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G3 Academy, Chelmsley Wood
Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why her Department has opposed the installation of fire sprinklers in the new G3 Academy in Chelmsley Wood. [28511]
Jacqui Smith:
The Department did not oppose the installation of fire sprinklers in Grace Academy, Chelmsley Wood.
It is the Department's policy that each school plan, including that for Grace Academy, should be based on a fire risk assessment and where necessary incorporate the principles of fire engineering as an intrinsic part of its design. This is a statutory requirement of The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations, (2003) with which Academies, as independent schools, must comply.
All schools, maintained or independent are designed in accordance with the highest industry specifications to meet the functional requirements of the Building Regulations on Fire Safety. Sprinkler systems are primarily incorporated for property protection whereas the Department's main concern is that
It is therefore felt that the use of automatic sprinkler systems is unnecessary. There is no requirement in The Building Regulations 2000 or the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations, (2003) for the installation of sprinklers to be included.
The decision on whether or not to install a sprinkler system in Grace Academy rested upon the advice of the appointed independent fire consultant. The consultant's
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expert view was that a sprinkler system was not a requirement for life safety. Based on this advice Solihull metropolitan borough council's building control department accepted the project without a sprinkler system.
GCSE Results
Mr. Gibb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-year-olds achieved five or more grades at A* to C at GCSE or equivalent which included GCSEs in English and mathematics in each year since 1995; [25419]
(2) what proportion of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*to C or equivalent including English and mathematics, broken down by local education authority in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005; [25671]
(3) how many and what proportion of non-selective schools had more than 70 per cent. of pupils achieving (i) five GCSEs at grade A*to C or equivalent and (ii) five GCSEs at grade A*to C or equivalent including English and mathematics in each year since 1995. [25672]
Jacqui Smith:
The information requested can be found in the following tables:
Table 1: Percentage of 15 year old pupils(49) achieving 5 or moreA*-C at GCSE or equivalent(50) including English and mathematics
Academic year | Percentage
|
2004/05(52) | 44.1
|
2003/04 | 42.7
|
2002/03(51) | 41.9
|
2001/02 | 42.1
|
2000/01 | 40.7
|
1999/2000 | 40.0
|
1998/99 | 38.6
|
1997/98 | 37.0
|
1996/97 | 35.6
|
(49) Age at start of academic year i.e. 31 August.
(50) Figures from 1996/97 to 2002/03 include GCSE/GNVQs only, figures from 2003/04 include other equivalent qualifications approved pre-16.
(51) Figures decreased in 2002/03 because percentage of pupils achieving A*-C in Mathematics decreased.
(52) Figures for 2004/05 are provisional, all other figures are final.
Table 2: Percentage of 15-year-old pupils(53) achieving 5 or more A*-C at GCSE or equivalent(54) including English and mathematics by local authority
Local authority | Percentage
|
Academic year 1996/97
|
Barking and Dagenham | 22.0
|
Barnet | 42.2
|
Barnsley | 21.0
|
Bath and North East Somerset | 40.2
|
Bedfordshire | 33.9
|
Berkshire | 40.0
|
Bexley | 35.6
|
Birmingham | 25.0
|
Bolton | 30.3
|
Bournemouth | 40.5
|
Bradford | 20.8
|
Brent | 30.1
|
Brighton and Hove | 27.1
|
Bromley | 42.5
|
Buckinghamshire | 50.4
|
Bury | 37.3
|
Calderdale | 29.4
|
Cambridgeshire | 34.9
|
Camden | 35.1
|
Cheshire | 37.5
|
City of Bristol | 22.6
|
City of Derby | 26.7
