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Education: Assessments

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of the money paid to the ETS to administer the marking of the national standard assessment tests has been repaid; and if he will make a statement. [223457]

Jim Knight: The total paid to ETS to administer the marking of the national standard assessment tests was £34,971,060.65, of which £19,500,000.00 has been returned. This represents 55.8 per cent. of the total money paid to ETS.

In addition, the total value of amounts invoiced by ETS but unpaid and cancelled as part of the agreement is £3,400,000. The estimate of remaining contracted
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cycle 1 costs uninvoiced and cancelled as part of the agreement is approximately £1,200,000. This gives a total of cancelled outstanding and anticipated invoices of £4,600,000.

Exam Results

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) pursuant to the answer of 2 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1207-12W, on science, what percentage of students who gained (a) a GCSE, (b) an A-level and (c) an AS-level in (i) biology or human biology, (ii) chemistry and (iii) physics at each grade were educated in (A) the mainstream maintained sector and (B) the independent sector in each year since 1997; [223191]

(2) what percentage of students who gained (a) a GCSE, (b) an A-level and (c) an AS-level in (i) French, (ii) German and (iii) Spanish at each grade were educated in (A) the mainstream maintained sector and (B) the independent sector in each year since 1997. [223192]

Jim Knight: Figures for the past three years are given as follows. To produce the figures for earlier years would go over the disproportionate cost threshold.

Percentages of GCSE science entries and achievements made by pupils in the mainstream maintained sector
Percentage
	2005			2006			2007
	Entries	A-C	A-G	Entries	A-C	A-G	Entries	A-C	A-G
Physics	68.1	66.5	68.1	70.3	68.7	70.3	72.1	70.6	72.0
Chemistry	68.0	66.1	68.0	70.2	68.6	70.2	71.9	70.3	71.9
Biological sciences	67.8	66.2	67.8	69.8	68.3	69.9	71.2	69.6	71.1
French	88.0	80.9	87.9	85,9	79.4	858	84.8	78.8	84.7
German	92.3	88.9	92.2	89.8	87.6	90.8	90.0	86.7	90.0
Spanish	81.6	73.0	81.4	80.4	72.8	80.3	79.8	72.6	79.7

Percentages of GCSE science entries and achievements made by pupils in the independent sector
Percentage
	2005			2006			2007
	Entries	A-C	A-G	Entries	A-C	A-G	Entries	A-C	A-G
Physics	31.9	33.5	31.9	29.7	31.3	29.7	27.9	29.4	27.9
Chemistry	32.0	33.9	32.0	29.8	31.4	29.8	28.1	29.7	28.1
Biological sciences	32.1	33.8	32.2	29.9	31.7	30.1	28.5	30.4	28.6
French	12.0	19.1	12.1	14.1	20.6	14.2	15.2	21.2	15.3
German	7.7	11.1	7.8	9.1	12.4	9.2	10.0	13.3	10.0
Spanish	18.4	27.0	18.6	19.5	27.2	19.7	20.1	27.3	20.3
Notes: 1. Figures relate to pupils at the end of key stage 4. 2. Mainstream maintained sector includes academies and CTCs.

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Percentage of GCE A level science and modern foreign language entries and achievements made by pupils in maintained mainstream and independent sectors
Percentage
	A	B	C	D	E	Other	A-E	Total	A	B	C
Mainstream maintained
2007
Physics	63.6	76.1	82.6	87.4	90.6	91.9	76.5	77.1	36.3	23.7	17.2
Chemistry	63.6	78.2	83.8	88.9	90.8	91.6	76.9	77.3	36.3	21.5	15.8
Biological sciences	68.0	79.5	85.9	90.0	92.6	93.1	81.1	81.5	31.9	20.3	13.8
French	57.9	71.1	80.7	86.4	91.6	90.3	70.7	70.9	42.0	28.7	19.2
German	60.4	77.3	88.6	91.8	96.2	87.9	75.8	75.9	39.6	22.7	11.4
Spanish	49.9	66.5	76.7	87.3	92.3	90.0	65.0	65.2	49.9	33.4	23.1
2006
Physics	62.3	74.3	81.7	85.5	88.4	90.5	75.4	76.0	37.6	25.6	18.2
Chemistry	62.8	75.8	83.0	87.9	90.5	93.1	76.0	76.5	37.1	23.9	16.8
Biological sciences	65.2	78.5	86.1	90.0	92.4	94.9	80.5	81.1	34.6	21.3	13.8
French	56.1	70.8	78.9	85.4	91.8	89.8	70.1	70.3	43.8	29.2	21.1
German	56.4	73.1	86.3	91.1	94.5	96.2	72.6	72.9	43.6	26.9	13.6
Spanish	48.3	63.8	74.8	83.9	92.8	92.6	63.5	63.8	51.6	35.7	25.2
2005
Physics	62.7	74.6	82.4	86.9	91.3	92.0	76.5	77.2	37.2	25.4	17.5
Chemistry	61.2	75.3	81.9	87.0	90.1	92.1	75.3	75.8	38.8	24.6	17.9
Biological sciences	64.6	77.9	85.1	90.1	93.2	95.6	80.4	81.2	35.3	22.0	14.8
French	53.8	68.2	77.0	81.6	87.4	92.5	68.0	68.3	46.2	31.7	22.9
German	56.0	75.8	83.9	88.8	91.2	90.7	72.9	73.3	44.0	24.2	16.1
Spanish	47.6	58.5	71.6	82.3	90.5	83.0	61.0	61.2	52.4	41.4	28.2
Notes: 1. Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August). 2. Mainstream maintained sector includes academies, CTCs, sixth form colleges and school sixth forms.

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