October 1992 Derbyshire Chellaston Junior Grant Maintaines School Yes 12 March 1993 Derbyshire Silverhill Primary School No 26 February 1993 Derbyshire Noel-Baker Community School (GM) Yes 3 November 1992 Derbyshire The Dronfield School No 4 December 1992 Derbyshire John Port School Yes 28 October 1992 Derbyshire Belmont Primary School Yes 3 July 1991 Derbyshire Netherthorpe School Yes 17 January 1989 Derbyshire Chellaston School Yes 29 June 1992 Devon Teigh School Yes 31 July 1992 Devon Holsworthy CE Primary School No 25 May 1993 Devon Torquay Boys' Grammar School (GM) Yes 15 June 1992 Devon Poughill CE Primary School Yes 15 December 1992 Devon Warberry CE (Controlled) Primary No 7 December 1992 Doncaster Braithwell First and Middle School Yes 2 November 1992 Doncaster Barnby Dun Middle School No 14 April 1993 Doncaster Armthorpe Comprehensive School No 23 April 1990 Doncaster Fishlake Endowed First School Yes 25 January 1993 Doncaster Warmsworth St. Peter's CE VC First School Yes 13 August 1993 Doncaster Brodsworth CE First and Middle School Yes 19 April 1993 Dorset Poole Technical High School (Ex Henry Harbin) Yes 5 November 1992 Dudley The Summerhill School No 21 December 1992 Dudley The Kingswinford Grant-Maintaines School Yes 29 October 1992 Ealing Greenford High school Yes 20 May 1991 Ealing Wood End Middle School Yes 12 April 1991 Ealing Brentside High School Yes 1 July 1991 Ealing Drayton Manor High School Yes 4 February 1991 Ealing Dormers Wells Middle School Yes 12 April 1993 Ealing Wood End First School Yes 25 March 1991 Ealing Dormers Wells Middle School Yes 28 April 1993 East Sussex Blatchington Mill School No 1 February 1993 Enfield Raglan Infant School No 26 May 1993 Enfield Hadley Wood Primary School No 28 September 1993 Essex The Sweyne School No 4 August 1993 Essex St. Clare's RC Primary School Yes 4 December 1992 Essex St. Andrew's Grant Maintained CE Primary School Yes 13 July 1992
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LEA School Result Date ballot closed Essex Beauchamps Grant-Maintained School Yes 18 November 1991 Essex Westborough County Primary School Yes 4 August 1992 Essex Anglo European School (Ingatestone) Yes 26 October 1992 Essex Edwards Hall County Infant School No 17 August 1993 Essex Bromfords School, Wickford Yes 18 November 1991 Gloucestershire Robinswood Primary School Yes 5 November 1991 Gloucestershire The Crypt School Yes 30 April 1991 Gloucestershire Stroud High school Yes 22 May 1989 Gloucestershire Ribston Hall High School Yes 28 March 1989 Gloucestershire Marling School Yes 22 May 1989 Greenwich Hawksmoor Primary School Yes 18 March 1993 Hackney St. Thomas's CE Priamry School Yes 27 October 1992 Hammersmith Harwood School Yes 29 January 1991 Hampshire Boundary First School Yes 8 June 1992 Hampshire The Priory School Yes 6 July 1992 Hampshire Testwood School Yes 15 July 1992 Hampshire Calmore Grant-Maintained Middle School Yes 28 July 1992 Hampshire Purbrook CE First School Yes 22 February 1993 Hampshire The Burgate School Yes 16 November 1990 Hampshire Mill Rythe First School, Havant Yes 20 March 1992 Hampshire Mengham Middle School Yes 24 April 1992 Hampshire Mengham First School Yes 26 March 1992 Hertfordshire Hertingfordbury Cowper JMI School Yes 23 December 1991 Hertfordshire St Mary's Catholic Primary School Yes 1 March 1991 Hertfordshire Christ Church CE School Yes 21 June 1991 Hertfordshire Rickmansworth School Yes 15 May 1989 Hertfordshire Sir James Altham School Yes 30 January 1989 Hertfordshire Francis Bacon School Yes 27 November 1989 Hillingdon The Douay Martyrs School Yes 3 August 1992 Hillingdon Charville Primary School Yes 16 March 1993 Hillingdon Grange Park Junior School Yes 28 September 1992 Hillingdon Queensmead School Yes 20 December 1990 Hillingdon Oak Farm Junior Mixed School (GM) Yes 27 February 1992 Hillingdon Oak Farm Infant School (Grant-Maintained) Yes 27 February 1992 Hillingdon Northwood School Yes 18 April 1991 Hillingdon Barnhill School Yes 13 June 1991 Hillingdon Vyners School Yes 1 February 1991 Humberside Barmby Moor CE Priamry School Yes 2 June 1993 Humberside Healing Comprehensive School No 4 January 1993 Kensington St Charles' RC Primary School Yes 16 July 1993 Kensington Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Yes 13 March 