HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc978-85W
Mr. Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many schools of a religious nature there are, broken down by(a) local education authority and (b) religious affiliation; [167579]

(2) how many Church of England schools there are, broken down by local education authority. [167580]

Mr. Miliband

The information for mainstream schools of a religious nature, including Church of England schools, maintained by local education authorities in England is shown in the following tables.

Local education authority Christian CofE CofE/Christian CofE/FC CofE/Methodist CofE/RC CofE/URC Greek Jewish
Barnsley 14 1
Doncaster 11
Rotherham 12
Sheffield 10 1
Bradford 27
Calderdale 23
Kirklees 49
Leeds 41 1
Wakefield 21
Gateshead 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 4
North Tyneside 3
South Tyneside 7
Sunderland 4
Isles of Scilly 1
Bath and North East Somerset 36
Bristol, City of 13
North Somerset 27 1
South Gloucestershire 31 1
Hartlepool 5
Middlesbrough
Redcar and Cleveland 2
Stockton-on-Tees 11
Kingston Upon Hull, City of 5
East Riding of Yorkshire 44
North East Lincolnshire 7
North Lincolnshire 17 1
North Yorkshire 1 142 1
York 13
Bedfordshire 41
Luton 1
Buckinghamshire 1 62
Milton Keynes 9
Derbyshire 2 104 1
Derby 7
Dorset 1 89
Poole 4 1
Bournemouth 9
Durham 26
Darlington 7
East Sussex 67 1
Brighton and Hove 8
Hampshire 115
Portsmouth 3
Southampton 6
Leicestershire 92
Leicester 3
Rutland 11
Staffordshire 1 103 1
Stoke-on-Trent 13
Wiltshire 1 138 1 1
Swindon 6
Bracknell Forest 8
Windsor and Maidenhead 24 1
West Berkshire 31
Reading 4
Slough 3
Wokingham 16
Cambridgeshire 63 2
Peterborough 13
Cheshire 72
Halton 8
Warrington 19
Devon 1 115
Plymouth 8
Torbay 9
Essex 2 119 1
Southend-on-Sea 1
Thurrock 3
Herefordshire 40
Worcestershire 93
Kent 1 168
Medway 10
Lancashire 5 180 5
Blackburn with Darwin 24 1
Blackpool 5
Nottinghamshire 64 2
Nottingham 5
Shropshire 83
Telford and Wrekin 11 1
Cornwall 44
Cumbria 113

Local education authority Christian CofE CofE/Christian CofE/FC CofE/Methodist CofE/RC CofE/URC Greek Jewish
Gloucestershire 108
Hertfordshire 1 91 2
Isle of Wight 19
Lincolnshire 3 118 4
Norfolk 3 121
Northamptonshire 1 83
Northumberland 36
Oxfordshire 1 119
Somerset 119 2 1
Suffolk 96
Surrey 90 1
Warwickshire 71
West Sussex 83
England 32 4,678 1 1 29 9 2 1 34

Local education authority Methodist Methodist/CofE Muslim Quaker RC RC/CofE SDA Sikh URC All

schools of a

religious

nature

City of London 1
Camden 10 23
Greenwich 13 21
Hackney 6 17
Hammersmith and Fulham 9 16
Islington 9 18
Kensington and Chelsea 10 17
Lambeth 9 27
Lewisham 13 24
Southwark 16 30
Tower Hamlets 11 22
Wandsworth 11 21
Westminster 8 31
Barking and Dagenham 6 8
Barnet 15 41
Bexley 10 17
Brent 1 14 24
Bromley 9 18
Croydon 16 26
Ealing 9 13
Enfield 7 21
Haringey 12 1 23
Harrow 8 11
Havering 10 14
Hillingdon 7 2 16
Hounslow 10 13
Kingston upon Thames 6 18
Merton 8 13
Newham 9 12
Redbridge 9 13
Richmond upon Thames 6 16
Sutton 7 12
Waltham Forest 7 11
Birmingham 1 2 63 98
Coventry 22 31
Dudley 6 19
Sandwell 9 20
Solihull 11 24
Walsall 11 25
Wolverhampton 12 29
Knowsley 29 35
Liverpool 65 84
St. Helens 1 21 35
Sefton 37 55
Wirral 24 36
Bolton 19 52
Bury 2 12 35
Manchester 43 73
Oldham 14 44
Rochdale 17 36
Salford 2 25 48
Stockport 18 31
Tameside 1 15 34
Trafford 19 27
Wigan 2 35 82
Barnsley 5 20
Doncaster 11 22
Rotherham 9 21
Sheffield 15 26

Local education authority Methodist Methodist/CofE Muslim Quaker RC RC/CofE SDA Sikh URC All

schools of a

religious

nature

Bradford 24 52
Calderdale 8 31
Kirklees 10 59
Leeds 34 76
Wakefield 1 11 33
Gateshead 20 22
Newcastle upon Tyne 21 25
North Tyneside 10 13
South Tyneside 13 20
Sunderland 18 22
Isles of Scilly 1
Bath and North East Somerset 3 39
Bristol, City of 15 29
North Somerset 3 31
South Gloucestershire 6 38
Hartlepool 7 12
Middlesbrough 13 13
Redcar and Cleveland 11 13
Stockton-on-Tees 15 26
Kingston Upon Hull, City of 8 13
East Riding of Yorkshire 5 49
North East Lincolnshire 3 10
North Lincolnshire 5 23
North Yorkshire 3 23 1 171
York 6 19
Bedfordshire 7 48
Luton 7 8
Buckinghamshire 8 71
Milton Keynes 5 14
Derbyshire 1 20 128
Derby 6 13
Dorset 8 98
Poole 2 7
Bournemouth 4 13
Durham 42 68
Darlington 5 12
East Sussex 1 10 79
Brighton and Hove 8 16
Hampshire 16 131
Portsmouth 5 8
Southampton 5 11
Leicestershire 14 106
Leicester 8 11
Rutland 1 12
Staffordshire 1 38 143
Stoke-on-Trent 16 29
Wiltshire 12 153
Swindon 6 12
Bracknell Forest 2 10
Windsor and Maidenhead 4 29
West Berkshire 3 34
Reading 5 9
Slough 7 10
Wokingham 2 18
Cambridgeshire 2 67
Peterborough 3 16
Cheshire 30 102
Halton 15 23
Warrington 16 35
Devon 9 125
Plymouth 8 16
Torbay 4 1 14
Essex 31 153
Southend-on-Sea 6 7
Thurrock 5 8
Herefordshire 4 44
Worcestershire 17 110
Kent 2 33 204
Medway 9 19
Lancashire 9 1 126 1 327
Blackburn with Darwin 13 38
Blackpool 9 14
Nottinghamshire 15 81
Nottingham 9 14
Shropshire 3 86
Telford and Wrekin 5 17
Cornwall 4 48
Cumbria 29 142
Gloucestershire 11 119

Local education authority Methodist Methodist/

CofE

Muslim Quaker RC RC/

CofE

SDA Sikh URC All

schools of

a

religious

nature

Hertfordshire 44 138
Isle of Wight 6 25
Lincolnshire 9 134
Norfolk 6 130
Northamptonshire 17 101
Northumberland 16 52
Oxfordshire 17 137
Somerset 1 8 131
Suffolk 13 109
Surrey 33 124
Warwickshire 26 97
West Sussex 1 19 103
England 26 2 4 1 2,075 2 1 2 1 6,901
Notes:
CofE = Church of England
FC = Free Church
RC = Roman Catholic
URC = United Reformed Church
SDA = Seventh Day Adventist
Source:
Edubase (DfES database of educational establishments).