asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he will list in the Official Report for the latest year for which figures are available (a) the maximum paid in respect of one school and (b) the average paid in respect of one school under the assisted places scheme represented by incidental expenses of (i) travel, (ii) uniform, (iii) meals and (iv) all three;(2) whether he will list in the
Official Report for the latest year for which figures are available the percentage of the average fee income to participating schools in respect of (a) assisted places pupils and (b) all pupils represented by the assistance with incidental expenses for travel, meals and uniform.
[pursuant to his reply, 22 July 1985, columns 349–350]: The information requested for the school year 1984–85 is as follows:
| £ | £ | |
| Maximum paid to one school | Average paid to one school | |
| Travel | 9,469 | 1,354 |
| Uniform | 5,566 | 1,419 |
| Meals | 6,715 | 2,241 |
| All Three | 17,539 | 5,014 |
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he will list in the Official Report for the latest year for which figures are available (a) the maximum paid in respect of one pupil, and (b) the average paid per pupil under the assisted places scheme for the incidental expenses of (i) travel, (ii) uniforms, and (iii) school meals and of (i), (ii) and (iii) together;(2) whether he will list in the
Official Report for the latest year for which figures are available the percentage of the average assistance with fees for a pupil under the assisted places scheme represented by the assistance with incidental expenses for travel, meals and uniform.
[pursuant to his reply, 22 July 1985, columns 349–350]: Information on payments for incidental expenses in respect of individual pupils is not collected by the Department. For the school year 1984–85, average payments per pupil were as follows:
| £ per pupil | |
| Travel | 29 |
| Uniform | 18 |
| Meals | 18 |
| All Three | 65 |
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list in the Official Report the percentage fee increase in each school participating in the assisted places scheme in each year since its introduction; and what are the increases for the next academic year.
[pursuant to his reply, 22 July 1985, c. 349–50]: The information requested is as follows:
| Percentage fee increase over previous year | ||||
| September | ||||
| School | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Abbey | 11·3 | 4·0 | 4·1 | 5·5 |
| Abingdon | 11·7 | 6·8 | 6·5 | 9·9 |
| Aldenham | 3·6 | 5·2 | 5·0 | — |
| Alice Ottley | 10·8 | 5·8 | 4·6 | — |
| Alleyn's | 11·2 | 6·9 | 8·5 | 8·7 |
| Arnold | 9·1 | 5·6 | 6·7 | 6·8 |
