§ Mr. BradyTo 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. BradyTo 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. 941W
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.