1989 Kent The Maplesden Noakes School Yes 7 March 1990 Kent Hoo St Werbugh Middle School, Kent No 23 January 1992 Kent The Bradbourne School Yes 2 December 1991 Kent Swanscombe High School Yes 27 July 1990 Kent Cliffe Woods Primary School, Rochester Yes 18 February 1991 Kent Cliffe Woods Middle School Yes 3 August 1990 Kent St Bartholomews RC Primary School Yes 28 May 1993 Kent Chaucer Technology School Yes 8 January 1993 Kent Senacre Technology School Yes 7 May 1991 Kent Rede Secondary School, Strood Yes 3 December 1991 Kent Queen Elizebeth's School Yes 25 January 1993 Kent Appledore CE Primary School Yes 25 March 1991 Kent Barton Court Grammar School Yes 8 February 1993 Kent Edenbridge Middle School Yes 7 December 1990 Kent Herne Bay High School Yes 12 August 1992 Kent Wrotham School Yes 20 May 1991 Kirklees Heckmondwike Grammar School Yes 22 December 1988 Kirklees Deighton High School Yes 4 November 1991 Knowsley Prescot School No 30 November 1992 Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's School Yes 4 December 1992 Lancashire Lancaster Royal Grammar School Yes 30 May 1989 Lancashire Lancaster Girls Grammar School Yes 7 June 1990 Lancashire Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Yes 24 February 1989 Lancashire St Richard's RC High Scool Yes 12 June 1992 Lancashire Newton Bluecoat C of E GM Primary School Yes 28 February 1991 Leeds St Michael's CE (VA) Primary School No 5 July 1993 Leeds Lady Elizabeth Hastings CE Primary School Yes 26 April 1993 Leeds Abbey Grange CE (GM) High School Yes 9 June 1993 Leeds Bramhope Primary School No 21 May 1993 Leicestershire Kestral's Field Primary School No 29 November 1993 Leicestershire South Wigston High School Yes 26 November 1992 Lewisham Turnham Primary with Nursery GM School Yes 25 March 1991 Lincolnshire King Edward VI School Yes 18 June 1990 Lincolnshire The Kings School Grantham Yes 3 February 1989 Lincolnshire Hartsholme County Primary School Yes 20 March 1993
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LEA School Result Date Ballot closed Lincolnshire Rauceby School CE GM Yes 12 June 1991 Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School Yes 30 December 1988 Lincolnshire Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School Yes 22 October 1991 Lincolnshire Ermine Junior Grant Maintained School Yes 16 December 1991 Liverpool St. Mary's RC Girls High School Yes 28 July 1993 Liverpool St. Francis Xavier's College Yes 27 February 1989 Liverpool Our Lady of Fatima RC High School Yes 5 February 1993 Manchester Trinity CE High School No 29 October 1992 Merton Bond First School No 29 October 1992 Newcastle Wallbottle School No 26 October 1992 Newcastle Knop Law First School No 14 June 1993 Newham Stratford School Yes 26 September 1989 Norfolk Cliff Park High School (Grant Maintained) Yes 18 September 1992 Norfolk Peterhouse Middle School No 5 July 1993 North Tyneside Coquet Park First School No 16 April 1993 North Tyneside South Wellfield Middle School Yes 19 March 1993 North Tyneside Marden High School No 11 November 1992 North Yorkshire Norton School No 31 March 1993 North Yorkshire Wheatcroft County Primary School No 28 Januray 1993 Northamptonshire Walgrave County Primary School No 14 June 1993 Northamptonshire All Saints Middle School No 11 December 1992 Northamptonshire Southfield School For Girls Yes 3 February 1989 Northamptonshire Woodnewton Way Infant School Yes 11 June 1993 Nottinghamshire The George Spencer School Yes 16 October 1992 Nottinghamshire Racvensdale Grant Maintained Middle School Yes 14 May 1991 Oldham Failsworth School No 30 July 1990 Oxfordshire Milham Ford Upper School No 7 December 1992 Rochdale Crossgates Primary School Yes 2 March 1991 Rochdale St. John's RC Primary School No 12 November 1993 Rochdale Milnrow Parish CE Primary No 6 December 1993 Salford Walkden High School No 4 November 1992 Salford St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School Yes 15 December 1992 Sandwell Manor High GM Community School Yes 17 Septembter 1990 Sandwell Wood Green High School No 22 November 1993 Sheffield Bolsterstone CE J and I School, Shefield Yes 11 December 1991 Sheffield Bole Hill Primary School Yes 11 August 1993 Sheffield Clifford CE Grant-Maintained School Yes 12 November 1991 Sheffield Handsworth First