§ 12. Mr. Jacques ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance he issues as to co-operation between local education authorities and the grant-maintained schools in their areas as a method of enhancing educational provision.
§ Mr. PattenMy Department has recently issued a consultation letter on co-ordinated admissions arrangements between schools and LEAs and will be looking to produce further guidance early next year. The special educational needs code of practice, issued in draft last week, emphasises co-operation between all schools and LEAs in the interests of children with special educational needs. A circular on provision for under-fives is also planned and guidance will be issued shortly on school transport.
§ 23. Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what additional resources are available for the expansion of popular grant-maintained schools; what are the criteria for obtaining available resources; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe popularity of schools is one of the factors taken into account, where relevant, when determining capital allocations between self-governing schools.
In 1993–94, £56 million was distributed for capital projects in self-governing schools.
In addition, all self-governing schools receive a pupil-based capital allocation which also provides a direct link between popularity and funding.
§ 24. Mr. RiddickTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on the number of(a) secondary and (b) primary schools which have taken on grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. Robin SquireA total of 514 secondary schools and 182 primary schools are now enjoying the independence that self-governing status brings. This gives a total of 696 GM schools—over three times the number that were operating on the day of the general eleciion last year. A further 16 secondary schools and 37 primary schools are already approved for self-governing status and we look forward to welcoming them to the sector in January and April next year.
Many parents are deciding that self-governing status is right for their children's schools. In particular there has been a rapid increase in the number of primary schools opting for GM status. Over one third of all primary school ballots have taken place since 1 April this year.
§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools there are in each of the seven counties of the south-west; how many applications have now been approved but not yet come into effect; and how many applications are awaiting approval.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is set out in the table:
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County GM Schools Approvals Proposals under consideration Avon 2 — — Cornwall — — — Devon 5 1 1
County GM Schools Approvals Proposals under consideration Dorset 10 — 1 Gloucestershire 27 2 4 Somerset 2 1 — Wiltshire 15 1 8 Total 61 5 14 In addition, there are five schools in the south-west which have voted "yes" in ballots but which have yet to submit applications, all 11 schools where there are ballots pending.
§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have now achieved grant-maintained status; how many more schools he expects to achieve this status in the future; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThere are 696 self-governing schools in England. A further 65 are already approved for self-governing status and 118 more have application in the pipeline or ballots pending.
Self-governing status is the best form of management for schools and we are confident that schools which have not yet taken the opportunity to embark on the GM process will do so in increasing numbers. We hope that over time all schools will become self-governing, but this will be determined by parents in ballots.
§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the special purpose grants—VAT —given to each grant-maintained school for each financial year since 1991–92, including the current year.
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 29 October 1993]: The information is given in the table.
