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Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) in which local authority areas more than 80 per cent. of secondary schools did not have over 50 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs in 2007, including English and mathematics; [201471]
(2) how many and what proportion of secondary schools did not have 30 per cent. or more of Key Stage 4 pupils obtaining at least five A* to C GCSEs, including English and mathematics, for each year from 1990 to 2007; and if he will make a statement; [201055]
(3) what the top 10 schools by (a) contextual value-added scores and (b) improved GCSE results over the previous year were in 2007; [201056]
(4) which 20 local authorities had the highest proportion of secondary school children in schools achieving less than 30 per cent. five A* to C grade at
28 Apr 2008 : Column 201W
GCSE including English and mathematics in 2007; and if he will make a statement; [201060]
(5) which 20 local authorities had the lowest performance in terms of the change in the proportion of their Key Stage 4 pupils achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics between 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement. [201050]
Jim Knight:
The information for the past four years can be obtained from the Achievement and Attainment Tables found in the House of Commons Library. Information for other years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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General Certificate of Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of white British boys eligible for free school meals achieved (a) no GCSE passes and (b) fewer than five GCSE passes at grade A* to C including English and mathematics in each year since 1995. [201051]
Jim Knight:
The available information is in the following table; further information covering earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| | | Percentage who did not achieve : |
| | Number of white British boys at the end of Key Stage 4 on free school meals | 5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents | 5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents including English and mathematics | Any qualification |
|
2004/05
|
27,356
|
78.5
|
87.3
|
10.7
|
|
2005/06
|
27,908
|
75.6
|
86.1
|
8.9
|
|
2006/07
|
26,893
|
73.0
|
85.1
|
7.5
|
Note: 1. Figures based on pupil at the end of Key Stage 4 in each academic year. 2. Figures include all qualifications approved for use pre-16. 3. English and mathematics figures included are for GCSE full courses only.
|
Gifted Children
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether schools are required to inform parents when their children are identified as gifted and talented; and if he will make a statement. [201079]
Jim Knight:
There is no legal requirement for schools to inform parents when their children are identified as gifted and talented but we strongly encourage all schools to do so as children benefit from the involvement of parents in support for their learning.
Gifted Children: Finance
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what his most recent estimate is of spending by his Department on the gifted and talented programme in each year from 2008-09 to 2011-12; and if he will make a statement; [200987]
(2) how much has been spent on the gifted and talented programme in each year since it was established; [201081]
(3) how much his Department plans to spend on the gifted and talented programme in each of the next five financial years; and if he will make a statement. [201082]
Jim Knight:
The Department has historically spent between £10-£20 million annually on delivering gifted and talented education. Information on the cost of the contracts to deliver the gifted and talented programme is commercial in confidence. Projected figures after 2011 are not available because of the spending review.
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the funding awarded to schools to support children identified as gifted and talented is ring-fenced; and if he will make a statement. [201080]
Jim Knight:
Primary and secondary schools are together receiving some £1 billion, last financial year and this (i.e. 2006-08), to support personalised education for all pupils, including gifted and talented learners. The proportion of this funding that schools have available for gifted and talented education is decided locally.
Grammar Schools: Admissions
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attended grammar schools in each year since 1996; what proportion of the secondary school population this represented in each year; and if he will make a statement. [201181]
Jim Knight:
The requested information is given in the following table:
| Grammar schools: Number and percentage of pupils( 1, 2) , position in January each year, 1996 to 2007, England |
| | Grammar schools | All secondary schools |
| | Number of pupils( 1, 2) | Percentage of pupils( 3) | Number of pupils( 1, 2) |
|
1996
|
127,710
|
4.2
|
3,024,750
|
|
1997
|
128,710
|
4.2
|
3,056,870
|
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|
1998
|
130,320
|
4.2
|
3,088,620
|
|
1999
|
140,880
|
4.5
|
3,138,090
|
|
2000
|
141,390
|
4.4
|
3,198,410
|
|
2001
|
142,340
|
4.4
|
3,248,610
|
|
2002
|
146,190
|
4.5
|
3,280,250
|
|
2003
|
149,910
|
4.5
|
3,328,270
|
|
2004
|
152,610
|
4.6
|
3,351,510
|
|
2005
|
154,070
|
4.6
|
3,347,680
|
|
2006
|
155,480
|
4.6
|
3,344,490
|
|
2007
|
156,800
|
4.7
|
3,321,530
|
(1) Headcount of pupils. (2) Excludes dually registered pupils. (3) Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. (4) The number of pupils in grammar schools expressed as a percentage of pupils in all secondary schools. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.
