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Secondary Education: Standards

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which schools which were part of the National Challenge in 2008 did not receive any additional funding as part of the programme; and if he will make a statement; [256901]

(2) which schools achieved less than 30 per cent. of pupils achieving five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics, in (a) 2008 and (b) 2007 and have not received any additional funding through the National Challenge; and if he will make a statement. [256902]

Jim Knight: Schools in 2007 or 2008 where fewer than 30 per cent. of the pupils achieved five GCSEs at A* to C grade or equivalent, including GCSEs in English and mathematics receive support from a range of sources. If they are in London, the Black Country or Greater Manchester any support will come from the City Challenge
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programmes. In the rest of the country, support is provided by the National Challenge. All schools which become academies receive support from the Academies programme.

The support for all these schools is a mix of funding to local authorities and schools, together with support in kind. Some schools which were below the floor target in 2007 or 2008 are not receiving any of this additional support. They are listed in the following tables together with the reasons for this. In the vast majority of cases it is because they have moved above the floor target and are on a sustainable path of further improvement. In these cases there was local agreement that they did not need this additional support.

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Schools below the floor target based on 2007 results which are not receiving additional support
School	Local authority	Reason why the school is not receiving support
The Ravenscroft School and Technology College	Barnet	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Witton Park High School	Blackburn with Darwen	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
The Beaconsfield School	Buckinghamshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Halifax High at Wellesley Park	Calderdale	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Todmorden High School	Calderdale	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Solway Community Technology College	Cumbria	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Longfield School	Darlington	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Aldercar Community Language College	Derbyshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Isca College of Media Arts	Devon	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Danum School Technology College	Doncaster	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Dormers Wells High School	Ealing	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
West London Academy	Ealing	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Chalvedon School	Essex	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Debden Park High School	Essex	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Mark Hall School	Essex	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Central Technology College	Gloucestershire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
St. Thomas More Catholic School	Haringey	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Cheshunt School	Hertfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Hertswood School	Hertfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
St. Mary’s High School (VA)	Hertfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Westfield Community Technology College	Hertfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Mellow Lane School	Hillingdon	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
The Leigh Technology Academy	Kent	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Chessington Community College	Kingston upon Thames	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Coombe Boys’ School	Kingston upon Thames	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Central Lancaster High School	Lancashire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Marsden Heights Community College	Lancashire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Moor Park Business and Enterprise School	Lancashire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Walton le Dale Arts College and High School	Lancashire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
King Edward VI Humanities College	Lincolnshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
St. Hugh’s C of E Mathematics and Computing College	Lincolnshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
The Giles School	Lincolnshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
St. Peter’s RC High School	Manchester	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Greenacre School	Medway	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Harris Academy Merton	Merton	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
The Kingswood School	Northamptonshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Henry Mellish School and Sports College	Nottingham	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Serlby Park A 3-18 Business and Enterprise Learning Community	Nottinghamshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Banbury School	Oxfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
St. Gregory the Great VA Catholic Secondary School	Oxfordshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Carter Community School	Poole	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
The Grange School	Shropshire	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Sandhill View School	Sunderland	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Thornhill School	Sunderland	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
De Stafford School	Surrey	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
King’s Manor Community College	West Sussex	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Paddington Academy	Westminster	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Coppice Performing Arts School	Wolverhampton	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Wednesfield High School	Wolverhampton	The school has moved above the floor target and is expected to continue improving
Brookfield High School	Knowsley	Has merged with another school. The merged school is supported.
Ruffwood School	Knowsley	Has merged with another school. The merged school is supported.
St. Edmund of Canterbury Catholic High School	Knowsley	Has merged with another school. The merged school is supported.
The Newark High School	Nottinghamshire	Has merged with another school. The merged school is supported.
Tulketh Community Sports College	Lancashire	Has merged with another school. The merged school is above the floor target and due to become an academy.
Selhurst Mathematics and Computing Specialist School	Croydon	The school has closed
Lochinvar School	Cumbria	The school has closed
The Brays Grove Community School	Essex	The school has closed
The Western Technology School	North East Lincolnshire	The school has closed
Parkside Community College	Plymouth	The school has closed
Stamford High School	Tameside	The school has closed
The Ridings School	Calderdale	The school is due to close on 31 August 2009
Haywood School	Nottingham	The school is due to close on 31 August 2009

Schools below the floor target based on 2008 results which are not receiving additional support
School	Local authority	Reason why the school is not receiving support
The Ridings School	Calderdale	The school is due to close on 31 August 2009
Haywood School	Nottingham	The school is due to close on 31 August 2009
Ryeish Green School	Wokingham	The school is due to close on 31 August 2010

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