Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 3 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on pupil referral units, what the equivalent figures are for each local authority area.
This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.
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A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and placed in the library of both Houses.
Table A: Number of pupil referral units in each local authority which closed during the last 5 years and had never been inspected by Ofsted | |
Local authority | Number of pupil referral units |
Bolton | 7 |
Brent | 3 |
Bristol City of | 1 |
Bromley | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 1 |
Coventry | 1 |
Doncaster | 1 |
Enfield | 1 |
Essex | 2 |
Havering | 2 |
Hillingdon | 1 |
Hounslow | 2 |
Knowsley | 1 |
Lambeth | 1 |
Lancashire | 1 |
Leicester | 1 |
Leicestershire | 2 |
Lewisham | 1 |
Manchester | 1 |
Medway | 1 |
Northamptonshire | 1 |
Reading | 5 |
Rotherham | 1 |
Salford | 1 |
Somerset | 3 |
Southwark | 1 |
Telford and Wrekin | 1 |
Thurrock | 1 |
Trafford | 1 |
Waltham Forest | 3 |
West Berkshire | 3 |
Wokingham | 1 |
Total | 54 |
Table B: Number of pupil referral units which closed during the last 5 years and were inspected no more than once, and of these, which were placed in to special measures at that inspection. | ||
Local authority | Number of pupil referral units inspected no more than once | Of these: number of pupil referral units placed in special measures at that inspection |
Barnsley | 1 | 0 |
Bolton | 1 | 0 |
Brent | 1 | 0 |
Camden | 1 | 0 |
Cornwall | 2 | 1 |
Coventry | 1 | 0 |
Essex | 2 | 0 |
Gloucestershire | 1 | 0 |
Hampshire | 1 | 0 |
Islington | 1 | 1 |
Lambeth | 1 | 0 |
Lancashire | 1 | 1 |
Leeds | 1 | 0 |
Leicester | 1 | 0 |
Lewisham | 1 | 0 |
Liverpool | 1 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 1 | 1 |
North East Lincolnshire | 1 | 1 |
North Tyneside | 1 | 0 |
Northamptonshire | 1 | 0 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 | 0 |
Portsmouth | 1 | 0 |
Rotherham | 1 | 0 |
Salford | 1 | 0 |
Somerset | 3 | 0 |
Southwark | 1 | 1 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 1 | 0 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 1 | 1 |
Telford and Wrekin | 1 | 0 |
West Berkshire | 2 | 0 |
Wigan | 2 | 0 |
Total | 37 | 8 |
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