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Specialist Schools

Volume 485: debated on Thursday 11 December 2008

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Michael Gove

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many special schools there were in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which data are available. (240637)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry

The information requested is shown in the following table. Figures include maintained and non-maintained special schools.

January

Number of special schools in England

1997

1,221

2001

1,175

2008

1,065

Source:

School Census