HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 cc488-95W
Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the value of additional private sector money levered in for educational use through the specialist school regime since May 1997. [106994]

Ms Estelle Morris

The value of additional private sector money raised through the Specialist Schools programme since May 1997 is approximately £25,000,000.

Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the schools given specialist status since May 1997, and the parliamentary constituencies in which they are located. [106995]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information requested is provided in the following table.

Schools given specialist status since May 1997
School Parliamentary constituency
Guthlaxton College Harborough
Heathfield Community School Taunton
Icknield High School Luton North
Intake High School Leeds West
John Masefield High School Leominster
Kidbrooke School1 Greenwich and Woolwich
Thomas Tallis School1 Greenwich and Woolwich
Kings School, The Wolverhampton South West
Lindsey School, The Cleethorpes
Lord Lawson of Beamish School Blaydon
Newall Green High School Wythenshawe and Sale East
North Kesteven School Sleaford and North Hykeham
North Leamington School Warwick and Leamington
Rawlins Community College Loughborough
Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College North East Bedfordshire
Sir William Ramsey School Chesham and Amersham
Somervale School Wansdyke
South Axholme School Brigg and Goole
Springwood High School North West Norfolk
St. John Fisher Catholic High School Harrogate and Knaresborough
St. Laurence School Westbury
St. Marylebone School (The) Cities of London and Westminster
St. Paul's Way Community School Poplar and Canning Town
St. Peter's School Bournemouth East
Thomas Tallis School Greenwich and Woolwich
Thornden School Romsey
Wheatley Park School Henley
Language Colleges
Ashcombe School Mole Valley
Clevedon Community School Woodspring
Colfox School West Dorset
Didcot Girls' High School Wantage
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Islington South and Finsbury
FitzWimarc School, The Rayleigh
Harwich School, The Harwich
Haydon School Ruislip—Northwood
Hele's School South West Devon
Highcliffe School Christchurch
Hockerill Anglo European School Hertford and Stortford
Holt School, The Wokingham
Holy Family RC School, The Sunderland South
Hummersknott School Darlington
Ian Ramsey CE School Stockton South
Imberhorne School Mid Sussex
Impington Village College South East Cambridgeshire
Judgemeadow Community College Leicester East
King Edward VII School Sheffield Hallam
Kingsthorpe Upper School Northampton North
Little Lever School Bolton South East
Lord Grey School Milton Keynes South West
Montsaye School Kettering
Mountbatten School, The1 Romsey
Romsey School, The1 Romsey
Northgate High School Ipswich
Notre Dame High School Norwich South
Oulder Hill Community School Rochdale
Our Lady's Convent High School Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Park View Community School North Durham
Penrice School Truro and St. Austell
Prince Henry's Grammar School Leeds North West
Ryton Comprehensive School Blaydon
Saint George's CofE School Gravesham
Shireland High School Warley
Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucester
St. Bede's RC Comprehensive School North West Durham
St. Clement Danes School Chesham and Amersham
St. Mary's RC High School Chesterfield
St. Wilfrid's RC High School and VI Form College Hemsworth

Schools given specialist status since May 1997
School Parliamentary constituency
Tile Hill Wood School Coventry North West
Trinity School Carlisle
Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge and Malling
Wirrall Grammar School for Girls Wirral South
Sports Colleges
Abraham Guest High School Makerfield
Angley School Maidstone and The Weald
Angmering School Arundel and the South Downs
Arrow Vale High School Redditch
Ashton on Mersey School Altrincham and Sale West
Benfield School Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Biddick School Gateshead East and Washington West
Bishop Challoner RC School Birmingham Selly Oak
Boston Spa Comprehensive School Elmet
Brookfield High School Knowsley North and Sefton East
Callington School South East Cornwall
Chesterfield High School Crosby
Colne School North Essex
Davenant Foundation School Epping Forest
Deanes School (The) Castle Point
Droitwich Spa School Mid Worcestershire
Durham Gilesgate City of Durham
Ernest Bevin School Tooting
Failsworth School Ashton under Lyne
Featherstone High School Ealing Southall
Hailsham Community College Wealden
Haydon Bridge High School Hexham
Ivybridge Community College South West Devon
King Alfred's School Wantage
King Edward VII High School North West Norfolk
Kingdown Community School Westbury
Lancaster School Leicester South
Langdon School East Ham
Leon School Milton Keynes South West
Manor School (The) Mansfield
Newsome High School Huddersfield
Northfield School Stockton North
Oldfield School Bath
Park House School Newbury
Penryn Community School Falmouth and Camborne
Poltair Community School Truro and St. Austell
Priory School Barnsley Central
Rawmarch Comprehensive School Wentworth
Roade School Northampton South
Shaftesbury School North Dorset
Southfields Community College Putney
St. Benedict's Catholic High School Cheltenham
St. Edmund's Girls' School Salisbury
St. Joseph's RC High School Bolton West
St. Mary's Comprehensive School Pudsey
Thorpe St. Andrew School Norwich North
Walford High School Ealing North
Westcroft Special School Wolverhampton North East
Whickham Comprehensive School Blaydon
Whitefield School Finchley and Golders Green
William Parker School Hastings and Rye
Wood Green High School West Bromwich West
Write Robinson School Manchester Gorton
Wye Valley School (The) Beaconsfield
Technology Colleges
Abbey Hill School1 Stockton North
Beaumont Hill School1 Darlington
Ailwyn Community School1 North West Cambridgeshire
Ramsey Abbey School1 North West Cambridgeshire
Alcester High School Stratford-on-Avon
Allertonshire School1 Richmond (Yorks)
Northallerton College1 Richmond (Yorks)