|
City of Kingston-upon-Hull | 14.8
|
Cornwall | 36.0
|
Coventry | 27.1
|
Croydon | 28.4
|
Cumbria | 33.4
|
Darlington | 28.1
|
Derbyshire | 33.6
|
Devon | 33.8
|
Doncaster | 24.8
|
Dorset | 36.6
|
Dudley | 31.4
|
Durham | 27.4
|
Ealing | 28.2
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 34.2
|
East Sussex | 33.3
|
Enfield | 31.4
|
Essex | 35.0
|
Gateshead | 31.5
|
Gloucestershire | 41.6
|
Greenwich | 19.9
|
Hackney | 17.3
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 32.5
|
Hampshire | 37.6
|
Haringey | 17.9
|
Harrow | 40.0
|
Hartlepool | 19.6
|
Havering | 37.9
|
Hereford and Worcester | 34.8
|
Hertfordshire | 41.5
|
Hillingdon | 30.1
|
Hounslow | 31.3
|
Isle of Wight | 32.0
|
Isles of Scilly | 27.8
|
Islington | 16.5
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 28.0
|
Kent | 37.5
|
Kingston upon Thames | 44.7
|
Kirklees | 30.5
|
Knowsley | 14.6
|
Lambeth | 18.6
|
Lancashire | 34.6
|
Leeds | 28.5
|
Leicester City | 24.8
|
Leicestershire | 34.8
|
Lewisham | 19.4
|
Lincolnshire | 39.3
|
Liverpool | 23.8
|
Luton | 23.3
|
Manchester | 19.1
|
Merton | 30.1
|
Middlesbrough | 21.0
|
Milton Keynes | 21.9
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | 24.9
|
Newham | 23.2
|
Norfolk | 34.0
|
North East Lincolnshire | 22.8
|
North Lincolnshire | 30.2
|
North Somerset | 38.3
|
North Tyneside | 31.0
|
North Yorkshire | 42.7
|
Northamptonshire | 31.3
|
Northumberland | 34.2
|
Nottinghamshire | 28.0
|
Oldham | 27.4
|
Oxfordshire | 36.7
|
Poole | 40.8
|
Portsmouth | 18.5
|
Redbridge | 39.3
|
Redcar and Cleveland | 30.0
|
Richmond upon Thames | 36.5
|
Rochdale | 25.3
|
Rotherham | 27.8
|
Rutland | 40.7
|
Salford | 22.1
|
Sandwell | 17.7
|
Sefton | 35.6
|
Sheffield | 29.3
|
Shropshire | 37.0
|
Solihull | 38.6
|
Somerset | 37.6
|
South Gloucestershire | 33.3
|
South Tyneside | 27.3
|
Southampton | 29.4
|
Southwark | 17.1
|
St. Helens | 30.0
|
Staffordshire | 34.5
|
Stockport | 40.8
|
Stockton on Tees | 28.9
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 22.5
|
Suffolk | 33.5
|
Sunderland | 26.1
|
Surrey | 40.0
|
Sutton | 47.3
|
Swindon | 34.9
|
Tameside | 28.5
|
Tower Hamlets | 15.0
|
Trafford | 44.3
|
Wakefield | 28.2
|
Walsall | 25.4
|
Waltham Forest | 25.0
|
Wandsworth | 23.2
|
Warwickshire | 34.9
|
West Sussex | 38.3
|
Westminster | 22.5
|
Wigan | 34.6
|
Wiltshire | 39.0
|
Wirral | 35.3
|
Wolverhampton | 23.3
|
York | 41.0
|
|
|
Academic year 2004/053
|
Barking and Dagenham | 36.7
|
Barnet | 57.2
|
Barnsley | 35.4
|
Bath and North East Somerset | 54.1
|
Bedfordshire | 46.0
|
Bexley | 47.3
|
Birmingham | 42.3
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 41.0
|
Blackpool | 34.9
|
Bolton | 41.7
|
Bournemouth | 46.9
|
Bracknell Forest | 44.0
|
Bradford | 35.7
|
Brent | 47.3
|
Brighton and Hove | 43.5
|
Bristol | 31.6
|
Bromley | 52.8
|
Buckinghamshire | 63.0
|
Bury | 53.8
|
Calderdale | 45.8
|
Cambridgeshire | 53.9
|
Camden | 43.5
|
Cheshire | 53.9
|
City of Peterborough | 42.3
|
City of Plymouth | 43.8
|
Cornwall | 49.7
|
Coventry | 41.1
|
Croydon | 45.9
|
Cumbria | 49.9
|
Darlington | 45.3
|
Derby | 42.4
|
Derbyshire | 47.6
|
Devon | 49.3
|
Doncaster | 38.0
|
Dorset | 52.8
|
Dudley | 43.4
|
Durham | 43.2
|
Ealing | 48.8
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 52.4
|
East Sussex | 45.3
|
Enfield | 45.5
|
Essex | 47.2
|
Gateshead | 43.9
|
Gloucestershire | 57.2
|
Greenwich | 37.4
|
Hackney | 40.4
|
Halton | 37.0
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 52.4
|
Hampshire | 53.1
|
Haringey | 35.9
|
Harrow | 56.5
|
Hartlepool | 39.4
|
Havering | 53.6
|
Herefordshire | 50.9
|
Hertfordshire | 55.3
|
Hillingdon | 41.4
|
Hounslow | 51.1
|
Isle of Wight | 34.1
|
Isles of Scilly | 90.9
|
Islington | 32.5
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 44.0
|
Kent | 50.2
|
Kingston upon Thames | 65.4
|
Kingston-upon-Hull | 30.2
|
Kirklees | 42.0
|
Knowsley | 30.0
|
Lambeth | 37.4
|
Lancashire | 48.7
