[holding answer 8 December 2009]: The following table shows the (a) primary and (b) secondary schools that the Secretary of State has visited since his appointment, their local authority area, and the date the visit took place.
Date Local authority Primary schools Seagrave Primary School 6 July 2007 Nottingham Scawsby Rosedale Primary School 13 July 2007 Doncaster Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary School 13 July 2007 Doncaster Woodberry Down Community Primary School 7 September 2007 Hackney St. John the Baptist Catholic 28 September 2007 Wakefield Morley Newlands Primary Schools 12 October 2007 Leeds Scawsby Rosedale Primary School 19 October 2007 Doncaster East Ardsley Primary School 19 October 2007 Leeds Millbank Primary School 20 November 2007 Westminster Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 23 November 2007 Wakefield Cardwell Primary School 10 December 2007 Greenwich Normanton Altofts Junior School 14 December 2007 Wakefield Laycock Primary School 19 December 2007 Islington Deans Primary Schools 21 January 2008 Salford Westfield Community School 21 January 2008 Wigan Green Dragon Primary School 23 January 2008 Hounslow Joseph Lancaster Primary School 6 March 2008 Southwark Argyle School 14 March 2008 Camden Wyvil Primary School 20 March 2008 Lambeth Normanton Common Primary School 4 April 2008 Wakefield Wentworth Primary School 24 April 2009 Kent Normanton Junior School 23 May 2008 Wakefield Chesterton Primary School 17 June 2008 Wandsworth Suffield Park Infant and Nursery School 20 June 2008 Norfolk St. Matthew's School 1 July 2008 Westminster Churchill Garden Community Primary School 8 July 2008 Westminster Cobblers Lane Primary School 11 July 2008 Wakefield Stanley St. Peter's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School 11 July 2008 Wakefield Normanton Common Primary School 12 September 2008 Wakefield Chingford Hall Community Primary School 15 October 2008 Waltham Forest Hillcrest Community Primary School 24 October 2008 Leeds Eastwood Primary School 24 October 2008 Leeds John Perryn Primary School 7 November 2008 Ealing Rooks Nest Junior, Infant and Nursery 14 November 2008 Wakefield Horbury Primary School 5 December 2008 Wakefield Torriano School 8 December 2008 Camden Bawburgh School 19 December 2008 Norfolk Eastward Community Primary School 7 January 2009 Bury Drove Primary School 9 February 2009 Swindon Hardwick Primary School 6 March 2009 Derby Bordesley Green Primary School 13 March 2009 Birmingham Victoria Dock School 20 March 2009 Kingston Upon Hull, City of Collis Primary School 20 April 2009 Richmond Upon Thames Brockholes Wood County Primary School 23 April 2009 Lancashire Oliver Goldsmith Primary School 30 April 2009 Southwark Lyndhurst Community Primary School 22 June 2009 Southwark Portway Primary School 3 September 2009 Newham Colebourne Primary School 7 September 2009 Birmingham Tyssen Community Primary School 9 September 2009 Hackney Newton Primary School 16 September 2009 Cheshire West and Chester Hillcrest Community Primary School 9 October 2009 Leeds Loughborough Primary School 15 October 2009 Lambeth Thornhill Primary School 20 October 2009 Islington Crossdale Drive Primary School 20 November 2009 Nottinghamshire Shirley Junior School 23 November 2009 Southampton Catton Grove Primary School 24 November 2009 Norfolk Secondary schools Preston Manor High School 10 July 2007 Brent Banbury School 16 July 2007 Oxfordshire Morpeth School 18 July 2007 Tower Hamlets Sydney Smith School 27 July 2007 Kingston Upon Hull - City of Stockwell Park High School 13 September 2007 Lambeth Stoke Newington School 20 September 2007 Hackney The King's School Specialising in Mathematics and Computing 28 September 2007 Wakefield Barking Abbey School 9 October 2007 Barking and Dagenham St. Augustine's CofE High School 16 October 2007 Westminster New Brompton College 30 October 2007 Medway The Skinners' Company's School for Girls (Voluntary Aided) 7 November 2007 Hackney Woodkirk High Specialist Science School 9 November 2007 Leeds Bitterne Park School 14 November 2007 Southampton All Saints Church of England School 29 November 2007 Dorset Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Secondary School 5 December 2007 Southwark Garforth Community College 14 December 2007 Leeds Reddish Vale Technology College 21 January 2008 Stockport Brighton College 07 March 2008 Brighton and Hove Castleford High School Technology and Sports College 4 April 2008 Wakefield Aylesford School 30 April 2008 Kent The Malling School 30 April 2008 Kent Holmesdale Technology College 30 April 2008 Kent Kings School 9 May 2008 Wakefield Kingsbury High School 9 June 2008 Brent Lord Lawson of Beamish Community School 