Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which maintained special schools have been assessed as inadequate by Ofsted in each of the last 10 years. [257657]
Jim Knight:
This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
Tables A-J show all maintained special schools which have been placed in special measures in each academic year in the last ten years. Special measures is an Ofsted category, defined at present in the Education Act 2005, meaning that a school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.
Please be aware that the framework for inspecting maintained special schools changed in January 2000, September 2003 and September 2005. As a result, there has been no consistent 'inadequate' category over this period. These tables are, therefore, limited to those maintained special schools placed in special measures, as this category has been in place throughout the period in question.
A copy of this reply has been sent to right hon. Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.
Table A: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2007-08 (six maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
132008
Burwood School
Bromley
113963
Longspee School
Poole
131296
Montrose
Wigan
115817
Cam House School
Gloucestershire
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123631
Southall School
Telford and Wrekin
119882
North Cliffe School
Lancashire
Table B: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2006-07 (11 maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
113636
Barley Lane School
Devon
119869
Massey Hall School
Lancashire
102557
Syon Park School
Hounslow
110946
Spring Common School
Cambridgeshire
123939
The Priory School
Somerset
111502
Cloughwood School
Cheshire
108129
Elmete Wood-BESD
Leeds
126170
Cornfield School, Littlehampton
West Sussex
128190
Pathways Special School
Redcar & Cleveland
115451
Homestead School
Essex
104496
Highfield School
Knowsley
Table C: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2005-06 (two maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
115443
Priory School
Southend-On-Sea
122962
Woodlands School
Nottingham City
Table D: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2004-05 (eight maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
107468
Wedgwood School and Community Nursery
Bradford
109747
Oak Bank School
Bedfordshire
132156
Kingshill School
Wigan
126168
Abbotsford Community Special School
West Sussex
119895
Brookfield School
Lancashire
106968
Kelford School
Rotherham
106971
Whiston Grange School
Rotherham
109397
Wansdyke School
Bath and North East Somerset
Table E: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2003-04 (13 maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
103761
Dartmouth School
Coventry
109398
Lime Grove Special School
Bath and North East Somerset
125457
St Nicholas School
Surrey
115819
Sandford School
Gloucestershire
109741
Rainbow School
Bedfordshire
122154
The Orchard School
Northamptonshire
123346
Northfield School
Oxfordshire
105614
Meade Hill School
Manchester
105755
Hardman Fold Community Special School
Oldham
103880
The Old Park School
Dudley
106548
Two Porches School
Wigan
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131491
Redgrave School
Worcestershire
115475
Lexden Springs School
Essex
Table F: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2002-03 (18 maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
131817
Brookfield School
Herefordshire
101853
Beckmead School
Croydon
107173
East Hill Primary School
Sheffield
119033
Halstead Place School
Kent
107181
Dr John Worrall School
Sheffield
133442
The Michael Tippett School
Lambeth
132122
Mount Gilbert School
Telford and Wrekin
133432
Silverdale School
North Tyneside
132157
Highlea Secondary School
Wigan
106011
Mew Park High School
Salford
118140
Oakfield
Kingston Upon Hull
108121
Stonegate School
Leeds
131988
Thomas Bewick School
Newcastle Upon Tyne
133401
Waterside School
Greenwich
113648
Brook Green Centre for Learning
Plymouth
105623
Southern Cross School
Manchester
104026
Whittington Grange School
Sandwell
100761
Anerley School for Boys
Lewisham
Table G: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2001-02 (six maintained special schools)
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School name
LA name
131692
Lever Park School
Bolton
130353
Oaklands School
Leicester City
116638
Hawthorns School
Hampshire
131598
Ian Mikardo School
Tower Hamlets
110937
Littleton House School
Cambridgeshire
105624
Castlefield School
Manchester
Table H: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2000-01 (nine maintained special schools)
