Written question asked by Adrian Flook (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in (a) Somerset and (b) England gained level 5 or above in their Key Stage 3 tests in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in each year since 1996-97. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children in (a) Somerset and (b) England gained Level 5 or above in their Key Stage Three tests in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in each year since 1996-97. [137233] Mr. Miliband: The percentage of pupils achieving Level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in (a) Somerset LEA and (b) England in (i) English and (ii) mathematics from 1997 onwards are: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Somerset LEA (b) England Year (i) English (ii) Maths (i) English (ii) Maths 20031 70 74 68 70 2002 70 71 67 67 2001 67 71 65 66 2000 65 69 64 65 1999 70 67 64 62 1998 68 64 65 59 1997 62 66 57 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 137233; 413 c225W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Assessments English language Pupils Standards Secondary education Somerset Mathematics
Contains statistics: Yes
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