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General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families of those pupils achieving A* and A grades at GCSE, how many were at (a) comprehensive, (b) independent and (c) grammar schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [247780]

Jim Knight: The following table shows the number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving at least one A* or A grade at GCSE and the number of these pupils who studied at comprehensive, independent and grammar schools.

Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving at least one A* or A grade at GCSE, by school type—Years: 2004-08 Coverage: England
		Of which attended:
	Number of pupils achieving at least one A* or A grade at GCSE	Comprehensive schools	Independent schools	Grammar schools	Other schools( 1)
2004	224,088	162,620	36,827	19,272	5,369
2005	228,623	166,142	37,443	19,448	5,590
2006	238,436	173,795	38,626	19,976	6,039
2007	242,629	177,604	38,674	20,046	6,305
2008	252,618	185,967	39,236	20,478	6,937
(1) Other schools’ includes modern and other maintained schools. Source: Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 496W, on educational attainment, (1) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved seven or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008; [248565]

(2) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved nine or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008. [248566]

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

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 30 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1468-69W, on GCSE, if he will list the bottom 200 schools in terms of proportions achieving five or more GCSEs at A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language. [248568]

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

Learning Disability

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what mechanisms are in place to ensure that funding allocated to local authority learning disability budgets is not spent on other areas; and if he will make a statement. [260531]

Jim Knight: We allocate revenue funding to local authorities via the Dedicated Schools Grant. The allocation to each local authority recognises through proxy indicators the needs of pupils in the authority but is provided for all defined responsibilities of local authorities and schools. It is not possible to specifically identify a sum for learning disabilities. The local authority will then apply its local funding formula, which will have been developed in consultation with the Schools Forum, to allocate funding to the schools in their area and to ensure that their formula takes account of the individual needs and pressures of their schools.

Schools have a duty under section 317 of the Education Act 1996 to use their best endeavours to make the necessary provision for pupils with SEN. In May 2008, an interactive website was published on the Audit Commission website, which helps schools determine if their spending on children with special educational needs is offering value for money and making real improvements to outcomes.

Members: Correspondence

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 2 October 2008 on behalf of Mr. Mike Burgess, which was transferred to his office for reply by the Prime Minister's office. [259079]

Jim Knight: I replied to the hon. Gentleman on the 23 October 2008 as Minister with responsibility for this policy area.

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Pre-School Education

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 490-91W, on pre-school education, how many and what proportion of children (a) under the age of two, (b) aged two, (c) aged three and (d) aged four years were in (i) full day care, (ii) full day care in children’s centres, (iii) sessional care, (iv) after school clubs, (v) holiday clubs, (vi) childminder care, (vii) nursery schools, (viii) primary schools with nursery and reception classes and (ix) primary schools with reception but no nursery in each year since 1997. [260057]

Beverley Hughes: The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects information on the ages of children in child care and early years providers in England. The following tables show the number and proportion of children attending child care settings for each year for which data are available. Data in the following tables are from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Childcare and Early Years Providers Surveys. Data are not available separately for those aged under one year. In the 2005 survey data are only available for two age bands: under two, and between two and four years. Data for earlier years are not available.

Table 1: Number of children attending child care and early years providers by age , 2007
Type of p rovider	Under 2 years	2 years	3 years	4 years
Full day care	167,900	203,100	249,700	144,400
Full day care in children’s centres	14,300	18,800	19,700	11,000
Sessional care	5,200	63,500	158,600	93,700
After school	2,800	4,100	11,300	32,000
Holiday clubs	4,200	5,800	10,600	19,200
Childminder	53,300	39,700	33,600	26,500
Nursery schools(1)	—	—	17,600	20,600
Primary schools with nursery and reception classes(1)	—	—	119,200	214,000
Primary schools with reception but no nursery	—	—	—	83,800

Table 2: Proportion of children in England attending child care and early years providers by age , 2007
Percentage
Type of p rovider	Under 2 years	2 years	3 years	4 years
Full day care	13	34	42	25
Full day care in children’s centres	1	3	3	2
Sessional care	0	10	27	16
After school	0	1	2	6
Holiday clubs	0	1	2	3
Childminder	4	7	6	5
Nursery schools	—	—	3	4
Primary schools with nursery and reception classes	—	—	20	37
Primary schools with reception but no nursery	—	—	—	15

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Table 3: Number of children attending child care and early years provides by age, 2006
Type of p rovider	Under 2 years	2 years	3 years	4 years
Full day care	169,200	206,600	259,900	174,100
Sessional care	98,700	189,100	349,300	230,800
Before school	36,700	44,900	65,400	55,600
After school	41,000	50,300	73,400	66,400
Holiday care	55,400	68,400	91,700	73,100
Childminders	47,300	37,600	33,500	24,000
Primary school with nursery(1)	—	—	96,000	16,700
Primary school with reception(1)	—	—	—	17,100
Maintained nursery(1)	—	—	14,900	1,400

Table 4: Proportion of children in England attending child care and early years providers by age , 2006
Percentage
Type of p rovider	Under 2 years	2 years	3 years	4 years
Full day care	13.1	32.9	42.9	29.5
Sessional care	7.6	30.1	57.6	39.2
Before school	2.8	7.2	10.8	9.4
After school	3.2	8.0	12.1	11.3
Holiday care	4.3	10.9	15.1	12.4
Childminder	3.7	6.0	5.5	4.1
Primary schools with nursery(1)	—	—	15.8	2.8
Primary schools with reception(1)	—	—	—	2.9
Maintained nursery(1)	—	—	2.5	0.2

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