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City Academies and Beacon Schools

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have become (a) city academies and (b) beacon schools in each year since the beginning of the scheme, broken down by local education authority. [47493]

Mr. Timms: No city academies have yet been established. It is expected that the first three will begin operating in September 2002. The beacon school programme was launched in 1998. The number of beacon schools established each year was:


The network currently consists of 1,000 schools. The breakdown by local education authority is as follows:

LEABeacon schools
Barking2
Barnet8
Barnsley3
Bath and North East Somerset4
Bedfordshire7
Bexley3
Birmingham28
Blackburn with Darwen4
Blackpool4
Bolton8
Bournemouth4
Bracknell Forest3
Bradford13
Brent7
Brighton and Hove4
Bromley6
Buckinghamshire12
Bury6
Calderdale4
Cambridgeshire9
Camden9
Cheshire14
City of Bristol4
City of London1
Cornwall12
Coventry4
Croydon6
Cumbria11
Darlington2
Derby6
Derbyshire13
Devon7
Doncaster6
Dorset3
Dudley3
Durham10
Ealing5
East Riding of Yorkshire4
East Sussex7
Enfield6
Essex9
Gateshead7
Gloucestershire14
Greenwich7
Hackney4
Halton3
Hammersmith5
Hampshire20
Haringey4
Hartlepool5
Havering4
Herefordshire4
Hertfordshire14
Hillingdon3
Hounslow5
Isle of Wight2
Islington5
Kensington and Chelsea8
Kent18
Kingston upon Thames4
Kingston-upon-Hull5
Kirklees7
Knowsley8
Lambeth10
Lancashire26
Leeds13
Leicester5
Leicestershire3
Lewisham7
Lincolnshire2
Liverpool16
Luton2
Manchester12
Medway Towns5
Merton3
Middlesbrough4
Milton Keynes4
Newcastle upon Tyne4
Newham7
Norfolk12
North East Lincolnshire5
North Lincolnshire3
North Somerset2
North Tyneside8
North Yorkshire11
Northamptonshire9
Northumberland8
Nottingham City6
Nottinghamshire8
Oldham5
Oxfordshire7
Peterborough5
Plymouth3
Poole3
Portsmouth5
Reading3
Redbridge4
Redcar and Cleveland3
Richmond upon Thames7
Rochdale6
Rotherham8
Rutland2
Salford7
Sandwell4
Sefton12
Sheffield8
Shropshire6
Slough2
Solihull8
Somerset8
South Gloucestershire4
South Tyneside8
Southampton5
Southend-on-Sea4
Southwark7
St. Helens8
Staffordshire10
Stockport9
Stockton-on-Tees3
Stoke-on-Trent4
Suffolk12
Sunderland7
Surrey19
Sutton3
Swindon2
Tameside4
Telford and the Wrekin5
Thurrock2
Torbay3
Tower Hamlets8
Trafford5
Wakefield7
Walsall2
Waltham Forest5
Wandsworth10
Warrington4
Warwickshire6
West Berkshire4
West Sussex14
Westminster6
Wigan7
Wiltshire7
Windsor and Maidenhead3
Wirral15
Wokingham1
Wolverhampton4
Worcestershire6
York4

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Specialist Schools

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have become

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specialist schools in each year since the beginning of the scheme, broken down by (a) specialism and (b) local education authority. [47494]

Mr. Timms: The information is given in a table which has been placed in the Library.

Special Schools

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools have closed in each of the last seven years. [48220]

Mr. Timms: The number of special schools that have closed in each of the last seven years are:

YearNumber
199628
199732
199835
199935
200033
200131
20021
Total195

Parental Choice

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children failed to gain a place at the (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special school of their first choice in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47488]

Mr. Timms: The Department does not keep statistics on how many children fail to gain a place at primary, secondary and special schools of their first choice. It is possible, however, that local education authorities might collect this type of information individually.

Teachers (Early Leavers)

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers left the profession in each year since 1997; and what proportion had taught for (a) less than three years, (b) between three

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and five years, (c) between five and 10 years, (d) between 10 and 15 years and (e) more than 15 years, broken down by local education authority. [47510]

Mr. Timms: The numbers of teachers leaving regular full or part-time service in the maintained schools sector in England were as follows. For each local education authority the numbers leaving (in bold type) and the proportions of these leavers with different lengths of service are given. The latest provisional data available are for 31 March 2000 and has been placed in the Libraries.