|
Grammar Schools: Disadvantaged
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what proportion of pupils are entitled to free school meals at each grammar school; [201054]
(2) what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of grammar school pupils entitled to free school meals; what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in the local catchment area of each such school; and if he will make a statement. [201204]
Kevin Brennan:
A table showing the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in grammar schools is as follows.
Information about catchment areas of individual grammar schools is not held centrally.
| Grammar schools: school meal arrangements: As at January 2007 |
| | | | Full time pupils aged 0 to 15 and part time pupils aged 5 to 15( 1) |
| Establishment name | URN | LA name | Number of pupils | Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals | Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals |
|
Total grammar schools(2)
| | |
112,080
|
2,490
|
2.2
|
| | | | | | |
|
The Henrietta Barnett School
|
101354
|
Barnet
|
468
|
9
|
1.9
|
|
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
|
101358
|
Barnet
|
892
|
19
|
2.1
|
|
St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School
|
101361
|
Barnet
|
479
|
14
|
2.9
|
|
Bexley Grammar School
|
101462
|
Bexley
|
1.119
|
43
|
3.8
|
|
Townley Grammar School for Girls
|
101463
|
Bexley
|
1.055
|
18
|
1.7
|
|
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
|
101466
|
Bexley
|
952
|
11
|
1.2
|
|
Beths Grammar School
|
101479
|
Bexley
|
797
|
12
|
1.5
|
|
Newstead Wood School for Girls
|
101671
|
Bromley
|
683
|
8
|
1.2
|
|
St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School
|
101676
|
Bromley
|
592
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
The Latymer School
|
102055
|
Enfield
|
910
|
23
|
2.5
|
|
The Tiffin Girls' School
|
102602
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
614
|
9
|
1.5
|
|
Tiffin School
|
102605
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
719
|
15
|
2.1
|
|
Ilford County High School
|
102850
|
Redbridge
|
597
|
30
|
5
|
|
Woodford County High School
|
102852
|
Redbridge
|
600
|
19
|
3.2
|
|
Wilson's School
|
103007
|
Sutton
|
727
|
7
|
1
|
|
Nonsuch High School for Girls
|
103008
|
Sutton
|
901
|
8
|
0.9
|
|
Sutton Grammar School for Boys
|
103011
|
Sutton
|
603
|
16
|
2.7
|
|
Wallington High School for Girl
|
103012
|
Sutton
|
906
|
16
|
1.8
|
|
Wallington County Grammar School
|
103014
|
Sutton
|
620
|
12
|
1.9
|
|
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
|
103521
|
Birmingham
|
755
|
12
|
1.6
|
|
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
|
103535
|
Birmingham
|
611
|
18
|
2.9
|
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|
Handsworth Grammar School
|
103549
|
Birmingham
|
702
|
119
|
17
|
|
King Edward VI Handsworth School
|
103551
|
Birmingham
|
687
|
33
|
4.8
|
|
King Edward VI Five Ways School
|
103552
|
Birmingham
|
770
|
20
|
2.6
|
|
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
|
103553
|
Birmingham
|
623
|
20
|
32
|
|
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
|
103554
|
Birmingham
|
491
|
19
|
3.9
|
|
King Edward VI Aston School
|
103555
|
Birmingham
|
518
|
34
|
6.6
|
|
Queen Mary's High School
|
104261
|
Walsall
|
476
|
13
|
2.7
