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Ms. Armstrong
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the schools involved in the assisted places scheme, with the total number of places and the number of assisted places in each school.
Mr. Fallon
The latest information available is in respect of the 1989–90 academic year as follows:
| Assisted places scheme Academic year 1989–90 | ||
| Name of school | Number of pupils on roll | Number of assisted pupils |
| Abbey School, Reading | 920 | 66 |
| Abingdon School | 732 | 86 |
| Ackworth School, Pontefract | 456 | 5 |
| Aldenham School, Elstree | 370 | 32 |
| Alice Ottley School, Worcester | 670 | 77 |
| Alleyns School, Dulwich | 921 | 198 |
| Ardingly College, Haywards Heath | 482 | 5 |
| Arnold School, Blackpool | 800 | 75 |
| Ashford School, Kent | 700 | 42 |
| Bancrofts School, Woodford | 710 | 80 |
| Bath High School GPDST | 590 | 109 |
| Batley Grammar School | 631 | 252 |
| Bedales School, Petersfield | 408 | 6 |
| Bedford High School | 1,034 | 98 |
| Bedford Modern School | 1,200 | 161 |
| Bedford School | 1,120 | 100 |
| Dame Alice Harpur School | 1,030 | 153 |
| Belvedere School GPDST, Liverpool | 550 | 170 |
| Berkhamsted School | 800 | 27 |
| Berkhamsted School for Girls | 557 | 28 |
| Birkenhead High School GPDST | 948 | 260 |
| Birkenhead School | 990 | 252 |
| Bishop's Stortford College | 360 | 39 |
| Blackheath High School GPDST | 570 | 91 |
| Bloxham School, Banbury | 369 | 4 |
| Bolton School (Boys) | 1,000 | 246 |
| Bolton School (Girls) | 1,095 | 242 |
| Bootham School, York | 315 | 5 |
| Bradfield College, Reading | 530 | 2 |
| Bradford Girls Grammar | 900 | 57 |
| Bradford Grammar School | 1,146 | 212 |
| Brentwood School | 1,080 | 93 |
| Brighton and Hove High School GPDST | 744 | 141 |
| Brighton College | 498 | 100 |
| Bristol Cathedral School | 461 | 139 |
| Bristol Grammar School | 1,203 | 270 |
| Bromley High School GPDST | 693 | 97 |
| Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire | 555 | 3 |
| Bruton School for Girls | 580 | 116 |
| Burgess Hill School for Girls | 578 | 3 |
| Bury Grammar School (Boys) | 750 | 180 |
| Bury Grammar School (Girls) | 1,120 | 245 |
| Canford School, Wimborne | 530 | 27 |
| Carmel College, Wallingford | 290 | 85 |
| Casterton School, Cumbria | 380 | 40 |
| Caterham School | 720 | 122 |
| Central Newcastle High School GPDST | 780 | 117 |
| Charterhouse, Godalming | 700 | 9 |
| Cheadle Hulme School | 1,000 | 134 |
| Cheltenham Ladies College | 840 | 3 |
| Chigwell School | 617 | 63 |
| Christ's Hospital | 825 | 5 |
| Churchers College, Petersfield | 460 | 110 |
| City of London School | 850 | 138 |
| City of London School for Girls | 660 | 108 |
| City of London Freemens School, Ashtead | 649 | 2 |
| Clifton College, Bristol | 700 | 69 |
| Clifton High School, Bristol | 752 | 44 |
| Colfes School, London SE12 | 860 | 178 |
| Colston's School, Bristol | 341 | 83 |
| Colston's Girls' School | 660 | 154 |
| Coventry School | 2,748 | 262 |
| Cranleigh School | 570 | 40 |
| Croham Hurst School, Croydon (9/89) | 590 | 5 |
| Croydon High School GPDST | 1,040 | 94 |
| Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds | 710 | 47 |
| Dame Allans Boys School, Newcastle upon Tyne | 440 | 121 |
| Dame Allans Girls School | 424 | 131 |
| Dauntseys School, Devizes | 588 | 50 |
| Denstone College, Uttoxeter | 360 | 119 |
