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Hillbrook Primary SchoolHoly Cross Convent School
Icknield High School
John Paul II RC School
John Port School
Jotmans Hall County Primary School
King Edward VI Aston School
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
King Edward VI Five Ways School
King Edward VI Handsworth School
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Lacey Gardens Junior School
Laisterdyke Middle School
Lea Manor High School and Community College
Lincroft Middle School
Lord Grey School
Lynn Grove High School
Mascalls School
Murray Park Community College
New Wellington High School
Newport Free Grammar School
Noel Baker School
Northwick Park County Infant School
Northwick Park County Junior School
Oakbank School
Orton Wistow Primary School
Picklenash County Junior School
Queen's School
Rainsford School
Rastrick High School
Richard Challoner School
Rolph CE VA Primary School
Roseacre Junior School
Rugby High School for Girls
Sale Moor County High School
Sawston Village College
Shenington CE Primary School
Smithy Bridge Primary School
South Wigston High School
Southend Girls High School
Southfields School (GM)
St. Andrew's CE Primary School
St. Augustine's RC High School
St. Bede's RC School
St. Boniface's College
St. Clement's High School
St. Clere's School
St. Francesca Cabrini RC Primary School
St. Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School
St. John Fisher School, Chatham
St. Joseph's College
St. Joseph's RC VA Primary School
St. Martin's School
St. Mary and St. Joseph's School
St. Paul's Catholic School
St. Philomena's School, Carshalton
St. Walburga's RC Primary School
Stanground College
Sutton-at-Hone CE Primary School
Teign School
Tendring High School
The Charles Dickens School
The Corbet School
The Ellowes Hall School
The Folkestone School for Girls
The Frances Bardsley School for Girls
The George Spencer School
The Gilberd School
The Greensward School
The Kingswinford School
The Malcolm Sargent County Primary School
The Shire Oak Community School
The Thorpe Bay School
The Village College, Comberton
The Wildernesse School
Thornton School
Uppingham Community College
Wallington High School for Boys
Wallington High School for Girls
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Wardle High SchoolWest Hill High School
Westlands High School
Whitelocke Infant School
William De Ferrers School
William Edwards School
Woodnewton Way Junior School
Wootton Upper School
Wycombe Royal Grammar School
Wyedean School
Dance, Drama and Music
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he will provide a number of fully funded places for the most talented students from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to study dance, drama and music in the United Kingdom on an annual basis ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : Under the Government's music and ballet scheme help is already being made available to more than 550 talented children at the Royal Ballet school, four specialist music schools in England and, under slightly different arrangements, one in Scotland. Mandatory student awards and student loans are available for full-time first degree and comparable level courses in dance, drama and music. The Government also contribute significant amounts of taxpayers' money towards local authority expenditure on education. Local education authorities may also make discretionary awards for lower level courses. It is, however for each authority to determine its own policies on such support.
Questions about funding students in Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
School Hours
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many hours per week secondary school students are required to work in Britain ; and what are the equivalent figures for the United States of America, France, Germany and Japan.
Mr. Forth : The readily available information on teaching hours per week and the length of the school year are shown in the table.
Secondary schools
|Teaching hours per|Length of school
|week |year
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England<1> |24 |38 weeks
Wales<2> |24 |38 weeks
Scotland<3> |27.5 |38 to 40 weeks
Northern Ireland<4> |22.5 |37 weeks
France<5> |24 |33 weeks
Germany<6> |36 |40 weeks
Japan |30 |35 weeks minimum
USA<7> |26 |35 weeks
<1> Suggested minimum weekly hours.
<2> Average teaching time per week.
<3> Timetabled week in education authority schools.
<4> Minimum teaching hours.
<5> Represents 21 hours core curriculum time plus three hours of sport.
<6> Represents an average miminum and may vary according to the providing
authorities (Lander).
<7> Average minimum number of hours in class over a five day week.
Portakabin Classrooms
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Portakabin classrooms are currently in use ; how many there were in 1979, 1985 and 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The Department holds no records on how many Portakabin classrooms are currently in use or how many were in use at any time in the past.
On temporary accommodation generally, "A Study of School Building" published by the Department and the Welsh Office in 1977 showed that 10 per cent. of primary and 7 per cent. of secondary school places were provided in temporary accommodation, both fixed and mobile. The "Survey of School Buildings" published by the Department in 1987 showed a reduction in these proportions to 7 per cent. of primary school accommodation and 6 per cent. of secondary school accommodation in England only.
Information on the position in 1990 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Retired Teachers
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many male teachers retired from the profession at age 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64 years during each of the financial years 1989-90 to date.
Mr. Forth : The table shows the number of male teachers who retired from the profession at age 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64 years during each of the financial years 1989-90 to date.
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