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Grant-maintained Schools Payments of Special Purpose Grant (VAT) School 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 11993–94 £ Abbotswood Middle School — 1,538 3,846 Abraham Darby School — — 644 Acle High School — 1,271 174 Adams' Grammar School 25,340 28,477 14,562 Alcester Grammar School — — 5,613 Alder Coppice Primary — — 266 Aldridge School — — 947 All Hallows RC School — — 29,619 All Saints CE Primary School — — 188 All Saints CE Primary School — — 754 All Saints RC School — — 4,484 Aloeric School — 671 1,250 Alperton High School — — 1.283 Andoversford Primary School — — 196 Anglo European School — — 437 Appleby Grammar School — — 2,708 Applemore Technology School — — 296 Archbishop Temple School — — 16,026 Archbishop Tenision's School — — 18,947 Amewood School — 8,615 15,945 Ashton on Mersey School — — 2,474 Ashton St. Peters Lower — — 595 Atherstone Upper — 3,889 — Audenshaw High School 2,758 9,897 4,878 Aylesford School — — 5,082 Bacup and Rawenstall Grammar School 7,392 10,158 6,093 Baines School — 38,201 20,060 Balcarras School — 1,659 1,590 Bankfield High School — — 1,240 140W
School 1991–92£ 1992–93£ 11993–94£ Barnehurst Infants School — 2,344 1,065 Barnehurst Junior School — 1,652 894 Barton Court Grammar School — — 575 Bay House Grant-Maintained School — — 1,365 Beacon School — 17,644 9,220 Beanfield Junior School — — 270 Beaverwood School for Girls — 11,388 1,598 Beechen Cliff School 8,878 13,350 7,124 Beechview Middle School — — 1,280 Belmont Primary School — 6,257 3,366 Bexley Erith Technical Boys School — — 261 Bingley Grammar School 28,102 51,517 26,162 Bishop Stanford's School — 619 4,260 Bishop Thomas Grant School — — 32,176 Bishopshalt School 9,083 21,291 — Blessed Edward Oldcorne RC High School — — 3,134 Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic High School — — 2,775 Blue Coat CE Grant-Maintained School — — 1,551 Bohunt Community School — — 336 Borough Green Primary School — 1,652 1,314 Borrow Wood Junior School — 1,550 660 Bourne Primary School 2,928 5,599 2,768 Bournemouth Girls School — 3,612 1,537 Bournemouth Grammar School 16,820 3,375 3,888 Brampton Junior School — — 140 Branston School and Community College — — 1,355 Bromfords School, Wickford — — 4,014 Bromsgrove CE Middle School — — 1,642 Bruton Primary School — 2,503 1,932 Bullers Wood School for Girls 12,802 18,004 1,689 Burgate School 3,884 10,817 2,907 Burntwood School 3,089 23,091 3,421 Bushey Hall School — — 18 Bushey Meads GM School — — 4,638 Caistor School 4,418 8,625 4,580 Calday Grange Grammar School — — 5,742 Calmore GM Middle School — — 1,005 Canon Slade School — — 41,139 Cardinal Griffin RC School — — 3,240 Cardinal Hinsley High School — — 3,862 Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School 47,613 54,179 28,038 Carre's Grammar School 21,790 26,897 — Cartmel Priory CE School — — 1,308 Castle Hall GM School — 6,421 4,113 Castle Hills School, Gainsborough — 6,169 6,652 Castlefield Combined School — — 88 Castleview Combined School — — 594 Chalvedon School — 4,724 5,136 Chapel St. Leonards County Primary School — — 154 Charlton School — — 338 Charville Primary School — — 683 Chatham Grammar School — 2,096 3,579 Chellaston Junior School — — 157 Chelmer Valley High School — — 7 Chelmsford County High School — 2,844 1,287 Cheltenham Boumside School and Sixth Form Centre — — 327 Chipping Camden School — 2,819 6,570 Chosen Hill School — 2,978 7,104 Christ Church CE JMI School, Chorley — 7,757 3,930 Churchdown School — 10,051 7,410 Cirencester Deer Park School — — 668 Clacton High School — — 502 Claremont High School 2,163 10,615 4,098 Cliff Park High School — — 2,880 Clifford First School — 1,044 1,650 Clitheroe Royal Grammar School 29,006 50,917 29,433 Colchester Royal Grammar — — 1,043 141W