12 June 2008 Gateshead Thornaby Community School 12 June 2008 Stockton-on-Tees Blakeston School - A Community Sports College 12 June 2008 Stockton-on-Tees Kelmscott School 16 June 2008 Waltham Forest Graveney School 16 June 2008 Wandsworth Aston Manor School 19 June 2008 Birmingham Lordswood Girls' School and The Sixth Form Centre, Harborne A Specialist Media Arts College 19 June 2008 Birmingham Yavneh College Voluntary Aided 20 June 2008 Hertfordshire Whitefield School 26 June 2008 Barnet The Hayfield School 27 June 2008 Doncaster The Freeston Business and Enterprise College, Voluntary Controlled 27 June 2008 Wakefield Thomas Tallis School 1 July 2008 Greenwich Kirk Hallam Community Technology College 4 July 2008 Derbyshire Bennerley Business and Enterprise College 4 July 2008 Derbyshire Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College 4 July 2008 Nottinghamshire Ashfield Comprehensive School 4 July 2008 Nottinghamshire Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 18 July 2008 Durham Aston Manor School 8 September 2008 Birmingham Kelmscott School 10 September 2008 Waltham Forest Highlands School 15 September 2008 Enfield Featherstone Technology College 26 September 2008 Wakefield Sir James Smith's Community School 2 October 2008 Cornwall Lipson Community College 2 October 2008 Plymouth Tamarside Community College 2 October 2008 Plymouth Hatch End High School 8 October 2008 Harrow The Cathedral School (Voluntary Controlled) 10 October 2008 Wakefield The Bankfield School 23 October 2008 Halton Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School (Voluntary Aided) 23 October 2008 Warrington Cheney School 3 November 2008 Oxfordshire Banbury School 3 November 2008 Oxfordshire Greenhead High School 7 November 2008 Bradford Pudsey Grangefield School 14 November 2008 Leeds The Freeston Business and Enterprise College, Voluntary Controlled 14 November 2008 Wakefield Notre Dame High School (Voluntary Aided) 19 December 2008 Norfolk Broad Oak Sports College 7 January 2009 Bury Morley High School 8 January 2009 Leeds Perry Beeches School 5 February 2009 Birmingham Ossett School 6 February 2009 Wakefield Beechwood School 9 February 2009 Slough Churchfields School 9 February 2009 Swindon Sutherland Business and Enterprise College 11 February 2009 Telford and Wrekin Manor Church of England Voluntary Aided School, York 4 March 2009 York Boston Spa School 6 March 2009 Leeds Vermuyden School 20 March 2009 East Riding of Yorkshire Portchester School 15 April 2009 Bournemouth East Barnet School 20 April 2009 Barnet Southlands High School 23 April 2009 Lancashire Harrop Fold School 23 April 2009 Salford Thrybergh School and Sports College 1 May 2009 Rotherham Holyhead School 11 May 2009 Birmingham Rodillian School 19 June 2009 Leeds Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College 30 June 2009 Hammersmith and Fulham Langdon School 2 July 2009 Newham Newall Green High School 9 July 2009 Manchester Horbury School 10 July 2009 Wakefield Acland Burghley 16 July 2009 Camden Sidney Stringer School 20 July 2009 Coventry Twyford CE High School (Voluntary Aided) 10 September 2009 Ealing The Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport 11 September 2009 Oldham Cowley Language College 16 September 2009 St. Helens Neston High School 16 September 2009 Cheshire West and Chester Malton School 2 October 2009 North Yorkshire Cockermouth School 23 October 2009 Cumbria Southfield Technology College 23 October 2009 Cumbria Wakefield City High School 13 November 2009 Wakefield Upper Shirley High School 23 November 2009 Southampton Academies (including all-through education establishments) West London Academy 13 July 2007 Ealing Outwood Grange College of Technology 20 July 2009 Wakefield Bristol Brunel Academy 6 September 2007 City of Bristol City of London Academy 31 October 2007 Southwark Francis Combe Academy 29 February 2008 Hertfordshire George Salter Collegiate Academy 29 February 2008 Sandwell The Petchey Academy 14 May 2008 Hackney Haberdashers' Askes's Knights Academy 10 June 2008 Lewisham Unity City Academy 18 July 2008 Middlesbrough The Bridge Academy 10 September 2008 Hammersmith and Fulham City of London Academy - Islington 10 September 2008 Islington Globe Academy 10 September 2008 Southwark Evelyn Grace Academy 10 September 2009 Lambeth New Rickstones Academy 10 September 2009 Essex Bristol Metropolitan Academy 1 October 2008 City of Bristol Oasis Academy MediaCityUK 23 October 2008 Salford Burlington Danes Academy 19 November 2008 Hammersmith and Fulham City of London Academy 17 March 2009 Southwark The City Academy 7 September 2009 Hackney Parkwood Academy 7 September 2009 Sheffield South Leeds Academy 7 September 2009 Leeds