HC Deb 10 May 1994 vol 243 cc108-11W
Mr. Jack Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the schools in the counties of Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Cleveland and the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland who have obtained grant-maintained status or have applied for grant-maintained status.

Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is as follows:

LEA School Grant-maintained status
Cumbria Askam Primary School Operating
Cumbria Dearham Grant-Maintained Primary School Operating
Cumbria Queen Elizabeth School Operating
Cumbria Flookburgh (CE GM) Primary School Operating
Cumbria Heversham CE Primary School Operating
Cumbria Gilsland CE Primary School (Grant Maintained) Operating
Cumbria Ireleth St. Peter's CE GM Primary School Operating
Cumbria Bowness-On-Solway Primary School Operating
Cumbria Appleby Primary School Operating
Cumbria Dalton St. Mary's CE Primary School Operating
Cumbria Hallbankgate (Grant-Maintained) Primary School Operating
Cumbria William Howard School Operating
Cumbria Caldew School Operating
Cumbria Eden School Rejected
Cumbria Fir Ends School Proposals published
Cumbria Orton CE Primary School Proposals published
North Tyneside Wellifield Middle School (Grant Maintained) Operating
North Tyneside Ralph Gardner High School Rejected
North Tyneside Monkseaton Village First School Rejected
Northumberland Astley High School Operating

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many(a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in each local education authority area on 1 April; in each case, how many had held ballots on grant-maintained status; how many ballots had resulted in

Primary Secondary
LEA All Schools GM Schools Total Ballots "Yes" Votes "No" Votes All Schools GM Schools Total Ballots "Yes" Votes "No" Votes
Avon 369 5 5 60 2 4 2 2
Barking 55 8
Barnet 89 2 6 2 4 21 10 11 10 1
Barnsley 96 1 1 15 2 2
Bedfordshire 218 3 3 3 71 10 19 11 8
Berkshire 275 7 10 7 3 59 10 16 13 3
Bexley 64 3 4 3 1 17 5 6 5 1
Birmingham 336 6 11 6 5 79 17 24 17 7
Bolton 105 1 1 1 16 3 3 3
Bradford 167 3 9 7 2 88 6 8 6 2
Brent 64 3 4 4 13 10 14 12 2
Bromley 78 3 7 6 1 17 12 14 13 1
Buckinghamshire 290 6 9 7 2 45 10 11 10 1
Bury 71 1 2 1 1 14
Calderdale 91 4 5 4 1 16 7 11 8 3
Cambridgeshire 267 6 9 7 2 44 16 25 17 8
Camden 41 11 2 3 2 1
Cheshire 454 3 9 6 3 68 3 11 4 7
Cleveland 203 44 3 3
Cornwall 249 1 1 31
Corporation of London 1 0
Coventry 109 1 1 19
Croydon 98 2 5 3 2 20 7 11 9 2
Cumbria 306 17 27 21 6 42 14 15 15
Derbyshire 450 7 14 8 6 61 14 25 15 10
Devon 442 1 10 2 8 64 6 10 6 4
Doncaster 127 5 4 1 34 1 1
Dorset 200 1 2 1 1 56 10 16 14 2
Dudley 83 1 1 1 22 6 9 7 2
Durham 298 43 1 1
Ealing 92 4 4 4 13 5 8 6 2
East Sussex 219 1 1 34 2 2
Enfield 70 1 4 1 3 17 5 6 5 1
Essex 581 72 79 73 6 105 69 77 72 5
Gateshead 82 13 1 1
Gloucestershire 262 11 18 17 1 43 27 36 30 6
Greenwich 79 1 1 1 15 1 1
Hackney 70 1 1 1 10 1 1
Hammersmith 38 1 1 10 1 1 1
Hampshire 580 13 21 18 3 94 18 24 19 5
Haringey 77 9
Harrow 54 10 1 2 1 1
Havering 74 2 2 19 4 7 4 3
Hereford and Worcester 288 2 2 76 5 8 5 3

votes in favour of seeking grant-maintained status; how many ballots had resulted in votes against seeking grant-maintained status; and how many schools were operating as grant-maintained schools.

