To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list those grant-maintained schools which have (a) applied for and (b) been approved to include as part of their admissions policy (i) an element of selection based on pupils' ability or aptitude and (ii) a fully selective system of admissions based upon ability; and if he will list those schools where the admissions policy has remained unchanged since the school became grant maintained.
Most grant-maintained schools operate the admissions policies agreed at the time of incorporation. The schools which have subsequently applied for changes in respect of the selection of pupils by aptitude or ability are as follows:
Approved for element of selection
- Heathside school, Surrey
- Southlands school, Berkshire
- Langley Park school, Bromley
- Beaverwood school, Bromley
- Canterbury high school, Kent
- Cooper's school, Bromley
- Abbs Cross school, Havering
- King Edward VI grammar school, Essex
Approved for fully selective intake
- Queen Elizabeth grammar school, Cumbria
Application for element of selection pending
- North Kesteven, Lincolnshire
- Robert Pattinson school, Lincolnshire
- Mill Hill school, Barnet
- Budmouth school, Dorset
Application for fully selective intake not approved
- Castle Hall school, Kirklees