Grant-maintained Schools (Hansard, 21 July 1994)

§ Mr. Byers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the provisional percentage figure for each local education authority of relevant central spending in financial year 1994–95 in(a) the primary sector and (b) the secondary sector which will form the basis of the financial addition for grant-maintained schools in 1995–96.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The Department will be consulting later this year on the arrangements for funding GM schools in 1995–96 on the basis of the local management of schools scheme of the relevant authority.

§ Mr. Byers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the planned capital expenditure on grant-maintained schools for the financial years 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97; what was the actual capital expenditure on grant-maintained schools in 1993–94; and if he will give for each year the assured number of grant-maintained schools on which the capital expenditure levels were based.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
Self-governing schools' capital outturn expenditure for 1993–94 was £87,348,570. Planned capital expenditure on self-governing schools for the financial years 199495, 1995–96 and 1996–97 is as follows:

£ million

1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

115 251 358

These figures are published in the Department's annual report, a copy of which is available in the Library, They reflect the additional responsibilities of GM schools and our commitment to setting them up on a sound basis. Our expenditure plans provide for the growth of the GM sector to be maintained.

Estimated numbers of pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools in September 1994 (figures in brackets include schools approved or approved in principle for GM status by 14 July 1994)

LEA Area LEA Primary CM Primary LEA Secondary GM Secondary

Corporation of London 214 0 0 0

Camden 10,610 0 8,139 2,340

Greenwich 20,664 239 13,956 0

Hackney 16,590 87 7,384 0

Hammersmith 9,025 0 4,747 1,229

Islington 14,966 0 7,037 0

Kensington and Chelsea 5,762 530 2,574 629

Lambeth 17,716 (17,266) 1,250 (1,700) 2,987 3,363

Lewisham 20,073 361 10,515 0

Southwark 19,917 1,265 6,356 2,765

Tower Hamlets 20,717 0 10,675 907

Wandsworth 16,699 515 2,420 6,487

Westminster 9,122 0 7,358 0

Barking 15,727 0 9,493 0

Barnet 23,014 776 8,580 9,836

Bexley 17,953 643 10,810 3,581

Brent 21,166 1,002 3,010 9,377

Bromley 19,298 (18,362) 1,151 (2,087) 5,346 11,342

Croydon 25,383 (24,956) 836 (1,263) 8,664 (6,967) 5,897 (7,594)

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§ Mr. Byers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 1 July,Official Report, column 752, if he will identify those schools which provided information on grant-maintained status which was the subject of complaints to his Department.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The Department has received a total of 16 complaints since January 1993 about the accuracy of information disseminated by governing bodies prior to their schools' ballots on the question of grant-maintained status. The schools concerned are as follows:

Hanson School, Bradford

Peel Brow County Primary School, Bury

Soham Village College, Cambridgeshire

Addey and Stanhope School, Lewisham

Winterton Comprehensive School, Humberside

West Mersea County Primary School, Essex

St. Peter's CE Primary School, Lancashire

Tudor Grange School, Solihull

Cardinal Newman School, Bedfordshire

Anglesey Primary School, Staffordshire

Chatham House School, Kent

Christ Church Middle School, Staffordshire

Greenway School, West Sussex

Padstow School, Nottinghamshire

Prospect School, Berkshire

King David Primary School, Liverpool

All complaints are considered carefully and, where appropriate, follow-up action is taken by the Department.

§ Mr. Byers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give the latest figures for each local education authority and the estimated figures in September 1994 of the number of pupils in(a) local education authority maintained and (b) grant-maintained schools in (i) the primary and (ii) the secondary schools sector; and if he will give the national totals in each sector.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
Estimates of pupil numbers related to the 930 primary and secondary schools which are currently grant-maintained are shown in the table. These estimates are derived from the Department's January 1993 schools census. The table also shows estimates of pupil numbers including 57 schools which by 20 July had been approved or approved in principle for grant-maintained status from 1 September. Applications for grant maintained status from 43 more schools are currently being considered by my right hon. Friend.
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LEA Area LEA Primary GM Primary LEA Secondary GM Secondary

