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Grant-maintained Status (Ballots)
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in respect of which cases of schools holding ballots on grant-maintained status her Department has investigated complaints about the circumstances surrounding the conduct of the ballot; and if she will indicate for each (a) how many complaints were received, (b) the nature of the complaints, (c) the outcome of the investigation and (d) what action has been taken. [21083]
Mrs. Gillan: The following table shows such information as is readily available about the 60 investigations of ballots for grant-maintained status which have been completed to date.
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| LEA | School | Ballot (vote) | Complainant | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot irregularity cases--since implementation of the Education Reform Act 1988 | ||||
| Norfolk | Acle High School | Yes | LEA School | Ballot result upheld |
| Walsall | Aldridge Comprehensive School | No | Local Councillor | Ballot result upheld |
| Northumberland | Astley County High School | Yes | Registered electors School | Ballot result upheld |
| Kirklees | Boothroyd Junior and Infants | No | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Wirral | Calday Grange Grammar School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Bedfordshire | Cardinal Newman School | No | Other organisation | Ballot result declared void |
| Bolton | Crompton Fold County Primary | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Surrey | de Stafford County Secondary | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Kirklees | Deighton School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Derbyshire | Derby Moor School | No | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Kent | Edenbridge Middle School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Oldham | Failsworth School | No | Parents | Ballot result upheld |
| Birmingham | George Dixon School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Greenwich | Hawksmoor School | Yes | LEA Another Local School | Ballot result upheld |
| Kent | Hextable School | No | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Waltham Forest | Highams Park School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Cambridgeshire | Jack Hunt, Peterborough School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Wiltshire | Kingsdown County Secondary | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Bromley | Langley Park School for Boys | Yes | Parents | Ballot result upheld |
| Leicestershire | Manor High School | No | Parent MP | Ballot result upheld |
| Calderdale | Moorside Junior School, 2nd ballot | No | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Birmingham | Ninestiles | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Hillingdon | Oak Farm Junior and Infant Schools | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Bury | Peel Brow County Primary | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Gloucestershire | Picklenash School | Yes | Parents | Ballot result upheld |
| Calderdale | Ryburn Valley High School | No | Other organisation | Ballot result upheld |
| Hampshire | St. Joseph's RC Primary School | Yes | Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Kirklees | St. Patrick's Catholic Primary | No | Parent | School told to hold ballot |
| Lancashire | The Baines School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Humberside | Waltham Toll Bar | No | MP | Ballot result upheld |
| Rochdale | Wardle High School | Yes | Parent LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Dudley | Windsor High School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Misinformation cases--since implementation of the Education Act 1993 | ||||
| Staffordshire | Anglesey | Yes | LEA | Ballot result declared void |
| Staffordshire | Anglesey (2nd Ballot) | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Lancashire | Ashleigh Primary School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Lancashire | Belthorn Primary School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Liverpool | Blue Coat School | No | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Kent | Brockhill Park | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Surrey | Burpham County Primary | Yes | LEA and Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Shropshire | Castlefields | No | Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Derbyshire | Chinley Primary | Yes | LEA, parents and electors | Ballot result upheld |
| Staffordshire | Christ Church Middle | No | Other organisation Parent | Ballot result declared void |
| Staffordshire | Christ Church Middle--2nd Ballot | No | Parent and LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Liverpool | Croxteth Community Comp | No | School Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Devon | Devonport High School | Yes | Other organisation Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Somerset | Enmore Primary School | Yes | Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Kent | Gravesend Grammar | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Holy Cross | No | School and Councillors | Ballot result upheld |
| Liverpool | King David | Yes | LEA and Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Lancashire | Longridge School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Avon | Merrywood Girls School | No | Other organisation MP Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Leicestershire | New Parks Comm. College | No | Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Berkshire | Prospect School | Yes | LEA Councillors | Ballot result upheld |
| Derbyshire | Ripley Mill Hill School | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Essex | Rochford Primary | Yes | Parents | Ballot result upheld |
| Manchester | St. Kentigerns | Yes | LEA | Ballot result upheld |
| Essex | The Manningtree School | Yes | LEA Parents Electors | Ballot result upheld |
| Buckinghamshire | Two Mile Ash | Yes | Other organisation | Ballot result upheld |
| Tameside | Two Trees High School | No | School Parent | Ballot result upheld |
| Waltham Forest | Whitefields School and Centre | Yes | LEA Parent Other LEAs | Ballot result upheld |
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School Inspections
Ms Estelle Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 28 February, Official Report, column 602, what statistics her Department collates on the number of lay inspectors who have undertaken inspections in the last five years. [21134]
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Mr. Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and employment how many independent schools have had a full Office for Standards in Eduction inspection in each year since 1993-94; and how many she expects to take place in 1996-97 and 1997-98. [21156]
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Mr. Robin Squire: This is a matter for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, who heads the Office of Standards in Education. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Members.
Delegated Schools Budget
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will instigate a further consultation exercise on extending the delegated schools budgets beyond 85 per cent. of the potential schools budget. [21085]
Mr. Robin Squire: I have no immediate plans to do so.
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Teachers' Pay and Conditions
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many local education authority maintained schools fall into each of the schoolteachers' pay and conditions groups 1 to 6; and in each case how many of the head teachers' salaries fall into each pay spine point in the scale in the last year for which figures are available. [21057]
Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows the head teachers, in the local education authority maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in England and Wales, identified in the Teachers Pensions Agency database of teachers, records on a spine point of at least the minimum for the appropriate school group.
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| School group number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spine point | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 113 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 4 | 1,109 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 5 | 182 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 6 | 1,990 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 7 | 239 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 8 | 1,638 | 131 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 9 | 308 | 79 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 10 | 652 | 3,120 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 11 | 177 | 394 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 12 | 141 | 572 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 13 | 169 | 2,901 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 14 | 85 | 598 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 15 | 110 | 716 | 50 | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 | 25 | 516 | 17 | -- | -- | -- |
| 17 | 10 | 417 | 33 | -- | -- | -- |
| 18 | 8 | 555 | 1,234 | -- | -- | -- |
| 19 | 5 | 260 | 106 | -- | -- | -- |
| 20 | 4 | 261 | 231 | -- | -- | -- |
| 21 | 3 | 139 | 178 | -- | -- | -- |
| 22 | 2 | 369 | 550 | -- | -- | -- |
| 23 | 0 | 29 | 172 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 24 | 0 | 25 | 176 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 25 | 1 | 15 | 123 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 26 | 0 | 11 | 126 | 151 | -- | -- |
| 27 | 0 | 8 | 90 | 30 | -- | -- |
| 28 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 30 | -- | -- |
| 29 | 0 | 7 | 138 | 26 | -- | -- |
| 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 272 | -- | -- |
| 31 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 14 | -- |
| 32 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 68 | 8 | -- |
| 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 12 | -- |
| 34 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 82 | 374 | -- |
| 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 55 | -- |
| 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 86 | -- |
| 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 58 | -- |
| 38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 536 | 19 |
| 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 95 | 4 |
| 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 7 |
| 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 161 |
| 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 28 |
| 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 91 |
| 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 34 |
| 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 6,972 | 11,132 | 3,312 | 884 | 1,591 | 452 |
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