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Fossils and Offshore Sites
21. Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement on the protection of fossils and offshore sites.
Mr. Key : I informed the House on 7 December 1992 that I have accepted that natural history objects, including fossils, should be brought within our export controls. We
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intend shortly to revise our national export controls in the Export of Goods (Control) Order to include skeletal remains and fossils, found in United Kingdom soil or territorial waters.Local Authority Arts Provision
26. Ms. Eagle : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment he has made of the impact of the current year's local government finance settlement on local authority arts provision.
Mr. Brooke : Most local authorities are still in the process of determining their budgets for 1993-94, so an overall assessment of planned local authority provision for the arts cannot yet be made. Arts provision is discretionary and it is for authorities themselves to fix its level. They must, of course, work within overall expenditure constraints. I hope that they will, nonetheless, continue to recognise the very real benefits of spending in support of the arts.
28. Mr. William O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has to visit West Yorkshire to discuss the provision of art and recreation with the leaders of the local authorities ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : I will be visiting Leeds and Sheffield shortly. I also visited Leeds last October. My Department assists in the provision of art and recreation facilities through its grants-in-aid to the Arts Council and to the Sports Council, and through its business sponsorship incentive schemes for sport and the arts ; in addition, it assists in the provision of sports and active recreational facilities through credit approval cover to local authorities.
Sports Facilities
27. Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations he has received about the wider use of publicly owned sports facilities.
Mr. Brooke : My Department has been involved in discussions with the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, the Association of District Councils, the Association of County Councils and the Sports Council about schedule 11 of the current Education Bill. This clarifies the legal position in relation to dual use joint management agreements and will facilitate the wider community use of school sports facilities.
Public Libraries
29. Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has to review the public library service in London.
Mr. Key : I have already initiated a major review of the public library service in England to provide a basis for its development up to and into the next century.
Cycling Holidays
Mr. Elletson : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information his Department has about the numbers of people who take cycling holidays in Britain each year.
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Mr. Key : The United Kingdom travel survey indicates the figure in 1991 for people who take holidays in Britain with the primary interest is cycling as 1 per cent. (approximately 0.58 million trips).
However, 3 per cent. (around 1.74 million) of British tourists taking holidays in the same year stated they engaged in cycling as part of their leisure activities.
Sport
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what public money has been allocated to sport in each of the past three years at 1993 prices ; what is proposed for the coming year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : My Department's direct funding of sport is its grant-in -aid to the Sports Council (Great Britain) and the Football Licensing Authority (FLA), and its support for the new business sponsorship scheme for sport, Sportsmatch.
Grant-in-aid to the Sports Council (Great Britain) and to the FLA in the current and last two financial years, expressed in 1993-94 prices, are :
£ million |Sports Council (GB)|FLA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990-91 |51.244 |0.125 1991-92 |49.973 |0.775 1992-93 |50.103 |0.822
The grant-in-aid to each body in 1993-94 will be £50.604 million and £0.9 million respectively.
Sportsmatch was launched in the current year. I expect to provide £1.17 million in this financial year, and £3 million next year (cash prices).
The Government also provide substantial support for local authority revenue spending on sport through the revenue support grant arrangements. Basic credit approvals amounting to £79 million (cash price) for local authority capital spending have also been provided between 1991-92 and 1993 -94. Sport has also benefited through the Government's inner city programmes.
It is also making available a total of £73 million (cash price) in support of Manchester's bid to host the Olympic Games in the year 2000.
Furthermore, reductions in the rate of pool betting duty are contributing approximately £44 million (cash price) per year to the Foundation for Sport and the Arts and to the Football Trust.
EDUCATION
Religious Education
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he will publish the National Curriculum Council's analysis of agreed syllabuses for religious education.
Mr. Forth : The decision to publish such documents is one for the National Curriculum Council.
Access Funds
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many applications for each access fund have been made in each year since the establishment of the funds.
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Mr. Boswell : The information is not available in the form requested. Many institutions make no distinction between the three funds when considering applications. Others have considered applications from students on a termly or ad hoc basis, and therefore make more than one payment to individual students.
