House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 07 July 2008 (pt 0056)

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Children in Care: Education

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of looked-after children in Staffordshire achieved results equivalent to the average results achieved in (a) England and (b) Staffordshire in each key stage examination in each of the last five years. [216047]

Kevin Brennan: Information collected on the attainment of looked-after children are shown in the following tables.

Key Stage 1 performance of children who are looked after continuously for at least 12 months, 12 months ending 30 September 2003 to 2007, England and Staffordshire local authority
	England						Staffordshire
	Percentage achieving at least level 2 in^{( 1)} :						Percentage achieving at least level 2 in^{( 1)} :
	Reading		Writing		Mathematics		Reading		Writing		Mathematics
	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}
2003	50.3	84	48.5	81	61.0	90	⁽³⁾—	87	39	83	61	92
2004	54.4	85	48.3	82	63.5	90	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
2005	57.2	85	51.8	82	64.4	91	63	88	63	86	63	92
2006	57.3	84	51.6	81	64.6	90	59	88	52	85	67	92
2007	55.1	84	50.7	80	63.6	90	59	88	53	85	59	92
⁽¹⁾ Target level or age group. ⁽²⁾ Source: DCSF Statistical First Release “National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 1 in England”. ⁽³⁾ Wherever the numerator is five or less or the denominator is 10 or less of the underlying numbers from which a percentage has been calculated, the percentage has been suppressed. ⁽⁴⁾ Not available. KS1 results for looked-after children has been omitted for this year’s publication. This is due to the KS1 trial that took place. A direct comparison could not be made at local authority level between those LAs which took part in the trial and which provided teacher assessments figures, with the LAs that did not take part in the trial and that provided the usual task/test results. Source: OC2 Survey.

Key Stage 2 performance of children who are looked after continuously for at least 12 months, 12 months ending 30 September 2003 to 2007, England and Staffordshire local authority
	England						Staffordshire
	Percentage achieving at least level 4 in^{( 1)} :						Percentage achieving at least level 4 in^{( 1)} :
	English		Mathematics		Science		English		Mathematics		Science
	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}
2003	37.1	75	34.8	73	52.9	87	52	75	48	73	61	88
2004	39.9	77	37.2	74	53.0	86	30	79	43	75	52	88
2005	42.1	79	37.6	75	53.4	86	33	79	23	77	40	88
2006	42.8	79	40.9	76	57.2	87	46	80	46	77	63	88
2007	45.9	80	43.4	77	58.8	88	35	81	41	79	50	90
⁽¹⁾ Target level or age group. ⁽²⁾ Source: DCSF Statistical First Release “National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 in England”. Source: OC2 Survey.

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Key Stage 3 performance of children who are looked after continuously for at least 12 months, 12 months ending 30 September 2003 to 2007, England and Staffordshire local authority
	England						Staffordshire
	Percentage achieving at least level 5 in^{( 1)} :						Percentage achieving at least level 5 in^{( 1)} :
	English		Mathematics		Science		English		Mathematics		Science
	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}
2003	22.3	69	23.3	71	23.2	68	20	71	28	73	20	72
2004	22.5	71	25.8	73	20.8	66	13	73	⁽³⁾—	75	⁽³⁾—	70
2005	26.7	74	28.3	74	25.9	70	14	76	26	77	29	73
2006	28.1	72	32.5	77	29.4	72	38	75	46	80	41	75
2007	29.2	74	30.7	76	29.2	73	27	76	31	78	38	75
⁽¹⁾ Target level or age group. ⁽²⁾ Source: DCSF Statistical First Release “National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 3 in England”. ⁽³⁾ Wherever the numerator is five or less or the denominator is 10 or less of the underlying numbers from which a percentage has been calculated, the percentage has been suppressed. Source: OC2 Survey.

GCSE performance or equivalents of children who are looked after continuously for at least 12 months in year 11, 12 months ending 30 September 2003 to 2007, England and Staffordshire local authority
	England						Staffordshire
	Percentage obtaining at least^{( 1)} :						Percentage obtaining at least^{( 1)} :
	One GCSE at grade A-G or a GNVQ*		Five A-G GCSE grades (or equivalent)*		Five A-C GCSE grades (or equivalent)*		One GCSE at grade A-G or a GNVQ*		Five A-G GCSE grades (or equivalent)*		Five A-C GCSE grades (or equivalent)*
	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}	Looked after	All children^{( 2)}
2003	53	95	37	89	9	51	57	95	41	91	18	52
2004	56	96	39	89	9	54	48	97	41	92	⁽³⁾—	51
2005	60	97	41	97	11	57	55	97	30	91	⁽³⁾—	54
2006	63	98	41	98	12	59	49	98	36	92	⁽³⁾—	57
2007	64	99	43	99	13	62	78	98	61	93	17	60
⁽¹⁾ Expressed as a percentage of all looked-after children in year 11. ⁽²⁾ Source: DCSF Statistical First Release “GCSE and Equivalent Examination Results in England 2006/07 (Revised)”. Figures for 2003 and 2004 are based on pupils aged 15. Figures for 2004 to 2007 are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4. ⁽³⁾ Wherever the numerator is five or less or the denominator is 10 or less of the underlying numbers from which a percentage has been calculated, the percentage has been suppressed. Source: OC2 Survey.

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