HC Deb 08 February 1993 vol 218 cc452-60W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps have been taken to ensure that all grant-maintained schools have adequate insurance cover; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

On becoming incorporated all grant-maintained schools are required to sign a financial memorandum. This makes it clear that, unless otherwise agreed with the Department, the governing body must obtain insurance cover for building and contents and employers' and public liability. It is the responsibility of each school to ensure that the cover which it arranges is adequate for its needs.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to amend the arrangements for insurance cover for grant-maintained schools.

Mr. Forth

There are no plans at present to amend the arrangements for insurance cover for grant-maintained schools.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance has been laid down for the number of companies which must be invited to tender to provide insurance services to a grant-maintained school before a contract can be entered into.

Mr. Forth

The financial memorandum which all grant-maintained schools sign sets out the procedures that governing bodies should follow to ensure that they obtain value for money for all purchases of goods and services. Contracts should normally be placed on a competitive tender basis and the lowest tender accepted unless there are good reasons to the contrary.

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools in England are, or have been, in dispute with a statutory body over property jointly used or owned by the local community; and how many grant-maintained schools are currently in litigation with a statutory body over property jointly used or owned by the local community.

Mr. Forth

There is one case where the Education Assets Board has been unable to reach agreement with a local authority on the transfer of facilities used jointly by the school and local community. The matter has been referred to my right hon. Friend to determine.

I am not aware of any grant-maintained school in litigation with the Education Assets Board.

Mr. Nicholls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list all schools in the Greater London area which have opted to adopt grant-maintained status.

Mr. Forth

The information, correct on 5 February, is listed in the table:

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

Inner London local education authorities

HAMMERSMITH London Oratory School

KENSINGTON Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

LAMBETH

  • St. Bernadette Roman Catholic Junior Mixed School
  • La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls (G.M.) School

LEWISHAM Turnham Primary with Nursery G.M. School

SOUTHWARK London Nautical School

TOWER HAMLETS Raines Foundation School

WANDSWORTH

  • Graveney School
  • Salesian College
  • Ethelburga Primary School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Burntwood School
  • Elliott School (Grant-Maintained)

Other London local education authorities

BARNET

  • Mill Hill County High School
  • Hendon School
  • Queen Elizabeth's G.M. School for Boys

BEXLEY

  • Barnehurst Infant Grant-Maintained School
  • Barnehurst Junior Grant-Maintained School

BRENT

  • Claremont High School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Copland Community School and Technology Centre

BROMLEY

  • Newstead Wood School for Girls (Grant-Maintained)
  • Coopers School
  • Crofton Junior School
    • 454
  • Bullers Wood School for Girls
  • Langley Park School for Boys
  • Kelsey Park School
  • Beaverwood School for Girls
  • Charles Darwin School
  • St. John Rigby School
  • Hayes School
  • Ravens Wood School for Boys
  • Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Primary School
  • St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School

CROYDON Riddlesdown Grant-Maintained School

EALING

  • Drayton Manor high School
  • Northolt High School
  • Brentside High School
  • Wood End Middle School
  • Wood End First School
  • The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
  • Greenford High School

HILLINGDON

  • Oak Farm Junior Mixed School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Oak Farm Infant School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Northwood School
  • Bishopshalt School
  • Mellow Lane School
  • Vyners School
  • Uxbridge High School
  • The Hayes Manor School
  • The Douay Martyrs School
  • Haydon School
  • Queensmead School

KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES Tiffin School

NEWHAM Stratford School

SUTTON

  • Nonsuch High School for Girls
  • Wilsons School
  • The John Fisher School
  • Cheam High School
  • Sutton Grammar School for Boys

WALTHAM FOREST Highams Park School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN

Inner London LEAs

LAMBETH Bishop Thomas Grant Secondary School

SOUTHWARK St. Francesca Cabrini RC Primary School

Outer London LEAs

CROYDON Edenham School

HAVERING The Frances Bardsley School

SUTTON

  • Wallington High School for Girls
  • St. Philomena's School, Carshalton

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES AND PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

Inner London LEAs

LAMBETH

  • Archbishop Tenison's School
  • Dunraven School

WANDSWORTH

  • Hillbrook Primary School
  • John Paul II RC School
  • Southfields School

Outer London LEAs

BEXLEY

  • St. Mary & St. Joseph's School
  • St. Columba's RC Boys School

BRENT

  • Queens Park Community School
  • Chamberlayne Wood Primary School
  • Kingsbury High School
  • Convent of Jesus and Mary High School

CROYDON

  • St. Joseph's College
  • Thomas More Grant Maintained School

ENFIELD

  • The Latymer School

HAVERING

  • The Coopers' Company and Coborn School
  • Abbs Cross School
  • HILLINGDON
  • Abbotsfield School
  • Swakeleys School
  • Grange Park Junior School
  • Grange Park Infant School

HOUNSLOW

  • Gunnersbury Catholic School
  • Gumley House Convent School for Girls
  • KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES
  • Holy Cross Convent School Beverley School
  • Richard Challoner School

