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Faith Schools: Admissions
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of religious schools select pupils for admission by faith; and if he will make a statement. [175146]
Jim Knight:
Schools are not allowed to select pupils for admission by faith. Schools designated as having a religious character under section 69 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 may give priority, when oversubscribed, to children on the basis that they
are members of or practise their faith. We know that practices vary widely and that a number of schools with a religious character do not give priority on the basis of faith and others offer a proportion of places to children without reference to faith.
The priority given to faith applicants is not “selection” (as the term is used in education law) because it does not relate to academic aptitude or ability.
Family Courts
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average time was to complete a (a) private law and (b) public law case in the family courts in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average cost was of each. [176157]
Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.
In the county court, for the period April to November 2007, it took on average 33.12 weeks to complete a private law case and 55.02 weeks for a public law case. There are no data currently collected in the Family Proceedings Court (FPCs) on the average length of private law cases. In the FPCs the average duration of cases where a care or supervision order was made (April 2007 to November 2007) was 44.3 weeks. Between April and November 2007, 51 per cent. of care and supervision cases in FPCs and 39.6 per cent. of care and supervision cases in care centres were completed within 40 weeks.
The unit cost for private law applications (judicial and administrative costs) for financial year 2006-07 is £996 in the county courts and £1,232 in the Family Proceedings Courts. The equivalent figures for public law applications are £4,286 and £4,014. The average legal aid cost of private law matters is £2,790 and for public law matters is £5,961. No information is held centrally on average local authority costs.
Free School Meals: Greater Manchester
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils on free school meals achieved five grade A*-C GCSEs in (a) Manchester and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last three years. [170759]
Jim Knight: Information for Greater Manchester is not available. The figures for Manchester are:
| 2003 / 04 | 2004 / 05 | 2005 / 06 | |
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Percentage of pupils on free school meals achieving 5 A*-C GCSE grades |
These figures can be found in the following Statistical First Releases (SFRs):
2003/04: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000564/index.shtml (Table 48)
2004/05: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000640/index.shtml (Table 91)
2005/06: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000693/index.shtml (Table 73)
Figures for the academic year 2006/07 have not yet been published and will be included in the SFR released in the week beginning 28 January 2008.
Free School Meals: North East Region
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of students in (a) the City of Sunderland and (b) the North East Region are eligible to receive free school meals. [175222]
Jim Knight: Figures from the school census 2007 show that the proportion of students known to be eligible to receive free school meals in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in Sunderland is 16.9 per cent., compared to 18.1 per cent. in the North East region. These figures include dually registered and boarding pupils.
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many maintained mainstream schools did not submit any pupils for a foreign language GCSE in each year since 2002; [171030]
(2) how many pupils sat ICT GNVQ in each year since 2002; and how many of these gained A* to C grades; [171031]
(3) how many pupils sat Edexcel mathematics GCSE in each year since 2000; [171032]
(4) how many mainstream maintained schools did not offer (a) French, (b) German and (c) Spanish GCSE to pupils in each year since 2002; [171041]
(5) how many mainstream maintained schools offer only single science GCSE to pupils; [171042]
(6) how many mainstream maintained schools do not offer the three separate sciences at GCSE to pupils. [171043]
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many mainstream secondary schools have not entered students for a GCSE in (a) a modern language and (b) music in each of the last three years. [171461]
Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Free School Meals
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of white British boys eligible for free school meals failed to obtain at least five GCSEs at any level in each year between 1996 and 2007; and if he will make a statement. [174196]
Jim Knight: The available information covers the proportion of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent and are given in the table.
| Percentage of white British boys eligible for free school meals who achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent( 1) , at maintained schools, 2002 to 2006 | ||
| Percentage achieving 5 A*-C grades | Percentage not achieving 5 A*-C grades | |
| (1) Based upon 15 year old pupils (age at start of academic year) for figures up to and including 2004. For 2005 onwards figures are based upon pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. (2) Figures for 2002 relate to pupils classified as 'white' rather than 'white British'. | ||
Data are sourced from the National Pupil Database which began in 2002. The latest figures relate to 2006 where 90.9 per cent. of white British boys eligible for free school meals achieved any passes (9.1 per cent. achieving no passes). These figures are published in Table 32 of SFR46/2006 "National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England 2005-06, (Provisional)" which can be found at
Equivalent figures for 2006-07 will be published at the end of January 2008 as additional tables to SFR 38/2007 which can be found at
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Kent
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many secondary schools in Kent over 70 per cent. of pupils did not achieve five A*-C GCSEs, including English and mathematics, in the latest year for which figures are available. [175147]
Jim Knight: The information is available from the 2006 Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables in the House of Commons Library.
General Certificate of Secondary Education: North East Region
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in (a) the City of Sunderland and (b) the North East achieved more than five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year since 1997. [175223]
Jim Knight: The information requested is given in the following table.
Figures include achievements in previous academic years.
The increase in the proportion of 15-year-old pupils achieving five or more good GCSEs in Sunderland (24.3 per cent.) and the North East region (22.8 per cent.) compares favourably with a national increase of 15.2 per cent. over the same period.
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Standards
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will list the (a) top 20 and (b) bottom 20 maintained secondary schools in England on the basis of the proposition of pupils obtaining five A* to C GCSEs in 2007, setting out in each case (i) GCSE performance, (ii) percentage of children eligible for free school meals, (iii) school type, (iv) local authority, (v) OFSTED classification and (vi) percentage of statemented children. [166030]
Jim Knight: This information is not available until the publication of the KS4 Achievement and Attainment Tables on 10 January 2008.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of secondary schools had fewer than (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent., (f) 60 per cent., (g) 70 per cent., (h) 80 per cent. and (i) 90 per cent., of pupils obtaining five A* to C grades in GCSEs (i) including English and mathematics and (ii) in all subjects in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [168199]
Jim Knight: Information on secondary schools and the pupils in each school achieving 5+ A*-C and 5+ A*-C including English and mathematics is included in the 2006 key stage 4 achievement and attainment tables. Full details of each school and the requested information can be found in the House of Commons Library. 2007 figures will be available from January 2008.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in each local education authority area had fewer than (a) 30 per cent. and (b) 40 per cent. of pupils achieving five passes at GCSE including mathematics and English in each of the last three years. [170290]
Jim Knight [holding answer 3 December 2007]: Information for each of the years individually is in the Library.
We have summarised the figures in the following table showing the number of schools in each local authority achieving fewer than (a) 30 per cent. and (b) 40 per cent. in all of the last three years.
These figures relate to maintained schools only. Schools without published results for each of the last three years are not included in the analysis.
To answer this question, figures for the academic years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 have been used as the data for 2006-07 have not yet been published. Schools and colleges will get the chance to amend their results before the revised data are published in January 2008.
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