HC Deb 11 March 1994 vol 239 cc424-30W
Mr. Jopling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the numbers and percentages of(a) schools and (b) children at (i) primary and (ii) secondary levels who are in grant-maintained establishments for each shire county in England, both inclusive and exclusive of those in the private sector.

Mr. Robin Squire

The tables show numbers and percentages of grant-maintained schools and pupils in such schools in the 40 shire local education authorities.

1 2 3 4 5 6
LEA Total number schools Total number GM schools Per cent. GMS in LEA Total number pupils Total number GM pupils Per cent. GM pupils
Lancashire 600 1 0.2 128,579 283 0.2
Leicestershire 333 0 0.0 79,549 0 0.0
Lincolnshire 293 20 6.8 48,946 5,663 11.6
Norfolk 396 11 2.8 62,086 2,520 4.1
North Yorkshire 395 0 0.0 58,165 0 0.0
Northamptonshire 269 9 3.3 50,185 3,072 6.1
Northumberland 144 0 0.0 21,566 0 0.0
Nottinghamshire 424 0 0.0 91,370 0 0.0
Oxfordshire 238 1 0.4 39,886 81 0.2
Shropshire 215 1 0.5 35,410 307 0.9
Somerset 229 1 0.4 35,343 232 0.7
Staffordshire 409 1 0.2 92,355 32 0.0
Suffolk 255 0 0.0 43,420 0 0.0
Surrey 372 9 2.4 76,491 1,863 2.4
Warwickshire 244 0 0.0 45,715 0 0.0
West Sussex 246 0 0.0 51,813 0 0.0
Wiltshire 293 6 2.0 47,063 1,544 3.3
Totals 12,695 199 1.6 2,503,940 52,421 2.1

Table B: Maintained secondary schools
1 2 3 4 5 6
LEA Total number schools Total number GM schools Per cent. GMS in LEA Total number pupils Total number GM pupils Per cent. GM pupils
Isles of Scilly 1 0 0.0 108 0 0.0
Avon 60 2 3.3 53,946 1,569 2.9
Bedfordshire 71 10 14.1 43,813 8,568 19.6
Berkshire 59 10 16.9 46,298 7,389 16.0
Buckinghamshire 45 9 20.0 36,011 9,123 25.3
Cambridgeshire 44 16 36.4 40,247 15,109 37.5
Cheshire 69 3 4.3 62,810 2,395 3.8
Cleveland 44 0 0.0 35,560 0 0.0
Cornwall 31 0 0.0 28,965 0 0.0
Cumbria 43 11 25.6 30,702 7,988 26.0
Derbyshire 61 14 23.0 57,061 15,275 26.8
Devon 64 6 9.4 57,479 4,571 8.0
Dorset 56 9 16.1 40,345 8,813 21.8
Durham 43 0 0.0 37,068 0 0.0
East Sussex 34 0 0.0 33,201 0 0.0
Essex 105 63 60.0 94,951 60,897 64.4
Gloucestershire 42 24 57.1 32,592 19,806 60.8
Hampshire 94 17 18.1 76,216 14,614 19.2
Hereford and Worcester 76 5 6.6 46,846 3,558 7.6
Hertfordshire 88 20 22.7 67,063 17,833 26.6
Humberside 60 0 0.0 55,202 0 0.0
Isle of Wight 21 0 0.0 10,294 0 0.0
Kent 135 57 42.2 100,813 45,695 45.6
Lancashire 107 8 7.5 82,152 6,593 8.0
Leicestershire 79 5 6.3 58,809 3,222 5.5
Lincolnshire 63 24 38.1 36,951 16,323 44.2
Norfolk 52 12 23.1 40,181 8,608 21.4
North Yorkshire 59 0 0.0 43,107 0 0.0
Northamptonshire 64 12 18.8 44,356 9,197 20.7
Northumberland 61 1 1.6 29,102 632 2.2
Nottinghamshire 83 3 3.6 62,607 1,831 2.9
Oxfordshire 44 0 0.0 34,189 0 0.0
Shropshire 36 5 13.9 24,707 3,540 14.3
Somerset 39 1 2.6 27,598 398 1.4
Staffordshire 85 5 5.9 68,344 4,298 6.3
Suffolk 77 0 0.0 47,215 0 0.0
Surrey 51 13 25.5 38,877 9,915 25.5
Warwickshire 38 8 21.1 24,657 4,669 18.9
West Sussex 41 0 0.0 39,154 0 0.0
Wiltshire 44 13 29.5 33,696 10,905 32.4
Totals 2,369 386 16.3 1,823,023 323,604 17.8