Ealing 26,313 1,217 6,093 4,905

Enfield 23,167 149 11,814 5,576

Haringey 19,127 0 9,060 0

Harrow 19,109 0 7,482 483

Havering 19,624 0 11,012 3,813

Hillingdon 17,027 2,602 2,248 11,467

Hounslow 19,339 0 11,902 2,108

Kingston upon Thames 10,215 191 4,748 2,859

Merton 15,224 0 7,167 0

Newham 25,235 0 13,019 556

Redbridge 19,045 0 13,839 1,113

Richmond upon Thames 10,785 0 7,447 0

Sutton 12,033 799 4,474 6,591

Waltham Forest 19,705 0 9,134 1,915

Birmingham 105,289 1,717 48,934 14,621

Coventry 29,692 0 18,677 0

Dudley 27,570 381 13,076 4,458

Sandwell 31,937 0 17,346 (16,396) 658 (1,608)

Solihull 19,215 454 13,080 0

Walsall 27,590 561 13,635 (12,377) 5,557 (6,815)

Wolverhampton 25,393 0 13,427 2,348

Knowsley 18,647 0 8,241 719

Liverpool 50,716 0 27,423 2,260

St. Helens 17,584 0 11,568 0

Sefton 27,066 0 18,583 0

Wirral 31,344 0 18,690 2,031

Bolton 26,811 364 13,878 2,755

Bury 16,664 223 9,967 0

Manchester 46,948 0 21,376 0

Oldham 24,542 0 15,930 0

Rochdale 20,131 (19,892) 1,115 (1,354) 11,681 1,053

Salford 22,896 0 11,011 413

Stockport 25,180 0 14,819 0

Tameside 22,934 0 10,517 2,332

Trafford 20,091 0 8,490 2,892

Wigan 29,727 0 19,120 0

Barnsley 21,460 0 12,362 0

Doncaster 29,357 0 21,310 0

Rotherham 24,694 0 17,616 0

Sheffield 42,764 (42,434) 943 (1,273) 24,802 1,893

Bradford 39,996 (39,103) 539 (1,432) 40,586 5,080

Calderdale 19,059 660 6,795 6,337

Kirklees 35,978 0 23,730 1,266

Leeds 65,098 51 43,268 1,138

Wakefield 29,434 0 20,403 0

Gateshead 18,353 0 11,612 0

Newcastle upon Tyne 22,545 0 16,598 0

North Tyneside 16,346 0 14,175 212

South Tyneside 15,586 0 9,333 0

Sunderland 29,889 0 18,971 0

Isle of Wight 174 0 10,294 0

Avon 79,059 0 52,377 1,569

Bedfordshire 41,430 629 32,245 8,568

Berkshire 58,242 2,242 38,909 7,389

Buckinghamshire 59,320 (58,976) 2,126 26,167 (2,470) 9,844

Cambridgeshire 56,515 1,911 25,138 15,109

Cheshire 88,276 418 60,415 2,395

Cleveland 65,058 0 35,650 0

Cornwall 40,128 0 28,965 0

Cumbria 40,211 2,399 20,085 10,617

Derbyshire 82,261 (82,179) 1,671 (1,753) 41,786 15,275

Devon 79,139 285 52,908 4,571

Dorset 44,367 415 30,808 9,537

Durham 55,779 0 37,068 0

East Sussex 50,300 0 33,201 0

Essex 102,914 18,774 28,269 66,322

Gloucestershire 40,067 (39,025) 2,820 (3,862) 11,008 (10,417) 21,584 (22,175)

Hampshire 125,895 3,911 60,436 15,780

Hereford and Worcester 47,895 0 43,288 3,558

Hertfordshire 81,073 (80,637) 1,564 (2,000) 46,498 (44,968) 20,565 (22,095)

Humberside 84,091 (84,014) 257(334) 55,202 0

Isles of Scilly 7,232 0 108 0

Kent 121,041 (119,745) 4,877 (6,173) 49,626 (47,950) 51,187 (52,863)

