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| Schools in special measures between two and three years, 31 December 2008 | |||
| School name | LA Area | Date of inspection- | Number of months in category |
Science: GCE A-Level
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people took one or more science A-levels in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. [249848]
Jim Knight: The information is given in the following table:
| Number of pupils entered for at least one Science A level | |||||
| 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | |
| Notes: 1. Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in all maintained schools and colleges. 2. Figures include achievements in Biological, Human Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Single Award Science, Electronics, Environmental Science, Geology and Applied Science. Source: School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables data. | |||||
Secondary Education
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many secondary schools do not have specialist status; and if he will make a statement. [241633]
Jim Knight: There are currently 234 maintained secondary schools which are not specialist and which are eligible to apply to join the specialist schools programme.
Special Educational Needs
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, columns 755-56W, on special educational needs, what the names are of the four schools referred to in the answer. [260245]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Information on the four schools referred to in the answer is shown in the following table.
| Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools( 1, 2 ) schools with more than 20 per cent. of pupils with statements of special educational needs( 3) position as at January 2008 | |||
| Name of school | Local authority | Number of pupils with statements of special educational need( 3) | Percentage of pupils with statements of special educational need( 3) |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Excludes City Technology Colleges and Academies. (3) Excludes dually registered pupils. Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census. | |||
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs consequent upon behavioural, emotional and social difficulties attended (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools in each year since 1997. [271829]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The available information is provided in the table. Information on pupils with statements of SEN and their main or primary need and, if appropriate, their secondary need was collected for the first time in 2004.
| Proportion of pupils( 1) with a statement of SEN for behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)( 2) attending special schools( 3) and mainstream schools( 4) , as at January each year, England | ||
| Percentage of pupils with BESD attending: | ||
| Special schools | Mainstream schools | |
| (1 )Excludes dually registered pupils. (2 )Pupils with a statement of SEN provide information on their primary need and, if appropriate, their secondary need, information on primary need only is given here. (3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (4) Includes maintained nursery, primary, and secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Source: School Census. | ||
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which special schools (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited since June 2007; and on what date each such visit took place. [273285]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry [holding answer 7 May 2009]: The following table shows special schools visited by Ministers at the Department for Children, Schools and Families since June 2007 to date.
Ministers have also visited special schools in their capacity as constituency MPs. In addition some of the mainstream schools they have visited also had excellent specialist units to support children with special educational needs.
| Date | Schools visited |
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1352-54W, on special educational needs, how many of the pupils in schools in special measures were in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) schools in each local authority area. [274770]
Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.
Special Educational Needs: Finance
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 414W, on special educational needs, what funds have been allocated to each stream for 2009-10; what formulae are used to attribute funds to non-maintained special schools from each stream; by what means non-maintained special schools became eligible for the School Travel Grant; and how many non-maintained special schools are eligible for the School Travel Grant. [275389]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Details of estimates of amounts to be paid to non-maintained special schools in respect of funding streams for the 2009/10 financial year, together with the formulae and/or calculations used have been placed in the House Libraries. All NMSSs are eligible for a School Travel Plan grant on the condition that an approved travel plan has been submitted and quality assured by their local school travel adviser. In the 2008/09 financial year school travel grant was paid to four NMSSs.
Special Educational Needs: GCSE
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) at which mainstream schools attended by pupils with statements of special educational need no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008; [271481]
(2) pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009 to question 265674, what the names of the 43 schools are; and in which local authority area each is. [271035]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The previous answer explained that there were 43 maintained mainstream schools with 10 or more pupils with statements of SEN at the end of
key stage 4, where no pupils with statements of SEN achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent in 2008.
| School name | Local authority |
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Ashford Christ Church, Church of England Maths and Computing Specialist College | |
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