Children, Schools and Families written question – answered am ar 28 Ebrill 2009.
Tim Loughton
Shadow Minister (Children)
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in which (a) special and (b) mainstream schools more than 50 per cent. of pupils were on free school meals, more than four per cent. of pupils were children in care, and more than 20 per cent. of pupils had statements of special educational needs in the last period for which figures are available.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families
In January 2008 there were no maintained primary or state-funded secondary schools with more than 50 per cent. of pupils eligible for free school meals and more than 4 per cent. of children in care and more than 20 per cent. of pupils with a statement of special educational need. The requested information on special schools is shown in the following table.
Information on pupils eligible for free school meals includes dually registered pupils. Information on pupils with a statement of special educational needs excludes dually registered pupils. Information on children in care is usually sourced from the looked after children database but this cannot be used to answer this question as it does not identify the school each child attends. However, data on pupils in care are also collected via the School Census.
This census shows that there were 34,390 pupils aged five to 19 attending primary, secondary and special schools classed as being in care as at January 2008. Data published by the Department as SFR 23/2008: Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending
The Department is working on a project to match the looked after children database to the national pupil database. If successful this would enable us to produce analysis for looked after children on a range of attainment indicators and characteristics, including information on free school meals and special educational needs. We are hoping to report on the findings including on the robustness of the matching exercise by the end of 2009.
| Special schools with more than 50 per cent. of pupils on free school meals( 1) , more than four per cent of pupils who were children in care( 2) and more than 20 per cent. of pupils had statements of special educational needs( 3) —Position in January 2008 | |
| Local authority | School |
| Birmingham | Springfield House Community Special School |
| Birmingham | Skilts School |
| Birmingham | Hamilton School |
| Birmingham | Victoria School |
| Birmingham | Mayfield School |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Fernhurst Secondary SEBD School |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Crosshill Special School |
| Bolton | Lever Park School |
| Bromley | Burwood School |
| Camden | Chalcot School |
| Cheshire | Capenhurst Grange School |
| City of Bristol | Notton House School |
| City of Bristol | Bristol Gateway School |
| City of Bristol | Woodstock School |
| City of Nottingham | Woodlands School |
| Croydon | Beckmead School |
| Derbyshire | Holly House Special School |
| Dudley | Rosewood School |
| Durham | The Meadows School |
| Durham | Elemore Hall School |
| Durham | Windlestone School |
| Durham | Walworth School |
| Gateshead | Eslington Primary School |
| Greenwich | Waterside School |
| Greenwich | Moatbridge School |
| Hackney | Stormont House School |
| Hackney | Downsview School |
| Hackney | Horizon School |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Gibbs Green School |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Cambridge School |
| Hampshire | Lakeside School |
| Haringey | Moselle School |
| Hillingdon | The Willows School |
| Hounslow | The Cedars Primary School |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Parkwood Hall School |
| Kent | NCH Westwood School |
| Kent | Meadows School |
| Kent | Portal House School |
| Kent | Furness School |
| Kingston upon Hull | Teskey King School |
| Knowsley | Knowsley Central Primary Support Centre |
| Knowsley | Highfield School |
| Knowsley | Alt Bridge Secondary Support Centre |
| Lambeth | The Michael Tippett School |
| Lancashire | The Rose School |
| Leicester | Keyham Lodge School |
| Liverpool | Lower Lee School |
| Liverpool | Hope School |
| Liverpool | Ernest Cookson School |
| Liverpool | Redbridge High School |
| Liverpool | Bank View High School |
| Liverpool | Clifford Holroyde Centre of Expertise |
| Liverpool | Palmerston School |
| Manchester | Southern Cross School |
| Manchester | Camberwell Park Community Special School |
| Manchester | Melland High School |
| Manchester | The Birches School |
| Manchester | Meade Hill School |
| Medway | Rivermead School |
| Middlesbrough | Priory Woods School |
| Middlesbrough | Holmwood School |
| Middlesbrough | Tollesby School |
| Newcastle | Trinity School |
| Norfolk | Fred Nicholson School |
| Northumberland | Atkinson House School |
| Oxfordshire | Bessels Leigh School |
| Reading | The Holy Brook School |
| Redcar and Cleveland | Pathways Special School |
| Rochdale | Brownhill School |
| Salford | New Park High School |
| Sandwell | Shenstone Lodge School |
| Sefton | Newfield School |
| Sheffield | Holgate Meadows Community Special School |
| Solihull | Lanchester School |
| South Tyneside | The Galsworthy Centre |
| Southampton | Vermont School |
| Southampton | The Polygon School |
| Southend-on-Sea | Priory School |
| St. Helens | Penkford School |
| Stockton on Tees | King Edwin School |
| Stockton on Tees | Westlands School |
| Sunderland | Springwell Dene School |
| Surrey | Wey House School |
| Sutton | Wandle Valley School |
| Tower Hamlets | The Cherry Trees School |
| Tower Hamlets | Bowden House School |
| Trafford | Egerton High School |
| Walsall | Phoenix Schools |
| Walsall | Elmwood School |
| Wandsworth | Elsley School |
| Warrington | Chaigeley School |
| Wirral | Gilbrook School |
| Wirral | Kilgarth School |
| Wirral | Clare Mount School |
| Wirral | Foxfield School |
| Wirral | Solar School |
| Wolverhampton | Westcroft School and Sports College |
| (1) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils. (2) Includes solely and dually registered pupils aged five to 19 classed as being in care. Number of pupils recorded as being in care on the day of the School Census. We know from comparing data from the School Census with data from the DCSF's two main statistical collections on looked after children that there may be a degree of under-reporting in the School Census return of pupils who are looked after. (3) Excludes dually registered pupils. | |
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