School, Sheffield Yes 23 December 1991 Sheffield Shirebrook Nursery/Infant and Junior School Yes 7 May 1993 Sheffield Roscoe Bank Junior and Infants School Yes 20 December 1991 Sheffield Carter Lodge School Yes 7 May 1993 Sheffield Gleadless Valley School Yes 11 August 1993 Sheffield Burncross Primary School Yes 13 August 1993 Sheffield Broomhill Infant School Yes 2 August 1993 Sheffield Norfolk Secondary School Yes 9 December 1991 Sheffield Dr. John Bingham Primary School Yes 31 March 1993 Shropshire The Manor School Yes 28 October 1992 Shropshire The Down County Primary School Yes 24 January 1991 Shropshire The Corbet Grant-Maintained School Yes 5 November 1992 Shropshire Ercall Wood School Yes 26 November 1992 Shropshire Ellerdine County Primary School Yes 29 January 1991 Shropshire Abraham Darby School Yes 20 November 1992 Solihull Hatchford Grant-Maintained Primary School Yes 20 June 1991 Somerset St. John's VE CE Primary School Yes 21 April 1993 Southwark The London Nautical School Yes 9 January 1989 St. Helens Rainhill Park Primary School Yes 22 March 1993 Staffordshire Codsall High School No 20 November 1992 Staffordshire Hollinsclough CE Primary School Yes 5 October 1992 Staffordshire St. Thomas More RC High School Yes 6 July 1992 Staffordshire St. Mildred's CE Primary School Yes 25 September 1992 Staffordshire Edgecliff High School No 25 January 1993 Surrey The Manor County First School Yes 20 March 1991 Surrey Blindley Heath CE First School Yes 27 August 1991 Surrey Alford County First School Yes 3 August 1992 Surrey Hawkedale First School Yes 3 June 1991 Surrey Send C of E First School (Grant-Maintained) Yes 27 March 1991 Surrey Park Mead County First School Yes 30 April 1992 Surrey Dunsfold C of E First School Yes 3 July 1992 Sutton The John Fisher School Yes 9 July 1991 Sutton Cheam Fields Pimary Shool No 26 November 1993 Tameside West Hill School Yes 19 September 1992 Tameside Audenshaw High School Yes 5 December 1988 Tameside Fairfield High Schoo for Girls (GM) Yes 20 November 1992 Tameside Longdendale High School No 12 February 1993 Wakefield Southmoor Road First School Yes 26 November 1993 Wakefield Wolloey CE First School Yes 20 May 1991 Walsall Streetly School Yes 26 November 1991 Walsall St. Thomas More RC Comprehensive GM School Yes 7 November 1991
LEA School Result Date ballot closed Walsall Aldridge School Yes 22 February 1993 Walsall Park Hall County Junior School Yes 14 May 1993 Walsall Park Hall County Infant Scool Yes 14 May 1993 Wandsworth Huntingfield Primary School Yes 23 September 1991 Wandsworth Ethelburga Primary School (Grant-Maintained) Yes 9 July 1991 Warwickshire The Avon Valley Grant-Maintained School Yes 23 October 1990 Warwickshire Alcester Grammar School Yes 13 July 1992 Warwickshire Queen Elizabeth School, Atherstone Yes 5 November 1991 West Sussex Manhood Community College No 27 January 1933 Wigan Hindley Park High School (Now Closed) Yes 6 March 1989 Wiltshire St. George's RC Primary School Yes 28 June 1993 Wiltshire St. Edmund's RC Primary School Yes 22 March 1993 Wiltshire Greendown Community School No 5 February 1993 Wiltshire Frogwell County Primary School Yes 9 June 1993 Wirral Wirral Grammar School for Boys Yes 19 January 1993 Wirral Wirral County Grammar School for Girls No 11 June 1993 Wolverhampton Valley Park School Yes 30 November 1992 Wolverhampton Cotton Hills School No 23 June 1993 Wolverhampton The Bilston High School Yes 27 July 1992 Wolverhampton Aldersley High School Yes 4 June 1993 Note: While information held centrally on the method of initiation covers most schools where there have been ballots, it is not fully comprehensive.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for a change of character(a) by extending the age range of pupils for which the school provides and (b) by selecting pupils according to aptitude or ability, stating in each case whether their application has been successful.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following self-governing—grant-maintained—schools have published proposals under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to make a significant change in the character of the school by extending the age range, and by the introduction of arrangements for the admission of pupils by reference to ability or aptitude.
