HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc426-9W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools broken down by LEA applied for specialist status but were not among the successful applicants announced on 5 February. [36016]

Mr. Timms

A list of schools, by LEA, which applied for specialist status in the October 2002 competition, which were not among the successful applicants announced on 5 February 2002 is provided in the following tables.

Schools unsuccessful in their application for specialist status in the October 2001 competition by LEA
LEA School Specialism
Croydon Norbury Manor High School-Girls Language
Cumbria Morton School (The) Arts
Cumbria Thorncliffe School Sports
Derbyshire John Port School Technology
Devon St. Peter's C of E High School Language
Doncaster Campsmount School Technology
Doncaster Rossington High School Sports
Dudley Redhill School Arts
Durham Moorside Community College Technology
Durham Shotton Hall School Arts
Enfield Lea Valley High Sports
Essex Rainsford High School Arts
Gloucestershire Heywood Community School Sports
Gloucestershire Whitecross School Language
Halton Heath School (The) Technology
Hammersmith and Fulham Fulham Cross School Language
Hampshire Brookfield Community School Language
Hampshire Park Community School Arts
Hampshire Vyne Community School (The) Arts
Harrow, London Borough of Hatch End High School (joint with) Nower Hill High School Arts
Havering, London Borough of Abbs Cross School Arts
Havering, London Borough of Emerson Park School Arts
Havering, London Borough of Frances Bardsley School for Girls (The) Arts
Havering, London Borough of Gaynes School Language
Herefordshire John Kyrle High School (The) Technology
Hertfordshire Rickmansworth School Arts
Hertfordshire Roundwood Park School Arts
Hertfordshire St. Michael's Catholic High School Language
Hertfordshire Watford Grammar School for Girls Arts
Hillingdon, London Borough of Uxbridge High School Technology
Kensington and Chelsea, London Borough of Sion Manning RC Girls School Arts
Kent Astor School Arts
Kingston upon Thames Coombe Girls' School Language
Lancashire Parklands High School Language
Lancashire St. Theodore's RC VA High School Sports
Leeds Priesthorpe School Sports
Leeds Roundhay School Technology
Leicestershire Hind Leys Community College Technology
Leistershire Brookvale High School (joint with) Groby Community College Language
Liverpool Shorefields Technology School Technology
Manchester Saint Paul's Catholic High School Technology
Medway Upbury Manor School Arts
Merton Bishopsford Community College Arts
Merton Raynes Park High School Technology
Middlesbrough St. David's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School Technology
Newcastle upon Tyne St. Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School Arts
Norfolk Cliff Park High School Sports
Norfolk Hellesdon High School Technology
Norfolk Hewett School Arts
Norfolk Sprowston High School Arts
Norfolk St. Clement's High School Technology
Norfolk Wymondham High School Arts
North Lincolnshire High Ridge School Sports
North Tyneside Marden High School Arts
North Yorkshire Lady Lumley's School Technology
North Yorkshire Richmond School Arts
Northamptonshire Kingsbrook School Language
Nottinghamshire All Saints' RC School (joint with) The Brunts School Arts
Nottinghamshire Magnus CE School (The) Arts
Nottinghamshire South Wolds School Language
Peterborough Bretton Woods Community School Arts
Reading Highdown School Technology
Redbridge Chadwell Heath Foundation School (The) Arts
Shropshire Belvidere School Technology
Shropshire Corbet School (The) Technology
Shropshire Ludlow Church of England School Technology
Shropshire Thomas Adam School (The) Arts
Solihull Langley School Arts
Southend on Sea Prittlewell School (The) Technology
Staffordshire Blackfriars School (Special) (joint with) Madeley High School Technology
Staffordshire Blake High School (joint with) Kingsmead School Technology
Staffordshire Chase Terrace High School Technology
Stockport Marple Hall School Sports

Schools unsuccessful in their application for specialist status in the October 2001 competition by LEA
LEA School Specialism
Stockton on Tees Blakeston Community School Sports
Stoke on Trent St. Margaret Ward Catholic High School and Sixth Form Arts
Suffolk Mildenhall Upper School Technology
Suffolk Sudbury Upper School Arts
Surrey Thamesmead School Arts
Sutton Glenthorn High School Arts
Telford and Wrekin Phoenix School Sports
Trafford Altrincham Grammar School-Boys Language
Trafford Altrincham Grammar School-Girls Language
Wandsworth Battersea Technology College Arts
Warwickshire Aylesford School Language
Warwickshire Stratford Upon Avon Grammar-Girls Language
West Berkshire John O'Gaunt School Technology
West Essex Burnt Mill School (joint with) Stewards School Arts
Wigan Mornington High School Arts
Windsor and Maidenhead, RB of Newlands Girls' School Technology
Wirral St. Anselm's College (joint with) Upton Hall School, FCJ Technology
Wokingham Bulmershe School (The) Sports
Wokingham Maiden Erlegh School Arts
Wokingham Waingel's Copse School Arts
Worcestershire Kingsley College Arts

Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by what criteria the latest round of schools to achieve specialist status was chosen. [36017]

Timms

Applications for specialist school designation in the October 2001 competition were assessed against the published criteria set out in the guidance documents for Arts, Language, Sport and Technology College applicants. Copies of these have been placed in the Library.