§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for each of the 12 schools listed in his announcement of 28 February,(a) the date when it will become a technology college, (b) its current pupil roll and character, (c) whether he has received an application for approval to a change in its admissions arrangements, (d) how many sponsor governors are being appointed, (e) what is the term of office of each sponsor governor and (f) which of the sponsors are represented by a sponsor governor.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe 12 schools announced on 28 February each plan to operate as technology colleges from 1 September 1994. A statutory proposal to increase the capacity of St. George's grant-maintained technology school is currently under consideration. None of the other schools has applied to make a change in its admission arrangements constituting a change of character within the meaning of the Education Act 1993. Each school has confirmed its intention formally to apply to take on between one and four sponsor governors before September 1994. Which of the sponsors are represented by sponsor governors will be determined at that stage. The term of office for sponsor governors is required under the Education Act 1993 to be between five and seven years, with the exact term being specified in the instrument of government. The current pupil roll and character of each school is summarised in the table.
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School 1Pupil number Age range and character Kemnal Manor grant-maintained school 749 11 to 18 non-selective boys Saffron Walden grant-maintained county high school 1,539 11 to 18 non-selective mixed St. George's grant-maintained technology school 1,017 11 to 18 non-selective mixed St. Peter's Collegiate Church of England voluntary-aided school 981 11 to 18 non-selective mixed Saintbridge grant-maintained technology school 720 11 to 18 non-selective boys 1 Provisional at January 1994 as returned to the Department for Education and subject to validation.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many applications have been received from schools seeking to become technology colleges; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe 12 schools announced on 28 February submitted full applications to become technology colleges. Other schools are at varying stages in preparing their applications.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what bids were submitted for initial capital grant for each of the 12 schools listed in his announcement of 28 February; what allocations have been made; and what level and nature of additional annual funding has been agreed.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe self-governing schools listed in the announcement have each been invited to submit a bid for a capital project which involves a capital grant of up to £100,000. The voluntary-aided school has been invited to submit a bid for a capital project which involves
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School/sponsor Value £ thousands Nature of sponsorship Chalvedon grant-maintained school Garfield Weston Foundtion 50.0 Cash Fairfield Catering 37.0 Cash Roy Millard Associates 15.0 Cash SIMS Centre 5.0 Cash PMD Associates 4.0 Cash Chatham grant-maintained grammar school for girls Garfield Weston Foundation 50.0 Cash GEC Marconi Avionics 20.0 Cash Clifton Reed Consultants 15.0 Cash, goods and services Research Machines 10.0 Goods and services Klick Technology 7.5 Goods and services Data Collection Systems 5.0 Cash Architects Joint Partnership 3.0 Cash Collingwood grant-maintained school Garfield Weston Foundation 50.0 Cash GTi Educational Systems 25.0 Goods Oracle Corporation (UK) 15.0 Goods Motorola 10.0 Cash and goods Deacon's grant-maintained school Perkins Group 49.0 Goods Database and Apricot Computers 27.0 Goods Greater Peterborough TEC 20.0 Cash Pearl Assurance 3.0 Cash George Spencer grant-maintained school Sir Harry Djanogly 79.0 Cash Database and Apricot Computers 20.0 Goods Midland Bank 1.0 Cash Glyn grant-maintained school ADT Group 100.0 Cash expenditure of up to £117,500 on which capital grant may be claimed at a rate of 85 per cent. of expenditure. Accordingly, no allocations have yet been made. Additional annual funding for each of the schools in financial year 1994–95 is expected to be at the rate of £60 per pupil, for the purposes of support, equipment and training for the teaching of technology, science and mathematics.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for each of the 12 schools listed in his announcement of 28 February, and for each sponsor's contribution, how much of the value is in the form of(a) cash, (b) goods and (c) services; and whether the value of each of (b) and (c) is based on (i) the retail or normal commercial value and (ii) the cost to the sponsor.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe value and nature of sponsorship pledged by the main sponsors for each of the 12 technology colleges are listed. Information on the retail or normal commercial value of goods and services and the cost to the sponsor is commercially confidential.
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School/sponsor Value £ thousands Nature of sponsorship Harraby grant-maintained school Carnaud Metal Box 25.0 Cash and goods Cavaghan and Gray 25.0 Cash, goods or services Talk-Tel Communication 20.0 Goods Cumbria TEC 10.0 Cash Kemnal Manor grant-maintained county high school Philip and Pauline Harris Charitable Trust 50.0 Goods Architects Joint Partnership 12.5 Cash and services Ballast Nedam Construction 12.5 Cash Klick Technology 12.5 Cash, goods or services Research Machines 12.5 Goods and services Saffron Walden grant-maintained county high school Garfield Weston Foundation 50.0 Cash Acorn Computers 30.0 Goods Messrs. Wilby and Burnett 5.0 Cash, goods or services St. George's grant-maintained technology school Mr. Reg. Brearley 100.0 Cash Database and Apricot Computers 20.0 Cash, goods and services St. Peter's Collegiate Church of England voluntary-aided school Garfield Weston Foundation 50.0 Cash Database and Apricot Computers 20.0 Goods and services Lucas Aerospace 22.0 Goods and services Dixons Wallcoverings 5.0 Cash and goods Unilab 5.0 Goods and services Saintbridge grant-maintained technology school Garfield Weston Foundation 50.0 Cash Systems Integrated Research 25.0 Goods Chartwells 15.0 Cash, goods or services Denford Machine Tools 35.0 Goods and services AT (Poeton) Gloucester Plating) 2.5 Goods and services Permali (Gloucester) 2.5 Goods and services CM Downton 2.5 Goods and services
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the management plan of each of the 12 schools listed in his announcement of 28 February.
§ Mr. Robin SquireNo. Applications under the technology colleges initiative were prepared by individual schools and their sponsors for submission to the Department. Management plans were not necessarily prepared with any expectation that they would become public documents.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance has been given to schools regarding funding under the technology college initiative; and what assessment he has made as to the consistency with this of the letter of 11 February from the governors of Prospect school, Berkshire, to parents.
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend issued a prospectus to head teachers and chairmen of governors of all maintained secondary schools in September 1993 setting out the principles of the technology colleges initiative. More detailed information was circulated to head teachers, on request, in October and November 1993. Both the prospectus and subsequent information included guidance on funding likely to be available to technology colleges. My right hon. Friend has not seen a copy of a letter of 11 February from the governors of Prospect school, Berkshire, to parents.