§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) schools, 457W (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools there are in England; and how many schools have (i) held ballots to decide whether or not to opt out of local education authority control and (ii) decided to opt out of local education authority control; and what are (i) and (ii) as a percentage of (a), (b) and (c) for England for each year since 1990 [11356]
All schools Primary schools Secondary schools Year Percentage of schools holding ballots 1Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote Percentage of schools holding ballots Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote Percentage of schools holding ballots Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote 1990 0.2 78.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 79.6 1991 1.1 78.7 0.5 76.6 4.6 79.8 1992 1.7 78.3 0.6 79.8 8.0 77.8 1993 2.3 74.9 1.6 77.6 6.3 71.3 1994 0.9 55.8 0.7 63.8 1.9 37.1 1995 0.4 59.6 0.3 61.1 0.8 46.7 1996 0.5 63.0 0.4 62.8 0.9 50.0 1 Figures for all schools include special schools and grant maintained schools in each year but exclude nursery schools, which are not eligible for GM status. Special schools became eligible in 1993.
Mr. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought her approval for a change of character(a) by extending the age range of pupils for which the school provides and (b) by selecting pupils according to aptitude or ability, stating in each case, whether their application has been successful. [11431]
Mr. SquireThe following table lists grant-maintained schools which have published statutory proposals either to extend the age range of the school or to select pupils by ability or aptitude, and whether the proposals were accepted or rejected.
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LEA area School name Proposals to add or extend a sixth form Approved Birmingham Baverstock GM school Birmingham Bishop Challoner school Birmingham Small Heath school Cambridgeshire Sawtry village college Derbyshire The Merrill community school Derbyshire Chellaston school Derbyshire Heanor Gate GM school Derbyshire Woodlands community school Derbyshire West Park community school Derbyshire Friesland GM school Derbyshire Noel Baker community school Dorset Budmouth technology college Dudley Ellowes Hall GM school Essex West Hatch school Essex Beauchamps GM school Essex Bromfords school Essex Chalvedon school Essex The King John school Essex The Greensward school Essex The Philip Morant GM technology college Essex St. Thomas More high school for boys Essex The King Edmund school Essex Furtherwick park Gloucestershire Cheltenham Kingsmead school Gloucestershire Balcarras school Hampshire Ringwood school Hampshire The Arnewood school
§ Mr. ForthIn January 1996, there were 23,265 primary, secondary and special schools in England, of which 18,480 were primary and 3,594 secondary. Some 1,744 schools have balloted parents on whether to seek grant-maintained status; 1,297 ballots have resulted in a yes vote. The following table sets out the proportion of schools holding ballots and voting yes in each year since 1990.
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LEA area School name Hampshire The Burgate school Hampshire Hardley school Hampshire Bay House school Hampshire Applemore technology college Havering The Frances Bardsley school Kent The Cornwallis school Kent The Maplesden Noakes school Kent Angley school Kent Thamesview school Kent Hayesbrook school Kent Northfleet school for boys Kent Pent Valley school Kent The Malling school Kent Senacre technology school Kent St. George's CE high school Kent Oldborough Manor community college Kent Aylesford school Kent Wrotham school Kent Herne Bay high school Kent Sandwich high school Kent Meopham school Kent Brockhill Park GM school Lambeth La Retraite RC girls' GM school Lincolnshire William Fair CE school Lincolnshire St. Peter and St. Paul school Lincolnshire Gleed Girls Lincolnshire Monks Dyke school Norfolk Sheringham high school Norfolk Costessy high school Nottinghamshire Greenwood Dale GM school Rochdale Wardle high school Sandwell Heathfield GM school Surrey Heathside school Tameside Audenshaw high school (GM) Trafford New Wellington GM CTC high school Waltham Forest Chingford GM school Waltham Forest Higham Park school Warwickshire Queen Elizabeth school Wiltshire St. Augustine's RC GM school Wolverhampton Moseley Park GM school Rejected Birmingham Ninestiles GM school Cambridgeshire The Queen's school
