§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) of 5 May,Official Report, column 338, on Stratford grant-maintained school, what is the latest date she expects to receive the strategy adopted by the new governing body and the period over which it will be subject to appraisal; [23872]
(2) if she will name all the governors of Stratford grant-maintained school; when and at what meeting Mrs. Marinda Bailey was elected chairman of the school's governing body; when she was appointed to the governors; and what qualifications, experience or local knowledge she possesses relevant to this post. [23874]
§ Mr. ForthMy right hon. Friend announced on 5 May four new appointments to the governing body of Stratford school. She expects the newly constituted governing body to begin work immediately on a range of strategies to improve the standards of education on offer. Ofsted will be undertaking another monitoring visit to the school in the autumn term and my right hon. Friend expects there to be significant signs of improvement by then.
I understand that Mrs. Merinda Bailey was elected chairman of governors at the governing body meeting on the 4 May 1995. She was previously vice-chairman and is a parent of a pupil at the school. The names of all the governors can be obtained from the school.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the maximum planned intake in September at Stratford grant-maintained school and the
134WGovernment thinking and policy on these three bodies has evolved since these reviews, as I have explained to the House.