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 4 May 1994]: The information requested is in the table:

Primary Secondary
LEA All Schools GM Schools Total Ballots "Yes" Votes "No" Votes All Schools GM Schools Total Ballots "Yes" Votes "No" Votes
Hertfordshire 432 9 15 12 3 88 23 32 27 5
Hillingdon 72 11 11 11 15 12 15 14 1
Hounslow 62 14 2 3 2 1
Humberside 354 2 5 3 2 60 4 4
Isle of Wight 46 21
Isles of Scilly 4 1
Islington 57 9
Kensington and Chelsea 27 2 2 2 4 1 1 1
Kent 570 18 27 25 2 136 62 75 71 4
Kingston upon Thames 36 1 1 1 10 4 4 4
Kirklees 158 2 2 34 2 5 3 2
Knowsley 68 11 1 3 1 2
Lambeth 77 5 8 8 10 5 5 5
Lancashire 605 2 5 3 2 106 8 16 9 7
Leeds 249 1 3 1 2 46 1 3 1 2
Leicestershire 334 2 2 79 5 10 5 5
Lewisham 72 1 1 1 13 2 2
Lincolnshire 293 23 31 27 4 63 24 30 29 1
Liverpool 198 36 3 7 4 3
Manchester 174 28 1 1
Merton 49 1 1 11 2 1 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 82 1 1 22 1 1
Newham 67 14 1 1 1
Norfolk 397 13 21 17 4 52 12 16 12 4
North Tyneside 61 2 1 1 26 1 3 2 1
North Yorkshire 394 3 1 2 59 2 2
Northamptonshire 270 9 14 10 4 65 12 21 14 7
Northumberland 143 61 1 3 1 2
Nottinghamshire 426 1 1 82 3 9 4 5
Oldham 104 15 1 1
Oxfordshire 241 1 1 1 44 2 2
Redbridge 56 14 1 2 1 1
Richmond upon Thames 39 8
Rochdale 76 4 8 5 3 14 1 3 1 2
Rotherham 115 18
Salford 88 18 1 4 1 3
Sandwell 112 20 1 5 2 3
Sefton 94 22 1 1
Sheffield 164 6 17 15 2 32 2 8 6 2
Shropshire 214 1 5 5 37 5 7 7
Solihull 70 1 1 1 13 2 1 1
Somerset 229 2 5 3 2 39 1 3 2 1
South Tyneside 58 11
Southwark 75 5 5 5 14 5 5 5
St. Helens 72 1 1 12 1 1
Staffordshire 414 2 4 3 1 85 5 11 5 6
Stockport 110 14 2 2
Suffolk 255 77 1 1
Sunderland 105 17
Surrey 372 13 23 21 2 51 13 16 15 1
Sutton 43 3 4 3 1 14 8 8 8
Tameside 82 1 1 18 3 5 3 2
Tower Hamlets 73 15 1 2 1 1
Trafford 78 16 4 6 4 2
Wakefield 130 2 2 38
Walsall 106 2 3 2 1 21 6 11 7 4
Waltham Forest 61 1 1 16 2 2 2
Wandsworth 72 2 5 3 2 10 6 8 7 1
Warwickshire 244 5 3 2 37 8 9 8 1
West Sussex 246 1 1 41 3 3
Westminster 42 8 1 1
Wigan 125 21 1 1
Wiltshire 294 12 21 18 3 44 16 24 16 8
Wirral 106 21 2 4 2 2
Wolverhampton 101 1 1 20 3 6 5 1

Notes:

1. Numbers of schools are derived from the latest available Index of Educational Establishments which relates to Spring Term 1994.

2. "All Schools" comprise maintained primary and secondary schools eligible for grant-maintained status.

3. "Total Ballots" includes a small number at schools which have held more than one ballot.