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Free School Meals
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils is entitled to free school meals in each secondary school which does not have specialist status; and if he will make a statement. [241632]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information has been placed in the Library.
Further Education: Sittingbourne
Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what commitments he has received from the Learning and Skills Council on the provision of a further education college for Sittingbourne. [244236]
Mr. Simon: I have been asked to reply.
The Secretary of State has not received any commitments from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for a new further education (FE) college in Sittingbourne. Although the LSC and local partners have identified a need for some additional FE provision in Sittingbourne, there is insufficient demand for a new FE college.
Canterbury College, together with Swale borough council, is investigating whether there is scope for the college to have an additional presence in the area as part of the town's regeneration plans. If the college concludes this to be appropriate, it will consult locally before putting a case to the LSC for consideration. In the event of a proposal for an existing college to locate a new site in Sittingbourne, the Secretary of State has no role in the decision.
GCSE: North Yorkshire
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of eligible pupils passed at least five GCSEs in Vale of York constituency in each year since 1997. [240561]
Jim Knight: Readily available information on the percentage of eligible pupils in Vale of York constituency achieving five or more GCSEs is given in the following table:
| Percentage gaining five or more grades A*-G at GCSEs | |
| Percentage | |
| Notes: 1. Data from 1997 to 2006 are based on 15-year-old pupils at the start of the academic year. The 2007 figure is based on pupils at the end of KS4. 2. Data from 2004 to 2007 include equivalents. | |
GCSEs
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of children in the 10 per cent. (a) most and (b) least deprived areas received (i) at least five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008, (ii) level 5 or above at key stage 3 in 2006, (c) level 4 or above at key stage 2 in 2003 and (iv) level 2 or above at key stage 1 in 1999; [240590]
(2) what percentage of children on (a) free school meals and (b) not on free school meals received (i) at least five GCSEs at A* - C including English and mathematics in 2008, (ii) level 5 or above at key stage 3 in 2006, (iv) level 4 or above at key stage 2 in 2003 and (iv) level 2 or above at key stage 1 in 1999; [240592]
(3) how many pupils eligible for free school meals who (a) obtained and (b) did not obtain level 4 in key stage 2 tests in 2003 did not obtain (i) five GCSEs at A*to C and (ii) five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics; [240630]
(4) how many and what proportion of pupils registered as gifted and talented did not sit at least one A-level examination in 2008. [240627]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Some information on attainment by pupil characteristics has been published in the Statistical First Release, "DCSF: National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2007/08" on 11 December. Additional information by pupil characteristics will be produced after that date.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many gifted and talented pupils (a) in care and (b) not in care who obtained level 4 or above in key stage 2 tests in 2003 did not obtain five GCSEs at A* to C in 2007; [241713]
(2) how many pupils (a) in care and (b) not in care who (i) obtained and (ii) did not obtain level 4 in key stage 2 tests in 2003 did not obtain five GCSEs at A* to C in 2007. [241714]
Jim Knight: The OC2 data collection collects information on a range of outcomes for looked after children from local authorities. This information has been published in the Statistical First Release “Outcome Indicators for Children Looked After, Twelve months to 30 September 2007—England” (SFR 08/2008), which is available on the Department's website via the following link:
Information on attainment in schools can be found in tables B and C which show the number at each key stage and, of those, the number and percentage achieving the expected level. The OC2 is an aggregate data collection and it is therefore not possible to link the achievements of looked after children at key stage 2 to those at key stage 4.
Geography: GCE A Level
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1502-3W, on schools: assessments, which mainstream schools did not enter any pupils for A-level geography. [243855]
Jim Knight: The information required is given as follows.
Only schools that were published in the 2007 School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables have been given.
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