From the available information it is estimated that the numbers of applications for the three funds which the Department has provided are as follows :
|Number
------------------------
1990-91 |116,000
1991-92 |118,200
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what monitoring is conducted by his Department of the administration of student access funds.
Mr. Boswell : All institutions are required to account fully for their use of the access funds. Each is required to provide audited accounts, monitoring information and main uses reports for each year of operation of the funds.
Consultants
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to (a) Coopers and Lybrand management consultants, (b) Touche Ross management consultants, (c) Price Waterhouse management consultants, (d) Ernst and Young management consultants, (e) Crichton Roberts Ltd., (f) KPMG management consultants and (g) Leopold Joseph management consultants, with the total cost of the contracts with each contractor, for (i) the past 12 months and (ii) 1991- 92.
Mr. Boswell : The information requested is as listed. No contracts were awarded in these periods to Crichton Roberts or Leopold Joseph. Contracts awarded in the financial year 1991-92--
KPMG
(Total value £69,825)
Customer Survey for the Teachers Pensions Agency
Review of a Data Collection Processing System
Identification of a Market Testing Programme for the DFE Coopers and Lybrand
(Total value £29,300)
Financial management survey at the Schools Examinations and Assessment Council
Commitment audit and cash flow verification
Price Waterhouse
(Total value £66,074)
Capital equipment survey of equipment held in further education and sixth form colleges
Financial management survey
Touche Ross
(Total value £144,595)
Assistance in preparing colleges for independence from Local Authority control
Tender budgeting and accounting methods
Provision of operational research assistance
Ernst and Young
(Total value £66,765)
Supply of telecommunications and distance working for the Department
Financial management survey of Purchasing procedures
FEFC relocation study
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Contracts awarded in the 12 months from 17 February 1992 to 17 February 1993--KPMG
(Total value £63,750)
Follow up work to the Customer Survey for the Teachers Pensions Agency
Financial Management Review of Research Council contracts with other Government Departments
Project Audit of the Pensions Administration System (PAS) for the Teachers Pensions Agency
Coopers and Lybrand
(Total value £1,446,750)
Review of colleges preparations for independence
Scoping study for IS Business and Consultancy Division
Consultancy assistance to ISB Corporate Plan
Financial management survey of the National Curriculum Council (NCC)
Pensions Payments Opinions Review
Open University review of part-time costs
Price Waterhouse
(Total value £75,454)
Financial Consultancy Review
Capital equipment survey of equipment held in further education and sixth form colleges
Accountancy Review
Touche Ross
(Total value £55,342)
Assistance on file storage, file retrieval and document retention Provision of operational research assistance
Grant-maintained Schools
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Education where he intends to hold conferences on grant-maintained status for schools ; and if he will provide details of the target audience and costs, including the cost of publishing and distributing literature for those conferences.
Mr. Forth : Conferences for headteachers and governors of local education authority maintained schools are planned for Nottingham and Birmingham. The conference literature comprises a letter of invitation and a copy of the standard grant-maintained information pack. The unit cost of producing the information packs is 79p. Mailings of invitations and packs fall within the terms of the contract with the departmental despatch centre and therefore costs cannot be identified separately. The cost of conference accommodation and facilities is expected to be approximately £6,700 for each event. Specialised support services for each conference are likely to cost around £6,500. Further conferences will be held across the country to meet demand.
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will provide a breakdown on the costs, including the cost of publication and distribution of promotional literature, of the "Going Grant-maintained Conference" held on 10 and 11 February in Newcastle.
Mr. Forth : The conference material for the two one-day events held in Newcastle comprised a letter of invitation and a copy of the standard grant-maintained information pack. Production costs of the information packs were approximately £2,600. The mailing of invitations and packs fell within the terms of the contract with the departmental despatch centre and distribution costs cannot be identified separately. The total costs for
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conference accommodation and facilities were approximately £12,300. Specialised support services for the two conferences cost approximately £11,000.Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the approved capital allocations for grant-maintained schools for the year 1993-94.
