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Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2007, Official Report, column 1541W, on education: standards, how many and what proportion of pupils who attained level four or below in the key stage three (a) teacher assessments and (b) tests in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science had attained level five or above at key stage two in each of the last five years. [132130]

Jim Knight: The information requested is summarised in the following table.

Number of pupils at Level 4 or below at KS3 who attained Level 5 or above at KS2( 1,2)
English Maths Science
National Curriculum test Teacher assessment National Curriculum test Teacher assessment National Curriculum test Teacher assessment
No. % No. % No. No. % No. % No. %

2006

810

0.5

(3)

280

0.2

4,400

2.9

2005

880

0.7

1,600

1.1

440

0.3

590

0.5

5,500

3.4

4,300

2.8

2004

1,300

0.9

1,700

1.0

400

0.3

640

0.5

7,800

4.4

4,300

2.8

2003

1,300

0.9

1,600

0.9

420

0.3

590

0.4

5,400

3.7

4,100

2.5

2002

1,400

0.9

1,400

0.8

560

0.3

600

0.4

3,900

2.4

3,000

1.8

(1) ‘Level 4 or below’ is defined according to National Curriculum test/teacher assessment level. The levels are B (working below the level of the test), N (not awarded a test level) and 2-8 for National Curriculum tests, and W (working towards Level 1) and 1-8 for teacher assessments. Pupils absent or unable to access the tests at either KS2 or KS3 are not included.
(2) Percentages are expressed as a proportion of all pupils at Level 4 or below at KS3.
(3) The DFES and NAA are currently validating teacher assessment data submitted by schools for KS3 in 2006. As a result of this ongoing work, teacher assessment data for 2006 have not yet been published.

Free School Meals

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were known to be eligible for free school meals but were not in receipt of free school meals over the last 10 years. [131798]

Jim Knight [holding answer 17 April 2007]: Information on pupils eligible for free school meals is collected at pupil level via the school census. Pupils should only be recorded as eligible if a claim for free school meals has been made for them or on their behalf by parents and their eligibility has been confirmed by the relevant authority or by provision of necessary documents to the school or local authority.

It is not known how many pupils could be eligible but are not submitting a claim.

The following table shows the number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals; and the number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census.

Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools( 1) : school meal arrangements—as at January 2006 , England
Maintained nursery and primary schools Maintained secondary schools

Number on roll(2)

4,187,630

3,309,720

Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

670,340

448,680

Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals

16.0

13.6

Number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the Census

556,180

328,750

Percentage of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the Census

13.3

9.9

(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Includes pupils with sole and dual main registration. Includes boarding pupils.
Note:
Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census


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Further Education: Greater London

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who took A2-level exams in the London borough of Havering went on to further education in each year since 1997. [134622]

Jim Knight: The figures in this answer are for all 16 and 17-year-olds, there is no information solely on those that have completed A2-level exams and local participation estimates are not available for 18-year-olds.

The table gives the number and percentage of 16 and 17-year-olds in the London borough of Havering participating in full-time education at a sixth form college, further education college or school. The latest year for which data are available is end 2004.


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Participation in education and training of 16 and 17-year-olds in the London borough of Havering by type of institution 1997 to 2004
End
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Age 16

Number

Maintained schools

500

500

500

500

600

600

600

600

Independent schools

Sixth form college

900

800

800

800

800

800

800

900

Other FE

800

700

600

700

700

700

700

900

Total

2,100

2,000

2,000

1,900

2,100

2,100

2,200

2,400

Percentage

Maintained schools

17

17

19

18

19

20

22

21

Independent schools

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Sixth form college

30

30

30

27

28

30

29

29

Other FE

27

25

24

25

24

24

25

28

Total

74

71

73

70

71

73

78

78

Age 17

Number

Maintained schools

500

400

400

500

400

500

500

500

Independent schools

Sixth form college

600

600

700

600

500

600

600

600

Other FE

600

500

500

500

500

600

600

600

Total

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,600

1,600

1,800

Percentage

Maintained schools

15

16

15

17

15

16

17

19

Independent schools

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sixth form college

19

23

24

23

19

21

22

22

Other FE

20

19

20

20

19

19

20

21

Total

55

58

59

60

53

57

58

61

Age 16 and 17

Number

Maintained schools

900

900

900

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,100

1,200

Independent schools

Sixth form college

1,400

1,500

1,500

1,400

1,300

1,500

1,400

1,500

Other FE

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,400

Total

3,700

3,600

3,600

3,600

3,600

3,700

3,800

4,200

Percentage

Maintained schools

16

16

17

18

17

18

20

20

Independent schools

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sixth form college

25

26

27

25

24

26

26

25

Other FE

23

22

22

22

22

21

22

24

Total

64

65

66

65

63

65

68

70

Source:
DfES SFR 13/2006

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