| Douai School, Reading (9/89) | 295 | 2 |
| Dover College (9/89) | 310 | 3 |
| Downe House School, Newbury (9/89) | 460 | 1 |
| Name of school | Number of pupils on roll | Number of assisted pupils |
| Dulwich College | 1,430 | 282 |
| Durham School (9/89) | 378 | 5 |
| Edgbaston C of E College for Girls (9/89) | 470 | 4 |
| Edgehill College, Bideford | 502 | 140 |
| Ellerslie School, Worcestershire (9/89) | 250 | 5 |
| Eltham College, London SE9 | 700 | 83 |
| Emanuel School, London SW11 | 760 | 278 |
| Epsom College | 645 | 24 |
| Exeter School | 675 | 168 |
| Farnborough Hill School | 520 | 167 |
| Feixstowe College (9/89) | 320 | 5 |
| Felsted School, Dunmow | 500 | 51 |
| Forest School, London E17 | 445 | 132 |
| Francis Holland School NW1 (9/89) | 360 | 5 |
| Friends School, Saffron Walden | 265 | 75 |
| Giggleswick School, Settle (9/89) | 296 | 0 |
| Godolphin School, Salisbury (9/89) | 320 | 4 |
| Godolphin and Latymer School, London W6 | 700 | 172 |
| Greshams School, Norfolk | 480 | 10 |
| Guildford High School for Girls (9/89) | 580 | 3 |
| Haberdashers Askes School, Elstree | 1,300 | 216 |
| Haberdashers Askes Schools for Girls, Elstree | 1,096 | 115 |
| Haileybury and Imperial Service College (9/89) | 689 | 4 |
| Hampton School | 200 | 183 |
| Harrogate College | 400 | 19 |
| Headington School, Oxford (9/89) | 680 | 0 |
| Hereford Cathedral School | 603 | 225 |
| Highate School | 298 | 36 |
| Hulme Grammar, Boys, Oldham | 860 | 212 |
| Hulme Grammar, Girls, Oldham | 585 | 185 |
| Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks (9/89) | 565 | 3 |
| Hymers College, Hull | 865 | 164 |
| Ipswich High School GPDST | 595 | 123 |
| Ipswich School | 626 | 75 |
| James Allens Girls School, Dulwich | 850 | 158 |
| John Lyon School, Harrow | 490 | 103 |
| Kent College, Canterbury | 646 | 88 |
| Kimbolton Schools, Cambridgeshire (9/89) | 685 | 5 |
| King Edwards School at Bath | 685 | 114 |
| King Edwards School, Birmingham | 775 | 251 |
| King Edward VI High School, Birmingham | 560 | 158 |
| King Edward VII School, Lytham | 645 | 230 |
| King Edward VI School, Norwich | 761 | 109 |
| King Edward VI School, Southampton | 944 | 237 |
| King Edwards School, Witley | 523 | 76 |
| Kings College School, Wimbledon | 650 | 83 |
| Kings High School for Girls, Warwick | 985 | 152 |
| Kings School, Bruton (9/89) | 333 | 3 |
| Kings School, Chester | 560 | 89 |
| Kings School, Macclesfield | 1,043 | 154 |
| Kings School, Rochester | 438 | 51 |
| Kings School, Worcester | 856 | 166 |
| Kingston Grammar School | 567 | 149 |
| Kingswood School, Bath | 484 | 42 |
| Kirkham Grammar School | 510 | 80 |
| Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton | 810 | 55 |
| La Sagesse Convent School, Newcastle upon Tyne | 340 | 139 |
| Latymer Upper School, London W6 | 1,030 | 308 |
| Laxton School, Peterborough (9/89) | 148 | 2 |
| Leeds Girls High School | 946 | 102 |
| Leeds Grammar School | 1,184 | 197 |
| Leicester Grammar School (9/89) | 550 | 5 |
| Leighton Park School, Reading (9/89) | 360 | 5 |
| Leys School, Cambridge | 375 | 35 |
| Liverpool College | 700 | 171 |
| Lord Wandsworth College, Basingstoke | 440 | 82 |
| Name of school | Number of pupils on roll | Number of assisted pupils |
| Lorento Convent Grammar School, Altrincham | 819 | 60 |
| Loughborough Grammar | 880 | 125 |
| Loughborough High School | 520 | 88 |
