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Grant-maintained Schools

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) schools,

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(b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools there are in England; and how many schools have (i) held ballots to decide whether or not to opt out of local education authority control and (ii) decided to opt out of local education authority control; and what are (i) and (ii) as a percentage of (a), (b) and (c) for England for each year since 1990. [11356]

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Mr. Forth: In January 1996, there were 23,265 primary, secondary and special schools in England, of which 18,480 were primary and 3,594 secondary. Some 1,744 schools have balloted parents on whether to seek grant-maintained status; 1,297 ballots have resulted in a yes vote. The following table sets out the proportion of schools holding ballots and voting yes in each year since 1990.

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	All schools(3)		Primary schools		Secondary schools
Year	Percentage of schools holding ballots	Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote	Percentage of schools holding ballots	Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote	Percentage of schools holding ballots	Percentage of ballots resulting in yes vote
1990	0.2	78.2	0.0	0.0	1.4	79.6
1991	1.1	78.7	0.5	76.6	4.6	79.8
1992	1.7	78.3	0.6	79.8	8.0	77.8
1993	2.3	74.9	1.6	77.6	6.3	71.3
1994	0.9	55.8	0.7	63.8	1.9	37.1
1995	0.4	59.6	0.3	61.1	0.8	46.7
1996	0.5	63.0	0.4	62.8	0.9	50.0

(3) Figures for all schools include special schools and grant maintained schools in each year but exclude nursery schools, which are not eligible for GM status. Special schools became eligible in 1993.

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Mr. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought her approval for a change of character (a) by extending the age range of pupils for which the school provides and (b) by selecting pupils according to aptitude or ability, stating in each case, whether their application has been successful. [11431]

Mr. Squire: The following table lists grant-maintained schools which have published statutory proposals either to extend the age range of the school or to select pupils by ability or aptitude, and whether the proposals were accepted or rejected.