| Ashford | 10·6 | 8·0 | 7·0 | 9·9 |
| Bancroft's | 10·0 | 15·6 | 5·9 | 12·5 |
| Batley Grammar | 7·1 | 5·0 | 7·3 | — |
| Bedales | 23·1 | 7·8 | 10·4 | 11·7 |
| Bedford High | 13·0 | 5·6 | 6·6 | 9·0 |
| Bedford Modern | 12·0 | 6·5 | 6·9 | 9·0 |
| Bedford 11–13 | 15·1 | 5·0 | 6·0 | 10·0 |
| Bedford 14+ | 15·1 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 10·0 |
| Dame Alice Harpur | 13·0 | 8·1 | 6·1 | 10·0 |
| Berkhamsted 11–13 | 10·9 | 4·9 | 9·0 | 6·0 |
| Berkhamsted 13+ | 10·7 | 5·6 | 9·0 | 6·9 |
| Berkhamsted School for Girls | 15·0 | 7·6 | 9·9 | 11·0 |
| Birkenhead | 9·2 | 9·3 | 6·1 | 5·5 |
| Bishop's Stortford Junior | * | * | * | 5·8 |
| Bishop's Stortford Senior | * | * | * | 7·4 |
| Bolton Boys and Girls | 9·3 | 10·0 | 14·6 | — |
| Bradfield College | 31·3 | 6·9 | 7·1 | — |
| Bradford Girls Grammar | 15·0 | 10·1 | 6·2 | 11·0 |
| Bradford Grammar | 11·2 | 7·6 | 7·6 | 6·0 |
| Brentwood | 12·1 | 4·8 | 4·4 | 9·2 |
| Brighton College 11+ | 13·5 | 4·9 | 6·7 | 5·8 |
| Brighton College 13+ | 12·9 | 5·5 | 6·8 | 5·8 |
| Bristol Cathedral | 12·9 | 4·3 | 5·1 | 6·6 |
| Bristol Grammar | 14·7 | 2·7 | 6·8 | 7·7 |
| Bruton School for Girls | 13·6 | 8·0 | 3·7 | 7·2 |
| Bury Grammar | 8·4 | 8·3 | 6·4 | 7·2 |
| Canford | 9·7 | 10·9 | 6·6 | — |
| Carmel College | 13·9 | 7·8 | 15·5 | 0·8 |
School
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1955
|
| Casterton Junior | 10·2 | 7·9 | 24·4 | — |
| Casterton Senior | 6·9 | 7·9 | 6·9 | — |
| Caterham | 13·2 | 8·6 | 7·9 | 7·5 |
| Charterhouse | 15·0 | 0 | 10·7 | 5·0 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 10·6 | 6·1 | 6·9 | 5·1 |
| Chigwell | 12·1 | 9·0 | 6·0 | 8·0 |
| Churchers College | 10·4 | 7·6 | 0 | 9·3 |
| City of London | 17·3 | 7·6 | 5·0 | — |
| City of London School for Girls | 12·3 | 5·2 | 13·8 | 5·6 |
| Clifton College 11+ | 19·5 | 8·5 | 7·0 | 7·1 |
| Clifton College 13+ | 19·8 | 7·2 | 6·9 | 7·2 |
| Clifton High 11–13 | 9·8 | 2·2 | 5·4 | 8·2 |
| Clifton High VI Form | 8·9 | 2·0 | 6·0 | 8·5 |
| Colfes | 9·9 | 6·8 | 9·3 | 7·9 |
| Colston's 11+ | 15·2 | 9·4 | 4·3 | — |
| Colston's 13+ | 13·2 | 9·3 | 5·0 | — |
| Colston's Girls | 11·0 | 6·7 | 7·1 | 7·5 |
| Coventry | 12·1 | 10·3 | 7·4 | 8·0 |
| Cranleigh 11+ | 11·3 | 7·3 | 6·5 | 5·9 |
| Cranleigh 13+ | 10·8 | 6·8 | 7·3 | 5·8 |
| Culford | 11·7 | 15·1 | 5·9 | — |
| Dame Allan's Boys and Girls | 10·5 | 6·0 | 8·7 | — |
| Dauntsey's | 12·5 | 0 | 0 | 16·0 |
| Denstone College 11–12 | 11·4 | 7·7 | 5·1 | 7·1 |
| Denstone College 13+ | 13·6 | 7·6 | 6·0 | — |
| Dulwich College | 11·5 | 7·4 | 8·2 | 9·5 |
| Edgehill College | 14·4 | 9·8 | 5·6 | 10·3 |
| Eltham College | 8·0 | 7·1 | 12·3 | 9·0 |
| Emanuel | 11·0 | 6·4 | 5·1 | 7·6 |
