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1st supplementary on year-on-year improvements in the key stage 3 tests in Warwickshire secondary schools. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Andy King (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c1562

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 17th December.

Asked by

Andy King (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c1562; 144421

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Answered by

Tony Blair (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c1562

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Answered by

Tony Blair (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c1562

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many schools fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils achieved (a) qualifications equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C and (b) 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C in each year between 1996 and 2002; and...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 December 2003

For answer on

15 December 2003

Answered on

15 December 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in how many schools fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils achieved (a) qualifications equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C and (b) 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C in each year between 1996 and 2002; and what his estimate is for each year from 2003 to 2006. [142989] Mr. Miliband: The number of schools with fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils who achieved 5 or more grades A* -C at GCSE and GNVQ combined is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year Number of schools with less than 20 per cent. of pupils achieving 5+ A* -C at GCSE/GNVQ 19961 384 1997 361 1998 325 1999 277 2000 241 2001 196 2002 157 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 1996 figures includes GCSE results only, GNVQs commenced in 1997. The number of schools with fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils who achieved 5 or more grades A*-C at GCSE only is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year Number of schools with less than 20 per cent. of pupils achieving 5+ A* -C at GCSE only 19961 384 1997 368 1998 339 1999 312 2000 279 2001 245 2002 240 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 1996 figures includes GCSE results only, GNVQs commenced in 1997. The number of schools where fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils achieved 5+ GCSEs at grade A* to C or the equivalent has dropped significantly year-on-year since 1996, and we are confident the efforts of pupils, schools and LEAs mean that this trend will continue. Through increasing use of contextualised pupil-level data, our Advisers are working closely with schools and LEAs to ensure that every pupil's chances of exam success are maximised. This work has a particular focus on narrowing the attainment gap between the lowest performing schools and the highest.

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

142989; 415 c665-6W;415 c665W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on reducing the number of disaffected pupils in post primary schools by 15 per cent. as set out in the Department of Education Business Plan 2003-04.

Asked by

David Burnside (Independent Unionist)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

142210; 415 c741-2W

House

House of Commons

Ashton of Upholland, Baroness

What percentage of the time available in the citizenship curriculum has been spent on parenting, including both the relationships of pupils with their own parents and the role and responsibilities pupils themselves will have as parents; and What percentage of time available for citizenship class is spent in classroom instruction;...

Asked by

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2003

Reference

HL 237; 655 c70-1WA

House

House of Lords

Ashton of Upholland, Baroness

What evaluation is being made of the teaching of "citizenship" since it became a compulsory school curriculum subject in September; and Whether monitoring of the effectiveness of citizenship classes includes consideration of the views of pupils. [HL 235] [HL 236].

Asked by

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2003

Reference

HL 235; 655 c70WA

House

House of Lords

Making of difference: performance of maintained secondary schools in England. Minutes of evidence 8 December 2003.(Printed in HC 104)

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

HC 104-i 2003/04

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the change in the number of pupils achieving (a) five A*to C grades at GCSE only and (b) five A* to C grades with the addition of a GNVQ between 2000-03. - Inc...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the change in the number of pupils achieving (a) five A*to C grades at GCSE only and (b) five A* to C grades with the addition of a GNVQ between 2000-03. [141834] Mr. Miliband: The statistical information requested is detailed in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pupils achieving both GCSEs and GNVQs who: Pupils achieving GCSEs only who: Year Number Percentage Achieved % Achieved % Achieved % achieving achieving 5+A*-C 5+A*-C 5+A*-C 5+A*-C 5+A*-C GCSE/ GNVQ 1999-00 285,718 49.2 4,550 1.6 2,289 0.8 278,880 97.6 2000-01 301,617 50.0 7,962 2.6 3,597 1.2 290,058 96.2 2001-02 312,739 51.6 19,098 6.1 8,367 2.7 285,274 91.2 2002-03 327,301 52.6 40,747 12.4 17,582 5.4 268,972 82.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 2003 figures are provisional and may change once the performance tables checking process is complete..The figures quoted in the answer relate to the achievements of pupils that were aged 15 at the start of the academic year--ie those pupils aged 15 on 31 August.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

141834; 415 c284W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what boundaries were set by the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA awarding body for GCSE grades A* to U in (a) English literature, (b) English language and (c) mathematics in each year from 1988 to 2002.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

141900; 415 c285W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to introduce value added data into secondary school performance tables for England which take account of external influences on performance, with particular reference to pupils' economic, social and cultural backgrounds.