Lancashire 128,001 (127,770) 578 (809) 75,559 6,593

Leicestershire 79,549 0 55,587 3,222

Lincolnshire 42,559 (41,907) 6,219 (6,871) 20,628 (20,004) 16,323 (16,947)

Norfolk 59,402 (59,275) 2,623 (2,750) 31,573 8,608

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LEA Area LEA Primary GM Primary LEA Secondary GM Secondary

North Yorkshire 58,165 0 43,107 0

Northamptonshire 47,113 3,072 35,159 9,197

Northumberland 21,566 0 28,470 632

Nottinghamshire 91,370 0 60,776 1,831

Oxfordshire 39,805 81 34,189 0

Shropshire 35,103 307 20,383 4,324

Somerset 34,969 374 27,200 (27,017) 398 (581)

Staffordshire 92,292 (92,244) 49 (97) 64,046 4,298

Suffolk 43,420 0 47,215 0

Surrey 72,926 (72,165) 3,546 (4,307) 28,962 9,915

Warwickshire 45,715 0 19,988 4,669

West Sussex 51,813 (51,420) 0 (393) 39,154 0

Wiltshire 44,148 (43,638) 2,915 (3,425) 20,480 (20,197) 13,216 (13,499)

Total 4,077,888 4,068,614 84,684 93,958 2,366,447 2,357,655 504,258 513,050

Note: The figures for GM Primary schools exclude part-time pupils.

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have applied for a change in the admissions policy giving in each case(a) the date of application, (b) the nature of the change and (c) his decision.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The information requested will take some time to collate. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

§ Mr. Don Foster
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many parents have(a) voted for grant-maintained status and (b) against grant-maintained status; and how many were eligible to vote in GM ballots since 1 January.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
A total of 107,914 parents have been eligible to vote in the 162 ballots on grant-maintained status that have been held by primary and secondary schools in England since 1 January. Of these 34,364 voted in favour of grant-maintained status, and 36,370 voted against. Fifty-five per cent. of the ballots produced yes votes.

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 25 January,Official Report, columns 174–75, what further applications have now been received from grant-maintained schools for capital grant for the financial year 1994–95; what was the level of grant approved in each case; and what amount remains set aside awaiting allocation in the current financial year.

Date of Publication Nature of Change

To add Sixth Form

Wiltshire St. Augustines RC GM Comp School 25 March 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Birmingham Ninestiles GM School 4 April 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Rochdale Wardle High School 27 April 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Dudley Ellowes Hall GM School 14 May 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Lambeth La Karaite RC Girls GM School 10 June 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Surrey Heathside School 16 June 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Norfolk Cromer GM High School 24 June 1994 11–16 to 11–18

Cambridgeshire The Queens School, Wisbech 8 July 1994 11–16 to 11–18

To add Nursery

Buckinghamshire Brookmead GM School 31 March 1994 5–12 to 3–12

Surrey The Manor School 9 May 1994 4–8 to 3–8

Lincolnshire Washingborough GM School 23 May 1994 4–11 to 3–11

Cumbria St. Pauls CE GM Junior School 25 May 1994 7–11 to 3–11¹

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§ Mr. Robin Squire
We announced the second tranche of GM capital allocations for 1994–95 on 31 March 1994. A copy of DFE press notice 69/94 listing the allocations have been placed in the Library. Allocations for capital grant received from 1 April onwards are the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member.

§ Mr. Byers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what balances were held by each grant-maintained school at the end of the 1993–94 financial year.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
This matter is now the responsibil-ity of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member.

§ Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 24 March,Official Report, column 400, if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have since that date published proposals to make a significant change in the character of the school giving in each case (a) the date of publication, (b) the nature of the proposed change and (c) his decision.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The table lists proposals for a significant change of character published by grant maintained schools since 24 March. None of these have been decided. Following publication of proposals, there is a period of two months during which objections may be made to my right hon. Friend.
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Date of Publication Nature of Change

Other change of age range

Berkshire Herschel GM Grammar School 12 May 1994 12–18 to 11–18

Berkshire Langley GM Grammar School 12 May 1994 12–18 to 11–18

Berkshire Slough GM Grammar School 12 May 1994 12–18 to 11–18

Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield High School 10 June 1994 12–18 to 11–18

Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory School 20 May 1994 11–18 to 7–18²

To introduce selection in whole or part

Lambeth Dunraven GM School 25 March 1994 50 per cent. selection by ability

Lambeth Archbishop Tenison GM School 17 June 1994 100 per cent selection by ability

¹ Also for extension of primary age range to cover 5 and 6 years olds.

² Also for selection of 20 boys at 7+ each year on musical and general ability.

Estimated numbers of pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools in September 1994 (figures in brackets include schools approved or approved in principle for GM status by 14 July 1994)
LEA Area	LEA Primary	CM Primary	LEA Secondary	GM Secondary
Corporation of London	214	0	0	0
Camden	10,610	0	8,139	2,340
Greenwich	20,664	239	13,956	0
Hackney	16,590	87	7,384	0
Hammersmith	9,025	0	4,747	1,229
Islington	14,966	0	7,037	0
Kensington and Chelsea	5,762	530	2,574	629
Lambeth	17,716 (17,266)	1,250 (1,700)	2,987	3,363
Lewisham	20,073	361	10,515	0
Southwark	19,917	1,265	6,356	2,765
Tower Hamlets	20,717	0	10,675	907
Wandsworth	16,699	515	2,420	6,487
Westminster	9,122	0	7,358	0
Barking	15,727	0	9,493	0
Barnet	23,014	776	8,580	9,836
Bexley	17,953	643	10,810	3,581
Brent	21,166	1,002	3,010	9,377
Bromley	19,298 (18,362)	1,151 (2,087)	5,346	11,342
Croydon	25,383 (24,956)	836 (1,263)	8,664 (6,967)	5,897 (7,594)

