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School Partnerships

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many school partnerships have been established between UK schools and schools in developing countries in each of the last 12 months. (115109)

The DFID Global School Partnerships (DGSP) programme does not set up partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in developing countries. It works with schools that already have partnerships and are looking for advice and guidance and/or grants to support their links. The DGSP has awarded a total of 576 grants from January 2003 to December 2006.

Reciprocal visit grants

Global curriculum project grants

Total

2003

47

29

76

2004

106

37

143

2005

95

32

127

2006

183

47

230

Total

431

145

576

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date the partnership programme linking UK schools with those in developing countries began. (115110)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of the £7.5 million allocated over three years for the Global Schools Partnerships programme will be spent in (a) the UK and (b) developing countries. (115111)

The increased budget of £7.5 million runs from April 2006 for three years. However, the current contract for the management of the programme ends in December 2007 so we can only provide figures for £4.4 million, the amount to be spent by that date.

(a)—£2,743,914

(b)—£1,657,148

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many schools in the UK have received (a) reciprocal visit grants, (b) Global Curriculum Project grants and (c) travel grants under his Global Schools Partnerships programme to date. (115113)

The following figures relate to the period January 2003 to December 2006:

(a) 438 schools have received reciprocal visit grants

(b) 147 schools have received Global Curriculum Project (GCP) grants

(c) Travel grants for students of secondary school age are available in addition to the Global Curriculum Project grants—59 of the 147 GCP grants have included student travel.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the value is of grants given to date under the Global Schools Partnerships programme. (115114)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which schools in the UK have received more than £2,000 under his global schools partnerships programme. (115115)

The following schools have received more than £2,000 under the DFID Global School Partnerships programme for the period January 2003 to December 2006.

