§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many grant-maintained schools have(a) applied and (b) been approved to select up to 15 per cent. of their intake; and if she will name each such school and the selection criteria agreed. [2755]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following table lists the 43 grant-maintained schools which received approval to select up to 10 per cent. of their pupils on the basis of ability or aptitude in certain specified subjects between January 1989 and September 1996. Grant-maintained schools have not since then been required to obtain approval for changes to their admission arrangements which do not require the publication of statutory proposals. Circular 6/69, "Admissions to Maintained Schools", takes the view that admission authorities may select up to 15 per cent. of a school intake in any subject, or by general ability, without the need to publish statutory proposals.
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School LEA area Nature of change Date approved Cliff Park high school Norfolk 10 per cent. music October 1994 Cooper's school Bromley 10 per cent. music, drama, Dance or sport June 1993 Crofton school Hampshire 5 places music October 1994 Dame Alice Owen school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music or sport April 1993 Dane Court Grammar school Kent 10 per cent. music, sport, drama or any unusual talent March 1994 Deacons school Cambridgeshire 10 per cent. technology August 1994 Dunrave school Lambeth 10 per cent. music October 1993 Enfield grammar school Enfield 10 per cent. music or sport December 1993 Goffs school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, drama, sport or languages October 1995 Heathside school Surrey 10 per cent. music or sport July 1993 Hendon school Barnet 10 per cent. music November 1995 Hertfordshire and Essex high school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, sport or drama March 1994 Hinchley Wood school Surrey 10 per cent. music July 1995 Kemnal Manor school Bromley 10 per cent. technology February 1994 King Edward VI grammar school Essex Three places for choristers June 1993 Kings' school Cambridgeshire 10 per cent. music and choristers October 1993 La Retraite school Lambeth 10 per cent. music September 1993 La Sainte Union convent school Camden 10 per cent. music September 1995 Langley Park school for boys Kent 10 per cent. music or sport September 1993 Leventhorpe school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music October 1995 Lincoln Christ's Hospital school Lincolnshire 10 per cent. music October 1994 Mill Hill county school Barnet 10 per cent. music October 1993 Queen's school Hertfordshire 10 per cent. music, art or sport March 1993 Rainham Mark grammar school Kent 10 per cent. music, sport, drama or any unusual talent February 1992 Rainsford high school Essex 10 per cent. music or drama March 1994 Robert Napier school Kent 10 per cent. music, sport, drama or any unusual talent February 1992 St. Anne's convent school Hampshire 10 per cent. music January 1996 St. George's CE school Kent 10 per cent. music July 1995 Thamesmead school Surrey 10 per cent. music October 1994 Ursuline convent school Essex 10 per cent. music December 1993 Westland high school Kent 10 per cent. music January 1993 Winston Churchill school Surrey 6 per cent. music October 1995 Wymondham college Norfolk 10 per cent. music March 1995