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Education Maintenance Allowance

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what grades were achieved by those receiving the education maintenance allowance in each year that it has been available.

Maria Eagle: This information is not available as we do not separately record information on qualification completion rates for those claiming education maintenance allowances.

Examination Results

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the public examination results were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005 of the three non-selective state secondary schools nearest to each of the academies opened in (i) September 2002, (ii) September 2003 and (ii) September 2004; and what the equivalent results were in the academies themselves. [25364]

 
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Jacqui Smith: The available information is given in the table. Figures for 2005 will be available once the School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables are published in January 2006.
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽³⁰⁾achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent⁽³¹⁾ in 2002, 2003 and 2004 in Academies3, 4 and the three nearest non-selective maintained schools⁽³⁴⁾

	2002	2003	2004
Academies opened in 2002:
Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough	—	16	17
Ormesby School	26	24	21
Gillbrook Technology College	27	29	27
The Newlands Catholic School FCJ	51	48	43
Greig City Academy, Haringey	—	35	26
Hornsey Secondary School for Girls	52	49	54
Highgate Wood Secondary School	43	46	51
Park View Academy	16	23	39
Academies opened in 2003:
West London Academy, Ealing	—	—	35
Northolt High School	47	52	34
Greenford High School	56	63	63
Queensmead School	60	61	58
City of London Academy, Southwark	—	—	—
Aylwin Girls' School	30	27	33
Walworth School	14	18	21
St. Michael's RC School	39	53	65
The City Academy, City of Bristol	—	—	33
Fairfield High School	27	55	43
St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School	78	76	77
Speedwell Technology College	25	31	23
The King's Academy, Middlesbrough	—	—	34
The Newlands Catholic School FCJ	51	48	43
St. David's Roman Catholic Technology College	46	46	34
King's Manor School, Specialist Sports College	25	31	37
The Academy at Peckham, Southwark	—	—	12
The St. Thomas the Apostle College	53	53	56
Walworth School	14	18	21
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Secondary School	56	73	69
Capital City Academy, Brent	—	—	29
Cardinal Hinsley High School	21	27	18
Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College	65	63	64
Queen's Park Community School	42	44	46
Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham	—	—	51
The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College	53	64	51
Manning Comprehensive School	19	25	24
Ellis Guilford School and Sports College	37	29	39
Walsall Academy, Walsall	—	—	50
Frank F. Harrison Community School	27	25	48
Sneyd Community School	30	35	41
Shelfield Sports and Community College	39	33	40
Manchester Academy, Manchester	—	—	8
Trinity CofE High School	45	70	61
Whalley Range 11 to 18 High School and Business and Enterprise College	52	46	58
St. Peter's RC High School	20	34	37
Academies opened in 2004:
The Business Academy, Bexley	—	—	—
Abbey Wood School	12	25	20
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys	27	36	35
Trinity School, Belvedere	43	39	47
Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney	—	—	—
Clapton Girls' Technology College	34	49	49
Homerton College of Technology	22	36	32
Hackney Free and Parochial Church of England Secondary School Specialist Sports College	18	22	34
Stockley Academy, Hillingdon	—	—	—
Bishopshalt School	52	55	56
Mellow Lane School	42	42	32
Uxbridge High School	34	29	35
London Academy, Barnet	—	—	—
Canons High School	48	49	53
Park High School	74	65	70
Mill Hill County High School	84	79	84
Northampton Academy, Northamptonshire	—	—	—
Weston Favell Upper School	38	34	28
Thomas Becket Catholic School	53	42	39
Northampton School for Girls	67	73	68
Lambeth Academy, Lambeth	—	—	—
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School	61	71	61
Chestnut Grove School	32	40	47
Battersea Technology College	14	14	23
Academies opened in 2005:
The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi, Liverpool	—	—	—
Breckfield Community Comprehensive School	23	28	35
Archbishop Blanch Church of England Voluntary Aided High School A Technology College	63	77	71
Campion Catholic High School	15	25	23
St. Pauls Academy, Greenwich	—	—	—
Welling School	42	32	36
Plumstead Manor School	27	37	43
Abbey Wood School	12	25	20
The Marlowe Academy, Kent	—	—	—
Ellington School for Girls	33	32	27
St. George's Church of England Foundation	33	42	47
The Charles Dickens School	55	41	35
Macmillan College, Middlesbrough	—	—	—
Hall Garth School	31	40	33
King's Manor School, Specialist Sports College	25	31	37
The Norton School	26	26	24
Dixons City Academy, Bradford	—	—	—
Grange Technology College	33	29	46
Bradford Cathedral Community College	16	22	26
Carlton Boiling College	18	17	19
Trinity Academy, Doncaster	—	—	—
Hatfield High School Visual Arts College	26	24	31
North Axholme School	45	38	40
The Snaith School	62	57	62
Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy, Lewisham	—	—	—
Bonus Pastor Roman Catholic School	49	55	59
Catford Girls' School	36	38	42
Sedgehill School	30	32	37
Salford City Academy, Salford	—	—	—
St. Patrick's RC High School and Arts College	53	49	42
Flixton Girls' High School	40	44	52
Wentworth High School	21	27	31
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, Lewisham	—	—	—
The St. Thomas the Apostle College	53	53	56
Addey and Stanhope School	32	36	59
Waverley School	26	26	30
The Harefield Academy, Hillingdon	—	—	—
Saint Joan of Arc Roman Catholic School	75	72	75
Haydon School	56	68	80
Rickmansworth School	76	83	82

⁽³⁰⁾ Pupils aged 15 at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽³¹⁾ Figures for 2002 and 2003 include GCSEs and GNVQs only. Figures for 2004 include GCSEs and other approved qualifications.
⁽³²⁾ Some Academies were previously a City Technology College. Figures are included in the table only when an institution is under Academy status.
⁽³³⁾ Two Academies only had GCSE results for pupils aged 15 in 2003.
⁽³⁴⁾ The three nearest non-selective maintained schools are listed in order of their proximity to each Academy.



 
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Learning and Skills Council

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the budget for the branding and advertising programme for the Learning and Skills Council Local Partnership teams will be. [27960]

Bill Rammell: Local Partnership teams will work within the LSC's national and regional branding, marketing and communications strategy. As this is an operational matter Mark Haysom, the LSC's chief executive has written to the hon. Member with further information. A copy of his reply has been placed in the Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom to Mr. Stephen O'Brien, dated 17 November 2005:

I write in response to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in which you asked what the budget for the branding and advertising programme for the Learning and Skills Council Local Partnership teams will be. I trust the following will answer your question.

The Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) re-organisation is designed to make the organisation smaller, more dynamic, and to improve significantly what it achieves on the ground. This should help ensure consistent standards nationwide in terms of quality and relevance of provision for local communities.

One of the LSC's marketing and communication aims is to simplify and align branding, marketing and communications activity through our partners so making it easier for young people, adults and employers to understand the benefits of learning and access relevant opportunities to progress in life, in work and in business—the local partnership teams are an important link to make this happen but not to specifically procure marketing services.

The 148 local partnership teams the LSC will employ will be responsible for developing strategic relationships with colleges, schools and training providers. From a branding and advertising perspective (defined as a marketing, communications and branding strategy in the LSC), it will be important that these locally based teams work within the agreed national and regional marketing, communications and branding strategy, not to specifically deliver additional services relating to marketing and communications themselves. There will not be a specific allocation (from the LSC's marketing and communications budget) deployed to the local partnership teams.

 
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