Whether it will publish the names of schools that have applied to be Schools of Ambition.

Yes. This was announced on 19 April 2005. The list is as follows:
Aberdeen City – Northfield Academy and St Machar Academy
Aberdeenshire – Fraserburgh Academy
Angus – Arbroath Academy and Brechin High
Argyll and Bute – Islay High
Dumfries and Galloway – Dumfries Academy, Castle Douglas High and Wallace Hall Academy
Dundee City – Braeview Academy, St John’s RC High, Morgan Academy
East Ayrshire – Doon Academy
East Dunbartonshire – St Ninian’s High and Campsie View School
East Lothian – Preston Lodge High, Ross High and Dunbar Grammar
East Renfrewshire – Barrhead High
Edinburgh City – Craigroyston High
Falkirk – Braes High
Fife – Buckhaven High and Kirkland High
Glasgow City – Rosshall Academy, St Paul’s High, Springburn Academy and Castlemilk High/St Margaret Mary’s Secondary (joint bid)
Highland – Inverness High
Midlothian – Newbattle High School
Moray – Lossiemouth High
North Ayrshire – Ardrossan Academy
North Lanarkshire – Cardinal Newman High
Perth & Kinross – Blairgowrie High
Renfrewshire – Linwood High
Scottish Borders – Hawick High
Shetland Isles – Anderson High and Scalloway Junior High
South Ayrshire – Carrick Academy
South Lanarkshire – Learning community around Lanark Grammar, taking in 12 establishments
Stirling – St Modan’s RC High
West Dunbartonshire – Our Lady and St Patrick’s High
West Lothian – Burnhouse School