Mr. Forth : The information requested is contained in the following tables. Table A lists those self-governing state schools (grant-maintained schools) operating as at
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the end of December 1992 which are to receive a capital grant allocation for 1993-94. Table B shows the allocations made to these schools under the technology schools intiative. Schools which became self-governing state schools on 1 January 1993 were invited to submit bids by 25 January 1993 for named capital projects and for resources under the technology schools initative. Decisions on the allocations for these schools have not yet been made.Column 447
Table A
Grant-maintained school's capital bids
1993-94 allocations
School |Project |£ thousand
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Avon
Beechen Cliff |Urgent drainage and subsidence prevention work |139
Oldfield |2 new science laboratories and preparation rooms |200
Barnet
Hendon |Extension and provision of additional science technology and maths facilities|420
Bedfordshire
Manshead High |Replace oil with gas central heating system |110
Queensbury |Improvements to science and technology facilities |120
Berkshire
Denefield |New science laboratory |55
The Downs |New laboratory and classrooms to replace mobiles |320
Herschel |Fire precaution works including alarm system |130
Langley Grammar |Extension for 2 science laboratories with prep. rooms |210
Priory Combined |Resources unit, 4 classrooms and toilets for physically disabled children |275
Southlands (Reading) |Re-roofing |15
Bexley
Barnehurst Infants |2 new classrooms to replace mobiles |90
Barnehurst Junior |1 new classroom to replace mobile |50
Birmingham
Baverstock |Roofing works; repairs and replacement |42
Great Barr |Fire prevention work to the 4-storey block |300
Handsworth |2 new technology rooms |184
Small Heath |Replace heating boiler and controls |55
Bolton
Crompton Fold |New classroom and changing room to replace temporary accommodation |90
|Repairs to heating system |95
Bradford
Bingley |Phase 2 of science wing |250
Brent
Claremont High |Refurbish home economics and CDT accommodation |150
|Phase 2: Science wing |350
Copland |Convert and refurbish 4 science laboratories |150
Bromley
Beaverwood |New technology block |277
Bullers Wood |Provision of 5 new laboratories |214
Charles Darwin |Phase 3: Rewiring of school |162
Coopers |New technology block |221
Crofton Junior |New science room |55
Hayes |Refurbish science accommodation and health and safety work |146
Kelsey Park |New technology block |315
Langley Park |Remodel and refurbish craft block |100
Newstead Wood |New technology block |267
Ravenswood Boys |Technology extension and upgrade existing |246
Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield |Re-roof main building |190
Bridgewater Hall |Improvements to science and technology |128
Bridgewater Hall) |Replace shared boiler |200
with Brindley Hall)
Chalfonts |2 new science laboratories plus preparation rooms |305
Calderdale
Crossley Heath |Laboratory refurbishment |225
North Halifax |Essential cladding repairs |125
Salterlee Primary |Urgent health and safety work |40
Cambridgeshire
Bassingbourne |Reorganisation and refurbishment to provide technology facilities |136
Gamlingay Village |New classrooms to replace 4 temporary classrooms |185
|Remodel science and technology facilities |137
Park Lane Primary |Re-roof |80
Queens |Science department extension |300
St. Helen's Primary |Replace mobiles with 2 classrooms and toilets |120
Cheshire
Bankfield |Part re-fenestration |300
Croydon
Riddlesdown |Health and safety works |400
Cumbria
Hayton |Alterations and extension to replace temporary accommodation |170
Kirkbie Kendal |Phase 1: Science/technology facilities |950
Queen Katherine |Roof and cladding repairs to 2 blocks |50
St. Aidan's |Re-model and refurbish science laboratories |150
Trinity |Refurbishment of science laboratories |150
|Re-model technology suite and 1 classroom |198
Derbyshire
Borrow Wood Junior |Health and safety improvements |65
|Resource area and circulation improvements |45
Ecclesbourne |Phase 2: Technology block |260
Netherthorpe |Replace temporary accommodation with modern language block |200
Dorset
Avonbourne |Improvements to existing technology and science departments |220