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Proposals published under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 for a significant change in the character of a school by extending the age range School Nature of change Decision Havering The Francis Bardsley School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c1 Waltham Forest Highams Park School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Highams Park School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Birmingham Baverstock GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Small Heath School 11–17 to 11–18 approved Dudley Alder Coppice GM Primary School 5–11 to 3–11 u/c Wolverhampton Moseley Park GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Trafford The New Wellington High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Sheffield Clifford First School 5–8 to 5–11 rejected Kirkless Castle Hall GM School 9–13 to 11–18 rejected Castle Hall GM School 9–13 to 11–16 approved Cambridgeshire The Queen's School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Sawtry Village College 11–16 to 11–18 approved 935W
School Nature of change Decision Cumbria Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 13–18 to 11–18 approved Derbyshire Chellaston School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c The Merrill Community School 11–16 to 11–19 u/c Noel Baker Community School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Essex Beauchamps GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Bromfords School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Chalvedon School 11–16 to 11–18 approved The King John School 11–16 to 11–19 u/c The Philip Morant School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Thorpe Bay High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c West Hatch School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Katherines Primary School 5–11 to 3–11 u/c Gloucestershire Robinswood Primary School 4–11 to 3–11 u/c Hampshire The Arnewood School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c The Burgate School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Humberside World Newton GM primary School 5–11 to 30–11 u/c Kent Aylesford School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected The Cornwallis School 11–17 to 11–18 approved The Maplesden Noakes School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Meopham GM School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Oldborough Manor Community College 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Ringwood School (GM Comprehensove) 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Senacre Technology School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Thamesview School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Wrotham School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Lincolnshire Gleed Girls GM School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c William Far CE School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Bourne Abbey (GM) Primary School 4–11 to 3–11 u/c Norfolk Costessey High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Sheringham High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Surrey Heathside Secondary School 12–16 to 11–18 rejected Yattendon Middle School 8–11 to 7–11 u/c Hawkedale First School 5–8 to 3–7 rejected The Manor County First School 4–8 to 3–7 rejected
School Nature of change Decision Warwickshire Queen Elizabeth School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Wiltshire St. Augustine's RC (GM) Comprehensive 11–16 to 11–18 u/c 1 u/c, under consideration.
Proposals published under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 for a significant change in the character of the school by the introduction of arrangements for the admission of pupils with reference to ability or aptitude School Decision Selection wholly or in part by reference to ability Kirklees Castle Hall GM School rejected Berkshire Southlands School (now Reading School) approved Cumbria Queen Elizabeth Grammar School approved Dorset Budmouth GM School 2u/c Sutton Cheam High School 2u/c Selection by aptitude Kent Chaucer Technology School aptitude in technology 2u/c 2u/c, under consideration.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for changes in their admissions policy which(a) constitute or (b) do not constitute, a significant change in character; and if he will state, in each case, whether their application has been successful;
(2) if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for changes in their admissions policy to introduce the selection of pupils by reference to their aptitude or ability, stating in each case (a) whether this constituted a significant change of character and (b) whether their application has been successful.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe grant-maintained schools listed in table 1 have published proposals under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to make a significant change in the character of the school by extending the school's age range or by the introduction of arrangements for the admission of pupils by reference to ability or aptitude.
