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Figures are published annually in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘GCSE and Equivalent Examination Results in England’. The latest figures, for 2007, are available at:

Home Education

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were home educated in each year since 1997. [187167]

Jim Knight: The requested information is not collected centrally.

Primary Education

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local authorities have been asked to submit their primary school strategies for change before June; and what deadlines apply in each case. [185335]

Jim Knight: To date, the Department has not invited any authorities to submit primary strategies for change before the 16 June deadline.


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Pupils: Disadvantaged

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children (a) entitled and (b) not entitled to free school meals obtained (i) five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C and
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(ii) five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and mathematics in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. [187141]

Jim Knight: The available information is given in the following table.

Proportion of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE by free school meal status, 2002 to 2007( 1)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All pupils( 2)

Number

591,391

576,084

591,774

584,259

594,417

600,968

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C

49.0

50.7

51.9

54.9

56.9

59.3

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics

n/a

n/a

n/a

42.5

43.8

45.4

Eligible for free school meals

Number

80,626

81,278

82,738

79,839

78,179

76,641

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C

23.0

24.4

26.1

29.9

32.6

35.5

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics

n/a

n/a

n/a

18.0

19.5

21.1

Not eligible for free school meals

Number

477,798

493,336

508,060

501,857

514,779

522,088

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C

53.7

55.2

56.1

58.9

60.7

62.8

Percentage achieving 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics

n/a

n/a

n/a

46.4

47.5

49.0

n/a = not available.
(1) Figures for 2002 to 2004 are based upon pupils aged 15 whereas figures from 2005 onwards are based upon pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
(2) Includes pupils with unclassified Free School Meal status.

The percentage achieving 5 A*-C grades including English and Mathematics has only been published since 2005.

Figures have been taken from the Statistical First Release ‘National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England’ which has been published annually by the Department since 2002. The latest figures, for 2007, are at:

Figures for earlier years are not available split by free school meal status as this was first collected at pupil level on the School Census in 2002.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to his Department's Green “Paper Raising Expectations”, what he expects the additional expenditure per pupil to be on education after 2013. [184025]

Jim Knight: Per pupil expenditure figures for 2013 will not be available until the next spending review announcement. Total per pupil funding has more than doubled from under £2,500 in 1997-98 to £5,600 in 2007-08. The next three years will see per pupil funding rise by almost 20 per cent. in cash terms to over £6,600 by 2010-11.

Schools: Bureaucracy

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what targets his Department has set to reduce the burden of administration in schools; what progress his Department has made against those targets; and if he will make a statement. [187190]

Jim Knight: The Department has not set any specific targets to reduce bureaucracy in schools. However, we have said in our 2007 Simplification Plan (published December 2007), that we will work towards the Government’s target to reduce our administrative burdens by 25 per cent.

Schools: Milton Keynes

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what changes have been made to the capital programme for (a) new schools and (b) extensions to existing schools within Milton Keynes unitary authority area since 30 October 2007, broken down by (i) school and (ii) expected completion date. [187179]

Jim Knight: The Department allocates capital funding to local authorities and schools, and relies on them to prioritise how this should be spent. It expects local authorities and schools to prepare their own asset management plans which set out how resources from the Department, and other resources available locally, should be used. It does not maintain central records of changes made to Milton Keynes or other authorities’ asset management plans.

Science

Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what steps his
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Department is taking to monitor the number of students regularly attending the 250 pilot science and engineering clubs; [187355]

(2) what steps his Department is taking to assess the impact of science and engineering clubs on pupil (a) interest and (b) achievement in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. [187356]

Jim Knight: The Department has commissioned Sheffield Hallam University to undertake an evaluation of the clubs. An interim report is due to be published in the next few weeks and a full report is due in autumn 2008.

We propose to monitor pupils’ progress, attainment and subject choice in future years.