| Magdalen College School, Oxford | 500 | 119 |
| Malvern College Group | 600 | 58 |
| Manchester Grammar School | 1,460 | 262 |
| Manchester High School | 965 | 171 |
| Marist Convent Senior School, Ascot (9/89) | 500 | 1 |
| Maynard School, Exeter | 530 | 155 |
| Merchant Taylors, Liverpool | 769 | 203 |
| Merchant Taylors Girls', Liverpool | 811 | 170 |
| Merchant Taylors, Northwood | 700 | 68 |
| Mill Hill School | 540 | 55 |
| Monkton Combe School, Bath | 340 | 35 |
| Mount Carmel School, Cheshire (9/89) | 589 | 5 |
| Mount St. Mary's College, Sheffield | 283 | 52 |
| Mount School, York (9/89) | 288 | 5 |
| Newcastle Under Lyme School, Staffordshire | 1,350 | 466 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne Church High School (9/89) | 607 | 5 |
| Northampton High School | 765 | 162 |
| North London Collegiate School, Edgware | 850 | 83 |
| Norwich High School GPDST | 835 | 168 |
| Nottingham Girls High School GPDST | 1,054 | 184 |
| Nottingham High School | 830 | 134 |
| Notting Hill and Ealing High GPDST | 768 | 118 |
| Oakham School, Rutland (9/89) | 986 | 3 |
| Old Palace School, Croydon | 760 | 184 |
| Oxford High School GPDST | 650 | 94 |
| Pangbourne College, Reading (9/89) | 330 | 5 |
| Perse School for Boys, Cambridge | 486 | 62 |
| Perse School for Girls | 710 | 66 |
| Plymouth College | 695 | 187 |
| Pocklington School, York | 714 | 130 |
| Polam Hall School, Darlington (9/89) | 465 | 5 |
| Portsmouth Grammar School | 1,020 | 178 |
| Portsmouth High School GPDST | 675 | 135 |
| Prior Park College, Bath (9/89) | 386 | 3 |
| Putney High School GPDST | 825 | 16 |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Blackburn | 1,200 | 244 |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar, Wakefield | 975 | 153 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital School, Bristol | 480 | 166 |
| Queen Mary School, Lytham | 700 | 242 |
| Queens College, Taunton | 610 | 64 |
| Queens College, London W1 | 400 | 60 |
| Queens School, Chester | 578 | 71 |
| Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire | 424 | 61 |
| Redland High School, Bristol | 631 | 73 |
| Red Maids School, Bristol | 475 | 163 |
| Reed's School, Cobham (9/89) | 346 | 5 |
| Reigate Grammar School | 870 | 99 |
| Rendcomb College, Cirencester (9/89) | 275 | 5 |
| Repton School, Derby | 559 | 45 |
| Rossal School, Fleetwood | 476 | 45 |
| Royal Grammar School, Guildford | 800 | 107 |
| Royal Grammar School, Newcastle | 1,130 | 271 |
| Royal Grammar School, Worcester | 874 | 257 |
| St. Albans School | 666 | 121 |
| St. Albans High School for Girls | 685 | 59 |
| St. Ambrose College, Altrincham | 640 | 85 |
| St. Anselms College, Birkenhead | 850 | 184 |
| St. Bede's College, Manchester | 866 | 220 |
| St. Bees School, Cumbria | 367 | 82 |
| St. Benedict's School, Ealing | 585 | 75 |
| St. Catherine's School, Bramley | 615 | 35 |
| St. Dunstan's College, Catford | 830 | 153 |
| St. Edmund's College, Ware | 463 | 59 |
| St. Edward's College, Liverpool | 850 | 402 |
| St. Felix School, Southwold (9/89) | 355 | 4 |
| St. George's College, Weybridge | 600 | 27 |
| St. Helen's School, Northwood | 880 | 27 |
| Name of school | Number of pupils on roll | Number of assisted pupils |
| St. John's College, Southsea | 860 | 173 |
| St. John's School, Leatherhead | 460 | 14 |
| St. Joseph's College, Ipswich | 738 | 72 |
| St. Joseph's Convent, Reading | 534 | 102 |
