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Standard Assessment Tasks

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average Standard Assessment Test (SAT) results were at key stages (a) one, (b) two and (c) three for (i) mathematics, (ii) English and (iii) science in each year since the introduction of SAT. [133450]

Jim Knight: Information on the proportion of pupils achieving the expected level at the end of each Key Stage is shown as follows:

Key Stage 1: Percentage of pupils in all schools in England achieving Level 2 or above, 1995 to 2006
	Mathematics	Reading	Writing	Spelling
1995	79	78	80	—
1996	82	78	79	—
1997	84	80	80	62
1998	84	80	81	66
1999	87	82	83	71
2000	90	83	84	72
2001	91	84	86	75
2002	90	84	86	78
2003	90	84	81	—
2004	90	85	82	—
2005	91	85	82	—
2006	90	84	81	—
Notes: 1. 2006 figures are provisional. Figures for all other years are based on final data. 2. The spelling test was only taken between 1997 to 2002 3. For Key Stage 1 a new method of assessment, where only teacher assessments (TA) were reported, was trialled in some LAs in 2004 and fully rolled out in 2005. As a result figures for 1995-2003 are based on test/task results, 2004 figures are calculated using a combination of TA results for trial schools and test/task results for non-trial schools, 2005-06 figures are based on teacher assessment results. Hence data shown in the table for results from 2004 onwards are not directly comparable with those prior to 2004, and care is needed in interpreting trends in the data.

Key Stage 2: Percentage of pupils in all schools in England achieving Level 4 or above, 1995 to 2006
	English	Mathematics	Science
1995	49	45	70
1996	57	54	62
1997	63	62	69
1998	65	59	69
1999	71	69	78
2000	75	72	85
2001	75	71	87
2002	75	73	86
2003	75	73	87
2004	78	74	86
2005	79	75	86
2006	79	76	87
Note: 2006 figures are revised. Figures for all other years are based on final data.

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Key Stage 3: Percentage of pupils in all schools in England achieving Level 5 or above, 1995 to 2006
	English	Mathematics	Science
1995	55	58	56
1996	57	57	57
1997	57	60	60
1998	65	59	56
1999	64	62	55
2000	64	65	59
2001	65	66	66
2002	67	67	67
2003	69	71	68
2004	71	73	66
2005	74	74	70
2006	73	77	72
Note: 2006 figures are revised. Figures for all other years are based on final data.

Students: Darlington

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students from Darlington were allocated a university place in each year since 1996. [135017]

Bill Rammell: The latest available information is shown in the following table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.

Number of entrants to undergraduate courses from Darlington local authority UK higher education institutions( 1 ) academic years 1996/97 to 2005/ 06
Academic year	Number of entrants
1996/97	550
1997/98	590
1998/99	640
1999/2000	660
2000/01	725
2001/02	805
2002/03	1,020
2003/04	985
2004/05	1,015
2005/06	990
(1 )Excludes the Open University. Note : Figures are on snapshot basis as at the 1 of December and are rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Teachers: Manpower

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people with qualified teacher status there were in (a) pupil referral units, (b) special needs units attached to mainstream schools, (c) classes in maintained mainstream schools and (d) maintained special schools in each year from 1997 to 2007. [133711]

Jim Knight: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent regular teachers with qualified teacher status employed in pupil referral units, mainstream nursery/primary and secondary schools and maintained special schools in England, January 1997 to 2007.

The number of teachers employed in special needs units attached to mainstream schools cannot be provided separately.

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Full-time equivalent number of regular qualified teachers in pupil referral units, maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools and maintained special schools in England, January 1997 to 2007( 1)
	Pupil referral units( 2)	Maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools	Maintained special schools
1997	3,220	378,320	14,700
1998	3,520	376,660	14,260
1999	3,860	379,620	14,150
2000	3,960	382,740	14,120
2001	4.150	386,380	14,030
2002	4,650	389,660	13,860
2003	4,900	389,830	13,630
2004	5,220	391,040	13,750
2005	5,970	394,000	13,330
2006	6,300	397,870	13,470
2007(1)	6,530	398,300	13,470
(2)( )Pupil referral unit teacher numbers include other teachers who work outside of mainstream primary, secondary and special schools i.e. home tutors. (1 )Provisional Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies,618g (Teachers)

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