Asked by

Brian Jenkins (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

141809; 415 c299W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 15-year olds in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales achieved (i) five or more A* to C GCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997; what...

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 November 2003

For answer on

3 December 2003

Answered on

3 December 2003

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-year- olds in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales achieved (i) five or more A* to C GCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997; [140557] (2) what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997. [140556] Mr. Miliband: The statistical information requested is detailed in the following table: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year East Riding of Yorkshire England Wales1 Percentage of 15-year-old pupils2 achieving five or more grades A*-C 1997 44.3 45.1 -- 1998 47.0 46.3 46 1999 48.7 47.9 48 2000 49.9 49.2 49 2001 50.1 50.0 50 2002 49.7 51.6 50 2003 (provisional)3 50.9 52.6 51 Percentage of 15-year-old pupils2 achieving five or more grades A*-G 1997 90.8 86.4 -- 1998 90.5 87.5 82 1999 91.9 88.5 83 2000 91.3 88.9 85 2001 91.5 88.9 85 2002 90.7 88.9 85 2003 (provisional)3 91.6 88.6 85 Percentage of 15-year-old pupils2 attempting at least one GCSE/GNVQ 1997 95.8 94.0 -- 1998 95.8 94.8 96 1999 96.4 95.0 97 2000 95.8 95.5 97 2001 95.8 95.7 97 2002 95.6 95.9 97 2003 (provisional)3 96.5 96.0 97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures for Wales were obtained from the National Assembly for Wales's website 2 Pupils are aged 15 at the start of the academic year ie 31 August 3 These provisional figures exclude any adjustments for refugees, which may affect the LEA averages

Date

3 December 2003

Reference

415 c90-1W; 140557;140556

House

House of Commons

Making a difference: performance of maintained secondary schools in England. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

See also PAC report HC 104 2003/04

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

HC 1332 2002/03

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in each local education authority obtained an A level in (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) German, (d) a modern foreign language other than French or German and (e) a classical language in the last year for which...

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

138888; 413 c1466W;413 c1462W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of publishing stand-alone school performance tables for key stage 3 was. - Including ref to 4 July 2003, 408 c680W.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

139087; 413 c1008W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of fifth-form pupils in (a) England, (b) comprehensive schools, (c) grammar schools, (d) secondary modern schools and (e) grammar and secondary modern schools taken together have achieved (i) five or more A* GCSEs, (ii) five or more A*...