School 1991–92£ 1992–93£ 11993–94£ Collingtree CE Primary School — — 163 Colyton Grammar School 7,723 13,281 542 Convent of Jesus and Mary — — 13,786 Coopers Company and Coborn — — 33,776 Coopers School, Chislehurst 8,264 17,911 7,710 Copland Community — 2,577 — Coppins Green School — — 238 Corbet GM School — — 3,780 Cranbrook School 9,703 43,045 21,753 Cranwell County Primary — — 257 Crompton Fold Primary School — 1,803 1,995 Crossgates Primary School — — 256 Crosshall Infant School — 1,262 1,941 Crosshall Junior School — 346 789 Crossley Heath School 34,283 36,722 19,324 Crypt School — 254 — Dallam School — — 17,774 Dame Alice Owens School — — 32,607 Danesholme Junior School — — 1,248 Dartford Grammar School 6,043 10,743 6,042 Dartford Grammar School for Girls — 8,601 4,188 Davenant Foundation School — — 27,888 Deacon's School — — 1,761 Deanery Infant School — — 815 Deanery Junior School — — 857 Deanes School — 17,848 — Dereham Church VA First School — 5,812 3,044 Dollis Junior School — — 625 Downham Market High School — 19,394 10,746 Downton CE VC Primary School — — 384 Ecclesboume School 26,583 35,320 19,323 Ellen Wilkinson High School — 8,427 3,522 Elliott School — 16,574 2,585 Elmwood Primary School — 4,688 1,920 Epsom and Ewell High School — 8,727 4,536 Ermine School — 2,291 1,422 Ethelburga Primary School — 1,005 1,058 Fairfield High School For Girls — — 680 Fallibroome High School — — 1,816 Finchley Catholic High — — 4,675 Frances Bardsley School — — 8 Francis Bacon — 1,640 — Gartree School — 162 188 George Spencer School — — 5,064 Glyn School 1,684 5,592 7,728 Gordon's School 4,512 19,254 9,559 Graveney School 10,462 17,771 7,323 Great Barr School — 20,203 4,822 Great Totham County Primary School — — 309 Greenford High School — 3,567 1,429 Greenwood Dale School — — 1,936 Gresham County Primary 651 2,231 1,092 Guildford County Secondary School — — 371 Gumley House Convent School — — 28,140 Gunnersbury Catholic School — — 27,606 Hall Green School — — 1,476 Hamilton Combined School — — 786 Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 36,135 43,037 22,390 Hanson GM School — — 2,516 Harraby School — — 5,814 Hartshill School 3 1,490 4,126 Hatchford Primary School — 786 5,025 Haydon School — 4,996 2,004 Hayton CE Primary School — 2,577 1,308 Heacham Middle School 980 2,229 1,014 Heanor Gate School — — 1,333 Heckmondwike Grammar School 12,229 12,636 5,922 Henbury County High School — — 624 Hendon School 12,299 17,085 8,794 Heme Bay Junior School — — 188 Herschel Grammar School — 866 1,038 Hertingfordbury School — 1,957 3,054 Highams Park School 7,680 378 5,013 142W
School 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 11993–94 £ Highcliffe Comprehensive School — 199 258 Hillbrook Primary School — — 4,042 Hillside Infant School — — 9 Hillside Junior School — — 88 Hillview School For Girls — — 1,554 Holland Park Primary — — 489 Hollinsclough CE Primary School — — 75 Holly Hall School — — 129 Holy Cross CE Junior School — — 236 Holy Cross Convent School — — 19,832 Holy Family Combined School — 2,835 6,423 Holy Innocents RC Primary School — 2,338 4,776 Holy Trinity — — 6,819 Holy Trinity CE Middle School — — 199 Holy Trinity CE Senior School — — 19,081 Hordle CE GM Primary School — — 414 Huttoft County Primary School — — 219 Jews Free School — — 7,565 John Fisher School 10,229 41,184 21,481 John Paul II RC School — — 18,847 John Port School — — 10,125 Katharine Lady Berkeley School — 1,220 2,700 Katherine's Primary School — 676 1,014 Kettleshulme CE Primary School — 2,445 1,075 Killinghall First School — — 714 King Edward VIAston School — — 17,994 King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys School — — 19,028 King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls School — — 18,276 King Edward VI Five Ways School — — 19,286 King Edward VI G School, Chelmsford — 38,694 2,766 King Edward VI Grammar School, Lines 32,371 20,893 1,234 King Edward VI Handsworth School — — 23,616 King Harold School — — 171 King John School 12,310 — 122 Kingsley Park Middle School — — 2,229 Kirkbie Kendal School 27,857 51,592 26,520 La Retraite School 12,550 43,789 22,851 La Sainte Union Convent School — — 5,261 Lacey Gardens Junior School — — 4,090 Lady Elizabeth Hastings CE Primary School — — 259 Lady Manners School — — 2,276 Lancaster Girls Grammar School 11,269 14,901 7,032 Lancaster Royal Grammar School 43,674 48,885 25,572 Lavington School — 3,690 3,014 Lincoln Christ's Hospital School 15,158 68,201 34,528 Lincroft Middle School — — 1,229 Linton Primary — — 472 Lodge Park School — — 1,332 London Oratory School 93,471 99,710 53,360 Lowbourne GM Infants School — — 348 Lowbourne Junior School — — 187 Lynn Grove VC High School — — 1,158 Magdalen CE/Meth Primary School 2,079 — 454 Malcolm Sargent County Primary School — — 1,726 Marling School 17,642 20,015 10,146 Marshland High School — 27,412 10,560 Mellow Lane School — 7,690 1,749 Mill Hill County School — 11,691 9,134 Millbrook Infant School — — 79 Millbrook Junior School — — 158 Monks' Dyke High School — 1,703 3,210 Montagu School — — 408 Motram St. Andrew Primary — — 211 Moulton Primary School 3,879 6,449 3,237 Myton School — 2,811 2,020 Netherthorpe School 38,301 42,664 16,650 Newent Community School — — 1,398 143W