| Epsom College | 16·1 | 7·7 | 10·7 | — |
| Exeter College | 14·4 | 6·0 | 5·9 | 6·4 |
| Farnborough Hill | 10·0 | 5·1 | 10·0 | 6·0 |
| Felsted Junior | 14·7 | 7·0 | 7·0 | 10·0 |
| Felsted Senior | 16·3 | 7·0 | 7·0 | — |
| Forest Boys | 10·9 | 7·1 | 5·2 | 8·3 |
| Forest Girls | 11·0 | 8·1 | 8·1 | 10·0 |
| Friends | 11·6 | 10·4 | 7·2 | — |
| Girls Public Day School Trust, London area, (10 schools) | 10·0 | 5·0 | 4·5 | 5·5 |
| Girls Public Day School Trust, Outside London area (12 schools) | 10·0 | 5·0 | 3·9 | 5·2 |
| Godolphin and Latymer | 10·0 | 9·1 | 6·6 | 7·0 |
| Gresham's | 17·2 | 6–4 | 9·0 | — |
| Haberdashers' Aske's (Boys) | 11·9 | 5·2 | 6·0 | 7·7 |
| Haberdashers' Aske's (Girls) | 10·6 | 6·0 | 6·1 | 8·1 |
| Hampton | 11·8 | 7·7 | 7·1 | 9·2 |
| Harrogate College | 8·7 | 6·6 | 5·8 | 5·9 |
| Hereford Cathedral | 14·8 | 9·8 | 7·1 | 12·6 |
| Highgate Junior | 12·3 | 7·6 | 6·1 | 7·2 |
| Highgate Senior | 11·9 | 9·1 | 6·0 | 6·9 |
| Hulme Grammar—Boys and Girls | 7·0 | 9·3 | 6·5 | — |
| Hymers College | 11·7 | 9·1 | 10·1 | 10·1 |
| Ipswich forms 1 & 2 | 11·3 | 7·6 | 7·4 | 8·1 |
| Ipswich forms 3-VI | 11·5 | 7·5 | 7·5 | 7·9 |
| James Allen's Girls | 13·3 | 7·4 | 8·9 | 12·7 |
| John Lyon | 6·5 | 9·1 | 10·2 | — |
| Kent College 11–15 | 14·6 | 12·5 | 10·3 | 8·4 |
| Kent College VI | 14·8 | 12·2 | 10·2 | 8·7 |
| King Edward's Bath | 9·6 | 13·1 | 13·4 | 6·2 |
| King Edward's, Birmingham | 10·7 | 6·1 | 10·5 | 7·0 |
| King Edward VI High, Birmingham | 9·8 | 6·0 | 9·2 | 5·5 |
| King Edward VII, Lytham | 12·8 | 6·9 | 9·6 | 8·1 |
| King Edward VI, Norwich | 11·2 | 8·0 | 5·5 | 8·5 |
| King Edward VI, Southampton | 8·1 | 8·3 | 8·0 | 5·9 |
| King Edward's Witley | 11·9 | 8·0 | 9·5 | — |
| King's College, Wimbledon | 10·5 | 11·1 | 7·1 | — |
| King's High School for Girls, Warwick | 11·4 | 9·7 | 12·0 | 7·1 |
| King's, Chester | 10·6 | 10·6 | 4·8 | 6·8 |
| King's, Macclesfield | 16·5 | 8·1 | 7·5 | — |
| King's, Rochester Junior | 14·2 | 8·6 | 10·1 | — |
| King's, Rochester Senior | 14·0 | 8·6 | 12·6 | — |
| King's, Worcester | 11·7 | 9·3 | 9·9 | 10·0 |
| Kingston Grammar | 9·9 | 8·5 | 5·4 | 8·1 |
School
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
|
| Kingswood 11+ | 9·8 | 7·5 | 6·3 | — |
| Kings wood 13+ | 9·5 | 7·6 | 6·3 | — |
| Kirkham Grammar | *
| 7·8 | 7·9 | 8·0 |
| Lady Eleanor Holles | 7·4 | 5·9 | 5·6 | 11·4 |
| La Sagesse Convent 11+ | 10·9 | 7·1 | 7·1 | — |
| La Sagesse Convent Yr4-VI Form | 19·2 | 7·1 | 7·0 | — |
| Latymer Upper | 8·6 | 8·2 | 7·8 | 9·3 |
| Leeds Girl's High | 12·9 | 8·7 | 9·2 | 7·9 |
| Leeds Grammar | 7·7 | 7·4 | 6·9 | 8·9 |
| St Faiths | 6·5 | 0 | 14·7 | — |
| Leys's | 7·7 | 7·5 | 5·7 | — |
| Liverpool College | 5·9 | 5·0 | 5·0 | — |