|
|
Queen Mary's Grammar School
|
104262
|
Walsall
|
481
|
14
|
29
|
|
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
|
104402
|
Wolverhampton
|
534
|
5
|
0.9
|
|
The Blue Coat School
|
104704
|
Liverpool
|
608
|
22
|
3.6
|
|
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
|
105098
|
Wirral
|
778
|
34
|
4.4
|
|
West Kirby Grammar School
|
105099
|
Wirral
|
887
|
22
|
2.5
|
|
Calday Grange Grammar School
|
105112
|
Wirral
|
923
|
26
|
2.8
|
|
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
|
105113
|
Wirral
|
750
|
31
|
4.1
|
|
St. Anselm's College
|
105114
|
Wirral
|
646
|
63
|
9.8
|
|
Upton Hall School FCJ
|
105115
|
Wirral
|
688
|
46
|
6.7
|
|
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
|
106361
|
Trafford
|
821
|
10
|
1.2
|
|
Altnncham Grammar School for Girls
|
106362
|
Trafford
|
911
|
10
|
1.1
|
|
Stretford Grammar School
|
106368
|
Trafford
|
521
|
57
|
109
|
|
Urmston Grammar School
|
106369
|
Trafford
|
632
|
7
|
1.1
|
|
Sale Grammar School
|
106371
|
Trafford
|
910
|
17
|
1.9
|
|
Loreto Grammar School
|
106378
|
Trafford
|
764
|
13
|
1.7
|
|
The North Halifax Grammar School
|
107574
|
Calderdale
|
774
|
12
|
1.6
|
|
The Crossley Heath School
|
107575
|
Calderdale
|
773
|
10
|
13
|
|
Heckmondwike Grammar School
|
107785
|
Kirklees
|
773
|
23
|
(3)—
|
|
Kendrick Girls' Grammar School
|
110042
|
Reading
|
473
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
St. Bernard's Convent School
|
110084
|
Slough
|
636
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Reading School
|
110097
|
Reading
|
608
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Langley Grammar School
|
110101
|
Slough
|
748
|
17
|
2.3
|
|
Herschel Grammar School
|
110103
|
Slough
|
620
|
17
|
2.7
|
|
Slough Grammar School
|
110104
|
Slough
|
782
|
39
|
5 J
|
|
john Hampden Grammar School
|
110485
|
Buckinghamshire
|
692
|
9
|
1.3
|
|
Burnham Grammar School
|
110493
|
Buckinghamshire
|
625
|
21
|
3.4
|
|
Aylesbury High School
|
110494
|
Buckinghamshire
|
893
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Dr. Challoner's High School
|
110495
|
Buckinghamshire
|
759
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School and Performing Arts College
|
110496
|
Buckinghamshire
|
743
|
16
|
22
|
|
Chesham High School
|
110504
|
Buckinghamshire
|
892
|
7
|
0.8
|
|
Aylesbury Grammar School
|
110511
|
Buckinghamshire
|
912
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Royal Latin School
|
110512
|
Buckinghamshire
|
857
|
9
|
1.1
|
|
Wycombe High School
|
110513
|
Buckinghamshire
|
957
|
15
|
1.6
|
|
Dr. Challoner's Grammar School
|
110514
|
Buckinghamshire
|
906
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Sir William Boriase's Grammar School
|
110515
|
Buckinghamshire
|
669
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Beaconsfield High School
|
110528
|
Buckinghamshire
|
788
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
|
110530
|
Buckinghamshire
|
965
|
14
|
1.5
|
|
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
|
112428
|
Cumbria
|
602
|
5
|
0.8
|
|
Torquay Grammar School for Girls
|
113523
|
Torbay
|
604
|
23
|
3.8
|
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|
Churston Ferrers Grammar School
|
113525
|
Torbay
|
623
|
30
|
4.8
|
|
Devonport High School for Boys
|
113530
|
Plymouth
|
852
|
27
|
3.