My right hon. Friend has approved a large number of changes to the admissions criteria of grant-maintained schools which have not required statutory proposals. Table 2 lists those agreed or under consideration which involve selection of up to 10 per cent. of the school's intake of the basis of aptitude or ability in music, sport, drama, dance, art or technology. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible giving details of all other changes that have been approved or requested. 936W
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Table 1 Proposals puplished under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 for a significant change in the character of the admissions of a school School Nature of change Decision Havering The Francis Bardsley School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c1 Sutton Cheam High School selection by ability u/c Waltham Forest Highams Park School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Highams Park School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Birmingham Baverstock GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Small Heath School 11–17 to 11–18 approved Dudley Alder Coppice GM Primary School 5–11 to 3–11 u/c Wolverhampton Moseley Park GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Trafford The New Wellington High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Sheffield Clifford First School 5–8 to 5–11 rejected Kirklees Castle Hall GM School selection by ability rejected 9–13 to 11–18 rejected 9–13 to 11–16 approved Berkshire Southlands School (now Reading School) selection by ability approved Cambridgeshire The Queen's School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Sawtry Village School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Cumbria Queen Elizabeth Grammar School selection by ability approved 13–18 to 11–18 approved Derbyshire Chellaston School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c The Merrill Community School 11–16 to 11–19 u/c Noel Community School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Dorset Budmouth GM School selection by ability u/c Essex Beauchamps GM School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Bromfords School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Chalvedon School 11–16 to 11–18 approved The King John School 11–16 to 11–19 u/c The Philip Morant School 11–16 to 11–18 rejected Thorpe Bay High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c West Hatch School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Katherines Primary School 5–11 to 3–11 u/c Gloucestershire Robinswood primary School 4–11 to 3–11 u/c Hampshire The Arnewood School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c The Burgate School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Humberside Wold Newton GM Primary School 5–11 to 3–11 u/c Kent Aylesford School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Chaucer Technology School selection by aptitude in technology u/c
School Nature of change Decision The Cornwallis School 11–17 to 11–18 approved The Maplesden Noakes School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Meopham GM School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Oldborough Manor Community College 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Ringwood School (GM Comprehensive) 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Senacre Technology School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Thamesview School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Wrotham School 11–17 to 11–18 rejected Lincolnshire Gleed Girls GM School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c William Farr CE School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Bourne Abbey (GM) Primary School 4–11 to 3–11 u/c Norfolk Costessey High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Sheringham High School 11–16 to 11–18 u/c Surrey Heathside Secondary School 12–16 to 11–18 rejected Yattendon Middle School 8–12 to 7–11 u/c Hawkedale First School 5–8 to 3–7 rejected The Manor County First School 4–8 to 3–7 rejected Warwickshire Queen Elizabeth School 11–16 to 11–18 approved Wiltshire St. Augustine's RC (GM) Comprehensive 11–16 to 11–18 u/c 1 Under consideration. 938W
Table 2 Applications by grant-maintained schools for 10 per cent. selection for ability or aptitude in art, dance, drama, music, sport or technology School Nature of selection Approved Kensington and Chelsea Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Up to 10 per cent. for Music Lambeth Dunraven School Up to 10 per cent. for Music La Retraite High School Up to 10 per cent. for Music Barnet Mill Hill County School Up to 10 per cent. for Music Bromley Beaverwood School Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Dance Bullers Wood School Up to 10 per cent. of for preference for single sex provision Cooper's School Up to 10 per cent. for Music, Drama, Art, Dance or Sport Havering Abbs Cross School Up to 10 places for Music Cambridgeshire The King's School Up to 8 places for Music Essex King Edward VI Grammar School Up to 3 places for Choristers Kent Canterbury High School Up to 10 per cent. for Music Langley Park School for Boys Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Sport Westlands High School Up to 10 per cent. For Music
School Nature of selection Hertfordshire Bishop's Stortford High School Up to 15 places for Sport, Music or Drama Dame Alice Owen School Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Sport Queen's School Up to 10 per cent. for Music, Art or Sport Surrey Heathside School Up to 15 places for Music or Sport Under Consideration Bromley Kemnal Manor School Up to 10 per cent. for Technology Essex Rainsford High School Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Drama Kent Chaucer Technology School Up to 10 per cent. for Technology Wiltshire Ridgeway School Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Swimming
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many local education authorities have been required by his Department to justify the text of publications relating to grant-maintained status; how many of these publications have been found to be(a) misleading and subject to further action and (b) not misleading and hence not subject to further action; and how many local education authorities, or their officers, have been sent an apology for the unjustified suggestion that publications have been misleading.
§ Mr. Robin SquireOver the past 18 months, the Department has corresponded with more than 60 local education authorities about publications relating to grant-maintained status. In nearly all cases, officials have pointed out and sought comments on potentially misleading statements in one or more documents issued by the authority. Where appropriate, local education authorities are asked to correct misleading statements and include the correct version in their future publications on grant-maintained status. The Department does not keep summary records of the outcome of this correspondence.