REDBRIDGE

  • Chadwell Heath High School

SUTTON

  • Wallington High School for Boys

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

Inner London LEAs

CAMDEN

  • Jewish Free School

HACKNEY

  • St. Thomas's CE Primary School

SOUTHWARK

  • St. Thomas the Apostle School
  • St. Michael's School
  • Notre Dame High School

Outer London LEAs

BARNET

  • St. Mary's CE High School

BEXLEY

  • St. Catherine's RC School for Girls

BRENT

  • Oakington Manor School
  • Alperton High School
  • Cardinal Hinsley High School

ENFIELD

  • St. Ignatius College

HARROW

  • Salvatorian College

HAVERING

  • Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School

HILLINGDON

  • Hillside Infant School

SUTTON

  • All Saints CE Primary School

APPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN REJECTED

Inner London LEAs

HAMMERSMITH

  • Harwood School

WANDSWORTH

  • Huntingfield Primary School
  • Walsingham School

Outer London LEAs

BRENT

  • William Gladstone School

BROMLEY

  • Ramsden School for Girls

EALING

  • Walford High School

HILLINGDON

  • Barnhill School
  • Townmead School

Mr. Nicholls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list all schools which have opted to adopt grant-maintained status in the counties of(a) Essex, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) East Sussex, (d) West Sussex, (e) Berkshire, (f) Surrey, (g) Bedfordshire, (h) Kent, (i) Buckinghamshire and (j) Hampshire.

Mr. Forth

The information, correct on 5 February. is listed in the table:

Essex

Schools operating as GM

  • Thurstable School
  • Torells Grant-Maintained School
  • The Deanes School
  • The Rickstones School
  • The Appleton School
  • Northlands Grant-Maintained Junior School
  • The Hedley Walter High School (GM)
  • Saffron Walden County High School
  • Chelmsford County High School for Girls
  • The Boswells School West Hatch High School
  • King Edward VI Grammar School (G.M.)
  • Westborough County Primary School
  • Chalvedon School
  • North Crescent Primary School
  • Newlands Spring Grant Maintained School
  • The Cornelius Vermuyden School
  • The King Edmund School
  • The Fitzwimarc School, Rayleigh
  • The King John School
  • The Elmwood Primary School
  • The Philip Morant School
  • King Harold School, Grant-Maintained School
  • Bromfords School, Wickford
  • Castle View School
  • Katherines Primary School
  • Eastwood County High School and 6th Form Centre
  • The Plume School
  • Beauchamps Grant-Maintained School
  • Furtherwick Park School
  • Westcliff High School for Boys
  • Westcliff High School for Girls
  • Great Totham Primary School, Essex
  • The Park School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN

  • Belfairs School/6th Form Centre
  • Chelmer Valley High School
  • Davenant Foundation School
  • Jotmans Hall County Primary School
  • Northwick Park County Infant School
  • Northwick Park County Junior School
  • Rainsford School
  • Roiph CE VA Primary School
  • Southend Girls High School
    • 457
  • St. Andrews's CE Primary School
  • St. Martin's School
  • The Thorpe Bay School
  • William De Ferrers School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS FOR GM STATUS

  • Takeley Grant-Maintained Primary School
  • Ingatestone Anglo-European School
  • Holland Park County Primary School
  • St. Osyth EC Aided Primary School
  • Holland Haven Primary School
  • St. Clere's School
  • Southend High School for Boys
  • Woodville County Primary School
  • Grays Secondary School
  • Gable Hall School
  • William Edwards School
  • Newport Free Grammar School
  • The Greensward School
  • The Gilberd School
  • Coppins Green Primary School
  • Colchester Royal Grammar School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Colbayns High School
  • St. Thomas More High School for Boys
  • Clacton County High School
  • Hassenbrook School
  • All Saints Church of England Primary School
  • St. Clare's RC Primary School
  • Sir Charles Lucas School
  • Cecil Jones High School
  • The Bramston School
  • The Alderman Blaxill School

SCHOOLS WHOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REJECTED Elmbridge School

Hertfordshire

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GRANT-MAINTAINED

  • The Bishop's Stortford High School
  • Watford Grammar School for Boys
  • St. Mary's Catholic Primary School
  • Parmiters School
  • Parkside First School
  • Hertingfordbury Cowper Junior Mixed Infants School
  • Christ Church Church of England School
  • Rickmansworth School
  • Francis Bacon School
  • Watford Grammar School for Girls
  • Watford Grammar School for Boys

SCHOOLS MINDED TO APPROVE FOR GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS Dame Alice Owens School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS FOR GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS

  • Nicholas Breakspear Roman Catholic School
  • The Leventhorpe School
  • The John Henry Newman Roman Catholic School
  • Bushey Hall School
  • Mount Grace School
  • Bushey Meads School
  • Queen's School
  • Ashlyns School

SCHOOL WHICH HAS VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS Goffs School

SCHOOLS WHOSE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN REJECTED Sir James Altham School

East and West Sussex There are no schools in East or West Sussex which have opted for grant-maintained status.