School 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 11993–94 £ Newlands Spring Primary School — 70 645 Newport Free Grammar School — — 2,881 Newstead Wood School — 6,278 2,400 Newton CE School 5,410 9,566 4,978 Nicholas Breakspear RC School — — 4,137 Nonsuch High School for Girls 7,541 23,448 9,065 North Rauceby Primary School — 1,565 1,096 Northampton School for Boys — — 3,760 Northlands Junior School — — 5 Northwick Park County Infant School — — 506 Northwood School — 8,283 1,605 Norwich Road School — 5,204 2,822 Notre Dame High School — — 3,286 Notre Dame School — — 4,095 Oak Farm Infant School — 1,453 2,493 Oak Farm Junior School — 2,734 2,940 Oakington Manor Primary School — — 709 Oaklands RC Comprehensive School — — 4,792 Old Swinford Hospital 30,675 33,108 16,764 Oldfield School — 1,474 2,260 Orton Wistow Primary School — — 153 Osidge Primary School — — 97 Overstone School — 295 — Parkside First School — 2,027 1,176 Parkstone Grammar School, Poole 0 7,440 4,848 Parmiters School 30,333 57,055 29,076 Pate's Grammar School 48,033 47,881 24,738 Pittville School — — 89 Poole Technical High School — — 1,947 Priory Combined School — 292 1,356 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 6,862 5,875 4,526 Queen Elizabeth GM GS, Alford 17,939 21,883 — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Horn — 5,878 2,386 Queen Elizabeth's GM School for Boys 33,923 35,738 18,012 Queen Elizabeth's School — — 3,043 Queen Mary's Grammar School — — 2,698 Queen Mary's High School — — 2,824 Queens School — — 6,378 Raines Foundation School 30,331 58,544 33,498 Rainsford School — — 3,963 Rastrick High School — — 25,692 Ravensdale Middle School — 3,009 2,068 Reading School 5.980 4,710 3,843 Redgate Middle School, Hunstanton 195 2,270 1,038 Richard Challoner School — — 19,716 Rickmansworth School — — 1,329 Ringwood Comprehensive School — — 5,736 Robert Kett Middle School — 2,935 808 Robert Napier School, Gillingham — 1,120 1,284 Robert Pattinson School — 4,389 1,284 Robinswood Primary School — 4,139 2,205 Rolph CE VA Primary School — — 3,249 Roseacre Junior School — — 261 Roseberry School, Epsom — 16,459 11,090 Rugby High School for Girls — — 353 Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School — — 3,610 Saffron Walden High School — — 18,398 Saintbridge School — 2,643 5,592 Salesian College — 11,375 19,236 Salterlee Primary School — 1,467 948 Salvatorian College — — 2,575 Scotby CE Primary School — 3,088 3,516 Send-CE First School 0 957 660 Sexey's School 12,686 33,341 16,260 Shambrook Upper School — — 612 Sheldon School — — 1,350 Shenington CE Primary School — — 1,572 Simon Langton Boys' Grammar School 7,885 — 35,208 Sir John Gleed Girls High School — 7,598 5,906 Sir Roger Man wood's School — 19,930 18,372 144W
School 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 11993–94 £ Skegness Grammar School 13,113 17,506 8,650 Small Heath School 2,944 — — Smithy Bridge Primary School — — 2,094 Snodland CE Primary School — — 801 South Wooton School — 300 404 Southend Girls High School — — 3,180 Southern) High School for Boys — — 561 Southfields School — — 840 Spalding County Primary School — — 203 St. Andrew's CE Primary School — — 2,904 St. Andrew's CE Primary School (Hill) — — 811 St. Andrew's CE Primary School (Lincoln) — — 229 St. Augustine's RC High School 14,641 29,722 20,355 St. Augustine's School — — 15,530 St. Bartholomew's School 43,802 19,899 — St. Bede's School — — 11,019 St. Benedict's RC School — — 2,248 St. Bemadette Junior School — 4,287 4,878 St. Boniface's College — — 19,856 St. Botolph's CE Primary School — — 728 St. Catherine's RC for Girls — — 3,170 St. Clare's RC Primary School — — 692 St. Clements High School — — 1,997 St. Columba's RC Boys School — — 20,523 