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 November 2003

For answer on

19 November 2003

Answered on

19 November 2003

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of fifth-form pupils in (a) England, (b) comprehensive schools, (c) grammar schools, (d) secondary modern schools and (e) grammar and secondary modern schools taken together have achieved (i) five or more A* GCSEs, (ii) five or more A* or A GCSEs and (iii) five or more A*-C GCSEs in each year since 1997. [139029] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is given in the tables: (a) England Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (i) 15 year olds achieving five (ii) 15 year olds achieving (iii) five or more A*-C GCSEs or more A* grades at GCSEs five or more grades A*-A at in each year since 1997 GCSEs 20031 2.9 12.3 52.6 2002 3.0 12.2 51.6 2001 2.8 12.1 50.0 2000 2.6 11.7 49.2 1999 2.4 11.2 47.9 1998 2.1 10.6 46.3 1997 1.7 9.8 45.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional (b) Comprehensive schools Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (i) 15 year olds achieving five (ii) 15 year olds achieving (iii) 15 year olds achieving or more A* grades at GCSEs five or more grades A*-A at five or more grades A*-C at GCSEs GCSE/GNVQ 20031 1.5 8.7 50.1 2002 1.5 8.6 48.8 2001 1.5 8.5 47.1 2000 1.4 8.3 46.4 1999 1.2 7.8 45.0 1998 1.1 7.4 43.1 1997 0.9 6.8 41.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional (c) Grammar schools Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (i) 15 year olds achieving five (ii) 15 year olds achieving (iii) 15 year olds achieving or more A* grades at GCSEs five or more grades A*-A at five or more grades A*-C at GCSEs GCSE/GNVQ 20031 15.0 51.5 97.4 2002 14.9 50.8 97.5 2001 13.5 49.7 97.5 2000 12.5 47.9 97.3 1999 11.3 45.1 96.4 1998 9.3 42.0 95.4 1997 7.1 37.6 94.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional (d) Secondary modern school Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (i) 15 year olds achieving five (ii) 15 year olds achieving (iii) 15 year olds achieving or more A* grades at GCSEs five or more grades A*-A at five or more grades A*-C at GCSEs GCSE/GNVQ 20031 0.2 2.7 40.8 2002 0.3 2.6 38.8 2001 0.2 2.5 36.8 2000 0.2 2.1 34.6 1999 0.1 2.0 32.8 1998 0.1 1.5 31.1 1997 0.0 1.3 29.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional (e) Grammar and secondary modern schools Percentages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic Year (i) 15 year olds achieving five (ii) 15 year olds achieving (iii) 15 year olds achieving or more A* grades at GCSEs five or more grades A*-A at five or more grades A*-C at GCSEs GCSE/GNVQ 20031 7.1 25.4 67.2 2002 7.0 24.9 66.0 2001 6.3 24.2 64.7 2000 5.9 23.4 63.8 1999 5.6 23.3 64.2 1998 4.6 21.5 62.8 1997 3.5 19.3 61.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

139029; 413 c1001-3W;413 c1002-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 27th October, Official Report, columns 73-6W, on GNVQs, what the total percentage was of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE/GNVQ level was in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement....

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 November 2003

For answer on

17 November 2003

Answered on

17 November 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 27 October 2003, Official Report, columns 73-6W, on GNVQs, what the total percentage was of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE/GNVQ level was in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. [136715] Mr. Miliband: The percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE/GNVQ are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage 1995/96 44.5 1996/97 45.1 1997/98 46.3 1998/99 47.9 1999/2000 49.2 2000/01 50.0 2001/02 51.6 2002/03 (Provisional) 52.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. This information can be found in Statistical First Releases and Statistical Volumes on the Department's Research and Statistics website, at http://www. dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c546W; 136715

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

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.

Asked by

Adrian Flook (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 November 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

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

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

137233; 413 c225W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 15 and 16 year olds in (a) Somerset and (b) England were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997; what proportion of 15 and 16 year olds in (a) Somerset and (b) England achieved (i)...

Asked by

Adrian Flook (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 November 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds in (a) Somerset and (b) England were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997; [137241] (2) what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds in (a) Somerset and (b) England achieved (i) five or more A* to C GCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997. [137242] Mr. Miliband: The statistical information requested is detailed in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year Percentage of 15 1-year-old Percentage of 15 1-year-olds Percentage of 15 1-year-olds pupils who entered for one or achieving five or more grades achieving five or more grades more GCSE/ A*-C GCSE/ A*-G GCSE/ GNVQ GNVQ GNVQ Somerset figures 1997 96.5 48.9 92.5 1998 97.5 51.2 92.3 1999 97.5 52.7 93.7 2000 97.6 55.3 93.4 2001 97.6 54.7 93.0 2002 98.0 54.8 92.7 96.9 54.8 90.2 England figures 1997 94.0 45.1 86.4 1998 94.8 46.3 87.5 1999 95.0 47.9 88.5 2000 95.5 49.2 88.9 2001 95.7 50.0 88.9 2002 95.9 51.6 88.9 96.0 52.6 88.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Pupils are aged 15 at the start of the academic year ie 31 August.

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

413 c220-1W; 137241;137242

House

House of Commons

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