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The GCSE data for Jarrow corresponding to 5+ A*-C grades including Maths and English before 2005 could not be calculated, except at disproportionate cost.
International GCSE
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2007, Official Report, columns 1379-81W, on GCSEs, which of the schools listed offer the International GCSE. [122061]
Jim Knight: The Department does not include the International GCSE within the Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables and so data on the pupils attempting or achieving the International GCSE are not held centrally.
Local Education Authorities: Ethnic Groups
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance his Department provides to local education authorities on black and minority ethnic representation on independent appeals panels. [137727]
Jim Knight: The current Admission Appeals Code of Practice and relevant regulations do not give specific guidance on this issue. However, I agree that the issue should be addressed, and will ensure that guidance is included in the new Appeals Code, which we intend to bring into force in January 2008.
Medicine: Education
Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) students and (b) undergraduates were studying (i) medicine, (ii) dentistry and (iii) subjects allied to medicine in each of the last five years, broken down by institution. [138128]
Bill Rammell [holding answer 18 May 2007]: The latest available information for the academic years 2002/03 to 2005/06 has been placed in the House Library. Comparable information for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.
Parents: Custody
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of how many children do not have contact with a non-resident parent as a result of a resident parent refusing to comply with a court order requiring the child to spend time with their non-resident parent. [137513]
Mr. Dhanda: The requested information is not collected centrally.
Pupil Referral Units
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures are in place for monitoring how money designated for pupil referral units is spent; and what systems are in place to evaluate the effect of the expenditure. [132883]
Jim Knight: Pupil referral units come under the local authority accountability arrangements through the Audit Commission. The Department collects financial data from local authorities relating to pupil referral units covering schools standards grant, personalisation and devolved school meals grant through their annual budget statements, known as the Section 52 statements.
Local authorities should allocate resources to their pupil referral units in a planned, balanced and agreed manner and be able to demonstrate that these resources are being appropriately targeted on delivering improved outcomes. In assessing the leadership and management of a pupil referral unit, Ofsted inspectors make a judgment and report on how effectively and efficiently resources are deployed to achieve value for money.
Further, subject to regulations which will require the establishment of management committees for all pupil referral units from 1 November 2007, management committees may be involved in the management of funds made available to their pupil referral units, including the monitoring of expenditure and ensuring value for money.
Pupils: Languages
Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether all schools are required to report to his Department the first language of all their pupils. [134302]
Jim Knight: The School Census collects first language information at pupil level from primary, secondary and all special schools, as well as academies and city technology colleges (CTCs), in accordance with section 537A of the Education Act 1996. Totals of all pupils recorded as having English as an additional language (EAL) are also collected from Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), in accordance with section 29 of the Education Act 1996 and section 42 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The requirement is for these schools to report the first language of all pupils of compulsory school age and above.
School Meals: Expenditure
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on providing school meals for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the last period for which figures are available. [135975]
Jim Knight: The Department does not collect data that allows us to report expenditure on school meals alone.
Schools
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the 68 national support schools. [135828]
Jim Knight: A list of the 68 National Support Schools is available on the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) website:
Alexandra Infant School, Beckenham
Archbishop Holgate’s School, York
Baxter College, Kidderminster
Bishop Stopford School, Headlands
Blackwood School, Streetly
Bognor Regis Community College, Bognor Regis
Bourton Meadow, Buckingham
Brookside Community Primary School, Street
Caldecote Community Primary, Leicester
Caludon Castle School, Wyken
Carlton-Bolling College, Bradford
Chepping View Primary, High Wycombe
Colmore Infant School, Kings Heath
Colmore Junior, Kings Heath
Corsham Primary, Corsham
Darley Dale Primary, Matlock
East Barnet School
Edinburgh Primary, Walthamstow
Eggar’s School, Alton
Fellside Community Primary School, Whickham
Garforth Community College, Garforth
Grange School, Kempston
Grangewood School, Pinner
Greensward College, Hockley
Greenwood Dale School, Nottingham
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Hayes Park School, Hayes
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, Emmer Green
Hillcrest School and Community College, Dudley
Houghton Kepier Sports College, Houghton le Spring
Huntington School, Huntington
Invicta Grammar, Maidstone
Kemnal Technology College, Sidcup
Ladybarn Primary, Withington
Lea Valley Primary, London
Lent Rise School, Burnham
Limbrick Wood Primary School, Coventry
Linwood, Bournemouth
Lordswood Girls’ School, Harborne
Loughborough Primary
Malvin’s Close First School, Blyth
Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney
Newark Orchard School
Ninestiles School, Acocks Green
Old Ford Primary, Bow
Oldway Primary School, Paignton
Outwood Grange College, Wakefield
Prince Henry’s Grammar, Otley
Queen’s Crescent School, Chippenham
Richmond Primary, Chadderton
Riverside Junior School, Hullbridge
Shaldon Primary
St. Anne’s RC Primary, London
St. James R.C. Primary, Bromley
St. Luke’s C of E (Voluntary Aided) School, Southsea
St. Peter’s Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre, Gloucester
St. Peter’s Primary School, Wem
St. Saviour’s and St. Olave’s School, London
Steeton Primary School, Steeton
The Compton School, Finchley
The Hayesbrook School, Tonbridge, Kent
The Hayesbrook School, Tonbridge, Kent
Waddesdon Church of England School, Aylesbury
West Kirby Residential School, West Kirby
Westfield Technology College, Preston, Weymouth
Wildern School, Southampton
William Farr (CofE) Comprehensive School, Welton
Woodlands School, Basildon
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