| Lord Wandsworth College | 12·6 | 9·0 | 8·6 | 6·1 |
| Loreto Convent Grammar | 12·9 | 5·7 | 6·8 | — |
| Loughborough Grammar | 9·6 | 7·9 | 6·2 | 5·5 |
| Loughborough High | 7·1 | 8·0 | 3·5 | 5·2 |
| Magdalen College | 11·9 | 6·4 | 6·8 | 8·0 |
| Malvern College | 19·0 | 8·8 | 6·9 | — |
(a) The Elms with Seaford Court | 13·0 | 7·3 | 7·8 | — |
(b) Wells House | 0 | 16·2 | 5·5 | — |
(c) Hillstone | 20·7 | 7·9 | 6·2 | — |
(d) The Downs | 10·0 | 7·4 | 7·0 | — |
| Manchester Grammer | 12·5 | 7·1 | 8·1 | 6·8 |
| Manchester High School for Girls | 7·5 | 5·1 | 4·6 | 5·6 |
| Maynard | 11·1 | 6·5 | 8·9 | — |
| Merchant Taylor's Boys and Girls, Liverpool | 13·0 | 4·5 | 6·2 | 10·5 |
| Merchant Taylor's Northwood | 12·5 | 9·0 | 7·6 | — |
| Mill Hill Junior | 7·5 | 4·4 | 13·4 | 13·3 |
| Mill Hill Senior | 8·6 | 8·5 | 2·8 | 13·6 |
| Monkton Combe 11+ | 7·4 | 9·2 | 10·6 | 8·0 |
| Monkton Combe 13+ | 11·3 | 7·6 | 8·8 | 4·7 |
| Monkton Combe VI Form | 11·3 | 7·6 | 8·8 | 4·8 |
| Mount St. Mary's College | 9·4 | 5·3 | 6·0 | — |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 12·6 | 6·5 | 5·4 | 4·9 |
| Northampton High School for Girls | 11·0 | 5·7 | 5·2 | — |
| North London Collegiate | 10·3 | 5·3 | 3·2 | — |
| Nottingham High | *
| *
| *
| 7·7 |
| Old Palace | 5·3 | 9·2 | 7·5 | — |
| Perse School for Boys | 10·6 | 5·1 | 7·2 | 9·5 |
| Perse School for Girls | 9·1 | 2·9 | 3·9 | 5·8 |
| Plymouth College | 13·5 | 4·9 | 9·4 | 8·9 |
| Pocklington | 7·9 | 6·5 | 7·7 | 8·6 |
| Portsmouth Grammar | 9·8 | 8·2 | 4·1 | 6·9 |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Blackburn | 14·7 | 10·4 | 5·9 | — |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Wakefield | 10·1 | 5·4 | 12·9 | 1·2 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 9·0 | 4·8 | 6·0 | — |
| Queen Mary, Lytham | 12·7 | 6·9 | 9·6 | 8·1 |
| Queen's College, Taunton Junior | 13·3 | 6·2 | 6·1 | — |
| Queen's College, Taunton Senior | 15·4 | 6·9 | 5·8 | — |
| Queen's College, London | 6·9 | 6·8 | 17·8 | 12·1 |
| Queen's School, Chester | 16·3 | 7·2 | 13·5 | 4·0 |
| Ratcliffe College | ||||
(a) Grace Dieu | 7·4 | 7·1 | 8·5 | — |
(b) Main School | 11·5 | 7·8 | 7·3 | — |
(c) VI Form | 11·7 | 7·7 | 7·3 | — |
| Redland High | 6·2 | 6·6 | 5·9 | — |
| Red Maid's | 8·8 | 3·9 | 6·6 | — |
| Reigate Grammer | 10·0 | 21·2 | 8·4 | 6·6 |
| Repton 11+ | 11·9 | 6·6 | 6·4 | — |
| Repton 13+ | 14·2 | 7·2 | 6·6 | — |
| Rossall Year 1 | 13·4 | 7·7 | 8·8 | 8·0 |
| Rossall Year 2 | 13·4 | 7·3 | 8·8 | 7·9 |
| Rossall Year 3 | 13·4 | 7·6 | 8·8 | 7·8 |
| Rossall Years 4 & 5 | 13·4 | 7·1 | 8·9 | 7·8 |
| Rossall VI Year 1 | 13·2 | 7·5 | 8·6 | 7·8 |
| Rossall VI Year 2 | 13·2 | 7·3 | 8·3 | 7·6 |