Science: General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained secondary schools entered one or more students for separate science GCSEs in each year since 2001. [187209]

Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds in maintained secondary schools were entered for GCSE, dual award science, in each year since 2001. [187210]


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Jim Knight: The information requested is provided in the following table:

Number of 15-year-olds in maintained secondary schools entered for science dual award Percentage of 15-year-olds in maintained secondary schools entered for science dual award

2006/07

406,021

69.9

2005/06

414,291

72.2

2004/05

423,496

72.6

2003/04

455,918

77.3

2002/03

451,665

79.0

2001/02

446,769

77.1

2000/01

445,487

77.3


Figures relate to 15-year-olds (age at start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August).

Special Needs Education

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many appeals against a refusal on the part of a local authority to issue a statement of special needs there were in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority. [187188]

Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.

The number of appeals made in the last five years, against the decision of a local authority to refuse to issue of statement of special educational needs, are presented in the following table, broken down by local authority.


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Appeals made on refusal to statement
Local authority 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total

Barking and Dagenham

1

1

2

2

—

6

Barnet

1

2

—

—

—

3

Barnsley

2

2

—

—

—

4

Bath and NE Somerset

—

1

—

—

2

3

Bedfordshire

1

2

—

—

1

4

Bexley

—

2

6

11

13

32

Birmingham

2

2

6

1

5

16

Blackburn

—

—

—

1

1

2

Bolton

—

—

1

—

2

3

Bournemouth

1

1

—

1

—

3

Bradford

—

—

1

—

1

2

Brent

1

1

—

1

1

4

Bridgend

1

—

—

—

—

1

Brighton and Hove

—

—

—

1

—

1

Bristol City

4

1

4

1

5

15

Bromley

3

1

—

9

7

20

Buckinghamshire

1

3

5

1

—

10

Calderdale

—

6

5

4

1

16

Cambridgeshire

—

1

—

3

1

5

Camden

—

1

1

—

—

2

Cheshire

3

4

2

6

8

23

Cornwall

12

7

6

1

2

28

Coventry

1

—

—

—

—

1

Croydon

1

1

2

2

3

9

Cumbria

3

—

1

1

—

5

Darlington

—

1

—

—

—

1

Derby City

—

3

—

1

1

5

Derbyshire

3

2

2

4

—

11

Devon

2

1

3

1

3

10

Doncaster

1

1

—

2

8

12

Dorset

1

1

—

1

1

4

Dudley

—

1

3

—

—

4

Durham

9

11

5

7

6

38

Ealing

1

—

5

1

—

7

East Riding of Yorkshire

—

—

1

—

1

2

East Sussex

5

7

6

5

8

31

Enfield

—

—

—

1

—

1

Essex

2

4

3

4

6

19

Gateshead

2

1

1

—

—

4

Gloucestershire

1

—

1

2

4

8

Greenwich

—

2

2

—

1

5

Gwynedd

1

—

—

—

—

1

Hackney

2

2

2

3

—

9

Halton

—

—

1

—

—

1

Hammersmith and Fulham

—

—

—

1

—

1

Hampshire

2

9

3

9

3

26

Haringey

1

—

—

—

1

2

Harrow

2

—

1

—

—

3

Havering

—

—

—

—

1

1

Herefordshire

—

1

—

2

1

4

