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Mr. Freud
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Isle of Ely, Official Report, 9 November, c. 112, if he will list the schools for which he rejected proposals for closure in 1980–81 and the local education authority in which each of these schools is located.
Dr. Boyson
Pursuant to my reply to the hon. Member on 9 November, listed as follows are the names of schools for which closure proposals have been rejected along with the local education authorities in which they are located.
| Year and School | Local Education Authority |
| 1980 | |
| St. Matthias' CE Primary School (E14)* | ILEA |
| St. Matthias' CE Primary School (E2) | ILEA |
| Newport Girls' High School | Shropshire |
| Northway County Middle School | Oxfordshire |
| Batley Grammar School for Girls | Kirklees |
| 1981 | |
| Bishop Vesey's Grammar School | Birmingham |
| Central First School | North Tyneside |
| Brodsworth CE First and Middle School | Doncaster |
| Armthorpe CE Infants School | Doncaster |
| Sykehouse First School | Doncaster |
| St. Lukes CE First School | Bradford |
| Royal Forest of Dean Grammar School | Gloucestershire |
| Liverpool Institute High School For Girls | Liverpool |
| Lawrence Secondary School for Girls* | Liverpool |
| Fairfield Secondary Girls* | Liverpool |
| 1982 | |
| Three secondary schools (sites not specified in proposals) | Knowsley |
| Pelham High School | Merton |
| Davidson High School* | Croydon |
| South Norwood High School* | Croydon |
| Ecclesbourne Girls School* | Croydon |
| Norbury manor Boys School | Croydon |
| Lady Edridge Girls School | Croydon |
| Heath Clarke High School* | Croydon |
| John Newnham High School | Croydon |
| Keighley Strong Close Nursery | Bradford |
| Bolton-by-Bowland CE Primary School | Lancashire |
| Year and School | Local Education Authority |
| Oldfield First School | Bradford |
| Dodworth CE Infants School | Barnsley |
| Harlow County Middle School | Oxfordshire |
| Thomas Wall Nursery | Sutton |
| Clifford CE First School | Sheffield |
| Rushbury CE Primary School | Shropshire |
| Pamphill CE Primary School | Dorset |
| Willmington Secondary School | Kent |
| Harwell Nursery | Oxfordshire |
| Newport Girls High School | Shropshire |
| Hereford and | |
| Samuel Southall Secondary School | Worcester |
| Beadnell CE First School | Northumberland |
* These schools were the subject of further closure proposals which the Secretary of State approved in 1982.