| St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate (9/89) | 360 | 5 |
| St. Margaret's School, Bushey (9/89) | 460 | 1 |
| St. Margaret's School, Exeter (9/89) | 450 | 4 |
| St. Mary's College, Crosby (9/89) | 804 | 244 |
| St. Mary's Convent, Cambridge | 552 | 98 |
| St. Mary's Hall, Brighton | 386 | 52 |
| St. Maurs Convent, Weybridge | 470 | 57 |
| St. Paul's School, Barnes | 640 | 82 |
| St. Paul's Girls School, Hammersmith | 634 | 55 |
| St. Peter's School, York | 480 | 125 |
| St. Swithun's School, Winchester | 406 | 0 |
| Salesian College, Farnborough | 450 | 68 |
| Scarborough College (9/89) | 389 | 5 |
| School of St. Helen and St. Katherine, Abingdon | 520 | 80 |
| Sedbergh School, Cumbria | 495 | 36 |
| Sheffield High School GPDST | 683 | 81 |
| Shrewsbury High School GPDST | 570 | 67 |
| Sir William Perkins School, Chertsey | 490 | 93 |
| Solihull School (9/89) | 976 | 5 |
| South Hampstead High School GPDST | 670 | 58 |
| Stamford School | 950 | 71 |
| Stamford High School | 1,006 | 83 |
| Stockport Grammar School | 1,270 | 252 |
| Stonyhurst College, Blackburn | 433 | 30 |
| Stowe School, Buckingham | 608 | 4 |
| Streatham Hill and Clapham High GPDST | 500 | 156 |
| Surbiton High School (9/89) | 600 | 5 |
| Sutton High School GPDST | 821 | 68 |
| Sutton Valence School, Maidstone | 413 | 60 |
| Sydenham High School GPDST | 650 | 109 |
| Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth | 597 | 133 |
| Taunton School | 585 | 51 |
| Tonbridge School | 660 | 3 |
| Tormead School, Guildford (9/89) | 545 | 1 |
| Trent College, Derbyshire | 614 | 129 |
| Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon | 800 | 143 |
| Truro School | 863 | 115 |
| Truro High School | 500 | 53 |
| University College School, London NW3 | 770 | 68 |
| Upton Hall Convent School | 600 | 171 |
| Ursuline Convent School, Kent (9/89) | 330 | 5 |
| Ursuline High School, Ilford | 410 | 120 |
| Wakefield High School | 760 | 139 |
| Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks | 532 | 72 |
| Warwick School | 985 | 136 |
| Wellingborough School | 830 | 59 |
| Wellington College, Berkshire | 829 | 32 |
| Wellington School, Somerset | 798 | 196 |
| Wells Cathedral School | 587 | 75 |
| West Buckland School, Barnstable | 534 | 71 |
| Westholme School, Blackburn | 951 | 5 |
| Westminster School | 600 | 37 |
| Whitgift School, Croydon | 900 | 109 |
| William Hulme Grammar School, Manchester | 790 | 220 |
| Wimbledon High School GPDST | 700 | 68 |
| Winchester College | 659 | 21 |
| Wisbech Grammar School | 566 | 281 |
| Withington Girls School, Manchester | 560 | 68 |
| Wolverhampton Grammar School | 635 | 260 |
| Woodbridge School, Suffolk | 542 | 112 |
| Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford | 410 | 5 |
| Wycliffe College, Stonehouse | 329 | 39 |
| Yarm School, Cleveland (9/89) | 417 | 5 |
Ms. Armstrong
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the fees charged in those schools involved in the assisted places scheme.
Mr. Fallon
Schools participating in the assisted places scheme charge assisted pupils the same fees as other pupils. Fee structures are related to pupils' age groups and differ considerably from school to school. Full details of schools' fees can be found in the directories published by the independent schools' associations, copies of which are held in the Library.