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Table H: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 2000/01 (5 pupil referral units)
URN School name LA name

102957

Secondary Support Service

Sutton

104287

The Braybrook Centre

Wolverhampton

107476

Beaconsfield PRU

Calderdale

110204

Manor Road PRU

Milton Keynes

132032

Ridgewaye Centre Pupil Referral Unit

Kent


Table I: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1999/2000 (8 pupil referral units)
URN School name LA name

104288

The Orchard Centre Pupil Referral Unit

Wolverhampton

105831

The Masbrough Centre

Rotherham

115836

South Farnborough Pupil Referral Unit

Hampshire

130314

Crossways Pupil Referral Unit

Dorset

131515

Bleach Green Centre

Gateshead

131588

The Martlet Pupil Referral Unit

Nottinghamshire

131532

Kirk Hallam Pupil Referral Unit

Derbyshire

131640

Waterside Education Unit

West Berkshire


Table J: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1998/99 (6 pupil referral units)
URN School name LA name

100392

Special Learning Centre (Secondary Base)

Islington

108139

The Springfield Centre

Wakefield

109425

Charles Street Tuition Centre Pupil Referral Unit

Luton

110600

CSSC Ascham

Cambridgeshire

125497

The Milverton Centre Pupil Referral Unit

Warwickshire

130981

The Priory Centre

Wakefield


Table K: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1997/98 (5 pupil referral units)
URN School name LA name

108567

Abbotsfield Pupil Referral Unit

North Tyneside

115479

The Hatherley Centre

Gloucestershire

115838

Woodside Centre PRU

Hampshire

123971

The Queensbury Vocational Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

124925

Staines Tuition Centre

Surrey


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Schools: Animal Welfare

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department encourages schools to provide extra-curricular activities in the interests of promoting and educating pupils on animal welfare issues. [259535]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The new secondary curriculum has a range of opportunities for schools to teach about animal welfare. Citizenship helps young people to consider a wide range of political, social, ethical and moral issues. Pupils should also be taught about the way in which the environment and living things need protection. In personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE education), pupils learn that people and other living things have needs, and that they have responsibilities to meet them. Teachers have the freedom and flexibility to decide how to teach the curriculum and what activities best suits the needs of their learners.

To support and inspire all schools to harness the full potential of the living world as a cross-curricular teaching and learning resource, both within and beyond the school grounds the Department funds the Growing Schools programme. It focuses on farming, as well as food and environmental issues, and on ensuring pupils are given first hand, practical experience in the outdoor classroom. Through Growing Schools the Department supports the school farms network which offers support and assistance to school farms through materials and CPD.

Schools: Nurses

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent school nurses there were in each local authority area in each year since 1997. [255655]

Ann Keen: I have been asked to reply.

This information is not held centrally.

School nurses are generally employed by primary care trusts (PCTs) although some school nurses will be directly employed by both state and independent schools. The national health service workforce census does not capture these. A number of qualified school nurses will also work across PCT boundaries but be directly employed by one single PCT.

A table showing the number of full-time equivalent school nurses employed by PCTs and national health service trusts from 2004-07 has been placed in the Library.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1730-32W, on special educational needs, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures given by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [258049]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is provided in the table.


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Maintained primary and secondary schools: Number of pupils( 1,2) —position in January each year 2004-08—England

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Maintained primary schools( 3)

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have statemented special educational needs

18,180

17,120

15,600

14,730

14,050

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have non-statemented special educational needs

198,760

196,160

191,960

193,730

194,090

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and were children in care

2,660

2,760

2,600

2,550

2,420

Number of pupils who had statemented special educational needs and were children in care

1,520

1,600

1,460

1,520

1,500

Number of pupils who had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care

5,880

5,980

5,830

6,320

6,350

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had statemented special educational needs and were children in care

230

240

210

190

200

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care

1,500

1,530

1,350

1,360

1,320

Maintained secondary schools( 3)

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have statemented special educational needs

21,230

19,860

18,430

16,840

15,190

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have non-statemented special educational needs

123,340

125,410

130,430

132,240

136,510

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and were children in care

2,110

2,310

2,470

2,360

2,300

Number of pupils who had statemented special educational needs and were children in care

1,700

1,850

2,170

2,280

2,210

Number of pupils who had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care

4,760

5,310

6,400

7,270

7,730

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had statemented special educational needs and were children in care

230

250

250

250

220

Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care

930

1,050

1,160

1,150

1,190

(1) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
(2) All pupils aged 5-19.
(3) Includes middle schools as deemed.
Note:
Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many non-maintained special schools had (a) between 100 and 200 pupils, (b) between 201 and 300 pupils, (c) between 301 and 400 pupils and (d) over 400 pupils in 2008. [259297]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is shown in the following table.

Non maintained special schools: number of schools by size( 1) ; position at January 2008—England

Number of schools

Between 100 and 200 pupils

9

Between 201 and 300 pupils

1

Between 301 and 400 pupils

0

Over 400 pupils

0

Total

10

(1) Excludes dually registered pupils.
Source:
School Census

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