St. Edmunds RC Comprehensive — — 2,977 St. Francesca Cabrini RC Primary — — 10,826 St. Francis RC Primary School — — 866 St. Francis Xavier's College 54,629 64,784 33,132 St. George's CE School, Gravesend 30,253 56,959 29,358 St. George's RC School — 9,067 2,779 St. George's School 6,980 — 2,468 St. Giles CE Primary School — — 384 St. Gregory RC Primary School — — 6,741 St. Gregory's Catholic Comp School 3,233 24,789 St. Helen's Primary School Bluntisham — — 792 St. James CE Primary — — 4,100 St. James' CE School Bolton 33,437 39,535 21,696 St. John Fisher RC (VA) Primary School — — 637 St. John Fisher RC Comp — — 3,161 St. John Fisher, Chatham — — 30,960 St. John Rigby School — 12,897 26,777 St. John the Baptist School, Woking 17,648 38,768 20,438 St. John's School — — 802 St. Joseph's RC Primary School — — 7,962 St. Josephs College — — 5,528 St. Katherine's CE VA Primary School — — 735 St. Laurence CE Junior School — — 757 St. Martin In The Field High School — — 3,373 St. Martin's School — — 4,161 St. Mary and St. Joseph's School — — 19,371 St. Mary's CE High School — — 5,070 St. Mary's CE Primary School — — 589 St. Mary's RC Primary School 1,548 7,485 3,816 St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School — — 3,185 St. Michael's RC School — — 3,668 St. Michaels School — — 3,343 St. Olave's and St. Saviour's School — 9,944 20,045 St. Osyth CE Primary School — — 797 St. Paul's RC Primary School — — 1,335 St. Paul's School — — 19,966 St. Peter and St. Paul RC High School — — 2,104 St. Peter's RC Primary School — — 1,305 St. Philomena's School — — 23,831 St. Simon Stock School — 12,133 24,435
School 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 11993–94 £ St. Thomas More High School For Boys — 12,105 2,545 St. Thomas More RC Primary School — — 616 St. Thomas More RC School — 37,211 34,766 St. Thomas More School — — 7,352 St. Thomas the Apostle School — — 3,513 St. Walburga's RC Primary School — — 7,215 St. Wilfrid's CE High School — — 6,336 St. Gregorys RC High — — 6,346 Stanground College — — 6,717 Stoneleigh First School — 2,629 444 Stroud High School 15,196 18,907 9,600 Studley High School — — 558 Takeley Primary — — 80 Teign School — — 3,406 Tewkesbury School — 1,145 264 The Appleton School — — 100 The Archbishop School — 19,775 16,737 The Boswells School — 4,767 792 The Canterbury School — 8,163 5,832 The Chalfonts School — 1,262 1,046 The Douay Martyrs School — — 35,457 The Fairfax School — — 1,147 The GS For Girls, Wilmington 810 — — The Hedley Walter School — — 201 The Holy Family RC School — — 677 The John Henry Newman School — — 4,355 The King's School — 12,070 15,157 The Kings School Grantham 39,158 15,413 5,248 Latymer School — — 5,944 The Leventhorpe School — — 1,433 The Pingle School — — 1,948 The Priory Primary School — 740 2,066 The Skinner's School — 36,577 18,969 The St. Thomas Becket School — — 3,494 Thomas More GM School — — 2,994 Thomas Whitehead CE School — 7,744 4,011 Thornton School — — 3,150 Tiffin School — 8,028 4,690 Torquay Boys Grammar School — 4,788 4,770 Trinity School — 14,868 22,960 Tumham Primary School — 1,449 5,244 Warwick Bridge Primary School — — 103 Watford Boys Grammar School 4,745 — 3,789 Watford Girls Grammar School — — 2,986 Weavers School — 2,535 5,280 West Hatch High School — — 291 West Hill School — — 6,366 Westborough School — 924 — Westcliffe High School for Girls — 7,182 7,305 Westcliffe High School for Boys 6,078 11,616 2,100 Westlands High School — — 657 Wheatfields Junior School — 1,106 906 Whitelocke Infant and Nursery School — — 486 Wibsey School — — 593 William Alvey CE Junior School — 6,373 2,742 William Farr CE School — 2,276 1,444 William Gilbert Endowed — — 619 William Robertson School — — 89 Wilsons School 37,749 42,599 21,793 Winchcombe Community School — — 443 Windmill Primary School — — 60 Wirral Grammar School for Boys — — 2,953 Wold Newton Primary School 428 650 324 Wolverhampton Girls High School 15,851 16,598 8,752 Wood End First School — 720 1,363 Wood End Middle School — 364 590 Woodnewton Way Junior School 0 0 894 Woodroffe School 5,499 11,070 5,861 Wrenn School — 2,565 7,974 Yarborough High School 2,406 3,685 6,630 Yattendon Middle School — — 156 1 Payments from 1 April to 30 September 1993