Bournemouth School for Girls |4 new science laboratories |350
Budmouth |Refurbish 7 science laboratories plus preparation rooms |370
Highcliffe |Health and safety improvements |75
Parkstone Grammar |Remodel and refurbish science and technology facilities |500
Woodroffe |Refurbish 3 science laboratories |150
Ealing
Drayton Manor |Repair and upgrade art and technology roof |77
Ellen Wilkinson |Window replacement in tower block |105
|Remodelling to provide 2 additional laboratories |95
Greenford High |Re-roof CDT, home economics and art block |165
Essex
Beauchamps |Boiler replacement and energy conservation |118
Boswells |New technology block and refurbish technology and classrooms |350
Bromsford |Major repairs and remedial works |243
Chalvedon |Phase 3: Middle school refurbishment and extensions |300
Chelmsford Girls |New science department |500
Eastwood |Re-model and refurbish technology block |120
Elmwood Primary |Provide 4 new classrooms and hall and extend reception area |340
Furtherwick Park |Replace boiler, hot and cold storage and E.M.S. |145
Great Totham Primary |Demolish temporary classroom, and conversion of existing accommodation |75
Katherines Primary |Conversion of teaching areas |75
King Edward VI |Replace temporary accommodation with new technology/art block |270
King Harold |Re-roofing and renew curtain wall sealing |155
King John |Refurbish 4 laboratories and preparation rooms |188
North Crescent Primary |3 new classrooms |180
Northlands Junior |Essential perimeter security fencing |35
Philip Morant |Conversion to provide 3 laboratories |120
Plume |Re-model upper school design and technology block |148
Rickstones |Refurbish technology accommodation |50
Saffron Walden |Replace asphalt roofs and parapets |388
Thurstable |Re-model and extend technology |200
Torells |Refurbish technology |185
Westcliff Boys |2 new science laboratories |170
Gloucestershire
Balcarras |Re-roofing part of school |80
Chosen Hill |Remodelling to form 3 science laboratories and preparation rooms |195
Cotswold |Replace heaters and insulation in the ROSLA block |42
Crypt |Refurbishment of science and technology facilities |190
Katherine Lady Berkeley |Major roof repairs |161
Marling |New science block and adaptations and demolition of some existing
| accommodation |475
Newent Community |Refurbish 3 home economics rooms |150
|Refurbish science laboratories |90
Pates |Replacement buildings: Part phase 3 and phase 4 |500
Rednock |New building to provide 2 science laboratories and 4 classrooms |650
Ribston Hall High |Replace glazed aluminium cladding to 3-storey block |198
Robinswood Primary |Replace school roof finish |27
|Rewire and update electrical installation |72
Tewkesbury |Replacement and rationalisation of heating and hot water services |259
Hampshire
Burgate |2 new science laboratories and preparation rooms |230
City of Portsmouth |Refurbish 4 science laboratories |120
Crofton |New block containing new science laboratories to replace temporary
| accommodation |450
Hardley |New heating system to Butler block |145
Hertfordshire
Christchurch |New classroom to replace mobile |71
Francis Bacon |Refurbish science laboratories |120
|Up-grade fire resistance |68
Parkside First |Internal alterations and repairs |141
Parmiters |6 new classrooms and 2 new laboratories |400
Rickmansworth |New art and design block |440
|Remove asbestos, reclad and reroof (excluding VI Form block) |120
St. Mary's Primary |Refurbish toilets |30
Hillingdon
Bishopshalt |Replace old boiler with gas heating system |46
Haydon |New technology block and refurbish existing technology and classrooms |270
Hayes Manor |Fire protective ceilings and ventilation-West building |130
Mellow Lane |Major repairs and health and safety work (part only) |302
Northwood |Re-roofing and repairs to rainwater goods |136
Queensmead |New technology block and re-model technology provision |300
Uxbridge High |Phase 1: roof repairs |310
Humberside
Wold Newton |Additional new classroom |54
Kensington
Cardinal Vaughan |New technology building |300
Kent
Angley |Remodelling of design and technology department |330
Archbishops |Conversion of workshop to laboratories and provision of CDT rooms and
| classrooms |640
Aylesford |Phase 2: New technology and art block |345
