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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what reason she has adduced for the decline in Britain's place from eighth to eighteenth in the league table under the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment in respect of mathematics; what reason she has adduced for the decline in...

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

428 c1703W;428 c1701W; 206799;206800;206801

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 04/2021

Tables showing Keys Stage 2 and 3 results for English and maths in schools for each year from 1997 to 2003, broken down by Parliamentary constituency. DFES. 2004.

Deposited by

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Deposited papers

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

DEP 04/2021

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HDEP 2004/848

Letter dated 17.12.2004 from Lord Filkin to Lord Moser regarding various issues in the Education Bill. DFES. 2004.

Deposited by

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Deposited papers

Date

20 December 2004

Reference

HDEP 2004/848

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils at each Key Stage achieved the standard expected of (a) pupils of their age, (b) pupils at each year below their age and (c) pupils at each year above their age in (i) reading/English and (ii)...

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 2004

Reference

204338; 428 c1290-2W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 04/2000

Table showing GCSE achievement of 15 year old pupils in each parliamentary constituency for each year from 1997/8 to 2002/3, broken down by percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C in (a) mathematics (b) English language and (c) English language and mathematics. DFES. 2004.

Deposited by

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Deposited papers

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

DEP 04/2000

House

House of Commons

Education Bill (HL) 2004/05

Education Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lead member

Lord Filkin

Answering member

Lord Hanningfield

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Debates on bills

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

667 c1091-156

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils in England achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) mathematics and English in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency. (Table in Library Dep 04/2000). -...

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 2004

Reference

199917; 428 c434-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of examinees failed the GCSE in each of the last 10 years in (a) physical education, (b) history, (c) mathematics and (d) physics.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2004

For answer on

7 December 2004

Answered on

7 December 2004

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of examinees failed the GCSE in each of the last 10 years in (a) physical education, (b) history, (c) mathematics and (d) physics. [202294] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage achieved no passes Subject group year Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Physics 2004 25,562 16,885 42,447 0 0 0 2003 24,029 16,035 40,064 0 0 0 2002 23,297 15,343 38,640 0 1 0 2001 23,006 15,449 38,455 0 1 0 2000 22,799 14,733 37,532 0 0 0 1999 22,766 14,439 37,205 0 1 0 1998 22,358 13,847 36,205 1 1 1 1997 21,892 12,649 34,541 1 1 1 1996 22,482 13,245 35,727 1 1 1 1995 21,640 11,589 33,229 1 1 1 1994 23,193 12,201 35,394 1 1 1 Mathematics 2004 304,575 301,070 605,645 4 3 4 2003 295,328 289,689 585,017 4 4 4 2002 287,619 281,232 568,851 3 3 3 2001 284,773 279,079 563,852 4 3 3 2000 272,284 267,650 539,934 3 3 3 1999 271,503 265,276 536,779 4 4 4 1998 265,930 260,952 526,882 5 5 5 1997 269,508 264,484 533,992 5 4 4 1996 271,209 266,550 537,759 5 4 4 1995 264,060 258,230 522,290 5 5 5 1994 242,140 236,944 479,084 5 4 5 History 2004 103,377 102,022 205,399 4 2 3 2003 97,913 96,888 194,801 4 2 3 2002 97,647 96,298 193,945 4 3 3 2001 97,120 98,111 195,231 7 4 5 2000 93,694 96,585 190,279 3 2 3 1999 92,780 96,154 188,934 4 2 3 1998 92,386 96,684 189,070 4 3 3 1997 101,387 106,099 207,486 5 3 4 1996 104,478 107,929 212,407 5 3 4 1995 108,689 114,668 223,357 6 4 5 1994 99,847 107,503 207,350 5 3 4 Physical Education 2004 80,148 41,290 121,438 1 1 1 2003 74,128 36,616 110,744 1 1 1 2002 71,562 40,188 111,750 1 1 1 2001 68,421 37,230 105,651 9 9 9 2000 62,542 34,227 96,769 1 1 1 1999 60,036 33,467 93,503 1 1 1 1998 54,152 29,513 83,665 1 1 1 1997 51,928 28,986 80,914 3 3 3 1996 48,828 26,524 75,352 4 3 3 1995 41,185 22,072 63,257 4 4 4 1994 31,773 18,610 50,383 5 5 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 2004 data is provisional and are subject to change.

Date

7 December 2004

Reference

202294; 428 c436W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department has taken to improve standards in secondary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency since 1997. - Inc tables and fact that info about education and skills by constituency is available through 'In Your Are a' website...