Teacher Dismissals

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many teachers have been dismissed from their post (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) since June 2001, broken down by local education authority; [47495]

Mr. Timms: The Department does not collect this information.

Grant-maintained Schools

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many former grant-maintained schools have gained (a) specialist, (b) beacon and (c) city academy status in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47489]

Mr. Timms: The number of former grant-maintained schools which have gained (a) specialist and (b) beacon status is provided in the tables. For (c), city academies, none of the schools involved were grant-maintained.

Number of former grant-maintained schools designated as specialist schools by year by specialism by LEA

199719981999200020012002
Barking and Dagenham, LB of
Barnet, LB of
Barnsley
Bath and North East Somerset2
Bedfordshire11
Bexley, LB of
Birmingham132
Blackburn with Darwen1
Blackpool
Bolton
Bournemouth2
Bracknell Forest
Bradford11
Brent, LB of1
Brighton and Hove
Bristol, city of
Bromley, LB of11
Buckinghamshire1
Bury
Calderdale1
Cambridgeshire11
Camden, LB of
Cheshire1
Corporation of London
Cornwall
Coventry
Croydon, LB of11
Cumbria1121
Darlington
Derby, city of
Derbyshire11
Devon
Doncaster
Dorset2
Dudley
Durham
Ealing, LB of21
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Enfield, LB of
Essex12422
Gateshead
Gloucestershire113114
Greenwich, LB of
Hackney, LB of
Halton
Hammersmith and Fulham, LB of
Hampshire1
Haringey, LB of
Harrow, LB of
Hartlepool
Havering, LB of1
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire1111
Hillingdon, LB of111
Hounslow, LB of
Isles of Scilly
Isle of Wight
Islington, LB of
Kensington and Chelsea, RB of
Kent1123
Kingston upon Hull, city of
Kingston-upon-Thames, RB of
Kirklees
Knowsley
Lambeth, LB of 1
Lancashire
Leeds
Leicester City
Leicestershire
Lewisham, LB of
Lincolnshire362
Liverpool11
Luton1
Manchester
Medway1
Merton, LB of
Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes12
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham, LB of
Norfolk11
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Somerset
North Tyneside
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottingham, city of1
Nottinghamshire
Oldham
Oxfordshire
Peterborough, city of 11
Plymouth, city of
Poole1
Portsmouth
Reading
Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland
Richmond-upon-Thames, LB of
Rochdale
Rotherham
Rutland1
Salford1
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield1
Shropshire
Slough1
Solihull
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
South Tyneside
Southend-on-Sea2
Southampton
Southwark, LB of
St. Helens
Staffordshire
Stockport
Stockton on Tees
Stoke on Trent
Suffolk
Sunderland
Surrey11
Sutton, LB of1
Swindon
Tameside
Telford and Wrekin
Thurrock11
Torbay
Tower Hamlets, LB of
Trafford1
Wakefield
Walsall1
Waltham Forest, LB of1
Wandsworth, LB of11
Warrington
Warwickshire
West Berkshire
West Sussex
Westminster, LB of
Wigan
Wiltshire1211
Windsor and Maidenhead, RB of
Wirral
Wokingham
Wolverhampton1
Worcestershire
York, city of
Totals181312223126

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Beacon schools—ex-GM schools by year and LEA

LEA1998199920002001
Barnet2
Bath and NE Somerset1
Bedfordshire11
Birmingham1
Bolton1
Bradford1
Brent12
Bromley1
Buckinghamshire1
Calderdale1
Cambridgeshire21
Camden2
Croydon2
Cumbria12
Derbyshire123
Devon1
Doncaster1
Dorset1
Dudley1
Ealing11
Essex1322
Gloucestershire211
Hampshire1
Hertfordshire2
Hillingdon1
Kensington and Chelsea1
Kent34
Lambeth33
Lancashire1
Lincolnshire11
Manchester1
Medway Towns1
Milton Keynes1
Norfolk1
Northamptonshire1
Nottingham City1
Nottinghamshire1
Oxfordshire1
Peterborough3
Poole1
Reading1
Rutland1
Sheffield11
Shropshire1
Slough11
Southampton1
Southend-on-Sea3
St. Helens21
Surrey11
Sutton2
Tameside1
Torbay1
Trafford1
Wandsworth3
West Berkshire1
Wiltshire11

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