HC Deb 09 January 2002 vol 377 cc940-1W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of applications for specialist school status have been successful where the school in question is(a) a grammar school, (b) a comprehensive school and (c) a secondary modern or high school. [24087]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 19 December 2002]: Information covering designations from September 1997 on the percentage of successful applicants for specialist school status of grammar, comprehensive and modern schools is set out in the following table.

Grammar Comprehensive Modern
1996–97
Applications 13 313 12
Designations 2 71 2
Success Rate (Percentage) 15.4 22.7 16.7
1997–98
Applications 7 205 7
Designations 0 80 3
Success Rate (Percentage) 0 39.0 42.9
1998–99
Applications 4 111 4
Designations 1 75 1
Success Rate (Percentage) 25.0 67.6 25.0
1999–2000
Applications 13 250 12
Designations 8 120 4
Success Rate (Percentage) 61.5 48.0 33.3
2000–01
Applications 12 314 22
Designations 6 130 14
Success Rate (Percentage) 50.0 41.4 63.6

Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list applications for specialist school status which have been made by grammar schools; and what the subject specialism and the outcome of the application was in each case. [24088]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 19 December 2002]: A list of applications to become specialist schools from September 1997 which have been made by grammar schools, together with information about the specialism for which they applied and the outcome of these applications is given in the table.

School LEA Specialism Outcome
Slough Grammar School Berkshire Language Unsuccessful
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Cumbria Technology Unsuccessful
St. Anselm's College Wirral Technology Unsuccessful
1998–99
Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucestershire Language Unsuccessful
Slough Grammar School Berkshire Language Unsuccessful
Weald of Kent Grammar School for Girls Kent Language Successful
1999–2000
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham Arts Unsuccessful
Cotham School Bristol Arts Successful
King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham Sports Successful
Bournemouth School Bournemouth Language Successful
Chatham Grammar School for Boys Medway Language Successful
Sir Thomas Rich's School Gloucestershire Language Successful
St. Anselm's College and Upton Hall School (joint) Wirral Language Unsuccessful
Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral Language Successful
Chelmsford County High School for Girls Essex Technology Successful
The King Edward VI Camp Hill School Birmingham Technology Successful
Wallington High School for Girls Sutton, London Borough of Technology Unsuccessful
2000–01
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Buckinghamshire Arts Unsuccessful
Dr. Challoner's High School Buckinghamshire Sports Successful
Skegness Grammar School Lincolnshire Sports Successful
Aylesbury High School Buckinghamshire Language Successful
Pate's Grammar School Gloucestershire Language Successful
Slough Grammar School Slough Language Unsuccessful
Southend High School for Boys Southend Language Successful
Boston Grammar School Lincolnshire Technology Unsuccessful
John Hampden Grammar School Buckinghamshire Technology Successful
St. Anselm's College Wirral Technology Unsuccessful
Upton Hall School Wirral Technology Unsuccessful

Some schools appear twice in the table. This is where the school has submitted a subsequent application following an unsuccessful bid in a previous year.