|
Leeds | 41.8
|
Leicester City | 35.7
|
Leicestershire | 51.0
|
Lewisham | 41.2
|
Lincolnshire | 49.9
|
Liverpool | 34.9
|
Luton | 38.1
|
Manchester | 30.7
|
Medway | 43.8
|
Merton | 40.2
|
Middlesbrough | 31.4
|
Milton Keynes | 44.5
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | 36.0
|
Newham | 46.6
|
Norfolk | 46.9
|
North East Lincolnshire | 34.0
|
North Lincolnshire | 41.4
|
North Somerset | 50.8
|
North Tyneside | 44.8
|
North Yorkshire | 56.7
|
Northamptonshire | 45.0
|
Northumberland | 51.0
|
Nottingham City | 27.9
|
Nottinghamshire | 40.8
|
Oldham | 40.1
|
Oxfordshire | 49.2
|
Poole | 57.6
|
Portsmouth | 28.4
|
Reading | 41.4
|
Redbridge | 59.7
|
Redcar and Cleveland | 40.4
|
Richmond upon Thames | 50.9
|
Rochdale | 39.3
|
Rotherham | 41.9
|
Rutland | 56.5
|
Salford | 37.9
|
Sandwell | 30.2
|
Sefton | 44.2
|
Sheffield | 42.1
|
Shropshire | 55.9
|
Slough | 53.1
|
Solihull | 52.9
|
Somerset | 49.8
|
South Gloucestershire | 48.6
|
South Tyneside | 36.1
|
Southampton | 39.2
|
Southend | 50.2
|
Southwark | 31.8
|
St. Helens | 42.3
|
Staffordshire | 47.0
|
Stockport | 47.9
|
Stockton on Tees | 40.6
|
Stoke on Trent | 35.3
|
Suffolk | 49.1
|
Sunderland | 38.6
|
Surrey | 54.2
|
Sutton | 63.2
|
Swindon | 42.0
|
Tameside | 40.1
|
Telford and the Wrekin | 40.8
|
Thurrock | 38.8
|
Torbay | 48.8
|
Tower Hamlets | 31.8
|
Trafford | 62.2
|
Wakefield | 45.2
|
Walsall | 38.3
|
Waltham Forest | 41.0
|
Wandsworth | 44.9
|
Warrington | 51.1
|
Warwickshire | 49.4
|
West Berkshire | 51.3
|
West Sussex | 49.0
|
Westminster | 47.5
|
Wigan | 43.0
|
Wiltshire | 52.8
|
Windsor and Maidenhead | 53.4
|
Wirral | 49.6
|
Wokingham | 59.1
|
Wolverhampton | 37.1
|
Worcestershire | 47.9
|
York | 49.9
|
(53) Age at start of academic year i.e. 31st August.
(54) Figures from 1996/97 include GCSE/GNVQs, figures from 2003/04 include other equivalent qualifications approved pre-16.
(55) 2004/05 figures are provisional, 1996/97 figures are final.
(56) Due to reorganisation, LA names and boundaries are not comparable for 1996/97 and 2004/05.
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Table 3: Number and percentage of non-selective schools(57) with 70 per cent. or more of 15-year-old pupils(58) achieving (i) five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C or equivalent(59) and (ii) five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C or equivalent(59) including English and mathematics in each year since 1995
| Numbers
| Numbers
|
| 5+ A*-C | 5+ A*-C inc. E&M | 5+ A*-C | 5+ A*-C inc. E&M | Number of schools(57)
|
2003/04 | 413 | 413 | 14.0 | 3.7 | 2,946
|
2002/03 | 367 | 367 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 2,931
|
2001/02 | 298 | 298 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 2,935
|
2000/01 | 239 | 239 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 2,938
|
1999/2000 | 208 | 208 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 2,954
|
1998/99 | 180 | 180 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 2,964
|
1997/98 | 115 | 115 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 2,999
|
1996/97 | 79 | 79 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3,000
|
1995/96 | 73 | 73 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3,001
|
1996/95 | 52 | 52 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 3,003
|
(57) Includes maintained, mainstream schools with no selection policy upon entry.
(58) Age at start of academic year i.e. 31 August.
(59) Figures from 1996/97 include GCSE/GNVQs, figures from 2003/04 include other equivalent qualifications approved pre-16.
(60) The number and proportion of schools are not provided for 2004/05 as this data are currently being checked by schools as part of the Achievement and Attainment tables checking exercise. Revised figures, which take account of any amendments made by the schools during this exercise will be published in January 2006.