LEA Area	LEA Primary	GM Primary	LEA Secondary	GM Secondary
Ealing	26,313	1,217	6,093	4,905
Enfield	23,167	149	11,814	5,576
Haringey	19,127	0	9,060	0
Harrow	19,109	0	7,482	483
Havering	19,624	0	11,012	3,813
Hillingdon	17,027	2,602	2,248	11,467
Hounslow	19,339	0	11,902	2,108
Kingston upon Thames	10,215	191	4,748	2,859
Merton	15,224	0	7,167	0
Newham	25,235	0	13,019	556
Redbridge	19,045	0	13,839	1,113
Richmond upon Thames	10,785	0	7,447	0
Sutton	12,033	799	4,474	6,591
Waltham Forest	19,705	0	9,134	1,915
Birmingham	105,289	1,717	48,934	14,621
Coventry	29,692	0	18,677	0
Dudley	27,570	381	13,076	4,458
Sandwell	31,937	0	17,346 (16,396)	658 (1,608)
Solihull	19,215	454	13,080	0
Walsall	27,590	561	13,635 (12,377)	5,557 (6,815)
Wolverhampton	25,393	0	13,427	2,348
Knowsley	18,647	0	8,241	719
Liverpool	50,716	0	27,423	2,260
St. Helens	17,584	0	11,568	0
Sefton	27,066	0	18,583	0
Wirral	31,344	0	18,690	2,031
Bolton	26,811	364	13,878	2,755
Bury	16,664	223	9,967	0
Manchester	46,948	0	21,376	0
Oldham	24,542	0	15,930	0
Rochdale	20,131 (19,892)	1,115 (1,354)	11,681	1,053
Salford	22,896	0	11,011	413
Stockport	25,180	0	14,819	0
Tameside	22,934	0	10,517	2,332
Trafford	20,091	0	8,490	2,892
Wigan	29,727	0	19,120	0
Barnsley	21,460	0	12,362	0
Doncaster	29,357	0	21,310	0
Rotherham	24,694	0	17,616	0
Sheffield	42,764 (42,434)	943 (1,273)	24,802	1,893
Bradford	39,996 (39,103)	539 (1,432)	40,586	5,080
Calderdale	19,059	660	6,795	6,337
Kirklees	35,978	0	23,730	1,266
Leeds	65,098	51	43,268	1,138
Wakefield	29,434	0	20,403	0
Gateshead	18,353	0	11,612	0
Newcastle upon Tyne	22,545	0	16,598	0
North Tyneside	16,346	0	14,175	212
South Tyneside	15,586	0	9,333	0
Sunderland	29,889	0	18,971	0
Isle of Wight	174	0	10,294	0
Avon	79,059	0	52,377	1,569
Bedfordshire	41,430	629	32,245	8,568
Berkshire	58,242	2,242	38,909	7,389
Buckinghamshire	59,320 (58,976)	2,126	26,167 (2,470)	9,844
Cambridgeshire	56,515	1,911	25,138	15,109
Cheshire	88,276	418	60,415	2,395
Cleveland	65,058	0	35,650	0
Cornwall	40,128	0	28,965	0
Cumbria	40,211	2,399	20,085	10,617
Derbyshire	82,261 (82,179)	1,671 (1,753)	41,786	15,275
Devon	79,139	285	52,908	4,571
Dorset	44,367	415	30,808	9,537
Durham	55,779	0	37,068	0
East Sussex	50,300	0	33,201	0
Essex	102,914	18,774	28,269	66,322
Gloucestershire	40,067 (39,025)	2,820 (3,862)	11,008 (10,417)	21,584 (22,175)
Hampshire	125,895	3,911	60,436	15,780
Hereford and Worcester	47,895	0	43,288	3,558
Hertfordshire	81,073 (80,637)	1,564 (2,000)	46,498 (44,968)	20,565 (22,095)
Humberside	84,091 (84,014)	257(334)	55,202	0
Isles of Scilly	7,232	0	108	0
Kent	121,041 (119,745)	4,877 (6,173)	49,626 (47,950)	51,187 (52,863)
Lancashire	128,001 (127,770)	578 (809)	75,559	6,593
Leicestershire	79,549	0	55,587	3,222
Lincolnshire	42,559 (41,907)	6,219 (6,871)	20,628 (20,004)	16,323 (16,947)
Norfolk	59,402 (59,275)	2,623 (2,750)	31,573	8,608

		Date of Publication	Nature of Change
To add Sixth Form
Wiltshire	St. Augustines RC GM Comp School	25 March 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Birmingham	Ninestiles GM School	4 April 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Rochdale	Wardle High School	27 April 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Dudley	Ellowes Hall GM School	14 May 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Lambeth	La Karaite RC Girls GM School	10 June 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Surrey	Heathside School	16 June 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Norfolk	Cromer GM High School	24 June 1994	11–16 to 11–18
Cambridgeshire	The Queens School, Wisbech	8 July 1994	11–16 to 11–18
To add Nursery
Buckinghamshire	Brookmead GM School	31 March 1994	5–12 to 3–12
Surrey	The Manor School	9 May 1994	4–8 to 3–8
Lincolnshire	Washingborough GM School	23 May 1994	4–11 to 3–11
Cumbria	St. Pauls CE GM Junior School	25 May 1994	7–11 to 3–11¹

		Date of Publication	Nature of Change
Other change of age range
Berkshire	Herschel GM Grammar School	12 May 1994	12–18 to 11–18
Berkshire	Langley GM Grammar School	12 May 1994	12–18 to 11–18
Berkshire	Slough GM Grammar School	12 May 1994	12–18 to 11–18
Buckinghamshire	Beaconsfield High School	10 June 1994	12–18 to 11–18
Hammersmith and Fulham	London Oratory School	20 May 1994	11–18 to 7–18²
To introduce selection in whole or part
Lambeth	Dunraven GM School	25 March 1994	50 per cent. selection by ability
Lambeth	Archbishop Tenison GM School	17 June 1994	100 per cent selection by ability
¹ Also for extension of primary age range to cover 5 and 6 years olds.
² Also for selection of 20 boys at 7+ each year on musical and general ability.