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 November 2004

For answer on

2 December 2004

Answered on

2 December 2004

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action his Department has taken to improve standards in secondary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency since 1997. [201105] Mr. Miliband: Standards in secondary schools in the Deptford, Lewisham constituency have improved significantly. Since 1997 the Key Stage 3 results at Level 5 and above show an increase of 17.3 (percentage) points in English, 22.7 (percentage) points in mathematics and 21.2 inscience. At Key Stage 4 there has been an increase of 20.6 (percentage) points in the attainment of 5+A*-C GCSEs and 10.9 at 5+ A*-G GCSEs, significantly above the national rates of improvement. A summary of the improving outcomes is set out in the table . Data for 2004 will be provided at constituency level during January 2005. Information about education and skills by constituency is made available by the Department through the `In Your Area' web site, available at http// www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea. Key Stage 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English Maths Science 1997 57.1 52.7 52.4 1998 66.2 53.9 51.9 1999 63.7 56.7 51.1 2000 64.1 59.4 50.9 2001 68.5 64.2 64.5 2002 7.3.3 72.0 68.9 2003 74.4 75.4 73.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key Stage 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage 15 year olds gaining 5+ GCSEs Percentage 15 year olds gaining 5+ GCSEs at A* -C at A* GCSEs at A* -G 1997 37.7 85.0 1998 43.2 87.4 1999 44.9 92.9 2000 48.1 90.6 2001 51.3 90.0 2002 57.5 93.1 2003 58.3 95.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

201105; 428 c210W;428 c210-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department has taken to improve standards in primary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency since 1997. - Inc tables and fact that information on education and skills by constituency is available through the "In Your Area" website...

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 November 2004

For answer on

2 December 2004

Answered on

2 December 2004

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action his Department has taken to improve standards in primary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency since 1997. [201106] Mr. Miliband: This year's results show that standards in primary schools are improving again. In English the percentage of 11 years olds achieving the expected level has increased by 3 (percentage) points to 78 per cent. and mathematics has increased by 1 (percentage) point to 74 per cent. Standards in primary schools in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency have improved dramatically. Since 1997 the Key Stage 2 results show an increase of 23.2 (percentage) points in English and 23.7 (percentage) points in mathematics, significantly above the national rates of improvement of 15 (percentage) points in English and 12 in mathematics. A summary of the improving outcomes is set out in the following table. Data for 2004 is not yet available at constituency level but will be provided when the Achievement and Attainment tables are published in mid-January. Information on education and skills by constituency is made available by the Department through the "In Your Area" website available at http:// www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea Key stage 1 (achievement at level 2 and above) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Reading Writing Maths 1997 73.8 73.5 79.7 1998 70.5 71.4 77.9 1999 71.3 71.9 81.0 2000 72.4 73.3 84.7 2001 74.2 74.3 81.7 2002 77.5 77.5 83.7 2003 77 77.1 84.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key stage 2 (achievement at level 4 and above) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English Maths 1997 48.5 48.3 1998 52.7 45.9 1999 56.9 61.5 2000 60.6 59.6 2001 70.4 62.6 2002 65.2 64.1 2003 71.7 72.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

201106; 428 c211W

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 progress made in implementing the recommendations of Professor Adrian Smith's report regarding mathematics teaching.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

428 c776-7;428 c774-5; 201241

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

428 c776-7;428 c774-5

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

1st supplementary on the current shortage of maths teachers and action being taken to improve the situation.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

428 c776-7;428 c774-5

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

428 c776-7;428 c774-5

House

House of Commons

Lords Written Statement on intervention to strengthen or secure higher education subjects or courses of national strategic importance

Lords Written Statement on intervention to strengthen or secure higher education subjects or courses of national strategic importance.

Member

Lord Filkin (Labour)

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written statements

Date

1 December 2004

Reference

667 c30WS

House

House of Lords

Written Statement on intervention to strengthen or secure higher education subjects or courses of national strategic importance

Written Statement on intervention to strengthen or secure higher education subjects or courses of national strategic importance.

Member

Charles Clarke (Labour)

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written statements

Date

1 December 2004

Reference

428 c34-5WS

House

House of Commons

Filkin, Lord

Answered by

Lord Filkin (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

667 c376-7

House

House of Lords

Filkin, Lord

Answered by

Lord Filkin (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

667 c376-7

House

House of Lords

Filkin, Lord

1st supplementary on the qualifications of mathematics teachers.

Asked by

Baroness Sharp of Guildford (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

667 c376-7

House

House of Lords

Filkin, Lord

What developments there have been in the rate of retention of mathematics teachers in secondary schools, especially in their first five years of service.

Asked by

Baroness Sharp of Guildford (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

667 c376-7

House

House of Lords

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