Berkshire

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • Cippenham Middle School (Grant Maintained)
  • Denefield School
    • 458
  • Desborough Comprehensive School
  • Herschel Grammar School
  • Holy Family RC School
  • Langley Grammar School
  • Priory School
  • Reading School
  • Southlands School
  • St. Bartholomew's School
  • The Downs School
  • Upton Grammar School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS FOR GM STATUS

  • Westgate School
  • Whitelocke Infant School

Surrey

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • St. John the Baptist School
  • de Stafford School
  • Guildford County School
  • Glyn School
  • Epsom and Ewell High School
  • Gordon's Grant Maintained School
  • Collingwood Grant-Maintained School
  • Hawkedale First School
  • Heathside Secondary School
  • The Manor County First School
  • The Beacon School
  • Thamesmead School
  • Stoneleigh First School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Rosebery School
  • Send C of E First School (Grant-Maintained)

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN St. Paul's Catholic School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS FOR GM STATUS

  • Alfold County First School
  • Dunsfold C of E First School
  • Park Mead County First School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES, BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS Pewley Down County First School

SCHOOLS WHOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REJECTED

  • South Holmwood CE First School
  • Blindley Heath CE First School

Bedfordshire

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • Thomas Whitehead CE School
  • Sharnbrook Upper School
  • Manshead School Grant Maintained
  • Queensbury School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPERATING

  • Ashcroft High School
  • Crawley Green Infant School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Lincroft Middle School
  • Lea Manor High School and Community College
  • Wootton Upper School
  • Icknield High School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Stopsley High School and Community College
  • Holywell (VC) Middle School

Kent

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • Oakwood Park Grammar School
  • The Bradbourne School
  • Chatham Grammar School for Girls
  • The Cornwallis School
  • Sandown Court Community College
  • Oldborough Manor Community College
  • Dartford Grammar School for Girls
    • 459
  • Homewood School
  • The Robert Napier Grant-Maintained School
  • The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells
  • Angley School
  • Sir Roger Manwood's School
  • Snodland CE Primary School
  • Southlands Comprehensive School
  • Dartford Grammar School
  • The Canterbury High School
  • The Hugh Christie School
  • Thamesview School
  • Fulston Manor School
  • Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
  • Wrotham School
  • Senacre Technology School
  • Meopham School Grant-Maintained School
  • Minster College
  • St. George's Church of England School
  • Holy Trinity CE Primary School
  • St. Simon Stock School
  • Cranbrook School
  • The Maplesden Noakes School
  • Borough Green Primary School
  • The Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington
  • Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
  • The Mailing School
  • Rainham Mark Grammar School
  • Aylesford School
  • The Archbishop's CE Grant Maintained School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPERATING

  • The Wildernesse School
  • Westlands High School

SCHOOLS WHICH ARE "MINDED TO" APPROVED

  • St. John Fisher School, Chatham
  • St. Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School
  • The Folkestone School for Girls

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Sutton-at-Hone CE Primary School
  • St. Francis RC Primary School
  • St. Edmund's RC Comprehensive School
  • Hillview School for Girls
  • Southfields School
  • Herne Bay High School
  • Chaucer Technology School
  • Roseacre Junior School
  • Rochester Grammar School for Girls
  • Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls
  • The Thomas Aveling School
  • The Holy Family RC Primary School
  • The Charles Dickens High School
  • Mascalls School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • St. George's CE High School
  • St. Botolph's CE Primary School
  • St. Anselm's RC School
  • Cheyne Middle School
  • Herne Bay County Junior School
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

APPLICATIONS REJECTED

  • Swanscombe High School
  • Hoo St. Werburgh Middle School, Kent
  • Cliffe Woods Primary School Rochester
  • Cliffe Woods Middle School
  • Edenbridge Middle School
  • Rede Secondary School, Strood
  • Castlemount School
  • Appledore CE Primary School

Buckinghamshire

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • Bridgewater Hall School
  • Beaconsfield High School
  • The Chalfonts Community College (G.M.)
  • Brookmead School
    • 460
  • Brindley Hall School
  • Overstone Grant Maintained Combined School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN

  • Hamilton Combined School
  • Wycombe Royal Grammar School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • The Radcliffe School
  • Beechview Middle School
  • The Lord Grey School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Wing School
  • Brushwood Middle School

Hampshire

SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM

  • The Priory County Primary School
  • Crofton School, Fareham
  • Abbotswood Middle School
  • Ringwood School (GM Comprehensive)
  • Burgate School
  • Testwood School
  • The City of Portsmouth Boys' School
  • The Arnewood School
  • Hardley School (Grant-Maintained)
  • Front Lawn Middle School

SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GM STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN

  • Bay House School
  • Bohunt School
  • Calmore Grant-Maintained Middle School
  • St. Joseph's RC VA Primary School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • Testbourne Community School
  • Boundary First School
  • Mill Rythe First School, Havant
  • Mengham Middle School
  • Blackfield Middle School
  • Mengham First School
  • Hordle CE VC Primary School
  • All Hallows RC School

SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED PROPOSALS

  • St. George's RC School
  • Ashley County Junior School

Back to