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Education and Skills

City Academies

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what target he has set for the number of city academies to be established in England by May 2010. [140969]

Jim Knight: The Government are firmly committed to establishing 400 Academies over time. The formal target for 2010, as announced in the Government's five-year strategy for education of July 2004, is for 200 academies to be open or in the pipeline by 2010.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many academy schools (a) are taking students, (b) will open to students before the end of 2007, (c) have opened and (d) he has discussed with sponsors. [140972]

Jim Knight: There are 47 academies now open. We anticipate that a further 36 will open before the end of 2007. As part of progress towards the target of 400 academies, the Department is in discussion with sponsors,
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schools and local authorities about 47 open academies; 25 academy projects in their implementation phase; and 68 projects where the Secretary of State has agreed a formal expression of interest with a sponsor for an academy project.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills who decides whether an academy school has a sixth form; and how many academies have no sixth form. [140974]

Jim Knight: The general policy is for academies to be post-16 providers in their own right to address low participation rates by adding to the diversity and quality of local provision. Where an academy proposal does not include post-16 provision, the Government would need to be assured that arrangements for post-16 students leaving the academy are comparable to those which could be provided by the academy itself. If, during the course of the consultation process that all academy projects are subject to, convincing arguments were put forward as to why the community would benefit more from an 11 to 16 than an 11 to 18 academy, this would of course be taken into account on a case by case basis.

Of the 47 open academies, three have no post-16 provision.

City Academies: General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils at state city academies obtained five or more A*-C passes at GCSE in 2006. [141022]

Jim Knight [holding answer 7 June 2007]: 49.4 per cent. of pupils in academies achieved five or more A*-C passes at GCSE or equivalent in 2005/06. This percentage is based on number of pupils on roll at the end of Key Stage 4 in the 2005/06 academic year and includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. The establishments included are those 24 academies with GCSE results open in 2005/06.

City Academies: Special Educational Needs

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils in each academy school have special educational needs; and what proportion of pupils take free school meals. [141034]

Jim Knight: The number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (with and without a statement), and the number and proportion of pupils known to be entitled to free school meals in each of the 46 academies open in January 2007 is included in the following chart (sourced from School Census provisional data for January 2007).


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Name Number of pupils with a statement of SEN( 1) Percentage of pupils with a statement of SEN( 2) Number of pupils with SEN without a statement( 1) Percentage of pupils with SEN without a statement( 2) Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 3) Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 4)

The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi

8

1.2

232

35.0

312

47.1

St. Pauls Academy

48

6.9

213

30.4

179

25.6

The Marlowe Academy

19

2.8

330

48.7

197

29.1

Grace Academy

31

2.7

291

25.6

319

28.0

John Madejski Academy

22

4.3

201

39.6

151

29.1

Macmillan Academy

6

0.4

93

6.3

377

25.5

Dixons City Academy

13

1.2

80

7.3

79

7.2

Paddington Academy

23

2.3

182

18.4

501

50.8

The Petchey Academy

8

4.4

83

46.1

86

47.8

North Liverpool Academy

13

1.1

415

36.2

448

39.1

Westminster Academy

15

2.0

147

19.6

306

40.9

Harris Academy Bermondsey

9

1.0

283

32.2

533

60.6

The Barnsley Academy

11

2.5

123

27.9

165

37.3

Burlington Danes Academy

11

1.4

168

20.8

167

20.6

Sheffield Park Academy

13

1.2

526

49.7

385

36.3

Sheffield Springs Academy

10

1.0

343

35.1

345

35.0

Harris Academy Merton

20

3.1

132

20.3

195

30.0

David Young Community Academy

27

3.0

165

18.4

378

42.1

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

0

0.0

181

23.4

314

40.5

Walthamstow Academy

15

2.2

212

31.2

216

31.8

The Gateway Academy

38

4.6

236

28.8

297

36.3

Greig City Academy

9

1.1

165

20.9

308

39.1

Walsall Academy

21

2.5

60

7.1

96

11.4

Unity City Academy

29

2.8

371

35.8

466

45.0

The Business Academy Bexley

48

4.4

470

42.9

394

35.9

St. Marks Church of England Academy

24

3.3

241

33.6

195

27.1

The City Academy Bristol

44

3.5

359

28.9

573

44.9

City of London Academy (Southwark)

37

4.6

171

21.4

273

34.2

The King's Academy

88

8.1

217

20.1

273

25.3

Manchester Academy

15

1.8

231

28.3

408

50.0

The Academy at Peckham

44

3.7

472

40.1

626

53.1

Capital City Academy

29

2.8

235

22.3

373

35.4

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham

3

0.2

512

32.1

597

37.5

West London Academy

17

2.0

466

54.8

394

46.3

Mossbourne Community Academy

30

4.9

123

20.0

249

40.6

Stockley Academy

12

1.6

212

28.7

298

40.3

London Academy

51

3.9

425

32.2

545

41.3

Northampton Academy

41

3.1

282

21.6

208

15.7

Lambeth Academy

21

3.9

192

36.1

229

43.0

Sandwell Academy

6

1.8

32

9.4

57

16.8

The Harefield Academy

11

2.0

171

30.4

90

16.0

Trinity Academy

24

2.0

145

12.1

184

15.4

Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy

24

3.3

206

28.1

325

44.3

Salford City Academy

3

0.5

166

29.1

105

18.0

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College

29

2.1

252

18.4

293

21.3

Landau Forte College

(5)

(5)

81

7.8

99

9.6

(1) Excludes dually registered pupils.
(2) Number of pupils with SEN with and without a statement expressed as a percentage of the total number on roll.
(3) Includes dually registered and boarding pupils.
(4) Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals expressed as a percentage of number on roll including dually registered and boarding pupils.
(5) Less than three pupils, or a rate based on less than 3 pupils.

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