Schools given specialist status since May 1997
School Parliamentary constituency
Ashby Grammar School North West Leicestershire
Ashfield School Ashfield
Aston Manor School1 Birmingham Ladywood
Heartlands High Secondary School1 Birmingham Ladywood
Babington Community College Leicester West
Balcarras School Cheltenham
Bedlingtonshire Community High School Wansbeck
Benjamin Britten High School Waveney
Beverley High School Beverley and Holderness
Bicester Community College Banbury
Birchwood High School Hertford and Stortford
Bishop Hereford's Bluecoat School Hereford
Bishop Luffa School Chichester
Brine Leas County High School Crewe and Nantwich
Broughton Hall High School Liverpool Wavertree
Bury St. Edmunds County Upper School Bury St. Edmunds
Castleford High School Pontefract Castleford
Chase High School, The West Worcestershire
Clapton School for Girls Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Cleeve School Tewkesbury
Clough Hall Technology School Staffordshire Moorlands
Cockshut Hill School Birmingham Yardley
Court Fields Community School Taunton
Crispin School Wells
Crosshill Special School1 Blackburn
Queen's Park High School1 Blackburn
Davison CoE High School East Worthing and Shoreham
Dene Magna Community School Forest of Dean
Dorcan Comprehensive School North Swindon
Downend Comprehensive School Kingswood
Duchess's Community High School, The Berwick-upon-Tweed
Edenham High School Croydon Central
Fakenham High School and College North Norfolk
Foxhills School Scunthorpe
George Farmer School, The South Holland and the Deepings
Gordano School Woodspring
Grangefield School Stockton South
Great Cornard Upper School South Suffolk
Great Yarmouth High School Great Yarmouth
Guilsborough School Kettering
Haggerston School Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hampstead School Hampstead and Highgate
Hartsdown School North Thanet
Hayesfield School Bath
Hazelwick School Crawley
Heaton Manor School Newcastle upon Tyne East
Henbury High School Macclesfield
Hereford School, The 1 Great Grimsby
Western School1 Great Grimsby
Highams Park School Chingford and Woodford Green
John F. Kennedy RC School Hemel Hempstead
Joseph Leckie School Walsall South
Joseph Rowntree School Vale of York
King Edward VII Upper School Rutland and Melton
King James's School Harrogate and Knaresborough
Kirk Hallam Community Technology College Erewash
Ladymead Community School Taunton
Launceston College North Cornwall
Longbenton Community College North Tyneside
Lutterworth Grammar School Blaby
Lytham St. Annes School Fylde
Manor College of Technology Hartlepool
Millom School Copeland
Moor End Technology College Colne Valley
Norton Hill School Wansdyke

Schools given specialist status since May 1997
School Parliamentary constituency
Parkside Comprehensive School1 Plymouth Devonport
Tamarside Community College1 Plymouth Devonport
Parliament Hill School Hampstead and Highgate
Parmiter's School Watford
Plessington Catholic High School Birkenhead
Priory Community School A Technology College Weston-super-Mare
Queen Elizabeth's Community College Tiverton and Honiton
Queensmead School Ruislip-Northwood
Rainford High School St. Helens North
Reepham High School Mid Norfolk
Ribblesdale County High School Ribble Valley
Richard Lander School Truro and St. Austell
Ridings High School Northavon
Ripon College Skipton and Ripon
Rivington and Blackrod High School Chorley
Robert Manning School, The Grantham and Stamford
Robert Smyth School Harborough
Shoeburyness Community High School Rochford and Southend East
South Bromsgrove High School Bromsgrove
Southam School Stratford-on-Avon
Southfield Technology College Workington
Southlands High School Chorley
Spennymoor School1 Bishop Auckland
Tudhoe Grange Comprehensive1 Bishop Auckland
Speedwell School Kingswood
Sponne School Daventry
St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School Eccles
St. Augustine's Catholic College Westbury
St. Birinus School Wantage
St. John's School and Community College Devizes
St. Leonard's RC Comprehensive School City of Durham
St. Marks's Catholic School Brentford and Isleworth
St. Matthews RC High School Manchester Blackley
St. Anthony's Girls' School Sunderland South
Stanley School North Durham
Steyning Grammar School Arundel and South Downs
Tewkesbury School Tewkesbury
Thomas Alleyne's School Burton
Trinity School, The Warwick and Leamington
Varndean School Brighton Pavilion
Wade Deacon High School Halton
Walker School Newcastle upon Tyne East
Warwick School, The Reigate
Washington School Houghton and Washington East
Washwood Heath School Birmingham Hodge Hill
Weald School, The Horsham
West Craven High School Pendle
Westfield School South Dorset
Westleigh High School Leigh
Whitstone Community School Wells
Winifred Holtby School Kingston upon Hull East
Woodham Comprehensive School Sedgefield
Woolwich Polytechnic Boys School Greenwich and Woolwich
Wyvern Community School, The Eastleigh
1 Joint designations