Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 March 2000. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 March 2000 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, how many fresh start schools (a) have increased pupil numbers and (b) are oversubscribed. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many Fresh Start schools (a) have increased pupil numbers and (b) are oversubscribed. [115290] Ms Estelle Morris: The official school census is undertaken in January of each year and we do not yet have data for January 2000. We can therefore only provide a comparison for the three schools which were opened as Fresh Start schools in September 1998, and not for the other seven Fresh Start schools which opened in September 1999 or later. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. School name LEA Pupil numbers January 1998 Pupil numbers January 1999 Blakelaw/Firfield Newcastle upon Tyne 361 404 Earl Marshall/Firvale Sheffield 403 439 Regis School/The King's School Wolverhampton 626 631 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information on the number of applications for each school is not collected centrally.

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