HC Deb 19 June 1996 vol 279 c477W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary or infant and (b) secondary schools are now grant-maintained; how many applications in each sector are pending; and if she will make a statement. [33146]

Mrs. Gillan

As at 12 June, there are 457 grant-maintained, GM, primary and 646 GM secondary schools operating. Nursery schools are not eligible to become GM. A further 24 primary schools and 11 secondary schools either have published, or are due to publish, applications for GM status following ballots in which the parents voted in favour of the school becoming GM.