Education and Skills written question – answered at on 1 December 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many independent schools taking pupils under the age of 11 years have opened in England in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
The following table shows the number of independent schools, which in part or in full cater for pupils with an age range below 12, opening in each of the last five calendar years in England, by local authority. Independent special schools are included.
Local authority | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005(41) |
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Barnet | 3 | — | 2 | — | — |
Barnsley | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Bedfordshire | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Birmingham | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Blackpool | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Bolton | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Bradford | 1 | — | 4 | — | 3 |
Brent | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Brighton and Hove | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Bristol City of | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
Bromley | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Buckinghamshire | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Bury | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Cambridgeshire | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
Cheshire | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Cornwall | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Coventry | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Croydon | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Cumbria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Derby | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Derbyshire | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Devon | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
East Riding of Yorkshire | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
East Sussex | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Enfield | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Essex | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Gloucestershire | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Hackney | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Halton | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Hammersmith and Fulham | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Hampshire | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Haringey | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Harrow | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Herefordshire | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Hertfordshire | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Hounslow | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Isle of Wight | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Islington | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
Kent | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Kingston upon Hull City of | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Kirklees | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Knowsley | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Lambeth | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Lancashire | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Leeds | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Leicester | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Leicestershire | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Lewisham | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Lincolnshire | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
Liverpool | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Luton | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Manchester | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
Medway | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Merton | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Middlesbrough | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Milton Keynes | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Newham | — | — | 4 | — | 1 |
Norfolk | — | — | 2 | — | 3 |
North East Lincolnshire | — | — | — | 1 | — |
North Tyneside | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Northamptonshire | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Nottinghamshire | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Oxfordshire | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
Peterborough | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Plymouth | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Redbridge | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Richmond upon Thames | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Rochdale | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Rotherham | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Sheffield | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Shropshire | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Slough | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Somerset | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
Southwark | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Stockport | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Suffolk | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
Surrey | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
Sutton | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Tameside | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Telford and Wrekin | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Tower Hamlets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Trafford | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Walsall | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Waltham Forest | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Wandsworth | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 |
Warrington | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Warwickshire | — | — | 1 | — | — |
West Berkshire | — | 1 | — | — | — |
West Sussex | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Westminster | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Wiltshire | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Wokingham | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Wolverhampton | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Total | 34 | 23 | 92 | 24 | 59 |
(41)Includes those opening up until
Source:
The Department's Register of Independent Schools (EduBase).
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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