Table C: All schools
1 2 3 4 5 6
LEA Total number schools Total number GM schools Per cent. GMS in LEA Total number pupils Total number GM pupils Per cent. GM pupils
Isle of Scilly 5 0 0.0 282 0 0.0
Avon 524 2 0.4 151,664 1,569 1.0
Bedfordshire 334 13 3.9 95,048 9,276 9.8
Berkshire 433 17 3.9 128,493 9,760 7.6
Buckinghamshire 395 15 3.8 108,659 11,385 10.5
Cambridgeshire 356 22 6.2 107,607 17,021 15.8
Cheshire 577 6 1.0 162,217 2,813 1.7
Cleveland 271 0 0.0 104,718 0 0.0
Cornwall 302 0 0.0 72,407 0 0.0
Cumbria 387 21 5.4 77,872 9,616 12.3
Derbyshire 577 21 3.6 149,862 17,050 11.4
Devon 607 7 1.2 151,459 4,856 3.2
Dorset 315 10 3.2 95,282 9,228 9.7
Durham 388 0 0.0 99,214 0 0.0
East Sussex 343 0 0.0 98,284 0 0.0
Essex 785 118 15.0 231,780 75,184 32.4
Gloucestershire 355 29 8.2 85,011 21,172 24.9
Hampshire 816 30 3.7 230,973 18,541 8.0
Hereford and Worcester 432 5 1.2 107,726 3,558 3.3
Hertfordshire 630 25 4.0 172,273 18,741 10.9
Humberside 451 2 0.4 145,645 335 0.2
Isle of Wight 74 0 0.0 19,005 0 0.0
Kent 836 72 8.6 251,211 50,192 20.0
Lancashire 823 9 1.1 227,866 6,876 3.0
Leicestershire 460 5 1.1 148,013 3,222 2.2
Lincolnshire 401 44 11.0 91,813 21,986 23.9
Norfolk 501 23 4.6 110,573 11,128 10.1
North Yorkshire 524 0 0.0 112,214 0 0.0
Northamptonshire 386 21 5.4 103,060 12,269 11.9
Northumberland 224 1 0.4 52,155 632 1.2
Nottinghamshire 580 3 0.5 163,363 1,831 1.1
Oxordshire 375 1 0.3 89,774 81 0.1
Shropshire 294 6 2.0 67,169 3,847 5.7
Somerset 313 2 0.6 73,260 630 0.9
Staffordshire 574 6 1.0 170,542 4,330 2.5
Suffolk 380 0 0.0 100,542 0 0.0
Surrey 591 22 3.7 153,063 11,778 7.7
Warwickshire 328 8 2.4 79,107 4,669 5.9
West Sussex 363 0 0.0 104,485 0 0.0
Wiltshire 378 19 5.0 87,914 12,449 14.2
Totals 17,683 585 3.3 4,781,323 376,025 7.9
Footnotes to the tables.
1. The figures for total schools and pupils are estimates derived from the Department for Education's January 1993 Schools' Census.
2. The figures for numbers of pupils are based on a head count of full-time and part-time pupils.
3. The numbers of grant-maintained schools are the totals operating in January 1994.
4. Table A (maintained primary sector) and table B (maintained secondary sector) exclude figures for special and indpendent schools. The data on these schools held by the Department cannot be divided into `primary' and 'secondary'.
5. Table A and table B include middle deemed primary and middle deemed secondary schools respectively.
6. Table B excludes sixth form colleges as these institutions are now part of the further education sector.
7. Table C includes maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, and non-maintained special and independent schools.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many appeals by parents against admission decisions by grant-maintained schools were considered by his Department for each school since the establishment of the grant-maintained sector;

(2) how many members of his Department are involved in considering appeals against admission decisions by grant-maintained schools and what is the total annual cost; and what plans he has to increase the number of staff involved.