| Royal Grammar, Guildford | 7·7 | 5·2 | 5·8 | 14·8 |
School
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
|
| Royal Grammar, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 7·9 | 4·5 | 5·3 | 6·2 |
| Royal Grammar, Worcester | *
| *
| 5·3 | 7·5 |
| St. Albans | 13·5 | 9·1 | 7·5 | 7·5 |
| St. Albans High School for Girls | 12·8 | 11·1 | 11·2 | — |
| St. Ambrose College | 19·2 | 6·8 | 4·7 | 6·7 |
| St. Anselm's College 11+ | 13·0 | 6·4 | 7·5 | 9·1 |
| St. Anselm's College VI Form | 12·5 | 5·9 | 1·4 | 7·6 |
| St. Bede's College | 9·2 | 5·1 | 3·8 | — |
| St. Bees Forms 1 & 2 | 13·9 | 0 | 0 | 7·3 |
| St. Bees Forms 3-VI | 17·9 | 4·5 | 4·3 | 7·2 |
| St. Benedict's Middle | 10·0 | 11·1 | 9·4 | — |
| St. Benedict's Senior | 9·6 | 8·4 | 8·4 | — |
| St. Catherine's | 15·8 | 10·5 | 18·2 | — |
| St. Dunstan's College, College | 12·1 | 7·8 | 5·5 | 12·1 |
| St. Edmunds College 11–13 | 12·0 | 9·5 | 8·9 | 0·7 |
| St. Edmunds College 13+ | 12·0 | 9·5 | 9·0 | 6·8 |
| St. Edward's College | 24·7 | 15·3 | 2·2 | 4·0 |
| St. George's College | 5·9 | 9·0 | 14·8 | 10·1 |
| St. Helen's | 9·4 | 7·6 | 7·4 | 7·9 |
| St. John's College, Southsea | 25·3 | 4·4 | 2·5 | 1·9 |
| St. John's, Leatherhead | 10·7 | 10·3 | 7·3 | 9·0 |
| St. Joseph's College 11–16 | 12·1 | 8·1 | 7·6 | 5·1 |
| St. Joseph's College 16+ | 11·8 | 8·2 | 6·9 | 5·3 |
| St. Joseph's Convent | 15·4 | 8·8 | 6·1 | 10·0 |
| St. Mary's College | 14·9 | 9·1 | 11·9 | 8·7 |
| St. Mary's RC | 14·6 | 14·4 | 11·1 | 11·0 |
| St. Mary's Hall | 23·3 | 7·4 | 8·9 | 3·4 |
| St. Maurs Convent Forms 1–5 | 10·3 | 7·3 | 6·8 | — |
| St. Maurs Convent VI Form | 17·1 | 4·2 | 13·3 | 10·0 |
| St. Paul's Prep School | 10·9 | 7·3 | 7·1 | 10·0 |
| St. Paul's Main School | 10·8 | 7·2 | 7·1 | 10·1 |
| St. Paul's Girls | 11·6 | 8·1 | 6·7 | 10·3 |
| St. Peter's 11–13 | 10·8 | 3·1 | 4·4 | 6·1 |
| St. Peter's 13+ | 13·3 | 3·2 | 3·6 | — |
| St. Peter's VI Form | 13·3 | 5·2 | 8·0 | — |
| St. Swithun's | 11·7 | 8·4 | 7·9 | 8·2 |
| Salesian College 11+ | 11·6 | 14·6 | 16·4 | 10·9 |
| Salesian College VI Form | 12·8 | 13·2 | 10·0 | 10·6 |
| School of St. Helen and St. Katherine | 16·5 | 8·8 | 8·7 | — |
| Sedbergh | 15·0 | 8·7 | 8·2 | 10·9 |
| Sir William Perkin's | 10·6 | 7·2 | 6·2 | 5·8 |
| Stamford | 11·1 | 5·8 | 6·3 | — |
| Stamford High | 13·1 | 4·1 | 6·7 | — |
| Stockport Grammar | 13·2 | 7·9 | 8·5 | — |
| Stonyhurst College Prep Schools | 10·6 | 10·0 | 9·9 | — |
| Stonyhurst College | 10·3 | 9·9 | 11·0 | — |
| Stowe | 9·7 | 7·5 | 8·4 | 9·4 |
| Sutton Valence | 9·2 | 4·6 | 6·6 | 7·0 |
| Talbot Heath | 10·0 | 5·7 | 5·4 | 8·2 |
| Taunton 11+ | 9·0 | 9·2 | 9·0 | 7·9 |
| Taunton VI Form | 12·1 | 9·3 | 8·9 | 7·8 |
