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Table 2: The number of maintained mainstream schools( 1) in each Sheffield constituency in which less than 30 per cent of pupils( 2) obtained five or more GCSEs or equivalent at grades A*-C including English and maths GCSEs, 2004/05 to 2008/09
	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Sheffield, Attercliffe	2	1	1	1	0
Sheffield, Brightside	5	5	5	5	3
Sheffield Central	1	0	1	1	1
Sheffield, Hallam	0	1	1	1	1
Sheffield, Heeley	2	1	1	1	1
Sheffield, Hillsborough	1	0	1	0	0
(1 )Including only those open maintained mainstream schools with results published in the relevant years Achievement and attainment tables and with more than ten pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 on roll. (2) Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables (2004/05 - 2007/08 final data, 2008/09 revised data)

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Table 3: The number and proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in maintained schools( 1) in each Sheffield constituency( 2 ) achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent( 3) at grades A*-C, 1997/98 - 2008/09( 4)
		Sheffield, Attercliffe	Sheffield, Brightside	Sheffield Central	Sheffield, Hallam	Sheffield, Heeley	Sheffield, Hillsborough
1997/98	Number of pupils	264	127	32	784	335	340
	Proportion of pupils	34.3	16.2	11.2	59.1	38.2	37.8
1998/99	Number of pupils	284	110	25	746	350	349
	Proportion of pupils	36.0	13.9	8.9	56.3	38.4	40.5
1999/2000	Number of pupils	281	165	42	848	367	408
	Proportion of pupils	34.9	19.5	15.7	59.8	41.6	44.4
2000/01	Number of pupils	321	179	52	830	384	433
	Proportion of pupils	38.8	21.1	18.7	59.7	40.5	46.1
2001/02	Number of pupils	310	211	71	854	387	463
	Proportion of pupils	35.7	23.5	22.3	59.5	40.1	44.1
2002/03	Number of pupils	345	249	82	912	378	466
	Proportion of pupils	38.0	26.8	24.2	64.6	38.9	44.0
2003/04	Number of pupils	406	268	97	909	428	496
	Proportion of pupils	40.5	28.8	28.0	63.5	41.6	46.5
2004/05	Number of pupils	395	290	109	974	380	532
	Proportion of pupils	40.3	31.5	31.7	68.3	39.0	49.2
2005/06	Number of pupils	415	311	114	961	429	560
	Proportion of pupils	43.5	32.1	32.9	67.5	42.7	52.9
2006/07	Number of pupils	481	385	151	989	499	588
	Proportion of pupils	49.0	38.9	41.4	67.2	48.3	55.6
2007/08	Number of pupils	566	443	165	989	531	677
	Proportion of pupils	56.5	44.8	46.7	68.7	53.5	61.9
2008/09	Number of pupils	677	531	198	1043	615	678
	Proportion of pupils	68.1	56.2	55.2	72.9	62.7	65.8
(1) All maintained schools (including City Technology Colleges and Academies). (2) Parliamentary constituency figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. (3) From 1997/98 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2003/04 other equivalences approved for use pre-16. (4) Figures for 2004/05 onwards are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Data for previous years are based on pupils aged 15 years old at the start of the academic year. S ource: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables (1997/98 - 2007/08 final data, 2008/09 revised data)

Pre-school Education

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many two- year-olds he expects to have participated in free early years pre-school entitlement by 2016. [318418]

Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 24 February 2010]: By the end of March 2010 it is expected some 20,000 two-year-olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds will have access to a free early learning and child care place each year.

We will continue to make progress on the long-term ambition that the Prime Minister has set out to provide free part-time nursery places for all two-year-olds whose parents want them.

Decisions regarding the pace of future roll-out will need to be taken in the light of wider fiscal considerations as part of the next spending review.

Pre-school Education: Northampton

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many nursery places there were for children in Northampton in (a) 1997, (b) 2001, (c) 2005 and (d) 2010. [321280]

Dawn Primarolo: Table 1 shows the number of part-time equivalent places filled by three and four-year-olds in Northamptonshire local authority in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009. Data for 2010 are not yet available and will be published in the summer, so 2009 has been provided instead.

Data on the number of places available are not collected; only data on the number of places filled are available as children can access their free entitlement across different local authorities.

Part-time equivalent places are derived by counting children taking up 12 and a half hours per week as one place, 10 hours per week as 0.8 places, seven and a half hours per week as 0.6 places, five hours per week as 0.4 places and two and a half hours per week as 0.2 places.

Table 1: Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3) filled by three and four-year-olds( 4) , local authority: Northamptonshire, position in January each year
	Number of places
1997	9,700
2001	11,000
2005	14,000
2009	15,100
(1) A place is equal to 12.5 hours (five sessions) and can be filled by more than one child. (2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. (3) Prior to 2004, information on early education places was derived from returns made by local authorities as part of the nursery education grant (NEG) data collection exercise. From 2004 onwards, information has been derived from Early Years Census and School Census data. (4) Age of all children taken at 31 December in the previous calendar year. Source: Early Years Census and School Census.

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