LEA area	School name
Proposals to add or extend a sixth form
Approved
Birmingham	Baverstock GM school
Birmingham	Bishop Challoner school
Birmingham	Small Heath school
Cambridgeshire	Sawtry village college
Derbyshire	The Merrill community school
Derbyshire	Chellaston school
Derbyshire	Heanor Gate GM school
Derbyshire	Woodlands community school
Derbyshire	West Park community school
Derbyshire	Friesland GM school
Derbyshire	Noel Baker community school
Dorset	Budmouth technology college
Dudley	Ellowes Hall GM school
Essex	West Hatch school
Essex	Beauchamps GM school
Essex	Bromfords school
Essex	Chalvedon school
Essex	The King John school
Essex	The Greensward school
Essex	The Philip Morant GM technology college
Essex	St. Thomas More high school for boys
Essex	The King Edmund school
Essex	Furtherwick park
Gloucestershire	Cheltenham Kingsmead school
Gloucestershire	Balcarras school
Hampshire	Ringwood school
Hampshire	The Arnewood school
Hampshire	The Burgate school
Hampshire	Hardley school
Hampshire	Bay House school
Hampshire	Applemore technology college
Havering	The Frances Bardsley school
Kent	The Cornwallis school
Kent	The Maplesden Noakes school
Kent	Angley school
Kent	Thamesview school
Kent	Hayesbrook school
Kent	Northfleet school for boys
Kent	Pent Valley school
Kent	The Malling school
Kent	Senacre technology school
Kent	St. George's CE high school
Kent	Oldborough Manor community college
Kent	Aylesford school
Kent	Wrotham school
Kent	Herne Bay high school
Kent	Sandwich high school
Kent	Meopham school
Kent	Brockhill Park GM school
Lambeth	La Retraite RC girls' GM school
Lincolnshire	William Farr CE school
Lincolnshire	St. Peter and St. Paul school
Lincolnshire	Gleed Girls
Lincolnshire	Monks Dyke school
Norfolk	Sheringham high school
Norfolk	Costessy high school
Nottinghamshire	Greenwood Dale GM school
Rochdale	Wardle high school
Sandwell	Heathfield GM school
Surrey	Heathside school
Tameside	Audenshaw high school (GM)
Trafford	New Wellington GM CTC high school
Waltham Forest	Chingford GM school
Waltham Forest	Higham Park school
Warwickshire	Queen Elizabeth school
Wiltshire	St. Augustine's RC GM school
Wolverhampton	Moseley Park GM school
Rejected
Birmingham	Ninestiles GM school
Cambridgeshire	The Queen's school
Cambridgeshire	Comberton village college
Croydon	Riddlesdown GM high school
Derbyshire	Noel Baker community school
Dorset	Highcliffe school
Essex	The Thorpe Bay high school
Essex	The Philip Morant school
Essex	The King Edmund school
Gloucestershire	Pittville school
Gloucestershire	St. Benedict's school
Hampshire	Bay House school
Hampshire	Testwood school
Hereford and Worcester	The Blessed Edward Oldcorne school
Hertfordshire	Hockerill school
Kent	Aylesford school
Kent	Meopham GM school
Kent	The Montgomery school
Kent	Wrotham school
Kent	Senacre technology school
Kent	Thamesview school
Kent	Oldborough manor school
Lincolnshire	Gleed Girls' school
Lincolnshire	Castle Hills GM school
Lincolnshire	Sir William Robertson GM school
Lincolnshire	The Giles school
Norfolk	Cromer high school
Norfolk	Great Yarmouth GM high school
Norfolk	Lynn Grove high school
Norfolk	Acle high school
Norfolk	Flegg high school
Rochdale	Hollingsworth high school
Shropshire	Abraham Darby school
Sandwell	Heathfield high school
Surrey	Winston Churchill school
Trafford	The New Wellington school
Waltham Forest	Higham Park school
Proposals to add or extend a nursery
Approved
Berkshire	Holy Family RC school
Berkshire	Castleview combined school
Bexley	Barnehurst infant school
Cambridgeshire	The Park Lane GM primary
Cumbria	Flookburgh CE GM primary
Cumbria	Dalton St. Mary's CE school
Cumbria	Broughton GM primary school
Cumbria	Eaglesfield Paddle CE GM
Cumbria	Beaconside infant school
Cumbria	Warwick Bridge GM primary
Dudley	Alder Coppice GM primary
Ealing	Three Bridges school
Ealing	Montpelier school
East Riding	Wold Newton GM primary
Essex	Katherines primary school
Essex	Northwick Park infant school
Essex	Eastwood infant school
Essex	Chase Lane GM primary school
Essex	Prince Avenue primary school
Essex	Leverton infant school
Essex	Milton Hall primary school
Gloucestershire	Robinswood primary school
Hertfordshire	Cuffley primary school
Kensington and Chelsea	Our Lady of Victories school
Kent	Holy Trinity CE primary
Lambeth	St. Bede's RC infant school
Lincolnshire	Old Leake school
Lincolnshire	Bourne Abbey (GM) primary
Norfolk	Dersingham First school (GM)
Norfolk	Loddon First school
Norfolk	Gresham village school
Northants	Woodnewton Way infant school
Sutton	All Saints CE primary school
Warwickshire	Dunchurch First school
Warwickshire	Ash Green GM school
Rejected
Buckinghamshire	Brookmead school
Buckinghamshire	Overstone GM combined school
Cambridgeshire	The Park Lane GM primary
Cambridgeshire	Orton Wistow primary school
Cheshire	St. Wilfrids RC GM school
Cheshire	Mottram St. Andrew's school
Cumbria	St. Paul's CE GM school(4)
Cumbria	Bowness on Solway GM primary
Derbyshire	Wiliam Gilbert school
East Riding	Barmby Moor school
Lincolnshire	Washingborough GM school
Lincolnshire	St. Andrews CE GM primary
Northamptonshire	Millbrook GM infant school
Surrey	The Manor First school(4)
Surrey	Hawkedale First school(4)
Surrey	Send CE GM school
Wiltshire	Studley Green GM primary
Proposals for other change of age range
Approved
Berkshire	Herschel GM grammar school
Berkshire	Langley GM grammar school
Berkshire	Slough GM grammar school
Berkshire	Cippenham middle school
Berkshire	The Westgate school
Ealing	Wood End middle school
Ealing	Wood End first school
Ealing	Drayton Manor high school
Ealing	Northolt high school
Ealing	Greenford high school
Ealing	Brentside high school
Hampshire	Hardley school (GM)
Hampshire	The City of Portsmouth Boys' school
Hampshire	Testwood school
Hampshire	Front Lawn middle school
Hampshire	Purbrook park school
Hampshire	Calmore middle school
Hampshire	Abbotswood middle school
Hampshire	Lyndhurst middle primary school
Merton	Ursuline convent school
Surrey	Glyn school
Surrey	Rosebery secondary school
Surrey	The Beacon secondary school
Surrey	Send CE first school (GM)
Surrey	Collingwood GM school
Surrey	Epson and Ewell high school
Surrey	Guildford county school
Surrey	Park Mead first school (GM)
Surrey	Yattendon middle school
Warwickshire	Queen Elizabeth GM school
Warwickshire	Dunchurch first school
Warwickshire	Rugby high school
Warwickshire	Hartshill school
Warwickshire	Myton school
Warwickshire	Ash Green GM school
Warwickshire	Middlemarch middle school
Warwickshire	Dunchurch first school
Rejected
Lincolnshire	King Edward VI school
Sheffield	Clifford first school
Warwickshire	Ash Green school
Proposals to select pupils by aptitude or ability
Approved
Barnet	Queen Elizabeth Boys' school
Barnet	Mill Hill county high school
Berkshire	Reading Girls school
Bromley	Hayes school
Cumbria	Queen Elizabeth grammar school(4)
Hammersmith and Fulham	London Oratory School
Hertfordshire	Watford Grammar school for girls
Hertfordshire	Watford Grammar school for boys
Hertfordshire	Parmiters school
Hertfordshire	Rickmansworth school
Hertfordshire	Chancellors school
Kent	Chaucer technology school
Kingston	Holy Cross school
Lambeth	Archbishop Tenison's GM school
Lambeth	St. Martin in the Fields high school
Lambeth	Dunraven GM school
Surrey	Roseberry GM girls' school
Wandsworth	Graveney GM school
Wandsworth	Burntwood school
Rejected
Hertfordshire	The Bishop's Stortford high school
Kent	The Westlands school
Kirklees	Castle Hall GM school(4)
Lambeth	Dunraven GM school
Surrey	Glyn ADT GM technology school
Sutton	Cheam high school

(4) For these schools there were also simultaneous proposals for other changes of age range.

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