| Tonbridge | 16·0 | 6·2 | 6·4 | 6·3 |
| Trent Junior College | 11·7 | 7·8 | 7·5 | 7·3 |
| Trent College Senior | 11·2 | 7·7 | 7·3 | 7·2 |
£ per annum
| |||||||
Scale 1
| Scale 2
| Scale 3
| Scale 4
| Senior Teacher
| Deputy Head*
| Head Teacher
| |
| Minimum | 5,442 | 6,252 | 7,734 | 9,201 | 9,915 | 6,807 | 9,573 |
| Maximum | †9,201 | 9,597 | 11,031 | 12,363 | 13,395 | 16,689 | 22,941 |
| Uprating these figures by 6·9 per cent, would give the following salary rates: | |||||||
| Minimum | 5,817 | 6,683 | 8,268 | 9,836 | 10,599 | 7,277 | 10,234 |
| Maximum | 9,836 | 10,259 | 11,792 | 13,216 | 14,319 | 17,841 | 24,524 |
* There are 12 separate scales for deputy headteachers and 14 for headteachers. The figures given are the minima of the lowest and maxima of the highest scales. | |||||||
| † For good honours graduates. Maximum tor other teachers is £8,556. | |||||||
| Inner London allowance is payable at the rate of £1,038 for all school teachers serving in the inner London area. No proposals have so far been tabled in the Burnham Committee for an increase in the London allowance for 1985. | |||||||
School
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
|
| Trinity School of John Whitgift | 10·4 | 5·1 | 5·9 | 6·9 |
| Truro | 14·3 | 8·3 | 9·2 | — |
| Truro High | 15·1 | 1·5 | 6·8 | 5·9 |
| University College 11–13 | 9·1 | 4·4 | 8·7 | 6·0 |
| University College 13+ and VI | 8·9 | 4·5 | 8·6 | — |
| Upton Hall Convent | 12·5 | 6·9 | 9·1 | 8·3 |
| Ursuline High | 7·9 | 8·3 | 5·3 | — |
| Wakefield High | 4·8 | 5·3 | 10·4 | 1·3 |
| Walthamstow Hall | 17·6 | 23·7 | 7·6 | 10·9 |
| Warwick | 9·5 | 4·9 | 6·4 | 8·9 |
| Wellingborough Junior | 16·3 | 9·5 | 4·6 | 5·4 |
| Wellingborough Senior | 16·2 | 9·3 | 4·2 | 5·1 |
| Wellington College | ||||
(a) Eagle House | 8·7 | 8·3 | 8·9 | 8·1 |
(b) Wellington College | 9·2 | 7·8 | 7·2 | 7·6 |
| Wellington | 13·6 | 10·0 | 9·1 | — |
| Wells Cathedral | 10·1 | 7·4 | 5·0 | 7·1 |
| West Buckland | *
| *
| *
| 10·3 |
| Westminster-Under | *
| *
| *
| — |
| Whitgift | 10·5 | 4·8 | 5·0 | 6·8 |
| William Hulme Grammar | 12·3 | 8·0 | 7·5 | — |
| Winchester College | 12·2 | 6·3 | 6·0 | 8·5 |
| Wisbech Grammar 11+ | *
| *
| 0 | 9·7 |
| Wisbech Grammar 13+ | *
| *
| 0 | 8·9 |
| Withington Girls | 9·5 | 7·5 | 7·2 | — |
| Wolverhampton Grammar | 4·7 | 6·2 | 6·7 | — |
| Woodbridge | 22·1 | 9·5 | 8·0 | — |
| Woodhouse Grove | 7·6 | 11·2 | 5·0 | 5·6 |
| Wycliffe College Junior | 15·6 | 6·9 | 6·9 | 8·5 |
| Wycliffe College Senior | 15·5 | 7·0 | 6·8 | 8·5 |
| Weighted average (all schools) | 10·9 | 7·4 | 9·8 | n/a |
* School was not a participant in the preceding year. | ||||
| — Fee increases not yet proposed or agreed. | ||||