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Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Published at 07:03 GMT 08:03 UK


Education

The 75 schools

The geographical spread of the beacon schools

North-West  North-East  Central

South-West  South-East  East Anglia

The "beacon schools" named by the government are:

North-West

Anchorsholme County Primary School, Cleveleys, Lancs.
Ashton-on-Mersey School, Sale, Cheshire.
Crompton House School, Oldham.
Hartwell CE Primary School, Huddersfield.
Hursthead Junior School, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.
Moss Hey Primary School, Stockport.
Parklands High School, Chorley, Lancs.
Pownall Green County Primary School, Stockport, Cheshire.
St Thomas of Canterbury, Bolton.
The Crossley Heath School, Halifax.

North-East

Bamford Primary School, Sheffield.
Broughton Infants' School, Brigg, North Lincs.
Eglingham CE First School, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Grange Lane Infant School, Scunthorpe.
Grove Special School, Berwick Upon Tweed.
Huntcliff School, Saltburn by the Sea, Cleveland.
Pennywell Community Nursery School, Sunderland.
St Aidan's CE High School, Harrogate.
The Sele County First School, Hexham, Northumberland.

Central

Barnfields Primary School, Wildwood, Stafford.
Blackfriars School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
Ellison Boulters CE School, Lincoln.
Exhall Grange School, Coventry.
George Spencer School and Technology College, Stapleford, Notts.
Knowle CE Primary School, Solihull.
Merrivale Nursery School, Nottingham.
New Invention Primary School, Willenhall, West Midlands.
Oakridge Primary School, Stafford.
Portfields School, Milton Keynes.
Redhill Primary School, Derby.
Reynalds Cross School, Solihull, West Midlands.
RNIB New College, Worcester.
Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College, Sharnbrook, Beds.
The Grange Therapeutic School, Oakham, Rutland.
Weston Hills Primary School, Spalding, Lincs.

South-West

Cadbury Heath County Primary School, Bristol.
Crispin School, Street, Somerset.
Great Rissington Primary School, Cheltenham, Gloucs.
North Nibley CE Primary School, North Nibley, Gloucs.
Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester.
The Park Community School, Barnstaple, North Devon.
Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torquay.

South-East

Aylesbury High School, Bucks.
Cams Hill School, Fareham, Hants.
Carwarden House School, Camberley, Surrey.
Clifton Hill School, Caterham, Surrey.
Cunningham Hill Infant School, St Albans, Herts.
Davenant Foundation School, Loughton, Essex.
Etchingham CE Primary School, Etchingham, East Sussex.
Fair Oak Junior School, Eastleigh, Hants.
Folly Hill County Infant School, Farnham, Surrey.
Glyne Gap School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Haggerston School, London E2.
Linden Bridge School, Worcester Park, Surrey.
Loose Infant School, Maidstone, Kent.
Margaret McMillan Nursery School, London N19.
Norman Gate, Andover, Hants.
Northwood County Primary School, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Parklands Junior School, Romford, Essex.
Preston Candover CE Primary School, Basingstoke.
Priory School, Slough, Berks.
Priory School, Lewes, East Sussex.
Riverhead County Infants School, Riverhead, Kent.
Riverside School, Waterlooville, Hants.
Rodborough School, Milford, Surrey.
St Aloysius Catholic Infants School, London NW1.
Swinford Manor, Ashford, Kent.
Waddesdon CE School, Aylesbury, Bucks.
William Cobbett Junior School, Farnham, Surrey.
William Ford CE Junior School, Dagenham, Essex.

East Anglia

Acle High School, Norwich, Norfolk.
Debenham High School, Stowmarket, Suffolk.
St Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich.
Wymondham High School, Wymondham, Norfolk.





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