|
|
Devonport High School for Girls
|
2 113531
|
Plymouth
|
607
|
19
|
3.1
|
|
Plymouth High School for Girls
|
113532
|
Plymouth
|
607
|
13
|
2.1
|
|
Colyton Grammar School
|
11 3555
|
Devon
|
589
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
|
113556
|
Torbay
|
745
|
22
|
3
|
|
Bournemouth School
|
113900
|
Bournemouth
|
747
|
21
|
2.8
|
|
Parkstone Grammar School
|
113903
|
Poole
|
723
|
15
|
2.1
|
|
Bournemouth School for Girls
|
113905
|
Bournemouth
|
820
|
23
|
2.8
|
|
Poole Grammar School
|
113909
|
Poole
|
661
|
14
|
2.1
|
|
Westcliff High School for Boys
|
115317
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
766
|
12
|
16
|
|
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
|
115326
|
Essex
|
602
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
|
115327
|
Essex
|
561
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Westcliff High School for Girls
|
115339
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
768
|
19
|
2.5
|
|
Southend High School for Girls
|
115344
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
765
|
12
|
1.6
|
|
Colchester Royal Grammar School
|
115359
|
Essex
|
491
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Southend High School for Boys
|
115362
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
741
|
17
|
2.3
|
|
Colchester County High School for Girts
|
115370
|
Essex
|
540
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Sir Thomas Rich's School
|
115717
|
Gloucestershire
|
568
|
7
|
1.2
|
|
High School for Girls
|
115718
|
Gloucestershire
|
607
|
6
|
1
|
|
Ribston Hall High School
|
115751
|
Gloucestershire
|
576
|
17
|
3
|
|
Marling School
|
115752
|
Gloucestershire
|
628
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Stroud High School
|
115753
|
Gloucestershire
|
639
|
9
|
1.4
|
|
Pate's Grammar School
|
115754
|
Gloucestershire
|
612
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
The Crypt School
|
115755
|
Gloucestershire
|
562
|
10
|
1.8
|
|
Gravesend Grammar School for Girls
|
118787
|
Kent
|
730
|
14
|
1.9
|
|
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
|
118789
|
Kent
|
715
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
|
118790
|
Kent
|
967
|
8
|
0.8
|
|
Weald of Kent Grammar School
|
118791
|
Kent
|
775
|
7
|
0.9
|
|
Invicta Grammar School
|
118792
|
Kent
|
907
|
18
|
2
|
|
Chatham Grammar School for Boys
|
118797
|
Medway
|
684
|
44
|
6.4
|
|
Fort Pitt Grammar School
|
118798
|
Medway
|
798
|
20
|
2.5
|
|
Highsted Grammar School
|
118802
|
Kent
|
615
|
17
|
28
|
|
Highworth Grammar School for Girls
|
118804
|
Kent
|
845
|
16
|
1.9
|
|
The Harvey Grammar School
|
118805
|
Kent
|
724
|
27
|
3.7
|
|
Dover Grammar School for Girls
|
118806
|
Kent
|
580
|
17
|
2.9
|
|
Clarendon House Grammar School
|
118809
|
Kent
|
546
|
19
|
3.5
|
|
Maidstone Grammar School
|
118835
|
Kent
|
882
|
10
|
1.1
|
|
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
|
118836
|
Kent
|
849
|
12
|
14
|
|
Borden Grammar School
|
118837
|
Kent
|
559
|
10
|
1.8
|
|
The Norton Knatchbull School
|
118838
|
Kent
|
728
|
18
|
2.5
|
|
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
|
118839
|
Medway
|
811
|
18
|
22
|
|
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
|
118840
|
Kent
|
776
|
18
|
2.3
|
|
The Judd School
|
118843
|
Kent
|
629
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington
|
118872
|
Kent
|
590
|
12
|
2
|
|
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
|
118875
|
Kent
|
613
|
11
|
1.8
|
|
Dartford Grammar School
|
118878
|
Kent
|
796
|
11
|
14
|
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|
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
|
118883
|
Kent
|
745
|
11
|
1.5
|
|
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
|
118884
|
Kent
|
630
|
15
|
24
|
|
Cranbrook School
|
118888
|
Kent
|
434
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
The Skinners' School
|
118890
|
Kent
|
557
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Rainham Mark Grammar School
|
118892
|
Medway
|
877
|
24
|
2.7
|
|