Borough Green |2 additional infant classrooms |95
Bradbourne |Technology provision |55
Canterbury High |New block of laboratories and toilets |218
Chatham Girls |New technology block |216
Cornwallis |Refurbish science laboratories |300
Cranbrook |Refurbish English and History accommodation |46
Dartford Girls |New technology block and adaptations to provide IT facility |280
Holy Trinity Primary |Classroom renovation |19
Malling |Re-model technology accommodation |285
Maplesden Noakes |Replace central heating boiler plant in each block |200
|Conversion to science and technology room |75
Meopham |Gas supply and new heating system |200
Minster College |Refurbish technology facility |364
Rainham Mark |Adaptations to science block |200
Robert Napier |New technology accommodation |358
St. Georges (Gravesend) |Alternative means of escape |40
Senacre |New technology block and remodelling of existing |230
Simon Langton |Remodelling to create art, design and technology centre plus new workshops |370
Sir Roger Marwood |Extension and improvements to laboratories |400
Skinners |Technology building |200
Snodland Primary |New classroom block to replace mobiles |200
Thamesview |Asbestos removal and boiler replacement |95
Wilmington Boys |Science block refurbishment |200
Kirklees
Heckmondwike |Phase 2: Repairs to old block |189
|Additional technology accommodation and conversion |266
Lancashire
Bacup and Rawtenstall |Technology and science laboratory |35
Clitheroe Royal |New classrooms and improvements to science |400
Lancaster Royal Grammar |2 classroom block |122
|Replacement of heating and domestic water system |46
Newton Bluecoat |New changing rooms, medical inspection room and disabled toilet |55
Lincolnshire
Ancaster High |Roof conversion |50
Bourne Abbey Primary |2 additional classrooms, new science/technology room and toilets |200
Caistor |New rooms for design/technology and IT |260
Carres |Reroofing laboratory and main teaching blocks |67
Castle Hills |Extension of technology block and science laboratory alterations |350
Ermine Junior |New science and technology classrooms |50
Gartree |Additional science laboratory and fire exit |130
Gleed Girls |Phase 1 of technology/science improvements |181
Kings (Grantham) |New science/IT block |385
Lincoln Christ Hospital |Demolish temporary accommodation and extend technology/science facilities |199
Magdalen |Heating system |65
North Kesteven |Re-wiring of lower school block |175
|Partial re-roofing |125
Queen Elizabeth (Alford) |New science and technology extension to replace temporaries |370
Queen Elzabeth (Horncastle) |Re-roofing-single storey Vic Hallam block |77
Rauceby |Extension to provide classrooms, resource facilities and toilets |170
Robert Pattinson |New science laboratories and re-model technology unit |500
St. George's (Sleaford) |Two new double classroom blocks to replace temporaries |200
|Replacement of 2 mobiles |200
Skegness |Replace temporary classrooms with new teaching block including technology
| provision |600
William Farr |Refurbishment of computer room science laboratories and new classrooms |160
Liverpool
St. Francis Xavier |New general and technical rooms |600
Norfolk
Acle High |Conversion to provide technology facilities |145
|Single classroom extension |50
Costessey High |Extension to provide 2 science laboratories |200
Cromer High |Improvements to technology facilities |205
Dereham First |New classroom |60
Gresham Village |Three classroom extension and refurbishment of existing accommodation |225
Heacham Middle |New technololgy room |50
Marshland High |Extension and adaptations to technology suite |235
Norwich Road |Roof renewal of main block |121
|Renewal of main boiler |45
Robert Kett |Repairs to roof and chimneys |75
Sheringham High |Refurbish existing technololgy facilities |270
West Flegg Middle |Two new classrooms to replace mobiles |130
Wymondham College |Technology centre to replace temporary accommodation |261
Northamptonshire
King John, Northants |Replace slate roof and repair curtain walling |45
Kingswood |Replacement of main heating system |126
Lodge Park |Replacement of mobiles by new building |470
Moulton Primary |Phase 3: Replace of 4 mobiles |199
Northampton Boys |Refurbish 5 laboratories and repair works |280
Southfield Girls |Repairs to concrete frame, flat roofs and toilets |162