Mr. Robin Squire

All admissions authorities, including the governing bodies of grant-maintained schools, are required to give parents the right to appeal to an independent committee. Where such an appeal is unsuccessful, parents may appeal to my right hon. Friend. That right of appeal applies to parents for all schools, both LEA and grant-maintained. No record is kept of the number of appeals that are made to him; in many cases an approach takes the form of an inquiry to the Department or of a request for advice. Most are handled by staff in the Department's territorial teams as part of their normal duties. There are no plans on that account to increase the number of staff in post.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the links between Sun Alliance and the Grant-maintained Schools Mutual Insurance Co.; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Robin Squire

This is largely a matter for the Grant Maintained Schools Mutual although we understand that Sun Alliance acts in a reinsurance capacity.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what grant aid is estimated will be received by(a) the Grant Maintained Schools Centre, (b) the Grant-maintained Schools Foundation and (c) the Grant-maintained Schools Trust in 1993–94; and what amounts are projected for 1994–95.

Mr. Robin Squire

In 1993–94, grant of up to £794,000 has been made available for the Grant Maintained Schools Centre Ltd. Neither the Grant Maintained Schools Foundation nor the Grant Maintained Schools Trust is in reciept of government grant.

The directors of the Grant Maintained Schools Centre Ltd. intend to restructure the organisation with effect from April 1994. Their intention is that the provision of information to schools considering grant maintained status should be handled by a new company, the Grant Maintained Schools Foundation Ltd. We understand that the present Grant Maintained Schools Foundation will change its name to the Grant Maintained Schools Charitable Trust.

The Department is currently considering an application for grant-aid for the new Grant Maintained Schools Foundation Ltd. for 1994–95. We have not received, and do

Children with statements of special educational needs in the shire counties in England January 1993
Children for whom a statement is maintained 1Pupils with statements in maintained primary and secondary schools
Primary Secondary
LEA 2number 3as a percentage of all pupils in schools number as a percentage of pupils on the register number as a percentage of pupils on the register
Avon 4,054 2.7 797 1.0 642 1.2
Bedfordshire 2,448 2.5 505 1.2 602 1.3
Berkshire 3,009 2.3 896 1.5 372 0.8
Buckinghamshire 3,793 3.5 927 1.5 761 2.1
Cambridgeshire 1,842 1.7 502 0.9 522 1.2
Cheshire 4,154 2.5 1,278 3.4 1,329 2.0
Cleveland 2,353 2.2 464 0.7 471 1.2
Cornwall 2,571 3.5 1,119 2.8 1,010 3.4
Cumbria 2,076 2.6 1,085 2.5 858 2.7
Derbyshire 4,066 2.7 1,274 1.5 1,664 2.9
Devon 4,740 3.1 1,236 1.6 1,465 2.5
Dorset 2,320 2.4 321 0.7 542 1.3
Durham 2,133 2.1 624 1.1 349 2.9
East Sussex 2,200 2.2 350 0.7 320 2.9
Essex 5,067 2.1 895 0.7 1,035 1.0
Gloucestershire 2,070 2.4 393 0.9 446 1.4
Hampshire 6,802 2.8 1,669 1.3 1,404 1.6
Hereford and Worcester 1,676 1.5 285 0.6 342 0.7
Hertfordshire 4,145 4.Feb 988 1.2 914 1.4
Humberside 2,373 1.6 697 0.8 601 1.0
Isles of Scilly 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.9
Isle of Wight 391 2.1 50 0.7 85 0.8
Kent 6,008 2.4 1,177 0.9 1,221 1.2
Lancashire 6,556 2.8 1,316 1.0 2,057 2.4
Leicestershire N/a N/a 1,023 1.3 761 1.2
Lincolnshire 2,810 3.1 618 1.3 814 2.2
Norfolk 3,060 2.7 1,104 1.8 1,055 2.6
North Yorkshire 2,193 1.9 617 1.1 616 1.4
Northamptonshire 1,983 1.9 391 0.8 346 0.8
Northumberland 1,200 2.3 231 1.1 328 1.1
Nottinghamshire 1,934 1.2 150 0.2 172 0.3
Oxfordshire 1,521 1.7 276 0.7 250 0.7
Shropshire 2,112 3 0 626 1.8 906 1.4
Somerset 1,594 2.2 359 10 477 1.7
Staffordshire 3,699 2.2 760 0.8 542 0.8
Suffolk 2,704 2.7 703 1.6 1,502 3.2
Surrey 4,449 2.8 1,613 2.1 569 1.3
Warwickshire 1,458 1.8 319 0.7 223 0.9
West Sussex 1,930 1.8 384 0.7 332 0.8

not expect, grant applications for 1994–95 from the Grant Maintained Schools Centre Ltd. or the Grant Maintained Schools Charitable Trust.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools have insurance policies with Sun Alliance or its subsidiaries.

Mr. Robin Squire

This information is not held centrally.

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