Hertfordshire

3

6

2

4

2

17

Hillingdon

1

—

—

1

—

2

Hounslow

—

—

1

2

1

4

Isle of Wight

3

1

1

1

1

7

Islington

—

1

—

—

2

3

Kensington and Chelsea

2

1

2

—

1

6

Kent

8

11

13

12

6

50

Kingston upon Thames

1

—

—

—

2

3

Kingston-upon-Hull, City

4

1

—

—

—

5

Kirklees

1

1

1

1

—

4

Knowsley

—

—

—

1

—

1

Lambeth

5

1

—

3

—

9

Lancashire

10

6

7

9

1

33

Leeds

2

2

4

1

—

9

Leicester City

3

2

1

3

4

13

Leicestershire

5

7

6

12

9

39

Lewisham

—

5

1

3

5

14

Lincolnshire

2

2

1

6

4

15

Liverpool

5

3

1

3

8

20

Manchester

—

2

2

2

—

6

Medway

3

3

1

2

—

9

Merton

2

—

2

—

5

9

Middlesbrough

—

2

—

1

2

5

Milton Keynes

2

1

1

1

1

6

Neath Port Talbot

2

—

—

—

—

—

Newcastle upon Tyne

—

—

—

1

—

1

Newham

3

1

1

2

2

9

Norfolk

1

—

1

5

3

10

North East Lincolnshire

3

2

—

1

2

8

North Lincolnshire

4

2

3

3

—

12

North Somerset

2

2

2

3

1

10

North Tyneside

2

2

—

2

—

6

North Yorkshire

3

2

2

7

1

15

Northamptonshire

3

—

1

—

1

5

Northumberland

—

—

1

2

—

3

Nottingham City

—

—

—

1

1

2

Nottinghamshire

—

—

—

2

1

3

Oldham

2

—

—

2

—

4

Oxfordshire

—

1

—

—

—

1

Pembrokeshire

1

—

—

—

—

1

Peterborough

—

—

2

—

2

4

Plymouth

—

—

1

1

2

4

Poole

—

—

—

1

1

2

Portsmouth

1

4

1

1

—

7

Powys

2

—

—

—

—

2

Reading

—

—

—

—

1

1

Redbridge

—

—

—

1

—

1

Redcar and Cleveland

2

—

—

1

1

4

Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

3

—

—

—

—

3

Richmond upon Thames

—

2

—

—

—

2

Rochdale

—

—

—

—

1

1

Rotherham

—

2

—

1

3

6

Salford

4

1

2

1

1

9

Sandwell

3

3

3

2

—

11

Sefton

—

1

1

—

—

2

Sheffield

2

5

4

3

4

18

Shropshire

2

4

3

10

3

22

Slough

—

—

1

—

1

2

Solihull

—

—

—

—

1

1

Somerset

1

4

3

5

4

17

South Gloucestershire

2

2

1

1

—

6

South Tyneside

—

—

1

—

—

1

Southampton

—

—

—

4

—

4

Southend

2

1

2

—

—

5

Southwark

2

5

5

2

1

15

Staffordshire

10

7

4

1

2

24

Stockport

1

—

—

1

1

3

Stockton-on-Tees

1

—

—

—

—

1

Stoke-on-Trent

—

1

2

2

1

6

Suffolk

2

—

1

1

5

9

Sunderland

2

1

1

1

1

6

Surrey

1

9

3

2

14

29

Sutton

—

—

—

1

—

1

Swindon

—

1

—

2

—

3

Tameside

—

—

1

1

3

5

Telford and Wrekin

1

5

—

3

—

9

Thurrock

—

1

1

2

2

6

Torbay

—

7

1

—

—

8

Tower Hamlets

—

—

—

—

2

2

Trafford

2

—

5

3

—

10

Wakefield

1

1

—

1

2

5

Walsall

—

2

1

1

—

4

Waltham Forest

1

—

5

1

—

7

Wandsworth

1

5

—

1

—

7

Warrington

—

1

—

2

—

3

Warwickshire

2

2

2

2

—

8

West Sussex

3

7

3

1

2

16

Westminster

—

1

—

1

1

3

Wigan

4

3

3

4

1

15

Wiltshire

5

5

5

9

4

28

Windsor and Maidenhead

3

1

—

—

1

5

Wirral

1

2

1

—

—

4

Wokingham

—

1

1

2

—

4

Wolverhampton

1

1

—

—

—

2

Worcestershire

1

1

—

—

1

3

York City

—

1

—

—

—

1

Total

230

256

209

268

233

1,194

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