Beacon Schools

HC Deb 14 May 1998 vol 312 c181W

Mr. MacShane

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the beacon schools. [41621]

Mr. Byers

There are no beacon schools at present. I have invited those schools identified by HMCI as 'best performing' to consider beacon school status. Most of these are listed in HMCI's Annual Report for 1996–97.