§ Mr. CameronTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which secondary schools in Oxfordshire have applied for specialist status; and what awards have been made to date. [5625]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following Oxfordshire schools successfully applied for designation:
Designation Banbury School Technology—1995 Bicester Community College Technology—1998 Didcot Girls High School Technology—1997 Henry Box School Language—2001 King Alfred's School Technology—1999 Lord Williams's School Sports—2001 Peers School Technology—1995 St. Birinus School Technology—1997 Wheatley Park School Arts—2000 Applications have also been received from Gillotts School and Bartholomew School for technology college status. This may not be a comprehensive list of unsuccessful applicants as there is no central record of all applications since 1994.
§ Mr. CameronTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there were in Oxfordshire in each of the years from 1997 to 2001. [5626]
§ Mr. TimmsThe number of vacancies for full-time teachers in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in Oxfordshire is shown in the table.
Number of vacancies Vacancy rate1 January 1997 1 0.0 1998 7 0.2 1999 11 0.3 2000 8 0.2 2001 16 0.4 1 The vacancy rate is calculated by dividing the number of vacancies by the sum of full-time qualified regular teachers plus teachers on full-time secondment for a term or more.