Claims that Jimmy Savile abused children at a residential school in Banstead are to be investigated, the Government has announced.

In a written statement, Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, said the Department for Education had received new information about the television star relating to several children’s homes and schools in England dating back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

One of the homes on the list is Beech Holme, which was located in Fir Tree Road, Banstead. 

The information was uncovered as part of a review process undertaken by the Metropolitan Police Service on behalf of the Department of Health.

Mr Gove said that his department has decided to pass the information on to the appropriate organisations for further investigation.

In the statement, he said: "I have asked Lucy Scott-Moncrieff to ensure that investigating organisations take all practicable steps to establish what happened and why at the time of the incidents and any lessons there might be to inform current safeguarding practice in our schools and children’s homes."

Beech Holme was founded in 1879 as a residential home and school for poor children from the slum areas of Kensington and Chelsea.  Later, children also came from other parts of London and the then-London County Council took over responsibility for it, followed by Wandsworth Council

The school was closed in 1974 and demolished a year later.  It is now the site of the Beeches Montessori Nursery and children’s football clubs.

Ms Scott-Moncrieff is a human rights lawyer and will oversee the new process, with a similar role to Kate Lampard in the NHS trust investigations.

The full list of institutions mentioned in claims against Jimmy Savile:

Children's home (name unknown), Bournemouth
Colletton Lodge, Devon
The Ride children's home, Hounslow
Parklands children's home, Gloucestershire
Sevenoaks school, Kent
Northways residential school, Leeds
Beechcroft children's home, Leeds
Henshaw school for the blind, Leeds
Notre Dame grammar school, Notre Dame Catholic college, Leeds
Care home (name unknown), Islington
Hollies care home, Southwark
St Leonard's children's home, Tower Hamlets
Sarah Laski home, Manchester
Broome House children's home, Manchester
Children's home (name unknown), Manchester
Aspley Wood school, Nottingham
Bassetlaw school, Nottinghamshire
National Children's Home, Penhurst Action for Children, Oxfordshire
Beach Holme children's home, Surrey
Broomfield children's home, Surrey
Barnardo's children's home (name unknown), Redbridge