Oakwood Park Grammar School
|
118894
|
Kent
|
701
|
12
|
1 7
|
|
Sir Roger Manwood's School
|
118900
|
Kent
|
649
|
32
|
49
|
|
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
|
118901
|
Medway
|
717
|
26
|
3.6
|
|
The Folkestone School for Girls
|
118909
|
Kent
|
819
|
53
|
6.5
|
|
Tonbridge Grammar School
|
118915
|
Kent
|
755
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Barton Court Grammar School
|
118916
|
Kent
|
663
|
27
|
4.1
|
|
The Rochester Grammar School for Girls
|
118917
|
Medway
|
756
|
18
|
24
|
|
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
|
118921
|
Kent
|
635
|
16
|
25
|
|
Dover Grammar School for Boys
|
118931
|
Kent
|
540
|
31
|
5.7
|
|
Dane Court Grammar School
|
118932
|
Kent
|
855
|
51
|
6
|
|
Chatham House Grammar School for Boys
|
118934
|
Kent
|
554
|
26
|
4.7
|
|
Gravesend Grammar School
|
118936
|
Kent
|
728
|
13
|
1.8
|
|
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
|
119809
|
Lancashire
|
756
|
15
|
2
|
|
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
|
119810
|
Lancashire
|
700
|
12
|
17
|
|
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
|
119811
|
Lancashire
|
566
|
11
|
1.9
|
|
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
|
119812
|
Lancashire
|
613
|
10
|
1.6
|
|
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
|
120632
|
Lincolnshire
|
809
|
7
|
0.9
|
|
Kesteven and Steaford High School
|
120633
|
Lincolnshire
|
632
|
9
|
1.4
|
|
Boston High School
|
120640
|
Lincolnshire
|
575
|
11
|
1.9
|
|
Spalding High School
|
120642
|
Lincolnshire
|
730
|
8
|
11
|
|
The Queen Elizabeth's High School Gainsborough
|
120655
|
Lincolnshire
|
890
|
13
|
1.5
|
|
Bourne Grammar School
|
120661
|
Lincolnshire
|
705
|
3--
|
3--
|
|
Spalding Grammar School
|
120665
|
Lincolnshire
|
517
|
11
|
1.8
|
|
The Skegness Grammar School
|
120696
|
Lincolnshire
|
600
|
13
|
2.2
|
|
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
|
120697
|
Lincolnshire
|
417
|
19
|
46
|
|
The King's School Grantham
|
120698
|
Lincolnshire
|
694
|
8
|
1.2
|
|
Carrie's Grammar School
|
120699
|
Lincolnshire
|
543
|
6
|
1.1
|
|
The King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth
|
120701
|
Lincolnshire
|
603
|
10
|
1.7
|
|
Caistor Grammar School
|
120702
|
Lincolnshire
|
467
|
n
|
3--
|
|
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Horncastle
|
120707
|
Lincolnshire
|
602
|
5
|
0.8
|
|
The Boston Grammar School
|
120720
|
Lincolnshire
|
469
|
12
|
2.6
|
|
Ripon Grammar School
|
121694
|
North Yorkshire
|
602
|
9
|
1.5
|
|
Skipton Girls' High School
|
121712
|
North Yorkshire
|
539
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Ermysted's Grammar School
|
121716
|
North Yorkshire
|
522
|
8
|
1.5
|
|
Newport Girls' High School
|
123561
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
258
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Adams' Grammar School
|
123593
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
540
|
5
|
0.9
|
|
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist Language College
|
125730
|
Warwickshire
|
378
|
7
|
1.9
|
|
King Edward VI School
|
125752
|
Warwickshire
|
357
|
5
|
14
|
|
Lawrence Sheriff School
|
125753
|
Warwickshire
|
513
|
7
|
1.4
|
|
Rugby High School
|
125769
|
Warwickshire
|
472
|
5
|
1.1
|
|
Alcester Grammar School
|
125770
|
Warwickshire
|
457
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
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South Wilts Grammar School for Girls
|
126507
|
Wiltshire
|
627
|
(3)—
|
(3)—
|
|
Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School
|
126508
|
Wiltshire
|
598
|
5
|
0.8
|
|
St. Joseph's College
|
131301
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
623
|
15
|
2.4
|
|
St. Ambrose College
|
131315
|
Trafford
|
696
|
6
|
0.9
|
(1) Includes pupils with sole and dual (main) registration.
(2) Totals for all grammar schools have been rounded to the nearest 10.
(3) Less than five pupils, or a rate based on less than five pupils
Source:
School Census
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