Schools

Area

Alderbrook Primary School

London

Allfarthing

London

Alwoodley Primary School

Leeds

Anderson High School

Shetland Islands

Ann Cam CE Primary School

Gloucestershire

Ansford Community School

Somerset

Ash Lea

Nottingham

Ashcombe School

Surrey

Ashcott Primary School

Somerset

Avon Primary School

Bristol

Aylesbury High School

Bucks

Bedwas High School

Caerphilly

Benhall Infant School

Cheltenham

Bentley St Paul's C of E Primary

Essex

Brentry Primary School

Bristol

Brixham CE Infant School

Devon

Brook Acre Primary School

Cheshire

Bruntcliffe High

Leeds

Bruton Primary School

Somerset

Byrness First / Otterburn

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Cassop

Durham

Castlemorton Primary

Worcestershire

Central Technology College

Gloucester

Chewton Mendip

London

Cirencester Kingshill School

Gloucestershire

Comberton Village College

Cambridgeshire

Countess Gytha

Somerset

Crispin School

Somerset

Crowcombe Cof E First School

Somerset

Culverhay

Somerset

Currie Community High School

Currie

Dallam School

Cumbria

Dene Magna

Gloucestershire

Dorton House School

Kent

Drybrook Primary

Gloucestershire

Durants School

London

Eastfield Primary School

Enfield

Edinburgh Primary School

Walthamstow

Elgin Academy

Elgin

Faringdon Community College

Oxon

Fortrose Academy

Ross-Shire

Galliard Primary School

London

George Stephenson High

Newcastle upon Tyne

Ghyllside Primary School

Cumbria

Greentrees Primary School

Wiltshire

Gumley House Convent School

Middlesex

Hagley First School

West Midlands

Hamstead Hall School

Birmingham

Harlington Upper School

Beds

Hartcliffe Engineering Community College

Bristol

Hartside Primary School

Co. Durham

Henbury Secondary School

Bristol

Hendon School

London

Hengrove Community Arts College

Bristol

Henry Box School

Oxon

High School for Girls, Gloucester

Gloucester

Hillcrest Primary School

Bristol

Horfield CEVC Primary School

Bristol

Hotwells Primary School

Bristol

Impington Village College

Cambridge

Ingleton Middle

Lancashire

Inkberrow First School

Worcestershire

John Bentley School

Wiltshire

John O'Gaunt School

Berkshire

Juniper Green Primary School

Edinburgh

Kimberley Comprehensive School

Notts

King Alfred School

London

Kingsley St. John's Aided Primary School

Cheshire

Kingsmead Community School

Somerset

Lakers School

Gloucestershire

Lancaster Girls Grammar School

Lancaster

Lord Scudamore Primary School

Hereford

Meare Village Primary

Somerset

Moseley School

Birmingham

Mossbank

Shetland

Newent Community School

Newent

Ocklynge Junior School

Eastbourne

Ormesby School

Middlesborough

Our Lady and St. Thomas RCVA Primary School

Co. Durham

Ousedale School

Buckinghamshire

Paget Primary School

Birmingham

Peatmoor Community Primary School

Swindon

Penrice Community College

Cornwall

Plymouth High School for Girls

Plymouth

Polesworth High

Tamworth

Ponteland Community High

Newcastle upon Tyne

Prince of Wales Primary School

Middlesex

Ravensbourne School

Bromley

Raynham Primary School

London

Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School

Nottingham

Richard Taylor CE Primary School

Harrogate

Ruardean C of E Primary

Gloucestershire

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School

Cheshire

Salisbury High School (formerly Westwood St Thomas

Salisbury

Seaton Burn Community College

North Tyneside

Solway Community

Cumbria

South Street Primary School

Bristol

Southroyd Primary and Nursery School

Leeds

St. Aidans CE High

North Yorks

St. Barnabas CEVC Primary School

Bristol

St. Bede's RC Comprehensive

Durham

St. Benedict's RC High School

Warwickshire

St. Bonaventures Primary

Bristol

St. Briavels C of E Primary School

Gloucestershire

St. Cenydd Comprehensive School

Caerphilly

St. Cleer Primary School

Cornwall

St. Edmund's Catholic Primary School

Oxon

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School

West Midlands

St. Hubert's Catholic Primary School

Oldbury

St. Luke's High

Exeter

St. Mary's C of E Primary School (East Grinstead)

West Sussex

St. Marys R.C. Primary School

Newcastle Upon Tyne

St. Michael's CE Primary School

Leeds

St. Nicholas CE Middle School

Worcestershire

St. Peters CE Primary School

Leeds

Stantonbury Campus

Milton Keynes

Stanwix Primary School

Carlisle

Steam Mills

Gloucestershire

Stramongate School

Cumbria

Stutton CEVC Primary

Ipswich

Tavistock College

Devon

Thorner CE Primary School

Leeds

Timothy Hackworth Primary School

County Durham

Uckfield Community Technology College

East Sussex

Ulverston Victoria High School

Cumbria

Warden Park

West Sussex

Weald of Kent Girls Grammar School

Kent

Westwood St. Thomas School

Salisbury

Whitecross School

Gloucestershire

Whitefield School

London

Whitstone School

Somerset

Wilbury Primary School

London

Willington CE Primary School

Crook

Willowtown Community Primary School

Ebbw Vale

Wribbenhall First School

Worcestershire

Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch

Sir Ddinbych

Ysgol Gymuned y Gors

Swansea

Ysgol Gynradd Llanddewi Brefi

Ceredigion

Ysgol Gynradd Nantgaredig

Carmarthenshire

Ysgol Llannefydd

Sir Conwy

Ysgol Trewen

Ceredigion

Ysgol y Llys

Gogledd Cymru

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with which countries schools in the UK have so far been linked under his Global Schools Partnerships programme. (115116)

Schools in the UK have been linked with the following countries under the DFID Global School Partnerships programme for the period January 2003 to December 2006.

Argentina

Anguilla

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Botswana

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Cayman Islands

Chile

Columbia

Cuba

Egypt

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea

India

Jamaica

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Malawi

Mexico

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Peru

Peru

Philippines

Rwanda

Rwanda

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sri Lanka

St. Lucia

Tanzania

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe