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Table 3: Percentage of pupils attaining five or more GCSEs, including English and mathematics, at grades C and above for each London authority, 2003 to 2007
Result
LA name 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Barking and Dagenham

31.8

31.5

33.6

37.6

39.2

Barnet

49.6

51.7

52.6

55.5

59.3

Bexley

42.2

44.2

45.5

50.2

49.7

Brent

40.1

41.9

467

48.8

49.5

Bromley

48.3

48.6

51.3

54.0

55.3

Camden

40.1

42.8

40.6

45.3

45.1

City of London

—

—

—

—

—

Croydon

36.0

37.6

40.4

42.4

44.1

Ealing

39.6

39.4

45.9

48.2

49.0

Enfield

38.3

40.5

42.3

42.8

47.4

Greenwich

26.4

29.5

34.0

31.3

33.9

Hackney

26.5

32.1

34.2

36.4

41.3

Hammersmith and Fulham

42.6

42.1

46.6

48.9

57.8

Haringey

28.8

31.1

32.2

34.2

37.1

Harrow

47.4

49.7

49.8

53.3

56.0

Havering

49.8

51.0

49.7

54.5

53.6

Hillingdon

36.2

37.1

38.7

43.3

44.4

Hounslow

40.4

42.5

46.1

50.7

50.2

Islington

22.5

28.9

29.9

32.2

37.0

Kensington and Chelsea

45.1

45.6

52.5

53.9

56.4

Kingston upon Thames

58.4

54.8

59.6

58.6

61.3

Lambeth

30.1

37.2

37.3

41.4

41.1

Lewisham

30.1

32.4

37.1

40.7

40.4

Merton

36.0

36.1

38.3

39.4

39.7

Newham

34.2

37.6

40.3

41.1

44.1

Redbridge

54.9

55.6

56.0

59.0

61.2

Richmond upon Thames

48.2

47.9

46.5

49.5

47.7

Southwark

26.3

28.7

31.4

34.2

38.3

Sutton

56.3

58.7

59.4

62.7

64.7

Tower Hamlets

25.5

28.1

30.2

33.5

36.3

Waltham Forest

34.5

33.4

36.5

38.7

42.0

Wandsworth

37.1

38.4

41.4

41.6

46.6

Westminster

37.1

36.1

37.8

40.5

45.6

National average

41.9

42.7

44.3

45.3

46.0


Mandarin: Teachers

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers have a degree level qualification in Mandarin Chinese. [182160]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers are teaching Mandarin Chinese. [182278]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not available centrally.

Pre-School Education

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many three and four-year-old children are entitled to free nursery
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places in each local authority area; how many such places are available in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. [182062]

Beverley Hughes [holding answer 25 January 2008]: Since April 2004 all three and four-year-olds have been entitled to a free part-time early education place for 12.5 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. From 2010, this offer will be extended from 12.5 to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.

Information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds has been placed in the House Library.

The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 19/2007 “Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2007”, available on the Department’s website:

Pre-School Education: Tyne and Wear

Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many free nursery places have been provided in Houghton and Washington, East constituency in the last 10 years. [181554]

Beverley Hughes: Information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds is shown in the tables.

Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1,2,3) filled by three and four-year-olds—Houghton and Washington, East parliamentary constituency area — position in January each year
3 - year - olds 4 - year - olds
maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 5) total 3 - year - olds maintained nursery and primary schools( 6) other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 7) total 4 - year - olds

2004

710

120

830

840

40

880

2005

740

130

870

860

40

900

2006

760

100

850

850

40

890

2007

750

130

880

830

40

870

(1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child.
(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
(3) Prior to 2004, information on early education places was derived from returns made by local authorities as part of the Nursery Education Grant (NEG) data collection exercise. These data were collected at local authority level, therefore, data for this parliamentary constituency prior to 2004 is not available.
(4) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(5) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.
(6) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.
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