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LEA area School name Cambridgeshire Comberton village college Croydon Riddlesdown GM high school Derbyshire Noel Baker community school Dorset Highcliffe school Essex The Thorpe Bay high school Essex The Philip Morant school Essex The King Edmund school Gloucestershire Pittville school Gloucestershire St. Benedict's school Hampshire Bay House school Hampshire Testwood school Hereford and Worcester The Blessed Edward Oldcorne school Hertfordshire Hockerill school Kent Aylesford school Kent Meopham GM school Kent The Montgomery school Kent Wrotham school Kent Senacre technology school Kent Thamesview school Kent Oldborough manor school Lincolnshire Gleed Girls' school Lincolnshire Castle Hills GM school Lincolnshire Sir William Robertson GM school Lincolnshire The Giles school Norfolk Cromer high school Norfolk Great Yarmouth GM high school Norfolk Lynn Grove high school Norfolk Acle high school Norfolk Flegg high school Rochdale Hollingsworth high school Shropshire Abraham Darby school Sandwell Heathfield high school Surrey Winston Churchill school Trafford The New Wellington school Waltham Forest Higham Park school Proposals to add or extend a nursery Approved Berkshire Holy Family RC school Berkshire Castleview combined school Bexley Barnehurst infant school Cambridgeshire The Park Lane GM primary Cumbria Flookburgh CE GM primary Cumbria Dalton St. Mary's CE school Cumbria Broughton GM primary school Cumbria Eaglesfield Paddle CE GM Cumbria Beaconside infant school Cumbria Warwick Bridge GM primary Dudley Alder Coppice GM primary Ealing Three Bridges school Ealing Montpelier school East Riding Wold Newton GM primary Essex Katherines primary school Essex Northwick Park infant school Essex Eastwood infant school Essex Chase Lane GM primary school Essex Prince Avenue primary school Essex Leverton infant school Essex Milton Hall primary school Gloucestershire Robinswood primary school Hertfordshire Cuffley primary school Kensington and Chelsea Our Lady of Victories school Kent Holy Trinity CE primary Lambeth St. Bede's RC infant school Lincolnshire Old Leake school Lincolnshire Bourne Abbey (GM) primary Norfolk Dersingham First school (GM) Norfolk Loddon First school Norfolk Gresham village school Northants Woodnewton Way infant school Sutton All Saints CE primary school
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LEA area School name Warwickshire Dunchurch First school Warwickshire Ash Green GM school Rejected Buckinghamshire Brookmead school Buckinghamshire Overstone GM combined school Cambridgeshire The Park Lane GM primary Cambridgeshire Orton Wistow primary school Cheshire St. Wilfrids RC GM school Cheshire Mottram St. Andrew's school Cumbria St. Paul's CE GM school1 Cumbria Bowness on Solway GM primary Derbyshire Wiliam Gilbert school East Riding Barmby Moor school Lincolnshire Washingborough GM school Lincolnshire St. Andrews CE GM primary Northamptonshire Millbrook GM infant school Surrey The Manor First school1 Surrey Hawkedale First school1 Surrey Send CE GM school Wiltshire Studley Green GM primary Proposals for other change of age range Approved Berkshire Herschel GM grammar school Berkshire Langley GM grammar school Berkshire Slough GM grammar school Berkshire Cippenham middle school Berkshire The Westgate school Ealing Wood End middle school Ealing Wood End first school Ealing Drayton Manor high school Ealing Northolt high school Ealing Greenford high school Ealing Brentside high school Hampshire Hardley school (GM) Hampshire The City of Portsmouth Boys' school Hampshire Testwood school Hampshire Front Lawn middle school Hampshire Purbrook park school Hampshire Calmore middle school Hampshire Abbotswood middle school Hampshire Lyndhurst middle primary school Merton Ursuline convent school Surrey Glyn school Surrey Rosebery secondary school Surrey The Beacon secondary school Surrey Send CE first school (GM) Surrey Collingwood GM school Surrey Epson and Ewell high school Surrey Guildford county school Surrey Park Mead first school (GM) Surrey Yattendon middle school Warwickshire Queen Elizabeth GM school Warwickshire Dunchurch first school Warwickshire Rugby high school Warwickshire Hartshill school Warwickshire Myton school Warwickshire Ash Green GM school Warwickshire Middlemarch middle school Warwickshire Dunchurch first school Rejected Lincolnshire King Edward VI school Sheffield Clifford first school Warwickshire Ash Green school Proposals to select pupils by aptitude or ability Approved Barnet Queen Elizabeth Boys' school Barnet Mill Hill county high school Berkshire Reading Girls school
LEA area School name Bromley Hayes school Cumbria Queen Elizabeth grammar school1 Hammersmith and Fulham London Oratory School Hertfordshire Watford Grammar school for girls Hertfordshire Watford Grammar school for boys Hertfordshire Parmiters school Hertfordshire Rickmansworth school Hertfordshire Chancellors school Kent Chaucer technology school Kingston Holy Cross school Lambeth Archbishop Tenison's GM school Lambeth St. Martin in the Fields high school Lambeth Dunraven GM school Surrey Roseberry GM girls' school Wandsworth Graveney GM school Wandsworth Burntwood school Rejected Hertfordshire The Bishop's Stortford high school Kent The Westlands school Kirklees Castle Hall GM school1 Lambeth Dunraven GM school Surrey Glyn ADT GM technology school Sutton Cheam high school 1 For these schools there were also simultaneous proposals for other changes of age range.