House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 26 Oct 2009 (pt 0041)

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GCSE

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils who had participated in gifted and talented programmes and who sat GCSEs in 2009 achieved (a) five or more GCSEs at grades A* - C, (b) five or more GCSEs at grades A* - C including English and mathematics, (c) five or more GCSEs at grades A* - C including English, mathematics and a modern foreign language and (d) eight or more GCSEs at grades A* - A. [294641]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 20 October 2009]: Information on GCSE attainment by pupil characteristics for the 2008-09 academic year is not yet available. The first results from this data will be published in December 2009.

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils achieved eight or more GCSEs at grade A*-A (a) nationally, (b) in selective local education authorities, (c) in comprehensive education authorities and (d) in partially selective local education authorities in 2009. [294645]

Mr. Coaker [holding answer 20 October 2009]: The figures requested are in the table:

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Local authority admission policy	Percentage of pupils^{( 1)} achieving eight or more GCSEs at grade A or A, 2009*^{( 2)}
Selective^{(3 )}local authorities	11.4
Comprehensive local authorities	5.7
Partially selective^{(4 )}local authorities	8.4
National (maintained schools)	6.7
⁽¹⁾ Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in maintained schools. ⁽²⁾ Data for 2009 are provisional and subject to change after school checking. ⁽³⁾ Selective local authorities include Buckinghamshire, Kent, Medway, Slough, Southend, Torbay and Trafford. ⁽⁴⁾ Partially selective local authorities include Barnet, Bexley, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bromley, Calderdale, City of Plymouth, Cumbria, Devon, Enfield, Essex, Gloucestershire, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, North Yorkshire, Poole, Reading, Redbridge, Stoke on Trent, Sutton, Telford and the Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Wirral and Wolverhampton.

GCSE: Disadvantaged

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals did not sit GCSE examinations in five or more subjects in 2008. [286397]

Mr. Coaker: Of those pupils eligible to receive free school meals in maintained schools in England, 8,704 pupils were not entered for GCSE examinations in five or more subjects in 2008.

The figure includes all GCSE and equivalent qualifications.

This figure has been derived from the National Pupil Database. Data on pupils' eligibility for free school meals are collected in the Pupil-Level Annual School Census which only takes place in maintained schools.

GCSE: Enfield

Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children at schools in Enfield North constituency obtained nine or more GCSEs at grades A* to C or equivalent including English and mathematics in each year since 1997. [294195]

Mr. Coaker: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Primary Education: Finance

Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) Bedfordshire have participated in the Primary Capital Programme in 2009. [295365]

Mr. Coaker: Funding for the national roll out of the Primary Capital Programme commenced in April 2009. It follows that very few of the projects to be funded wholly or partly through the programme will have actually started on site at this stage.

I am pleased to confirm, however, that the strategic plan submitted through the former Bedfordshire Council's Primary Strategy for Change has resulted in additional funding of £9.3 million being approved to support local delivery over the two year period 2009-11 duly confirmed.

Decisions about the prioritisation of individual projects are rightly matters for local determination. The programme aims to support local authorities in renewing around half of all primary schools by 2023. More detailed information about the work planned can be obtained from the local authority.

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Pupil Exclusions

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children had been permanently excluded from (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools on the latest date for which figures are available; [293957]

(2) what proportion of pupils at (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools were permanently excluded in the last 12 months. [293958]

Mr. Coaker: Data on the number and percentage of pupil enrolments permanently excluded from school in 2007/08 are shown in the table.

Primary, secondary and special schools^{( 1)} , number and percentage of pupil enrolments^{( 2)} permanently excluded by denomination of school^{( 3)} , England 2007/08 (estimates)^{( 4)}
	Number of pupil enrolments permanently excluded^{( 2)}	Percentage of pupils permanently excluded^{( 5)}
Catholic schools⁽³⁾	630	0.09
Other schools⁽³⁾	7,500	0.11
Total for all schools	8,130	0.11
⁽¹⁾ Includes middle schools, city technology colleges, academies, and maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. ⁽²⁾ Pupils may be counted more than once if they are permanently excluded from more than one school during the year. ⁽³⁾ Denomination of school as Roman Catholic or otherwise as it appears in Edubase. Multi-denominational schools have been categorised as other. ⁽⁴⁾ Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. ⁽⁵⁾ The number of pupil enrolments permanently excluded as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January 2008, in each denomination category. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census and Edubase.

