§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) specialist schools and (b) non-specialist schools are designated under section 100 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and how many and what percentage of pupils they have selected in each of the last six years. [155621]
§ Mr. MilibandSchools' admission arrangements are determined locally without central consultation or approval. The DfES therefore cannot provide figures on 1385W the number of schools which fall into this category (i.e. whose selective admission arrangements pre-dated the 1998 Act).
The evidence suggests that just under 6 per cent. of the 685 schools that had specialist status in September 2001 used aptitude as part of their admission arrangements. The following table shows the latest collated information relating to partial selection by specialist schools. Most of these schools were selecting by aptitude
Specialist schools selecting by aptitude as at September 2001 Specialism School LEA Start Percentage1 Technology Archbishop Blanch School Liverpool 1996 5.6 Technology Archbishop Temple School Lancashire 1995 10.0 Language Bohunt School Hampshire 1996 10.0 Arts Brentwood Ursuline Convent School Essex 1999 10.0 Technology Budmouth Technology College Dorset 1995 10.0 Technology Central School (The) Lincolnshire 2001 10.0 Technology Chaucer Technology School Kent 1996 67.0 Arts Chestnut Grow School Wandsworth 1997 16.0 Technology Cornwallis School Kent 1994 10.0 Technology Deacon's School Peterborough, city 1994 15.0 Technology Denbigh School Milton Keynes 1997 10.0 Arts Eastwood School (The) Southend on Sea 2001 10.0 Technology George Spencer GM School Nottinghamshire 1994 10.0 Technology Glyn Technology School Surrey 1994 15.0 Technology Heathside School Surrey 1995 4.0 Language Hendon School Barnet, LB of 1995 10.0 Language Hockerill Anglo European School Hertfordshire 1998 10.0 Arts Intake High School Leeds 1998 10.0 Arts Latimer Community Arts College Northamptonshire 1997 10.0 Technology Lodge Park School Northamptonshire 1994 10.0 Technology Lynn Grove VA High School Norfolk 1994 15.0 Technology Mill Hill County High School Barnet, LB of 1994 10.0 Technology Monks' Dyke Technology College Lincolnshire 1995 10.0 Technology Moseley Park School Wolverhampton 1995 10.0 Technology Ninestiles School Birmingham 1997 10.0 Arts North Kesteven School Lincolnshire 2000 10.0 Sports Oakbank School Bradford 1997 10.0 Sports Oldfield School Bath and NE Somerset 1997 10.0 Technology Philip Morant School Essex 1994 10.0 Technology Princes Risborough School Buckinghamshire 2001 3.2 Language Robert Pattinson School Lincolnshire 2001 2.0 Technology Sandwich Technology School Kent 1996 10.0 Technology Small Heath School Birmingham 1994 10.0 Technology St. Margaret's C of E High School Liverpool 1997 15.0 Technology St. Martin's School Essex 1995 10.0 Arts St. Marylebone School (The) Westminster 1998 10.0 Sports Southfields Community College Wandsworth, LB of 2000 10.0 Arts Stantonbury Campus North Milton Keynes 1998 5.0 Sports Whitefield School Barnet, LB of 1999 10.0 Sports Wye Valley School (The) Buckinghamshire 1998 10.0 1 Of the 685 specialist schools operational as at September 2001, the above 40 (that is, just under 6 per cent.) selected a percentage of their pupils on aptitude/ability in the chosen specialist subject. Notes: The percentages refer to aptitude selection relating to the schools' specialist school designations, some schools may also select for aptitude in other specialisms. This information was taken from progress reports submitted by 685 specialist schools operational as at September 2001.