HC Deb 18 March 1996 vol 274 cc32-3W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in respect of which cases of schools holding ballots on grant-maintained status her Department has investigated complaints about the circumstances surrounding the conduct of the ballot; and if she will indicate for each(a) how many complaints were received, (b) the nature of the complaints, (c) the outcome of the investigation and (d) what action has been taken. [21083]

Mrs. Gillan

The following table shows such information as is readily available about the 60 investigations of ballots for grant-maintained status which have been completed to date.

GM Ballot Investigations
LEA School Ballot (vote) Complainant Outcome
Kirklees Deighton School Yes LEA Ballot result declared void
Derbyshire Derby Moor School No LEA Ballot result upheld
Kent Edenbridge Middle School Yes LEA Ballot result declared void
Oldham Failsworth School No Parents Ballot result upheld
Birmingham George Dixon School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Greenwich Hawksmoor School Yes LEA Another Local School Ballot result upheld
Kent Hextable School No LEA Ballot result declared void
Waltham Forest Highams Park School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Cambridgeshire Jack Hunt, Peterborough School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Wiltshire Kingsdown County Secondary Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Bromley Langley Park School for Boys Yes Parents Ballot result upheld
Leicestershire Manor High School No Parent MP Ballot result upheld
Calderdale Moorside Junior School, 2nd ballot No LEA Ballot result declared void
Birmingham Ninestiles Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Hillingdon Oak Farm Junior and Infant Schools Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Bury Peel Brow County Primary Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Gloucestershire Picklenash School Yes Parents Ballot result upheld
Calderdale Ryburn Valley High School No Other organisation Ballot result upheld
Hampshire St. Joseph's RC Primary School Yes Parent Ballot result upheld
Kirklees St. Patrick's Catholic Primary No Parent School told to hold ballot
Lancashire The Baines School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Humberside Waltham Toll Bar No MP Ballot result upheld
Rochdale Wardle High School Yes Parent LEA Ballot result upheld
Dudley Windsor High School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Misinformation cases-since implementation of the Education Act 1993
Staffordshire Anglesey Yes LEA Ballot result declared void
Staffordshire Anglesey (2nd Ballot) Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Lancashire Ashleigh Primary School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Lancashire Belthorn Primary School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Liverpool Blue Coat School No LEA Ballot result upheld
Kent Brockhill Park Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Surrey Burpham County Primary Yes LEA and Parent Ballot result upheld
Shropshire Castlefields No Parent Ballot result upheld
Derbyshire Chinley Primary Yes LEA, parents and electors Ballot result upheld
Staffordshire Christ Church Middle No Other organisation Parent Ballot result declared void
Staffordshire Christ Church Middle-2nd Ballot No Parent and LEA Ballot result upheld
Liverpool Croxteth Community Comp No School Parent Ballot result upheld
Devon Devonport High School Yes Other organisation Parent Ballot result upheld
Somerset Enmore Primary School Yes Parent Ballot result upheld
Kent Gravesend Grammar Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Hammersmith and Fulham Holy Cross No School and Councillors Ballot result upheld
Liverpool King David Yes LEA and Parent Ballot result upheld
Lancashire Longridge School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Avon Merrywood Girls School No Other organisation MP Parent Ballot result upheld
Leicestershire New Parks Comm. College No Parent Ballot result upheld
Berkshire Prospect School Yes LEA Councillors Ballot result upheld
Derbyshire Ripley Mill Hill School Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Essex Rochford Primary Yes Parents Ballot result upheld
Manchester St. Kentigerns Yes LEA Ballot result upheld
Essex The Manningtree School Yes LEA Parents Electors Ballot result upheld
Buckinghamshire Two Mile Ash Yes Other organisation Ballot result upheld
Tameside Two Trees High School No School Parent Ballot result upheld
Waltham Forest Whitefields School and Centre Yes LEA Parent Other LEAs Ballot result upheld