Pupils: Absenteeism

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools in which over (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 per cent. of pupils were persistent absentees had less than 30 per cent. of pupils gain five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C in each year since 2005. [282726]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given in the following table:

Percentage of persistent absence^{( 1)} in school
		Percentage
		>5	>10	>15	>20
2007	Maintained^{( 2)} schools	2,587	893	329	183
	with fewer than 29.5 per cent. achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C, or the equivalent, including English and maths	1,194	696	313	181

2008	Maintained^{( 2)} schools	2,305	634	263	143
	with fewer than 29.5 per cent. achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C, or the equivalent, including English and maths	1,011	519	254	142
⁽¹⁾ Persistent absence is defined as missing more than 63 sessions. ⁽²⁾ Including city technology colleges, academies and maintained special schools-all schools in the table have at least one pupil at the end of Key Stage 4. Notes: 1. Special schools are included in the figures. 2. Data matching persistent absence to school attainment are only available from 2007.

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Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average absence rate from school for infant school pupils was in the last year for which figures were available. [294327]

Mr. Coaker: The absence rate for primary school pupils aged five or six is shown in the table. Infant pupils attend a variety of school types. For consistency, data have been provided for all infant pupils regardless of the category of school they attend.

Absence data are collected for pupils aged five to 15 at the start of the academic year, excluding boarders.

Primary schools^{( 1)} , absence rate^{( 2)} for infant pupils^{( 3, 4)} , 2007/08, England
	Average absence rate^{( 2)}
Infant pupils⁽³⁾	5.74
Primary school pupils⁽⁴⁾	5.26
^{(1 )}Includes middle schools as deemed. ^{(2 )}Number of sessions due to overall absence as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions. ^{(3 )}Pupils attending primary schools, aged five or six as at 31 August 2007, who will become six or seven during the academic year; excluding boarders. ^{(4 )}Pupils attending primary schools, aged five to 15 as at 31 August 2007, excluding boarders. Source: School Census

Pupils: Ethnic Groups

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils at (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools are from ethnic minority backgrounds. [293959]

Mr. Coaker: The requested information is shown in the table.

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Maintained primary^{( 1)} , state-funded secondary^{( 1, 2 )} and special^{( 3)} schools: ethnicity^{( 4)} of Roman Catholic^{( 5)} schools compared to all schools, as at January 2009, England
	All schools		Roman Catholic schools
	Number	Percentage^{( 6)}	Number	Percentage^{( 6)}
White	5,304,890	80.6	510,540	80.0
White British	5,030,880	76.4	459,920	72.1
Irish	22,860	0.3	12,040	1.9
Traveller of Irish Heritage	3,940	0.1	940	0.1
Gypsy/Roma	9,590	0.1	480	0.1
Any other White background	237,620	3.6	37,170	5.8

Mixed	242,850	3.7	29,750	4.7
White and Black Caribbean	79,530	1.2	8,680	1.4
White and Black African	25,830	0.4	3,640	0.6
White and Asian	50,790	0.8	5,770	0.9
Any other Mixed background	86,700	1.3	11,660	1.8

Asian	557,130	8.5	29,210	4.6
Indian	162,460	2.5	11,130	1.7
Pakistani	223,400	3.4	6,630	1.0
Bangladeshi	91,410	1.4	1,480	0.2
Any other Asian background	79,860	1.2	9,970	1.6

Black	301,950	4.6	50,390	7.9
Caribbean	91,650	1.4	12,200	1.9
African	176,000	2.7	32,360	5.1
Any other Black background	34,300	0.5	5,830	0.9

Chinese	24,680	0.4	1,950	0.3

Any other ethnic group	82,670	1.3	9,990	1.6

Classified⁽⁴⁾	6,514,160	98.9	631,830	99.1

Unclassified⁽⁷⁾	70,020	1.1	6,050	0.9

Minority Ethnic Pupils⁽⁸⁾	1,483,290	22.5	171,910	27.0

All pupils⁽⁹⁾	6,584,180	100.0	637,880	100.0
⁽¹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed. ⁽²⁾ Includes CTCs and academies. ⁽³⁾ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. ⁽⁴⁾ Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group. Excludes dually registered pupils. ⁽⁵⁾ Denomination of school as Roman Catholic as it appears in Edubase. ⁽⁶⁾ The number of pupils by ethnic group expressed as a percentage of all pupils of compulsory school age and above. ⁽⁷⁾ Information refused or not obtained. ⁽⁸⁾ Includes all pupils classified as belonging to an ethnic group other than White British. ⁽⁹⁾ All pupils of compulsory school age and above. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census and Edubase.

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