Nottinghamshire
Ravensdale Middle |Structural repairs to craft areas |40
Rochdale
Crossgates Primary |New classroom |35
Shropshire
Adams Grammar |Repair support and facade of main entrance |100
Somerset
Bruton Primary |Phase 2: Classroom Extensions |80
Sexey's |Science Department development |200
Southwark
London Nautical |Boiler and calorifer replacement |140
Surrey
Beacon |Expansion of canteen facilities |34
Cheam High |New technology block |216
Collingwood |External fabric refurbishment |294
|Refurbishment laboratory/science block |280
De Stafford |Urgent recladding and reroofing |640
Epsom and Ewell |IT Development |100
Heathside |Refurbishment 3 science laboratories |120
John Fisher |Science-Fire, health and safety improvements |200
Manor County First |Replace oil with gas central heating |86
Nonsuch High |New classroom and re-model science laboratories |335
Send First |3 new classrooms and toilets |210
Stoneleigh First |Window Replacement |46
Sutton Grammar |Refurbishment 4 laboratories |160
Wilsons |Food technology, design and art area |150
Tameside
Audenshaw |2 new classrooms |105
Tower Hamlets
Raines Foundation |New science laboratories and ancillary accommodation |450
Walsall
Streetly |Roof repairs |87
St. Thomas More |New science block |695
Wandsworth
Burntwood |Window Replacement and Remedial works |340
|Upgrade science classrooms and fire escape |302
Elliott |Alteration to science accommodation |300
Warwickshire
Ash Green |Replacement of boilers |111
Avon Valley |Phase 1: Extension of science and technology facilities and refurbishment |220
Hartshill |Rewire whole school |262
Myton |Extend and refurbish existing workshops for design and technology |499
Queen Elizabeth (Atherstone) |Refurbish laboratory |84
Wiltshire
St. Augustines |New technology block |230
Wolverhampton
Moseley Park |Two new science laboratories and associated facilities |255
Table B
Technology schools initiative 1993-94 allocations
for grant-maintained schools
School |Amount allocated (£
|thousands)
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Baines School |205
Beacon School |185
Cornwallis School |207
Graveney School |300
Homewood School |176
Manshead School |252
Northolt High School |200
Ravenswood School for Boys |244
Small Heath School |211
Southlands School |223
Stratford School |300
Wymondham College |200
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many parents rang the telephone helpline set up in respect of advice on grant- maintained schools by his Department on 1 February, for each of the first two weeks of operation.
Mr. Forth : During the first weeks of operation, the helpline received 271 calls, of which 214 were from parents. The number of calls received during the second week was 848, of which 674 were from parents. This gives a total of 1,119 calls during the first two weeks, of which 945 were from parents.
Schools, Northamptonshire
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the schools in Northamptonshire which (a) are operating as grant-maintained, (b) are
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approved for grant-maintained status but not yet open, (c) are schools which have voted yes and published proposals for grant-maintained status, (d) are schools which have voted yes but not yet published proposals and (e) are schools whose applications have been rejected.Mr. Forth : The information requested is as follows :
(A) Operating schools
Kingsley Park Middle School
Kingswood School
Lodge Park School
Manor School
Montagu School
Moulton Primary School
Northampton (GM) School for Boys
Sir Christopher Hatton School
Southfield School for Girls
The King John School
The Windmill County GM Primary School
Weavers School
Wrenn School
(B) Schools which are approved but not yet operating
Danesholme Junior School
(C) Schools which have published proposals for grant-maintained status
Corby Beanfield Junior School
Queen Elizabeth School
Woodnewton Way Junior School
(D) Schools which have voted in favour of grant-maintained status but have not yet published proposals
Millbrook Infant School
(E) Schools whose application for grant-maintained status has been rejected
Bliss Charity Primary School
Kettering Boys School
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