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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many secondary schools there are in (a) Bexley, (b) Bournemouth, (c) Buckinghamshire, (d) Kent, (e) Kingston upon Thames, (f) Lincolnshire, (g) Medway, (h) Poole, (i) Reading, (j) Slough, (k) Southend, (l) Sutton, (m) Torbay, (n) Trafford and (o) Wirral local education authority areas; and how many in each area are designated in performance tables as (i) comprehensive, (ii) selective and (iii) secondary modern schools. [223077] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the table. Secondary schools1: Number of schools by admissions policy--January 2004 and May 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of which3: Local education authorities Total number of Comprehensive Selective Modern in England secondary schools2 Bexley 16 7 4 5 Bournemouth 10 2 2 6 Buckinghamshire 34 0 13 21 Kent 102 21 33 48 Kingston upon Thames 10 0 2 8 Lincolnshire 63 17 15 31 Medway 19 3 6 10 Poole 8 3 2 3 Reading 7 5 2 0 Slough 11 1 4 6 Southend-on-Sea 12 4 4 4 Sutton 14 9 5 0 Torbay 8 5 3 0 Trafford 18 0 7 11 Wirral 22 11 6 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes maintained secondary schools, City Technology Colleges and Academies. Excludes middle deemed secondary schools. 2 Admissions policy as designated in the Secondary Achievement and Attainment Tables (formerly Performance Tables) as published in January 2005. 3 As reported in the Annual Schools' Census as at January 2004. Source: Annual Schools' Census and Achievement and Attainment Tables

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1014-6W; 223077

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Admissions Local education authorities Schools Secondary education Comprehensive schools

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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