Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 December 1999. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Monday, 20 December 1999 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the categories of specialist comprehensives, (b) the number of schools in each category and (c) the number and percentage of successful and unsuccessful applications for specialist school status. - Inc tables.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list (a) the categories of specialist comprehensives, (b) the number of schools in each category and (c) the number and percentage of successful and unsuccessful applications for specialist school status. [102865] Ms Estelle Morris: The numbers of specialist schools designated as arts, languages, sports or technology colleges which are deemed comprehensive schools are listed in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category of specialism Comprehensive Other {1} Arts Colleges 29 0 Language Colleges 65 6 Sports Colleges 35 2 Technology Colleges 241 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The 33 other schools comprise 18 selective, 12 secondary modern and three special schools For competitions held in 1998 and 1999 the number and percentage of successful and unsuccessful applications for specialist designation are set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage Successful March 1998 51 42 October 1998 35 53 March 1999 37 71 June 1999 41 45 Unsuccessful March 1998 71 58 October 1998 31 47 March 1999 15 29 June 1999 51 55 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 341 c399W; 102865
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Applications Languages Physical education Sports Technology Specialist schools Comprehensive schools Visual arts
Contains statistics: Yes